Star Wars Rebels: Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
Double time it cadets What is wrong with you this morning Do you want to be back in your nice soft bunks Is that the problem cadets Zare Leonis didn't have to peek back at Sergeant Currahee to know what she looked like at that moment He knew she'd be red faced and hard eyed spewing sweat and spit as she ran alongside him and his fellow cadets Ma'am no ma'am he yelled in unison with the other young cadets of Lothal Academy At the beginning of the year Zare and the others would have been gasping for air and fighting cramps as 3
expected for fifteen year olds new to the rigors of military military training But now a ten kilometer predawn run was nothing special the cadets hadn't even muttered objections as Currahee rousted them from their bunks in the Academy barracks to run along the road that cut through Lothal's hills Does the sarge always yell like that asked Kabak a newcomer to Zare's Unit Aurek with close cropped black hair Pretty much Zare said with a shrug And we yell back Lots of yelling in the Imperial Army Better step it up though you and Rykoff both You don't want to give Curry a real reason to yell Kabak and Rykoff nodded glanced at each other nervously and picked up the pace Both had recently transferred from other academies on Lothal They didn't know that Currahee's yelling was now mostly for show The squad's weak cadets had been weeded out long before and those who remained were both physically physically and mentally tough Zare hoped that was true of the two newcomers as well for their sakes A fine day to be alive ladies and gentlemen called Lieutenant Chiron breezing by the cadets As always the slim handsome officer looked like he was barely sweating 4
You know what would make this early morning stroll even better Chiron asked Sir no sir Zare yelled along with the cadets Killing a few traitors growled the fourth member of Unit Aurek the sallow grim faced Nazhros Oleg You're a lot of fun Oleg Zare said If you find any traitors while we're out for a jog in the Easthills let us know Kabak and Rykoff laughed but Oleg offered Zare a sardonic smile You'd be surprised where the enemies of the Empire are hiding he said Before Zare could demand to know what he meant Chiron began to sing and Zare instinctively raised his voice in the booming cadences of the song he'd learned on many a morning run From the razor cliffs of Mittoblade To the fire mounts of Seffi We will fight our Empire's battles In space on land and sea We will strive for right and order And to keep galactic peace On the day we claim our place In our Empire's Army 5
