--2 months before the events of The Phantom Menace--
Dawn on the planet Naboo.
Mako Draq zipped up his pilot uniform and strapped his helmet on. He walked down the empty corridor and opened the doors to the royal hangar. Several dozen N-1 starfighters sat waiting in the silence of the morning. The only sounds were that of Mako walking to his ship and the call of a distant Nuubuu bird. He climbed up into his yellow and silver ship, bathed in the orange light of dawn. His R2 unit, R2-X4 was already waiting.
"Ready, R2?" asked Mako as he began checking through his ship's systems. R2-X4 squealed a response.
"Where are we going? We're going to Hydora." R2-X4 squealed again.
"What's at Hydora? That's where we get some of the metals we use to build our starships. For some reason, Hydora's stopped trading with us. We're gonna go there and try to get the trade flowing again." A voice crackled through on the ship's internal comm unit.
"Starfighter N-1-0256Zeta, you are clear for launch."
"Here we go, R2," said Mako. He maneuvered the ship out of the hangar and out over the vast plains of Naboo. He took the ship out of the atmosphere and keyed in Hydora's location into the nav computer.
"Entering hyperspace," said Mako.
Dawn on the planet Naboo.
Mako Draq zipped up his pilot uniform and strapped his helmet on. He walked down the empty corridor and opened the doors to the royal hangar. Several dozen N-1 starfighters sat waiting in the silence of the morning. The only sounds were that of Mako walking to his ship and the call of a distant Nuubuu bird. He climbed up into his yellow and silver ship, bathed in the orange light of dawn. His R2 unit, R2-X4 was already waiting.
"Ready, R2?" asked Mako as he began checking through his ship's systems. R2-X4 squealed a response.
"Where are we going? We're going to Hydora." R2-X4 squealed again.
"What's at Hydora? That's where we get some of the metals we use to build our starships. For some reason, Hydora's stopped trading with us. We're gonna go there and try to get the trade flowing again." A voice crackled through on the ship's internal comm unit.
"Starfighter N-1-0256Zeta, you are clear for launch."
"Here we go, R2," said Mako. He maneuvered the ship out of the hangar and out over the vast plains of Naboo. He took the ship out of the atmosphere and keyed in Hydora's location into the nav computer.
"Entering hyperspace," said Mako.