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This was embarrassing.
Zane had only just recently joined Revenant Squadron, and during one of his first routine patrols to get flight hours, he found himself in an unexpected dogfight. One where he took down his opponent, but was shot down at the same time. From that point, it had been a matter of survival until he eventually returned to base, without a ship and bruised pride. He wondered — how many other pilots of the squadron had been shot down before? And how many of those pilots had gone down during their first few weeks?
He was probably going to be laughed at.
For now, Zane pushed those thoughts aside and approached the Hangar where
Addison Porte
was hopefully working. He had already gotten a new X-wing assigned to him, but it needed a proper check-up and maybe a few upgrades to keep it on par with the rest of the squadron. Zane himself knew how to perform some of the basic tasks of maintenance, but a pilot with a callsign like Tinks was going to be a lot better at it.Besides, he needed to meet more of the squadron, anyway.
"Knight Porte?" he asked, as he walked into her Hangar, a hand going up to rub the back of his head. "You here?"