Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-13427943-20170213053613/@comment-24416658-20170220080621

Tanner was waiting in front of a transport, when a pat on the shoulder alerted him to the presence of his padawan. She was a head shorter than he was, and was smiling up at him.

"You're late," Tanner said. Anastasia's smile vanished, and she started to look sad. Tanner kept his serious face on, but couldn't help it. He laughed, grabbing her and giving her a light noogie on her head.

"I'm kidding you, ya rascal," he said, hearing her giggle, "You're fine. Did you happen to see Tombstone on the way?"

"We're right here, sir." Tanner heard the all too familiar Clone voice, and he turned to witness Tombstone Squad. There was Roman, the Sergeant and squad leader, who fought with a laser pistol and a vibro-sword he had taken off of a pirate on Tatooine. Then there were the troopers: Squall, the squad sniper. Rasp, the coarse-voiced, laser shotgun wielding engineer. Quark, their heavy weapons trooper, with his rocket launcher endearingly titled "Atom". Finally, there was Buzz, their communications trooper and the rookie in the squad.

"I'm guessing you all heard the briefing?" Tanner asked, earning a chorus of confirmation. "Alright, good. We'll be working under Wolfe's orders. Whatever he says, we do. Everyone understand?" A hand was raised, one belonging to Buzz.

"Sir?" the rookie asked, "Is it true that commander Wolfe brought along some bounty hunters for this drop?" Tanner smirked, nodding.

"Indeed he did," he said, "Will that be a problem?"

"N-no sir!" Buzz replied, the rest of the squad laughing.

"Board up, everyone!" Tanner commanded. The clones all grabbed their gear, getting on the transport ship.

"Master?" Anastasia asked, tugging on Tanner's clothes. The Knight turned to his padawan, who looked nervously at the ground.

"This is...my first taste of combat," she explained, "Is it...how dangerous is it?" Tanner just smiled at her, patting her on the arm.

"Stay close to me and you'll be fine," he said, "Now let's go."