A long time ago in a galaxy
far,
far away...
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It is a
period of civil war. We know
the main
characters, the heroes, the villains.
But a war
never involves just a handful of
important
people. There are always countless others on each side providing
support
for their leaders: technicians, mechanics, ground troops, intelligence
officers, pilots, logisticians, procurement officials, medics, mess
hall
workers, instructors. Though often kept in the background in the Star
Wars universe, without them there would be no Empire or Rebellion.
This page is dedicated to one such group of no-names doing their own
small
part to restore freedom to the galaxy...
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Corona Squadron is an X-wing squadron I created as part of my Star
Wars
RPG character's background. At first that was all it was--just a quick
phrase scribbled on a character sheet; however, through a strange set
of
circumstances that phrase started becoming more, and more, and more.
These
pesky pilots now take up a lot of my time, demanding to be given
attention
in stories and such. I don't complain, though, or when I do I don't
mean
it: writing fanfics about them is a wonderful release
for
me. (This Garfield
comic helps to illustrate my attitude toward these characters.)
Although I've created a whole squadron of fighter pilots, in the
stories I focus primarily on my
RPG character and his wingman to a slightly lesser
extent.
In my online Star Wars interactions, I generally have
user
id's relating to either my character's callsign of Thumper (see Cracian
Thumper, not Bambi-Thumper) or his squadron designation, Corona
Nine.
These stories are posted for the enjoyment (hopefully) of those who
stumble across them and take the time to read them. The Star Wars
universe belongs to LucasFilm, and I'm not making any profit off of
this
(quite the opposite, really). I'll leave the big characters alone and
just
play in the corner of this amazing galaxy by myself, okay?
Corona Squadron
co ro na. n., pl.
-nas or
-nae. 1. The highest-temperature region of the Sun's outer
atmosphere.
2. The only part of the Sun visible
during
a total eclipse. see HALO.
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The Coronas are an X-wing starfighter squadron active in the time
roughly
between the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Hoth. There are no canon
movie characters in the squadron, no relatives of canon characters,
nothing
like that--it's just a group of ordinary pilots working together to
help
the Rebellion. They have their own quirks, their own qualities and
their
own adventures, which I've been trying to chronicle for several years
now.
Some of those stories are listed below.
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Stories
Most of these stories build on previous ones. While my hope is that
they could be read independently of each other, there are some where
something
significant could be lost if the reader doesn't have the assumed
background
knowledge from another story. For that reason, I'm including a
"Recommended
Reading" field for those stories. I consider all of these stories to be
rated a strong PG under the American movie rating system
guidelines.
Constructive feedback on stories is most welcome, or even a note to
say you read any of them. If you e-mail me,
please put an appropriate subject line on the e-mail so I won't
accidentally
delete it as spam.
Word
document
HTML
Revision E (12-17-04) 40 pages
While not a Corona Squadron story, it can be considered a
prequel. Storm explains why Darin (my primary character) joined the
Rebellion.
Word
document
HTML
(offsite)
Revision G.1 (1-29-09) 38 pages
Chronologically, this is the first Corona story with Darin. Think of it
as
a television show's pilot episode (no pun intended): it introduces
all the pilots as it follows Darin in his first days with the Coronas
and
on his very first combat mission. It takes place about two months after
the
Battle
of Yavin.
I consider this to be a fairly stand-alone fic, and therefore it has
been circulated to a few other places. I'm very pleased to say that
Rev. G.1 of C'ement was a co-winner in the category of "Most
Underrated" for the TF.N JCC Boards 2009
Saga Fanfiction Awards. A much earlier revision can be found
in the fanfic
section of EchoStation's Downtime. (There's an even
earlier version than that elsewhere, but it's one of my
earliest writings and is kind of embarrassing for me to look at now.)
Word document
HTML
Revision B (7-1-07) 5 pages
This is a small scene taken out of its
overall context whose sole purpose is to describe the various ships
in Crescent Star's fleet. It
was meant to be incorporated into the story "Outside
Looking In", but I decided it would be best if I only
summarized
this scene
in there and left this extended version as a separate document.
This
detailed information is useful in subsequent stories, and I wanted to
make it easily available. It
takes place two days after "Commencement",
or four days after Darin joined the Coronas.
Word
document
HTML
Revision A (7-21-08) 38 pages
OLI starts two days after "Commencement"
ends, and it completes most of the introductory information started in
"Commencement". Darin has to learn how to adjust
to his new
lifestyle with the Coronas onboard Crescent
Star while the events from his first combat mission are still
fresh in his mind.
"Other Worlds". OLI sequel, in-work.
See "Projects" section.
Word document
HTML
Revision C (5-29-04) 9 pages
This is
meant to be a lighter piece. A couple of weeks after he joins the
squadron, Darin at last gets his callsign. (The beginning will be rewritten to match the Prologue of the new revision of "Metal Coils".)
Word document
HTML (Offsite)
Revision B (1-17-10) pages
Recommended Reading: How to Handle Yourself
This takes place a week after "Handle." A series of computer glitches,
worsened by the aftermath of a rookie mistake, lead Darin into a
situation he didn't expect.
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (6-30-08) 6 pages
This was an Essential OC challenge entry (more info on that
in the "Additional Stories" section below). The challenge was, "You
can't bring me down! Let your character be happy and satisfied for a
change. Then, make the worst happen, but, as the challenge states, for
whichever reasons it does not bring him down. He's still happy after
all is said and done. We can't bring them down, but it won't be for
lack of trying." This takes place about two months after Darin joins
the Coronas, and while it doesn't compare to the bad stuff I put him
through before he joined the Rebellion, Darin is still the
victim in this story. Quiver persuades him to participate in a prank on
a squadmate.
Word
document
HTML
Revision A (5-10-03) 6 pages
Recommended Reading: How to Handle Yourself
Another light piece that takes
place when Darin is still pretty new to the squadron. Quiver and CC
decide
to have a little fun with him while they're on R&R.
Word
document
HTML
Revision A (12-20-09) 4 pages
A Trio vignette highlighting one evening when they have a bit too much
to drink at the Bacta Tank. It will be helpful for a reader to already
know very basic background info of the Coronas as there is no
introductory information in this story.
"Untitled". Story taking place six
months after "Commencement". In-work. See "Projects" section.
Word
document
HTML
Revision A (8-5-03) 38 pages
Admittedly an experiment in writing on my part, but one I had fun with
nonetheless. This takes place about eight months after "Commencement".
On a Rebel world, the Coronas help look for an Imperial pilot who was
shot
down. This story is told in nothing but first-person point-of-view,
which
may either make it horribly confusing to readers or somewhat more
interesting.
If you read it, let me know which it is.
Word
Document
HTML
Revision A (8-12-04) 64 pages
Recommended Reading: The Storm After the Calm, Searching and Finding
This story takes place a month after "Searching and Finding". The
Coronas spend some time on a Rebel
safeworld, and Darin and one other character must reexamine their
relationships between their family and their squadmates. This is a very
character-driven story.
Word
Document
Revision B (2-22-06) 100 pages
This takes place about a year after "Commencement". The Imperials
set a trap for the Rebels on an isolated colony world, which strands
the
Coronas on the planet while the Imperials hunt for them. I posted Revision A
(9/04, 71 pages) on the JC Forums as a stand-alone story, where it
was also reviewed
in the Fan
Fiction Newsletter in March 2004. Revision B is my attempt at
fixing the worst of the plot holes in Revision A without creating too
many new ones. Ground is the beginning of a plot arc during
that particular stretch of time and is my favorite story. If a person
was to only read one story of mine ever, this is the one I would ask
him or her to read. Rev. C is in-work.
Word
Document
Revision
A (3-26-07) 67 pages
Recommended Reading: Solid Ground
Waters is the sequel to "Solid Ground",
and its Prologue begins on the night of the Epilogue in Ground (Rev.
B). The Coronas must deal with the
aftermath and consequences of the events on Lokinha, both at a personal
level and at
higher, more official levels.
"Going to Pieces", sequel to
"Muddy Waters" and story arc continuation. In-work. See "Projects"
section.
Additional
Stories
Word
Document
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (6-17-08) 73 pages
This is not a Corona story or even a Rebel story, but it will tie in
with them on a tangent down the road. It's a story about an Imperial
TIE Pilot stationed on Craci IV after the Imperial occupation and the
life-changing event he experiences. This is part of the "OC Project" in
the Essential
Guide to OCs thread on the TF.N boards. Special Features (including
the aim of the OC Project, the creation of this story, outtakes and
more) can be found on the last page of the offsite HTML link. While it
didn't win, this story was nominated for Best Drama and Best Male
Original Character (Chase Barton) in the Summer
2008 Saga Era Fanfic Awards on the TF.N boards.
Word
Document
HTML
Revision A (4-8-04) 3 pages
This was my entry
in response to the JC
Fan Fiction Boards Valentine's Day Love Letter Challenge. No one
from
Corona Squadron is in it, but one of the Quakes is. The challenge was
as follows: "Write a love letter written to
someone
or a story about a love letter. The word limit is 2000 words and your
story
must be one-post." This particular entry takes place sometime before
"Solid
Ground".
Word
Document
HTML
Revision A (1-10-10) 5 pages
We explore a part of Darin's childhood here. Darin is seven when his
sister Shiori is born. A few weeks after she comes home for the first
time, Darin is still having
trouble adjusting to the newcomer to the household.
Word
Document
HTML
Revision A (1-10-10) 7 pages
Another look into Darin's past, long before the events of "Storm" take
place. Darin is twelve years old, and he'd give anything to make his
five-year-old sister leave him alone. What happens with Shiori at a
local park catches him by surprise.
HTML
Revision A (1-7-07) 2 pages
This isn't exactly a fanfic: it's a song rewrite. Usually my song
rewrites come out much too forced, like I'm trying to fit the
proverbial square peg in the round hole, but this one I thought came
out fairly well (otherwise I wouldn't be posting it here). It's now
about a Rebel starfighter pilot immediately (i.e. hours at most) after
the Battle of Endor. The assumption I'm going on is that the happy
celebration at the end of RotJ did not happen minutes after the Second
Death Star blew up: there was still a very long, very ugly battle
ongoing in space that had to be resolved, and even after the battle the
Rebel forces needed to stay alert for any more Imperial ships coming
in. Based on that, in my mind the Battle of Endor would have been the
worst event of all the Star Wars events shown in the movies in which to
be a starfighter pilot, and that's what this rewrite is about.
On the JC
Fan Fiction Boards, I enjoy participating in the Essential
OC
(Original Character) thread. This thread has regularly scheduled
challenges that are open to any story featuring original characters.
Each challenge is different, and I have written several stories for
them (list below). "Turnaround" is also included, listed above.
"In All Probability"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (3-6-07) 3 pages
The challenge reads, "Between a
Rock
and a Hard Place. Create a scenario that puts one or more of your OCs
into a situation in which a choice must be made between two options.
The options are mutually exclusive, and either choice would produce an
undesirable outcome for the OC(s)." This entry takes place
sometime before "Solid
Ground", probably before "Metal
Coils" too, and Botch
gets the limelight.
"Behind the Line"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (2-10-07) 5 pages
The
challenge: "'Everyone has a price.' Does the old saying hold true for
your OC? Offer them a bribe to do something that they would otherwise
find reprehensible, and let us all find out! And remember, often a
person's 'price' has nothing to do with money..." The summary for my
entry is simply that not every Rebel is a good guy. Pellicer is the
main character. I wrote and posted this story within 24 hours because I
was quickly approaching the challenge deadline, and there are lots of
rough spots and hiccups that I'd
love to fix now. It
takes place before "Solid Ground".
"Root and Weed"
Word
document
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (8-5-07) 5 pages
The challenge reads, "More Than Meets The
Eye... Your OC is about to make a shocking discovery. The
object/person/droid they have seen everyday for years is going to turn
out to be something very different from first impressions. Is their
fiance actually an underworld hitman? Is their hairy, burly partner in
crime really a ballet dancer? Is their airspeeder really a 40-foot
robot? Whatever the case may be, will your OC like this sudden
change...or will they hate it?" Here, a scientist learns a secret about
something he cares about. No
Coronas were harmed in the writing of this story, but I did have fun
playing around on Treminal III, Mackin's homeworld. The Word document
is the same as the HTML link except for a few minor corrections to make
the story clearer. The main character, Milin Ba'hon, was nominated
for Best Non-Human in the 2008 Saga Era Fanfic Awards on the TF.N
boards.
"Night Vision"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (10-15-07) 4 pages
The challenge: "When you’re
a child anything can make you happy: ice cream, a trip to the grocery
store, running with scissors. For adults it’s a bit more complicated.
With stress and worries beating down on you, it takes something really
exciting to cause that happy, giddy, lighter-than-air, run around and
break stuff happiness. So lock up the good china, and give your adult
OC something to smile about." I actually had to be nice to my characters. In this
story, Darin copes with job burnout.
"In-Dependence"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (12-21-07) 6 pages
The challenge: "Hero Worship! Everyone looks up to someone, and your OC
gets
the chance to take a closer look at his/her hero. Does the hero measure
up? Does your OC notice if s/he doesn't? Does your OC turn into a
creepy stalker? Inquiring minds want to know." I didn't stick very
closely to the challenge's intent, but the basics are there. My
summary for this story featuring the Mackins is, "A military family
deals with a member's secret deployment in different ways.
Introspective piece."
"Rendezvous Point"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (2-23-09) 6 pages
I could very well be the only person weird enough to write a character
study story about a tauntaun. The challenge:
"SNOW WARS: The Bitter Cold of Battle; Inspired by Thorny’s love for
The Empire Strikes Back. Have an OC participate in the Battle of Hoth,
or some other similar snowy battlefield, it can be canon or one of your
own creations. FYI: Thorn didn't specify if your OC had to be a
combatant, or that they belonged to either side; so let's leave that
one open to interpretation." Summary: A tauntaun’s life is changed by
the Battle of Hoth.
"Adamantine"
HTML
(offsite link)
Revision A (8-30-09) 2 pages
The challenge:
"OC’s Need to Eat their Viggies to Get Big & Strong: Side story,
background story, adventures in finding a restroom story… Tell a story
about one of your current OC’s, give a little expose on your favorite,
or not-so-favorite OC. No more than one post long!" I took this
opportunity to delve a bit more into Lt. Weas's character, and this
vignette takes place shortly before "Commencement".
Pilots
Information on each of the Corona Squadron pilots can be found on these
pages. Includes portraits (if available), biographical information,
name pronunciations and
a bit more. (Note: the theme songs are not Star Wars galaxy
(in-character) theme songs. They're contemporary songs that I
myself associate with each pilot.)
Planets
This page has
information on some of the important planets I use in the stories, as
well as a note regarding my canon-compliance of Craci IV in light of
the release of The Essential Atlas.
Pictures and Playlists
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This page
contains sketches, photographs, and music titles associated with Corona
Squadron.
Completed individual portrait sketches like the one of Darin to the
left are on that pilot's bio
page, found above.
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Current
and Future "Front Burner"
Projects
* "Pilot in Command" and "When Push Comes to Shove", two short
stories about Darin as a child. Complete and uploaded 1/10/10.
* Redone Trio sketch. 5% complete as of 1/10/10.
* "Permanently", a Trio vignette. Complete and uploaded
12/20/09.
* "Trip Around the Sun", a story about Mackin in his pre- and early
Rebellion timeframe. This was my unsuccessful project
for the 2009 NaNoWriMo. 2%
complete as of 12/20/09, on hold.
* New revision (C) of "Solid Ground". 70% complete as of
12/20/09,
in review.
* "Going to Pieces", a "Muddy Waters" sequel and continuation of the
Ground/Waters
story arc. This was my (winning) project for NaNoWriMo (username chrononaut67). 70%
complete as of 12/20/09. On hold.
* "Other Worlds", the next sequential story after "Outside
Looking In" 25% complete as of 12/20/09. On hold.
* Untitled story set six months after "Commencement" 45%
complete. On hold.
Latest Updates to
this Site
1/10/10. Uploaded two new vignettes,
"Pilot in Command" and "When Push Comes to Shove". Reorganized and
cleaned up this page a bit. Put the planetary information and pictures
on separate pages. Uploaded a sketch of Lt. Troy from "Muddy Waters"
and a sketch of Mackin and his family to the new "Pictures and
Playlists" page.
12/20/09. Uploaded the Word document and
HTML versions of a new vignette, "Permanently".
10/31/09. Posted a much better sketch of
Ikoa on her bio page.
9/13/09. Added an offsite link to my
newest posted vignette, "Adamantine".
8/23/09. Added information about the
award "Commencement" co-won. Added a name pronunciation guide to each
of the pilot bio pages. Added a note in the Planets section about the
impact of the Essential Atlas
on my stories and the Craci System in particular.
7/7/09. Finished a sketch of Kalre, and
in trying to upload it I realized I hadn't done his biography page.
oops. The basic basics are there, and I'll work on fleshing the rest
out soon. But anyway, that's there along with his portrait. I'm working
on Rev. C of "Solid Ground" for a special purpose. I also did a sketch
of Lt. Troy (a character from "Muddy Waters")
but don't really know where to upload it yet.
Earlier Site
Updates
About the Author
"So we've been outnumbered / raided and now cornered. / It's hard to
fight when the fight ain't fair. / We're getting stronger now / find
things they never found. / They might be bigger / but we're faster and
never scared. / You can walk away, say we don't need this / but there's
something in your eyes says we can beat this. / Because these things
will change. / Can you feel it now? / These walls that they put up to
hold us back will fall down. / This revolution, the time will come /
for us to finally win. / We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah. /
Tonight we'll stand, get off our knees / fight for what we've worked
for all these years. / And the battle was long, it's the fight of our
lives..." - Taylor Swift, "Change"
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