X-WING

　"Princess? What princess!" I asked.
　"Princess Leia," Hamo told me. "She's one of the Senators from the Old Republic, originally from Alderaan. We're supposed to escort her while they hand-deliver something important to her. I get the impression our covert listening operation was a success."
　It had been a few days since the Intrepid missions, and most of us had been off-duty to rest up. Naeco and I had looked in on Jan-lo, and she was beginning to seem like her old self remarkably fast.
　Even after nearly buying it at the wrong end of a missile, she wanted only to get back in the cockpit. I had a feeling she might be grounded, though: It was tough taking all the damage she had suffered. Maybe she could enter Intelligence training now, the way we had always figured she would.
　Later, as Hamo and I walked down one of the endless corridors inside the Calamarian cruiser, he was filling me in on the scuttlebutt about the upcoming mission. We often knew a great deal about what was going on before we were briefed. The veteran pilots had a good network of information - particularly Hamo, now that he was a commander and all.
　"I guess I've never met a princess before," I said, kind of intrigued by the idea.
　Hamo just shrugged and grinned. "Who has!"
　"Think we'll get to see her!" I asked, feeling a little starstruck, a little stupid.
　"Nah. We'll just pull escort duty and then hyper back here. She's not going to waste any time."
　Something made me ask, "Hey, Hamo... You know her or something!"
　Hamo blushed. Yes, he actually blushed.
　"I met her," he admitted.
　"So what's she like!" I asked, giving him a good-natured prod in the ribs.
　"A looker," he confided, and immediately acted guilty for divulging that much. He clammed up then, and I could get no more out of him on the subject.

　OP 11: Deliver Plans to Princess Leia

　File Name: leia
　Mission Briefing
　Identify Princess Leia's corvette, the Tantive IV. Protect our shuttle as it delivers the secret plans to the princess. You will drop out of hyperspace in the midst of five neutral corvettes. They are all about four clicks away. In addition to your X-wing, another pair of X-wings is in the area to assist you, should Imperial forces intrude. The shuttle Maria will arrive after you identify the Tantive IV.
　Farlander's After-Action Report
　I quickly went through my standard mission-start procedure, and then initiated my search for the Tantive IV, targeting the nearest of the corvettes and heading toward it. After identifying CRVs T-Force 2 and 3, I found Princess Leia's ship, and the shuttle Maria dropped out of hyperspace right on cue. I assigned both to memory locations, and took up a patrol of the immediate area.
　About the time I got to thinking that everything was too quiet, an Imperial Star Destroyer arrived. It launched two four-ship groups of Assault Gunboats (Mu and Tau) and then departed.
　I set my cannons to quad-fire, and then switched to torpedoes in dual-fire mode. I targeted the nearest of the Gunboats, Mu 2, and took off after it. I fired as soon as I had a solid lock, and then I turned to go after the rest of Mu squadron. Mu 1 and Mu 3 gave me no trouble: I hit them with two torpedoes each, and they fragged.
　Mu 4 had split off, and I saw that it was attempting to disable the Tantive IV while GUN Tau was firing missiles and engaging X-W Gold and myself.
　The Maria made it to safety as I was destroying Mu 4. I was hit a couple of times by missiles, but was able to redirect power to the shields before taking any real damage. X-W Gold 1 wasn't so lucky, and succumbed to missile fire.
　The Tantive IV hyperspaced to safety as I was taking out GUN Tau. With Princess Leia and the Death Star plans on their way to High Command, I turned about and headed home.
　Debriefing (Win Conditions)
　SHU Maria must board CRV Tantive IV, which must then escape into hyperspace.