Darth Vader aboard a Decimator would very much like to Whisper in your ear.

I know this is going to sound like a really silly question but...

Why would there be a Rebel Captive aboard the Empire's top of the line, super secret stealth fighter?

Make s sense to me aboard a shuttle (prisoner transfer, bait, etc...) but in a 2-seat fighter?!?

Maybe I'm just too much into "things making sense" and not enough into "I could really use this in a game to mess up my opponents".

Maybe the only way to capture that rebel was sending a stealthy ship to bypass the enemy defenses and come back. But before he got to the extraction point, a group of [insert Rebels or different Imperial Faction] discovered it and the fight started.

The captive is already on carbonite, tied, or unconscious, your choice.

Imagination man. Let it fly.

Maybe the Rebel WAS a Rebel...

That is, he WAS until he defected to the Empire (perhaps a double agent)...

Now, as reward, they let him fly along in the latest and greatest new toy in the Imperial Fleet...

However, he has not won complete trust of his new employers, which is why he is only considered crew, and not pilot..

And maybe, he was really popular with his former (Rebel) squadron mates (or maybe he was just FAKING it...) and even now, in the face of his betrayal... even to the point of taking up arms against them... those former squadies are STILL hesitant to shoot him down...

Maybe...

Or maybe it is just a card in a game that could give you a handy advantage over an opponent...

Maybe...

Maybe the Phantom is being piloted by an Imperial Spy who used the stealth technology to infiltrate a Rebel moon, locate Mon Monthma's heroine addicted son, and extracted him to be used as leverage. The Rebel fleet discovers this and scrambles interceptors just in time as the Phantom pilot meets up with his/her escort.

I love the idea of a heroine addicted son of Mon Mothma. He can't stop chasing the plot ladies!