NationStates Jolt Archive

My first day as a Trooper in the 501st was hot, sticky and a blurred mass of sand and red stone. Not at all like the simulations on Kamino. Then again, I wasn't the only one to suffer. All of us were the same in these conditions... I was surprised to make it through the day.

Of course, we weren't the 501st then. No, we were just another bunch of clones. Like lambs for the slaughter, some said. I didn't agree.

192,000 troops of the Grand Army of the Republic against well over a million droids... odds that made many quake in their boots. Atop the ridge, CC-1119, bearing the yellow flashes of a commander on his Phase I armour, stared out across the barren plains. It was uncomfortable, but he had been bred to ignore that discomfort. He carried, like the clones around him, a DC-15 Blaster rifle, and also one of the DC-15s pistols. Inside his T-shaped visor, a drop of sweat trickled into his eye. He shook his head, and lifted the macrobinoculars, looking into the distance. Beside him stood the LAAT gunship, the pilot sitting ready to takeoff at a moment's notice,"Commander, do you see anything?"

He moved the focus dial on top, and nodded slightly,"Affirmative, Trooper. Battle droids... thousands of them."

A small, dimunative figure moved next to the commander,"Upon us, this war is."

"Master Yoda, we await the command to attack."

The ancient Jedi Master nodded slightly, leaning on his stick to support him against the hot, dusty surface of Geonosis,"Ride in the gunship, I will. Support the others, we must."

"What of Master Windu and the remaining Jedi?"

"Accompany other units, they will. Attack the Techno-Union command ships, we will"

The commander nodded, boarding the gunship, followed closely by Yoda and a small squad of troopers. He gripped the overhead bar, and hung on, signalling to the pilot to take off, and move them to the forward battle area. As they moved swiftly over the advancing ranks of clones, Yoda looked down at them, sighing slightly...

OOC: Sorry for the lack of explicit detail, but to describe movements of others would be god-modding. And I won't be controlling Yoda in battle, it's just for characterisation.

Wat Tambor fiddled nervously with the control on the front of his enviro-suit.

His body-temperature functions had been playing up while he had been out in the baking sun. Now he was on board his core ship, watching the two armies prepare themselves for the fight. He rapped out a few orders for his own droids, then tried to contact the other CIS leaders.

San Hill arrived at Geonosis after coming back from Kalee bringing the Grievous' brain, eyes, and vital organs. Poggle the Lesser and his Geonosian scientists were going to put him in a new body. With him bringing many of the IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tanks. San Hill walked off his ship with his two IG-100 MagnaGuard body guard and the remains of Grievous. The Geonosians were bringing him to the lab. San Hill walked into the room where the major CIS Political Members were meeting. He put his Haifire droids on alert for the Republic. Near the planet of Genosis was his capital ship Tide of Progress XII .

Back on his home planet of Munnilinst he was building his own army. Around Munnilinst Building a Harnaidan defensive cannon and dozens of Muunilinst gun platforms in space. Also inside the Munnilinst gun Platforms thousands of robot controled Nantex-class Territorial Defense starfighter. His planet was getting ready for war against the Republic.

It was a fierce battle fought between the Jedi Knights and the droids, but when Yoda arrived with the clones, the tide of the battle turned and the few remaining Jedi survived. Among them, was the young Jedi Master Liam, who had been fighting ferociously alongside the revered Master Windu.

"Lets go!" Liam shouted as he turned off his lightsaber and hopped aboard a gunship with a squad of clones. He twirled his finger and the ship took off above the ranks, trailing shortly behind Master Yoda. "Alright..." Liam yelled over the roar of the engines to the clone commander next to him, "When we land, it's going to be a fierce fire fight... so get off quickly and get this bird back into the sky." The commander nodded and held his gun at the ready for the landing...

Wat saw the gunships rising out of the arena and the head towards the core ships.

"If we begin to take damage to the core, we take off and re-attach to Rzarkhas in space.

Techno-Union units move forward and begin defensive manouvres, take out those gunships as they fly, kill the Jedi inside them."

On Skako, the Skakoan factories were nw in overload, producing millions of battle droids, as well as capital ships and smaller craft. The orbtal and ground defenses were being improed as well.

San Hill put his Hailfire driods and Ground Armored Tanks on full alert for the incoming Clones. If they had to escape he had a ship ready to take him to the Tide of Progress XII. Also with him would be the Geonosian scientists. On his ship San Hill had another lab for the scientist to work on Grievous. He would also show of the new IG lancer droids during this battle. Once the clones landed he would order them to attack. Walking toward a holographic image of the battle his two MagnaGuard followed.

Levesque was on the bridge of the Indomitable, watching the space battle take place. Elements of the attack force on Geonosis were arriving by the minute now, and he still had reserves not yet committed. Mostly he had Victory-class, Venator-class, and Acclamator-class ships present, along with a significant starfighter arsenal.

He noted that there were many seemingly half-completed Trade Federation battleships in orbit around the planet. Where their command portions were, he didn't know. Levesque knew, though, that he had a good chance to destroy the Federation fleet before it could escape. He decided then to make his move.

Andre called one of his adjutants over.

"Sir?"

"Captain, see those Federation ships there *gesturing*- they're totally defenceless. Move our lighter capital ships and some of the attack fighters over to get them. Keep the Victories in formation, and make sure we don't lose any more Acclamators- order some of the pursuit fighters to cover them. I'll have you supported with capital ship fighter. Also, order Acclamators once they've done unloading to bombard targets on the ground if Army requests..is that clear?"

"Yes, sir. I'll see to it at once."

"Dismissed."

Levesque looked out on the battlefield, and the Republic ships charging the Federation armada. This was going to be good, he thought. Very good indeed.

A comm link on board the core ship crackled.

"Sir, Sir?"

"This is Wat Tambor, whats happening?"

"We have light capital ships and starfighters inbound towards the Rzarkhas, orders?"

"errrrr, Launch our own starfighters and engage the nearest capital ships, I am not losing my flagship. Out"

*******

The disc of the Rzarkhas pivoted to face the incoming ships and starfighters. Vulture droids came out of the hangars and swarmed towards the nearest enemy fighters.

The laser quad swung around to face the enemies. The armament refinements, that Wat had personally overseen as it was his own ship, came into play, the added torpedoes coming round to add some more firepower. They waited for the enemies to come into range.

Also going to join the fight were three other capital ships, they would defend but not attack until the express order came through. They could only function to a limited degree without the core.

Rhisk ef Skako, Nemburola, Bharkha were all going to stand beside the Rzarkhas until more of their own ships arrived.

They had to protect the droid control ships until the armies of the clones were destroyed.

San Hill and his MagnaGuard followed him into his ship. Also with them were the Geonosian scientists and the remains of Grievous. The ship was going to his capital ship Tide of Progress XII getting aboard the scientists made their way to the lab with Grievous and their equiment. San Hill was going to the meet with Admiral Pors Torith.

Admiral Torith was watching the Techno-Union ships attack the Republic ships. Admiral Torith turned behind him to see San Hill.

"Sir it looks like Wat Tambor and the Techno-Union are attacking. What should would do help them?"

San Hill looked at Admiral Torith and then back the space battle.

"Do what you think is right."

San Hill turned around and went to his private room. Admiral Torith sent out the command.

"Get the Tide of Progress XII to help the Techno-Union in the attack call up any Munn ships in the area."

With the ship starting to move in the direction of the battle a person spoke up.

"Admiral we are getting four ships the Harnaidan, Reborn, Glourious, and Spearhead. The Harnaidan, Reborn, and Glourious can be here in a matter of minutes. The Spearhead can be here in ten minutes."

Admiral Torith knew that this wasn't what he expected, but it would do.

"Call all the ships into our area."

Looking out the window Torith near they were getting close to the battle about 900 mm from the battle.

"Tell the gunners to fire the turbolaser at the ship called Prosecutor."

Levesque observed the tide of the battle- fortunately for him, this battle wouldn't be a pushover as he thought it might be- the damned Separatists were fighting back after all. He noticed what they were doing was relatively standard- firing torps and deploying fighter contingents. It wouldn't be much of a problem, though.

He ordered the capital ships moving towards the Rzarkhas to have their point-defence cannons fire upon the starfighters as such that they would not only hit the fighters, but try and form a screen against the incoming torpedos. Starfighters were ordered to maintain course and launch warheads against the ships as soon as possible, then disengage and go after the starfighters.

Meanwhile, aboard Prosecutor, her turbolasers returned fire and made an attempt to withdraw and continue the landing process, while at the same time having nearby fighters fight a delaying action to hold off pursuit.

After a single futile salvoe of torpedoes had been fired, the tactical officer on board the Rzarkhas ordered the firing to be stopped until the enemie's laser turrets had been destroyed. Their own quad lasers returned fire at the enemie's laser platform's, trying to clear a gap for torpedoes to get through.


As for the enemies missiles from their starfighters, the ship's shields were holding strong for the time being.

The vulture droids went after only the enemy starfighters, there own missiles useless against the enemy ship's shields. The Rzarkhas's havy turrets were turned towards the enemy capital ships, in an attempt to wear down the shields, so the torpedoes, when finally fired, would be able to cause the most damage.

The heavier starfighters maintained course, and, although earlier attempts with concussion missiles hadn't been successful, they switched to space bombs and saw more success, with some breaches occuring. They then disengaged and took care of the starfighters, with some releasing fire on the turrets as well.

Meanwhile, the bombardment of the Rzarkhas continued, as the heavy turbolasers continued fire on the superstructure. Battleships were finally using warhead launchers, to take care of the turbolasers while allowing them to continue the bombardment. Around this time, a few lighter ships entered the battle and began targeting the Rzarkhas' turbolasers.

More starfighters were deployed from the Venators in an attempt to help take pressure off the capital ships.

"Sir we are under heavy pressure, engines are failing, communications are down."

"Damn, Right, launch all available starfighters, all bombers and vulture droids to target the enemy capital ships, all tri-fighters cover them.

Launch all torpedoes, and fire all turrets until they overheat. Set course for the nearest enemy ship, and full power to the engines. They have better ships but they can't resist a huge ship coming for them.

Also send out a distress signal to all our other ships, warn them we may have inferior ships."

"Yes sir"

Levesque was shocked. "Are they suicidial or what," he gasped as he observed the great ship moving into the heart of the Republic formation. He then gave the order for the ships to clear the way and maintain full bombardment on it.

At this time, the fighters moved to counter the last throes of an offensive from the dying Rzarkhas, while the capital ships concentrated their starboard fire on it--they were also preparing for possible counterattack, as sensors indicated that more Separatist forces were on the way.

Admiral Torith ordered the Tide of Progress XII turbolaser to keeping on firing. He also ordered Nantex-class Territorial Defense starfighter to attack the incoming fighter. The 26 twin turbolaser cannons and 20 light turbolaser turrets were firing at the Prosecutor. The 38 point-defense laser cannons were firing at the incoming fighers. Then the Harnaidan, Reborn, and Glourious had come.

"Sir the ships await your orders."

Torith saw the ships waiting and shooting at the Republic ships.

"Give them the orders to launch all fighters and shot all turborlaser at the Prosecutor."

Torith gave the orders, then the ships let the fighers out. The ships opened fire on the Prosecutor. Torith stared out at the battle. He hoped that the Spearhead would come soon.

Down on the planet, the transport landed at the forward command post, and Commander CC-1119 disembarked with Master Yoda,"Stay here and direct the battle, I shall."

"Yes, Master Yoda. We will move forward."

The clone troops, not yet known as the 501st but already forging a reputation, were pressing towards the enemy troops. Up ahead, behind the hailfire droids and the masses of battle droids, the Trade Union ships started to attempt to lift off from the planets surface. The Commander saw this, and against all his training, he swore softly. If those ships got off the planet, they could cause untold damage across the galaxy. He swung the long barrel of the DC-15, and fired a shot into the chest of the nearest battle droid, burning through the chest plate. The skeletal figure dropped to the floor, for all intents and purposes dead. The hand crushed underneath his feet as they moved forward. CC-1119 had already been noted among the clones that had been bred to be commanders as having a penchant for fighting on the front line with his men, as opposed to staying back at command posts. After all, that was the way he found the war should be fought.

Just ahead of his position was a damaged Hailfire droid, sparks flying from the wheels on either side. The Commander smiled slightly,"Troopers, take out that damaged Hailfire droid!"

"Yes Commander."

Two troopers ran up to it, jamming their thermal detonators into exposed parts of the droids interior, throwing themselves to the ground as the detonators, sometimes capable of destroying starships engines, tore through the droids outer shell, ripping it apart,"Droid destroyed, sir!"
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Back at the CP, Yoda looked out at the battlefield, and saw the ships trying to lift off,"Concentrate all fire on those ships, we must!"

"Yes, Master Yoda. All gunships, concentrate your fire on those escaping union ships. Don't let them enter space!"

"This is Gunship Psi-Three Four, we're carrying an AT-TE."

"Drop that thing on the battlefield, and get moving!"

Admiral Torith ordered the Tide of Progress XII turbolaser to keeping on firing. He also ordered Nantex-class Territorial Defense starfighter to attack the incoming fighter. The 26 twin turbolaser cannons and 20 light turbolaser turrets were firing at the Prosecutor. The 38 point-defense laser cannons were firing at the incoming fighers. Then the Harnaidan, Reborn, and Glourious had come.

"Sir the ships await your orders."

Torith saw the ships waiting and shooting at the Republic ships.

"Give them the orders to launch all fighters and shot all turborlaser at the Prosecutor."

Torith gave the orders, then the ships let the fighers out. The ships opened fire on the Prosecutor. Torith stared out at the battle. He hoped that the Spearhead would come soon.

By now, the Prosecutor was taking significant damage- her shields were at 50%, and still falling. Her captain then tried a daring moving- redirecting all power to engines to make descent into the atmosphere. In this, starfighters around the area gave her cover, while some of the larger Victories were finally brought into the battle, including Levesque's personal ship Indomitable, all of them bringing their guns to bear against the new Separatist battleships.

Some more fighters were deployed from the Victories, although their number was fairly negligible compared to the previous release of fighters still out there.

"They keep moving out of the way sir!"

"Well concentrate all starboard fire on that Acclamator, and all port fire on that Acclamator *points* then head straight for the centre of those Victories. Charge up the hyper-drive engines, they wont be able to dodge when we're going that speed. Also get yourself and all other living people into escape pods, the ship only needs droids and myself to fly."

"Yes sir. Out"

****

On the core ship, Wat looked out nervously, he could see clones firing at the Rhisk ef Skako's core while it was planetside.

"Get those spider tanks to fire on the enemy AT-TE's and send out any AATs to fire on the enemy artillery. Get the battle droids to form a skirmish screen, and take out those clones there, they're coming straight through. I want some SBD's to take on those one's, and get the assassin droids to deploy auto-turrets.

Also get the assault droids to lay mines around the core ships, in case they try a boarding action."

San Hill saw from his private room the battle taking place. Admiral Torith had called in three ships. He also saw the ship they were attacking run away. Also in his room was the battle on Genosis. San Hill pushed a button to activate the IG Lancer Droids. They were going to attack the Republic's army.

Back in the Bridge Torith saw that the Prosecutor running away toward the planet. He ordered the Harnaidan to chase the Prosecutor. He ordered the Tide of Progress XII , Reborn, and Glorious to provide covering fire. Seeing the Harnaidan get right next to the Prosecutor Torith ordered the Captian board the ship the Prosecutor. Each of the ships here had at least 150,000 deactivated battle droids. The Harnaidan had activated all the battle droids for boarding.

"Sir, the Spearhead has just come."

Admiral Torith turned around to see the Spearhead come out of hyperspace.

"Give them the orders to protect the Harnaidan."

The orders were given and the Spearhead moved over toward the Harnaidan.

Master Thraxin lookd down from the side of the gunship at the massive Clone Army. He couldn't help still being dazed at the fact that what looked like over a hundred-thousand troops had suddenly appeared on Geonosis, guns blazing...

Suddenly one of the hundreds of laser bursts filling the air got too close, and the craft began to weave, the pilot attempting to keep control. "Pilot! If you can, try to land behind that rendevous point," He yelled over the engine's roar, pointing towards the spot where almost all the troop bearing ships were landing. The clone pilot shot back a 'yes sir', and began to slowly turn the gunship towards the area, amidst a fury of lasers and cannon fire...

"They keep moving out of the way sir!"

"Well concentrate all starboard fire on that Acclamator, and all port fire on that Acclamator *points* then head straight for the centre of those Victories. Charge up the hyper-drive engines, they wont be able to dodge when we're going that speed. Also get yourself and all other living people into escape pods, the ship only needs droids and myself to fly."

"Yes sir. Out"


Aboard the Prosecutor, Captain Rokossovsky was getting worried- the fighters were doing a good job, yet the Separatists hadn't gotten off his tail. He had to do something desperate to get them out of there--he called one of his junior officers over.

"Yes, sir?"

"Order the gunships to launch once we enter the atmosphere. If possible, as well, get the repulsor craft down there- we should have some auxiliary stabilisers to get them down. Also, turn off all cannonfire and redirect their power to engines as well- we can't afford to be destroyed."

"What about the battleship moving towards us? If we're captured, the Separatists would capture the division as well, and we may lose our technological advantage, sir."

"In that case, have the troops prepare to fight a defensive action. If that fails, make preparations to have the main reactor detonate. We will not allow them to capture us, even if we are beaten. Make sure escape pods are ready as well."

The lieutenant seemed nervous, but knew it was his duty. "Sir," the officer saluted as he went to carry out the order.

San Hill saw from his private room the battle taking place. Admiral Torith had called in three ships. He also saw the ship they were attacking run away. Also in his room was the battle on Genosis. San Hill pushed a button to activate the IG Lancer Droids. They were going to attack the Republic's army.

Back in the Bridge Torith saw that the Prosecutor running away toward the planet. He ordered the Harnaidan to chase the Prosecutor. He ordered the Tide of Progress XII , Reborn, and Glorious to provide covering fire. Seeing the Harnaidan get right next to the Prosecutor Torith ordered the Captian board the ship the Prosecutor. Each of the ships here had at least 150,000 deactivated battle droids. The Harnaidan had activated all the battle droids for boarding.

"Sir, the Spearhead has just come."

Admiral Torith turned around to see the Spearhead come out of hyperspace.

"Give them the orders to protect the Harnaidan."

The orders were given and the Spearhead moved over toward the Harnaidan.

Levesque smiled in that evil way he did when he was anticipating something big. "I've got the bastards right where I want them..." He saw that the Harnaidan was approaching the Prosecutor to broadside her. But, in doing so, Harnaidan had left her port side totally open to fire. Levesque then moved three of his Victories, the Implacable, Invincible, and Incorruptible to broadside the Harnaidan, using full turbolaser and ion complements. He had his starfighters and lighter ships harrass the protecting ones, to make sure they wouldn't bother the Victories.

All escape pods were off the ship, and all the dropships had been launched, heading for the Prosecutor. They were protected by all the fighters and all other starships from the Rzarkhas. They would attempt a boarding action.

The Rzarkhas itself was pointed into the midst of the Victories. The hyper drive was charged up, and the ship's captain was grinning evilly.

He sent out a signal to the other CIS ships" Get away from that formation of Victories, I have a nice surprise for them."

The ship shook from another hit, this one disabling the life support.


******
snip
"See that gunship, the one that almost got hit and is now turning back towards it's own lines, take it down, take it down now.

"Dagh!... Sir, we've been hit!"
Master Thraxin looked at the clone pilot, who was frantically trying everything to keep the gunship heading for the landing zone. Thoom.
"What was that," yelled a clone trooper in the back, looking towards the rear of the gunship. Two troopers fell out with a yell through a hole where the rear had been. Traxin turned back towards the pilot, yelling, "Take us down now! We need to land!"

****

On the core ship, Wat looked out nervously, he could see clones firing at the Rhisk ef Skako's core while it was planetside.

"Get those spider tanks to fire on the enemy AT-TE's and send out any AATs to fire on the enemy artillery. Get the battle droids to form a skirmish screen, and take out those clones there, they're coming straight through. I want some SBD's to take on those one's, and get the assassin droids to deploy auto-turrets.

Also get the assault droids to lay mines around the core ships, in case they try a boarding action."

The lead AT-TE exploded under concentrated fire from the spider tanks, the main fuel tanks blowing the head sky-high. In the next vehicle, a lieutenant marked the targets, telling his gunners which to engage first. The battle raged around them, but they remained cool under fire, their cannons blasting into the skin of the droids.

Down on the ground, CC-1119 snapped off another shot, and then ducked behind a rock, waiting for the power cell to recharge on his weapon. He pulled the pistol from it's holster, and fired into a nearby super battle droid that was advancing on him. The round hit home, and the head was knocked backward, but the droid kept coming. He heard a familar tone, and pumped the trigger three more times, each shot scarring the oncoming droid. Suddenly, another shot flew over his head, and the droid crumpled. The sharpshooter stood with his sniper rifle, the barrel of which was smoking, and looked at the commander. His armour bore no markings, making him a trooper,"Looked like you need some help, commander."

"Well done, trooper. Come, we must keep moving forward."

The commander hauled himself back to his feet and moved forward once more, his legs feeling slightly heavier, having come so close to death. He didn't fear it... but at the same time, he had no wish to die. Not in his first engagement. He rejoined with his squad, and the sergeant moved over to him,"Sir, they are attempting to stall our advance to allow that core ship to escape."

"What of the artillery?"

"Under fire from enemy tanks."

"Redivert some gunships to provide air support to us and the artillery, and tell the AT-TE's to focus all their fire on the core ship once they have dealt with the spiders."

As he was speaking, one of the troopers shouted out,"Sir, more battle droids, coming our way!"

"All troops, RV on my position. We'll strongpoint here until further notice. Trooper Gamma-Seven Five!"

The sharpshooter who had rescued CC-1119 not five minutes earlier looked around,"Yes, Commander?"

"Take a few sharpshooters, and get over to that high ground," he called, pointing an out stretched finger at a small ridge, roughly two hundred metres away,"I saw troops deploying mines and auto-turrets. Knock them down, and clear a path for us."

"Can't take out mines sir, you'll need engineers for that sort of work."

"Then give them cover whilst they work."

"Yessir!"

~snip~

"Sir the Spiders are being destroyed, steadily"

"Order them to cover the AATs and droids as they fall back from those Gunships. I can see a group of clones, others are converging on them, I think a commander must be present, order 5 units of SBDs to advance towards them, get the assassin droids to look for an enemy leader.

If there is a commander, I want him dead."

"Sir what about the core ship being targetted?"

"Evacuate the officials from on board, get them over to my ship, and launch all remaining droids."

"Sir, also they have sent Engineers out to clear out the mines"

"Well take down their Engineers with assassin droids."

"Sir the Spiders are being destroyed, steadily"

"Order them to cover the AATs and droids as they fall back from those Gunships. I can see a group of clones, others are converging on them, I think a commander must be present, order 5 units of SBDs to advance towards them, get the assassin droids to look for the enemy leader.

If there is a commander, I want him dead."

"Sir, more battle droids... supers."

"Roger that. Sharpshooters, are you in position?"

There was a brief hiss of static, and then came the response,"Yes Commander... we see the droids... not only supers, but snipers as well."

"Take them down. They are your priority target as of right now."

"Roger that."

Gamma-Seven Five lay on his belly, the rifle steady in his well-trained hands, staring down the scope. He saw one droid pass, and led the target before squeezing the trigger smoothly, the round piercing the fragile skeletal structure of the assassin droid.

The clones armed with more conventional weaponry fired at any target, always under control, never loosing control. The ARC troopers present threw their thermal detonators into the midst of the advancing supers, the silver parts scattering over a wide area. CC-1119 smiled, noticing how his troops had laid some mines as well... funnel the assualt, and pick them off as they went. It never failed to work.

"Sir, more battle droids... supers."

"Roger that. Sharpshooters, are you in position?"

There was a brief hiss of static, and then came the response,"Yes Commander... we see the droids... not only supers, but snipers as well."

"Take them down. They are your priority target as of right now."

"Roger that."

Gamma-Seven Five lay on his belly, the rifle steady in his well-trained hands, staring down the scope. He saw one droid pass, and led the target before squeezing the trigger smoothly, the round piercing the fragile skeletal structure of the assassin droid.

The clones armed with more conventional weaponry fired at any target, always under control, never loosing control. The ARC troopers present threw their thermal detonators into the midst of the advancing supers, the silver parts scattering over a wide area. CC-1119 smiled, noticing how his troops had laid some mines as well... funnel the assualt, and pick them off as they went. It never failed to work.



"Sir the SBD's are getting hammered."

"Damnit, tell them to fire wrist rockets at that group, and tell the assassin's to get into cover, I can see them getting shot to pieces from here."


******

One droid, crouching between two rocks saw the clone commander, and was about to fire off his shot, when it's head exploded in a shower of metal.

The shot still went off.

Suddenly a LAAT landed to the side of the Clone Commander and his group. "Need some help boys?" Liam said as he lept from the ship with Lightsaber drawn. The forty plus clones aboard followed suit before the LAAT took off, firing down upon the droids from above. "Alright! Take defensive positions," he yelled to the newly landed clones.

All escape pods were off the ship, and all the dropships had been launched, heading for the Prosecutor. They were protected by all the fighters and all other starships from the Rzarkhas. They would attempt a boarding action.

The Rzarkhas itself was pointed into the midst of the Victories. The hyper drive was charged up, and the ship's captain was grinning evilly.

He sent out a signal to the other CIS ships" Get away from that formation of Victories, I have a nice surprise for them."

The ship shook from another hit, this one disabling the life support.


OOC: Hyperspace jumps can't work in that short of an area

IC:

The Victories pulled back somewhat, but continued to bombard. Levesque wanted them to destroy the ship, and the current level of fire meant they were only disabling her fire along the ship's equator. They had to hit her on the weak point.

Ships pulled up and began bombarding the derelict cruiser from the top- knocking out communications dishes and trying to attack where there was little armour- in a hope to destroy it.

Master Thraxin tumbled out the smoking gunship, which had touched down not-so-smoothly moments before. He ignited his lightsaber, and began to run towards the sound of battle, with the troopers piling out out of the gunship behind.

Blaster fire apparently had the right of way on the dusty battlefield, as battledroids, super battle droids, and geonosians, and clones fired back at each other from everywhere. Clone units were moving around, and Thraxin noticed one particular group made up of what appeared to be snipers and engineers. Walkers, gunships, and various Separatist tanks and heavy droids filled the battlefield, taking and returning fire. This was a massive battle, and he was in the thick of it...

Suddenly a LAAT landed to the side of the Clone Commander and his group. "Need some help boys?" Liam said as he lept from the ship with Lightsaber drawn. The forty plus clones aboard followed suit before the LAAT took off, firing down upon the droids from above. "Alright! Take defensive positions," he yelled to the newly landed clones.

~snip

CC-1119 looked at the Jedi, searching his memory for the name. He clicked quickly,"Master Liam, welcome to hell! Might want to get down.."

As he was talking, the sniper round pinged off his helmet, causing him to spin and duck, trying to find the assaliant. He shook his head, feeling the surface of the helmet with his fingers, finding the bullet had taken a chunk out of it. As he was feeling, the wrist rockets impacted on a rock, sending chunks flying through the air. He covered his head by instinct as the rocks tumbled over his armour. It had previously been white, but was now dusted with a light red. He looked around, and turned his featureless helmet to Liam,"As I was saying... welcome to hell. Looks like this is a last ditch attempt to destroy us... once these guys are taken out, we can move forward again. They've got us pinned down."

San Hill saw the battle developed in space and land. His Lancer Droids were about to attack the front line of the clones.

Back in the Bridge Adrimal Torith saw the Implacable, Invincible, and Incorruptible coming toward the Harnaidan. The Spearhead was already attacking the Invincible.

"Tell the Reborn and Glourious to attack the other two Republic ships. Also tell the men to fire on the new target Indomitable."

As Torith was saying this the ship was moving. The Reborn and Glourious were moving to attack the Implacable and Incorrupitble.

"Also tell Wat Tambor we are boarding the Prosecutor, and also if any escapes pods are shot make them come to us."

On the ship Harnaidan they were ready to board. The battle droids charged into the Prosecutor. About all of the 150,000 droids were going aboard with some Munns. A group of about 10,000 were droids marines. They were going to the main reactor, so the captian couldn't blow it up.

San Hill saw the battle developed in space and land. His Lancer Droids were about to attack the front line of the clones.

Back in the Bridge Adrimal Torith saw the Implacable, Invincible, and Incorruptible coming toward the Harnaidan. The Spearhead was already attacking the Invincible.

"Tell the Reborn and Glourious to attack the other two Republic ships. Also tell the men to fire on the new target Indomitable."

As Torith was saying this the ship was moving. The Reborn and Glourious were moving to attack the Implacable and Incorrupitble.

"Also tell Wat Tambor we are boarding the Prosecutor, and also if any escapes pods are shot make them come to us."

On the ship Harnaidan they were ready to board. The battle droids charged into the Prosecutor. About all of the 150,000 droids were going aboard with some Munns. Most of them were going to the main reactor so the captian couldn't blow it up.

Implacable, Invincible, and Incorruptible held where they were, and returned fire on the advancing CIS ships. Their shields were holding relatively steady, and because the CIS ships moved, they were now able to utilise all of their guns on them- a torrent of turbolaser fire soon fell on Glorious and Reborn, while some fire was kept on the Harnaidan. Indomitable soon returned fire with full force from her main batteries, and showed no sign of retreating.

Levesque wasn't terribly concerned about the way the battle was going- he knew he outgunned the Separatists relatively easily, and only needed to hold. He also had reserves to commit if needs be.

Meanwhile, aboard Prosecutor, the situation had gone from bad to worse. The ship was now listing helplessly just above Geonosis, and was being boarded. 16,000 Clone troopers on board prepared to fight a massive delaying action, barricading themselves in corridors and all throughout the ship. Reactor had already been secured by around 500 of the soldiers, and the reactor was rigged to blow. All that needed to be given was the order.

The 10,000 Droid Marines found the main reactor and opened fire at the Clones. Mean while the Harnaidan removed it self from the Prosecutor. The ship was firing on the Republic ships with the other CIS ships. The CIS ships made a wall blocking the Republic ships from getting toward the Prosecutor. They were far away from the Prosecutor from not getting blown up if the Prosecutor exploded.

On Geneosis the Lance Droids were attacking the front line. They drove their lances threw the clones. San Hill watched the battle, but decided to watch the rebuilding of Grievous.

[OOC: Ehh, Canadstein, I don't think you can say you found the main reactor. You have to RP your droid marines and other forces fighting the other clones stationed throughout the ship before you can get to the main reactor...]

IC:
"Over there," Yelled Master Thraxin, ordering his little group of clones to a position which was coming under attack from the Lancers. He threw his lightsaber at a droid, impaling it, then ran over and drew his lightsaber from the body of the droid. Turning around, he flung anther droid back with the force, watching it smash into a rock formation nearby.


As Gunships flew across the battlefield, carrying troops, walkers, and supplies, AT-TE's lumbered towards the Separatist positions, along with the Republic Army...

The 10,000 Droid Marines found the main reactor and opened fire at the Clones. Mean while the Harnaidan removed it self from the Prosecutor. The ship was firing on the Republic ships with the other CIS ships. The CIS ships made a wall blocking the Republic ships from getting toward the Prosecutor. They were far away from the Prosecutor from not getting blown up if the Prosecutor exploded.

On Geneosis the Lance Droids were attacking the front line. They drove their lances threw the clones. San Hill watched the battle, but decided to watch the rebuilding of Grievous.

In the reactor, the battle took its toll. Though the clones inflicted heavy casualties on the droids, their position was now untenable.Prosecutor could no longer be held, and could not be allowed to be captured. Throughout the rest of the ship, not much had been achieved either- though the droids were largely defeated wherever they were, sheer number forced the clones to withdraw. One of her engineers finally began the detonation sequence upon recieving word from the captain- screaming "For the Republic!" as he died.

Soon, the Prosecutor exploded in a giant fireball- taking all hands with her, except for some escape pods that were launched and descended into the atmosphere with officers aboard. Levesque was shocked when he saw the Prosecutor's destruction- he had a feeling though, it was self-ordered.

Regardless, Levesque's battleships closed in around the four CIS ships, and began opening a massive barrage against them. Strike fighters were relaunched, armed with space bombs designed to blast the ships to kingdom come. There was no escape now, as the Victories and Venators started shelling them with blast after blast of turbolaser fire.

Seeing the Prosecutor blow up, Admiral Torith knew that this would make the Republic mad. Knew that this battle was lost and they were outnumbered he ordered a retreat. Most of the ships were taking heavy damage. He knew that the Tides of Progess XII mustn't be lost with the special cargo aboard. Torith got up from his chair.

"Order all ships to make covering fire for us."

All of the CIS ships shot their turbolasers at the Tides of Progess XII left.

"Tell them if they escape come back to the home planet."

Tides of Progess XII was making it's way to escape by hyperspace.

Looking back he saw the Harnaidan escaping too with the Reborn and Glourious. The Spearhead was still in the same position. It was badly damaged being the shield for the Harnaidan when they were boarding. The Spearhead started to move toward the Invincible.

"Ask what the Spearhead is doing now!"

All of the other ships had left only the Tides of Progess XII and Spearhead.

"Sir they are blocking the channel."

The Spearhead was on a crash corse headed toward the Invincible.

"Sir we are ready to go into hyperspace."

"Let's go then."

The last thing Admiral Torith saw was the Spearhead headin toward the Invincible. Then they went into hyperspace going home toward Muunilinst.

Back on land, the battle raged on. The overwhelming droid forces had been coming in waves at the pinned group of Master Liam and CC-1119. The newly arriving clone forces had taken up defensive positions in front of CC-1119's group in order to give them some relief. Liam watched as the sniper made contact with the Clone Commander and in a second's notice, Liam had chucked his lightsaber towards the enemy. The sniper was impaled through the head by Liam's lightsaber, which he ran towards to retrieve. Jumping onto the sniper before it fell, he removed his lightsaber and then lept into the air. He came down directly on top of a Super Battle Droid which recieved the worse end of the contact as the lightsaber found it's way through the droid's head. As the droid collapsed under him, Liam pulled out his lightwhip and began spinning it around his head as he used his lightsaber to block blaster fire.

Liam's clone forces took this as the signal to press the attack. They unleashed a heavy volley of blaster fire and moved foward to their commander.

Seeing the Prosecutor blow up, Admiral Torith knew that this would make the Republic mad. Knew that this battle was lost and they were outnumbered he ordered a retreat. Most of the ships were taking heavy damage. He knew that the Tides of Progess XII mustn't be lost with the special cargo aboard. Torith got up from his chair.

"Order all ships to make covering fire for us."

All of the CIS ships shot their turbolasers at the Tides of Progess XII left.

"Tell them if they escape come back to the home planet."

Tides of Progess XII was making it's way to escape by hyperspace.

Looking back he saw the Harnaidan escaping too with the Reborn and Glourious. The Spearhead was still in the same position. It was badly damaged being the shield for the Harnaidan when they were boarding. The Spearhead started to move toward the Invincible.

"Ask what the Spearhead is doing now!"

All of the other ships had left only the Tides of Progess XII and Spearhead.

"Sir they are blocking the channel."

The Spearhead was on a crash corse headed toward the Invincible.

"Sir we are ready to go into hyperspace."

"Let's go then."

The last thing Admiral Torith saw was the Spearhead crashing into the Invincible. Then they went into hyperspace going home toward Muunilinst.

OOC: I'm going to call godmod on the last one, you cannot say what in fact happened to my ships- only I can do that- you could say that it was heading towards the Invincible, though.

OOC: Sorry about that wasn't really thinking. It was been changed.

Back on land, the battle raged on. The overwhelming droid forces had been coming in waves at the pinned group of Master Liam and CC-1119. The newly arriving clone forces had taken up defensive positions in front of CC-1119's group in order to give them some relief. Liam watched as the sniper made contact with the Clone Commander and in a second's notice, Liam had chucked his lightsaber towards the enemy. The sniper was impaled through the head by Liam's lightsaber, which he ran towards to retrieve. Jumping onto the sniper before it fell, he removed his lightsaber and then lept into the air. He came down directly on top of a Super Battle Droid which recieved the worse end of the contact as the lightsaber found it's way through the droid's head. As the droid collapsed under him, Liam pulled out his lightwhip and began spinning it around his head as he used his lightsaber to block blaster fire.

Liam's clone forces took this as the signal to press the attack. They unleashed a heavy volley of blaster fire and moved foward to their commander.

This Jedi is reckless... but effective

CC-1119 called up the map of the battleground, and saw from the reports that clones were faring well on all fronts... except over to the west. His unit was too far east to lend aid, and he couldn't pull rank on others. He just hoped that someone spotted it, and would move over there soon enough. Crouched on one knee, he held the blaster rifle in one hand, having holstered the pistol. Near the front end of the strongpoint, one of the remaining snipers shot another droid, the round piercing the carapace just above the eye, tearing into the 'brain' of the machine. CC-1119 noted this,Excellent under fire... better than most. I should expect no less of this one.

"Troopers, we must press the advance. Move forward. For the Republic!"

The men surrounding him did not respond, instead getting up from their positions, half of them moving forward whilst the other fired to give them cover... classic bunnyhopping tactics. They advanced, their engineers leading the charge with their shotguns and fusion cutters, removing mines from the path of the steadily advancing troopers. CC-1119 hoped they didn't run into droidekas. He'd seen some earlier, in the arena, but as of yet hadn't seen them on the battlefield proper. They were perhaps the most deadly of their foes.
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In the now leading AT-TE, the lieutenant fixed the slowly rising core ship in his sights, and swung the main cannon of the war machine to point at the target. There was a beeping sound in his headset, replaced by a single tone as the heavy blast cannon locked onto the target,"All units, open fire!"

There was a short pause, and then the weapons of the walkers caused a sound like thunder to echo across the battlefield, the full spectrum of weapons being employed against the ever-rising core ship.

Seeing the Prosecutor blow up, Admiral Torith knew that this would make the Republic mad. Knew that this battle was lost and they were outnumbered he ordered a retreat. Most of the ships were taking heavy damage. He knew that the Tides of Progess XII mustn't be lost with the special cargo aboard. Torith got up from his chair.

"Order all ships to make covering fire for us."

All of the CIS ships shot their turbolasers at the Tides of Progess XII left.

"Tell them if they escape come back to the home planet."

Tides of Progess XII was making it's way to escape by hyperspace.

Looking back he saw the Harnaidan escaping too with the Reborn and Glourious. The Spearhead was still in the same position. It was badly damaged being the shield for the Harnaidan when they were boarding. The Spearhead started to move toward the Invincible.

"Ask what the Spearhead is doing now!"

All of the other ships had left only the Tides of Progess XII and Spearhead.

"Sir they are blocking the channel."

The Spearhead was on a crash corse headed toward the Invincible.

"Sir we are ready to go into hyperspace."

"Let's go then."

The last thing Admiral Torith saw was the Spearhead headin toward the Invincible. Then they went into hyperspace going home toward Muunilinst.

Levesque and his officers were already celebrating on board Indomitable, it seemed that they had beaten the separatists and now it was a matter of hours until the planet fell. One obstacle remained, though- a lone battleship was going to ram Invincible Levesque radioed the Invincible and ordered it to go hard starboard, in an attempt to clear the way.

He also had other ships get out of a possible path, and ordered turbolaser, warhead, and ion fire to stop the ship at all costs. Fighters were still in the area, and helped with the effort as well. With any luck, they'd neutralise Spearhead before she destroyed anything- though the gunnery crews seriously doubted they'd be able to do this.

On board the Spearhead the captian ordered to the ship to at any cost to go at the Invincible. The captian ordered all the remaining fighters to run into the Invincilble bridge. The Spearhead turned around and all power was now at the engines. In the pods were the droids. All 150,000 droids were getting ready to board the ship. Once they got close they would launch. The two ion cannons were getting ready to shoot at the Invincilble.

On board the Spearhead the captian ordered to the ship to at any cost to go at the Invincible. The captian ordered all the remaining fighters to run into the Invincilble bridge. The Spearhead turned around and all power was now at the engines. In the pods were the droids. All 150,000 droids were getting ready to board the ship. Once they got close they would launch. The two ion cannons were getting ready to shoot at the Invincilble.

Invincible was not going to surrender. Immediately, all of her starfighters, guns, and warheads were brought to bear on the attacking Spearhead. Her sister ships came in as well to help, and began attacking the ship with a massive amount of turbolaser fire. Attack fighters were continually deployed, all with space bombs to destroy the incoming vessel.

When they came within a dangerous 0.4 km of the target, the fighters released their space bombs. Though they took massive casualties, they knew the Spearhead would either be destroyed or dead still.

The Spearhead saw the fighters coming they launch all their pods and shot the ion cannons. Then the fighters attacked. All of the Spearhead had lost power. The captian had escaped on one of the pods. The Spearhead just sat their. If a Republic Ship came by they would exploded. With the pods they all were going toward the Invincible. The captian with his 500 marine driods were going toward the bridge.


OOC: What type of ships it he Invincible?

The Spearhead saw the fighters coming they launch all their pods and shot the ion cannons. Then the fighters attacked. All of the Spearhead had lost power. The captian had escaped on one of the pods. The Spearhead just sat their. If a Republic Ship came by they would exploded. With the pods they all were going toward the Invincible. The captian with his 500 marine driods were going toward the bridge.


OOC: What type of ships it he Invincible?

OOC: Victory-class Star Destroyer. You have no chance.

IC:

Fighters moved from attacking the now dead Spearhead towards protecting Invincible- she switched to her point-defence cannons to try and intercept the pods, as well as bringing turbolasers in for the further out pods. As a precaution, the command staff was abandoning the bridge and the auxiliary one was being activated.

The pods hit the Invincible and exploded.

The pods hit the Invincible about 2/3 of the pods made it. The pods opened up and the droids came out. The Captain and his Marine Droids landed near the bridge. Fighting their way up they finally made it to the bridge. The engineer droids started to hack into the ship.

While doing this the B-2 Battle Droids were fighting the 16,000 men aboard. A group of Droidekas were moving toward the main reactor. This time they weren't going to repeat what happened on the Prosecutor. The droidekas rolled threw the clones until they got to the main reactor where they started to shoot and put on their shields.

OOC: The only assualt ships at Geonosis was the Acclamator I-class assault ships. The Victory I-class Star Destroyer were not even created yet.

OOC: We're taking liberties here- we're just assuming that for the sake of play, certain technologies exist that did not until a few years later--at least, that's the way I've been interpreting it. And your pods would do nothing but explode if they hit the superstructure- the shields are still up

OOC:
Also this is from the main OOC thread.

Units
Republic Clones
Clone Trooper: Genetically designed for superior fighting capability, clone troopers are best at fighting other infantry units toe-to-toe. Equipped with blaster rifle, blaster pistol and thermal detonators.

ARC Troopers: The Advanced Recon Commando (ARC) specialises in anti-vehicular combat. These units carry a powerful rocket launcher, but it's effectiveness against infantry is limited. Equipped with rocket launcher, blaster pistol, thermal detonators and mines.

Clone Sharpshooter: The sharpshooter is a long-range threat to infantry with the sniper rifle, and uses the recon droid to engage in a destructive self-detonation. Equipped with sniper rifle, blaster pistol, thermal detonators and recon droid.

Clone Engineer: The Republic's engineers support the army by repairing friendly equipment and establishing defences. When the need arises, they demolish CIS emplacements with their detpacks. Equipped with shotgun, fusion cutter, detpack and auto-turret dispenser.

Jet Trooper: This highly mobile trooper has a jet pack that allows brief but rapid bursts of flight. They are masters of ambushes and disruption with EMP launchers. Equipped with EMP launcher, commando pistol and thermal detonators.

All Republic vehicles are avaliable

The ship you are talking of belongs to the Empire.

ooc: because they all do...

Read this (http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Victory-class) and learn something about them before question their abilities. The first paragraph in General Characteristics talks about its shields.

OOC: Prove to me that the Victory I-class Star Destroyer has a shield?

Also this is from the main thread.

Units
Republic Clones
Clone Trooper: Genetically designed for superior fighting capability, clone troopers are best at fighting other infantry units toe-to-toe. Equipped with blaster rifle, blaster pistol and thermal detonators.

ARC Troopers: The Advanced Recon Commando (ARC) specialises in anti-vehicular combat. These units carry a powerful rocket launcher, but it's effectiveness against infantry is limited. Equipped with rocket launcher, blaster pistol, thermal detonators and mines.

Clone Sharpshooter: The sharpshooter is a long-range threat to infantry with the sniper rifle, and uses the recon droid to engage in a destructive self-detonation. Equipped with sniper rifle, blaster pistol, thermal detonators and recon droid.

Clone Engineer: The Republic's engineers support the army by repairing friendly equipment and establishing defences. When the need arises, they demolish CIS emplacements with their detpacks. Equipped with shotgun, fusion cutter, detpack and auto-turret dispenser.

Jet Trooper: This highly mobile trooper has a jet pack that allows brief but rapid bursts of flight. They are masters of ambushes and disruption with EMP launchers. Equipped with EMP launcher, commando pistol and thermal detonators.

All Republic vehicles are avaliable

The ship you are talking of belongs to the Empire.

OOC: It was in Republic service by the end of the war. And first off, you should assume because it's a bloody capital ship, it would have a shield..but, since you didn't

http://www.galacticempiredatabank.com/VSD.html

OOC: Sorry meant to change that.

The ship you are talking of belongs to the Empire.

Actually it was used by the Republic before the Empire. Read the part about the Republic's Military, here (http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Galactic_Republic)

OOC: Ok it was used by the Republic. Just to tell you Sevaris there's a difference between begining and end. This is the begining of the Clone War not end.

OOC: Ok it was used by the Republic. Just to tell you Sevaris there's a difference between begining and end. This is the begining of the Clone War not end.

OOC: He says all Republic vehicles apply- and since he's going by Battlefront II, most of those missions are set near the time Victory would've been introduced--so quit your bitching, okay?

OOC: In the Epsiode 2 did you ever see any Victory-Class during the Battle of Geonosis.

OOC: In the Epsiode 2 did you ever see any Victory-Class during the Battle of Geonosis.

OOC: No, but there were no Banking Clan battleships during this time at all either..

ooc: Canadstein, just be quiet. He said any Republic vehicles or ships can be used... he didn't specify time or if they were used by other factions later on. ANY Republic Ship... now stop your arguing.

OOC: I will just say the pods went underbelly and went threw the opening for ships. ok? After this I won't complain.

OOC: I will just say the pods went underbelly and went threw the opening for ships. ok? After this I won't complain.

OOC: Again, there are shields there--it still wouldn't work.

OOC: Then how the hell do your ships get back into the main ship?

OOC: Then how the hell do your ships get back into the main ship?

OOC: They're friendly ships, and the shields are lowered--even if shields weren't there, they'd still crash into the superstructure..

OOC:Fine they all hit the shield killing all of them also in the process taking down some of the shield.


The Spearhead exploded set off by the Captian inside.

OOC:Fine they all hit the shield killing all of them.

OOC: Then at least go back and edit the post so that you do something else

Levesque was elated. His forces had won their first victory here- the first of many, hopefully. He regrouped his remaining forces and ordered the battleships to bombard positions down on the planet below, as requested by the Army.

He had a message sent to the ground commanders that his forces would now provide orbital bombardment if needs be.

OOC: Dear gosh... That was a long string of ridiculous OOC posts...

(IC to come in a little while...)

OOC: IF you say that the Inivicible got away without damage then that's a lie. A ship blew up near it. And the pods probably got rid of the shield.

OOC: ARG! Cut out the damn OOC comments, there is a place for them in the OOC THREAD.

IC:
"Sir!" a clone trooped said over the roar of battle as he approached the lightsaber wielding Master Liam. "I am recieving a message from Admiral Levesque and the Republic Navy. They have defeated the Separtist's forces in space and are preparing for orbital bombardment if we need it."

"Very well," Liam said as he ducked a blaster shot, "Send a message back... I will hold the line briefly as they bombard the enemy forces."

The clone saluted and sent the message to the Admiral. Meanwhile, Liam and the clones again took defensive positions and prepared to hold back the onslaught of droids as their positions were bombarded by the navy. Liam signalled to CC-1119, advising him to do the same, though he was not sure if he recieved the message.

OOC: ARG! Cut out the damn OOC comments, there is a place for them in the OOC THREAD.

IC:
"Sir!" a clone trooped said over the roar of battle as he approached the lightsaber wielding Master Liam. "I am recieving a message from Admiral Levesque and the Republic Navy. They have defeated the Separtist's forces in space and are preparing for orbital bombardment if we need it."

"Very well," Liam said as he ducked a blaster shot, "Send a message back... I will hold the line briefly as they bombard the enemy forces."

The clone saluted and sent the message to the Admiral. Meanwhile, Liam and the clones again took defensive positions and prepared to hold back the onslaught of droids as their positions were bombarded by the navy. Liam signalled to CC-1119, advising him to do the same, though he was not sure if he recieved the message.

One of the officers aboard Indomitable recieved Liam's message and relayed it to Admiral Levesque.

The officer said as he saluted, "Sir- we have recieved a message from the planet requesting orbital bombardment of coordinate 2-5-7-1-9. From the nature of the message, the situation appears urgent."

Levesque nodded. "Very good, Captain. Position our ship and ready the turbolaser batteries to fire on the requested coordinate- marshal any other nearby ships with such capacity to do the same. After it is done, standby for further orders. Clear?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good. Dismissed."

The order was soon carried out- Indomitable and Implacable were firing within a few moment's time, and a nearby Venator-class, the Königgrätz was coming to aid.

OOC: Koniggratz?... O.o

IC:
"Sir," Said a nearby sergeant, "we've recieved word the fleet is preparing to hand the enemy a little gift."
Thraxin looked at him, then said, "Alrighty then, I guess we'd better take cover. Let's go!" He signaled to the other troopers a bit farther, and told the rest to start heading towards Master Liam.

OOC: What? :D

IC:

The turbolaser batteries opened full and total fire on the enemy positions- the three ships unleashed a torrent of green hail on the unlucky Separatists down below. Levesque ordered them to continue to fire until word was recieved from the surface to cease.

Down on the surface of the planet, the clones had established an impromptu command centre in a downed Techno Union ship. CC-1119 looked out over the battlefield from the ruined bridge, seeing how the Grand Army was steadily advancing across the dusty plains.

He kicked through the rubble, and his foot hit something that didn't feel... right to him. He bent down, sifting through the rubble. His hands closed around the object, and pulled it up,"What the hell is this..."

The object was black, pyramid in shape, and seemed to emanate a sickly pulsing sensation... could this be... no... it was... a Sith Holocron. He turned it over in his hands, and then put it atop a nearby panel,"Watch that thing, trooper. Contact Master Liam and tell him we've found a Holocron."

"Commander!" said a glone of the sound of the orbital blasting of the droid lines, "I am recieving a transmission from CC-1119.... he says he has found a Sith Holocron amongst the rubble."

Could it be...? A Sith Holocron here? Liam thought as he recieved the news of the rare find. "Alright... see if you can contact Master Yoda and relay him the news. I don't know what dark power it may hold within it..." Liam replied as he went back to his thoughts.

Yoda looked up sharply as the message came through, frowning, his knarled forehead showing the strain of the years,"Go to that Holocron, I shall. Of this, inform Master Liam."

A clone trooper squad rode in the LAAT/i gunship to the forward command post along with Yoda, to reinforce the units already occupying the area. CC-1119 was waiting,"Master Yoda!"

"A rare thing, found you have."

"Yes, Master. We have left it alone. It is over there."

Yoda took the Holocron, using the Force to lift it off the panel,"Sith, it is. Wise you were, to call Master Liam. Wait here for him, I shall."

OOC: OK i'll just play along.... My ships were still in space at the time but it's all good. Also just one thing, on the film, did we even see the battle over Geonosis?

Also in reply to Sevaris, a simple thing is to set the hyper-drive to go for a point a long way away, but that the line of travel will go straight through the formation.

IC: The core of Rhisk ef Skako had been taking damage all the way through the battle. Now, from the combined fire from the AT-TEs, it was going down. In a massive explosion it crashed down into the ground again, and the dust rose up around it, obscuring sight for nearly five minutes.

At the end of those five minutes, the remaining Techno-Union core ships were gone. They had risen up to join onto their respective rings.

The core of the Rzarkhas had had to join onto the ring of Rhisk ef Skako . Wat Tambor walked around the bridge, and with a big sigh glared at the drifting ring of his old flagship.

The attacks from above had taken out the bridge moments before the cptain had activated the hyper drive. Now the ship was just a hunk of lump floating in space.

"Activate the detonation sequence from here, I don't want plans to fall into enemy hands. Damnit, we need better ships!!"

With that the newly named Rhisk ef Rzarkhas shot through space towards Skako.

As the orbital bombardment stopped, Liam boarded a LAAT/i along with his clone troopers. A short time later he reached the foward base where Yoda and CC-1119 were waiting for him. As they landed, Liam ordered the clone troopers to take positions around the base and hold back the remaining droid forces. "Ah, Master Yoda..." Liam said as he caught sight of him, "I suppose you have seen the artifact? I sense a dark power surrounding it, what do you think of it...?"

As the orbital bombardment stopped, Liam boarded a LAAT/i along with his clone troopers. A short time later he reached the foward base where Yoda and CC-1119 were waiting for him. As they landed, Liam ordered the clone troopers to take positions around the base and hold back the remaining droid forces. "Ah, Master Yoda..." Liam said as he caught sight of him, "I suppose you have seen the artifact? I sense a dark power surrounding it, what do you think of it...?"

"Master Liam," nodded CC-1119, going back to his men as he passed the Jedi. Yoda was musing over the Holocron.

"Yes, Master Liam. Seen it, I have. Strong in the Dark Side, it is... troubling. Consider this further, we must."

"I agree," Liam replied. "I don't believe it is a mere coincidence that we found a sith holocron here at the base of the Separtists' ships. The question is, were the Separtists foolish enough to be sucked in by the power surrounding the artifact... or is it something worse..." Liam contemplated the matter as he spoke.

When Admiral Torith got back to Muunilinst he dropped off San Hill and the Scientist. The scientist brought the plans for the Death Star and the finished Greivous. On Munnilinst the Tides of Progress XII, Reborn, and Glourious were repaired. The ships were restock with lancer droids, battle droids, and other assorted droids. Also twenty C-9979's were in prep for launch once the ships were finished.

ooc: Death Star?! Since when do the separtists have any plan, ability, or knowledge of a Death Star? This is the Clone Wars... not A New Hope

ooc2: We haven't even wrapped up the battle on Geonosis and you are already weeks and months into the future, trying to start another battle?!

ooc:Remeber in Clone Wars at the end Poggle had the plan for the death star.

"I agree," Liam replied. "I don't believe it is a mere coincidence that we found a sith holocron here at the base of the Separtists' ships. The question is, were the Separtists foolish enough to be sucked in by the power surrounding the artifact... or is it something worse..." Liam contemplated the matter as he spoke.

"Of this, we do not know. Take it to the Council, we shall."

OOC: OK i'll just play along.... My ships were still in space at the time but it's all good. Also just one thing, on the film, did we even see the battle over Geonosis?

Also in reply to Sevaris, a simple thing is to set the hyper-drive to go for a point a long way away, but that the line of travel will go straight through the formation.

IC: The core of Rhisk ef Skako had been taking damage all the way through the battle. Now, from the combined fire from the AT-TEs, it was going down. In a massive explosion it crashed down into the ground again, and the dust rose up around it, obscuring sight for nearly five minutes.

At the end of those five minutes, the remaining Techno-Union core ships were gone. They had risen up to join onto their respective rings.

The core of the Rzarkhas had had to join onto the ring of Rhisk ef Skako . Wat Tambor walked around the bridge, and with a big sigh glared at the drifting ring of his old flagship.

The attacks from above had taken out the bridge moments before the cptain had activated the hyper drive. Now the ship was just a hunk of lump floating in space.

"Activate the detonation sequence from here, I don't want plans to fall into enemy hands. Damnit, we need better ships!!"

With that the newly named Rhisk ef Rzarkhas shot through space towards Skako.

OOC: Space battle over Geonosis is not canon, yes- but we're assuming it happened because here each side is significantly stronger in naval strength than we saw at the end of Episode II- things are different.

IC:

Levesque chose not to pursue- it wasn't worth it to chase a battered hulk halfway across the galaxy when things were still unsecure here.

The former Rzarkhas exploded in space in an explosion that ignited fuel and weapons.

Admiral Torith had sent the Techno-Union ships near Genonosis. He had sent them the message they could come to Munnilist. They would repair their ships and let them rest.

"Sir, message from Munnilist"

*watches holocron* "reply that we are not repairing our ships. We have a new fleet already made for us at Skako, instead of the Lucrehulk classes we shall have a new fleet of Providence classes."

*aside* Maybe now we won't lose space battles.

Torith sent Wat Tambor another message.

"We are also hitting the Praesitlyn a key to the HoloNet for the Republic. The planet is weakly defended. On the planet we will test the skills of our project with Greivous."

Soon the ships would be ready to go invade Praesitlyn. They would massacre the planet with their new General Greivous.

"May it go well for you. If you need any help, just ask."

"Of this, we do not know. Take it to the Council, we shall."

"Alright," Liam replied to the revered master, "Just as soon as this battle is one..."

"May the Force be with you..." he said as he ignited his lightsaber and continued out to the front lines. He began urging the clone forces foward as the droid lines were thinning with every wave.

The remaining Techno-Union strategists were abandoned by their leaders, and they weren't going own without a fight.

1,000 SBD's, 500 assassin droids, 200 droidekas, 3 Spider droids, 10 AATs, and 2,000 battle droids gathered together in a strong defensive position. They ignored the restof the army, and dug in, in and around the remains of the destroyed core ship.

They waited there, led by three remaining Techno-Union Majors.

There was one commander of the InterGalatic Banking Clan. His name was Horgo Shive. They saw the remains of the Techno-Union ships all the rest of the army had been destroyed in his army was 1,000 IG Lancer Droid, 550 IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank, 500 Ground Armored Tanks, and 10,000 battle driods. Making it to the ship he ordered his Battle droids to join the others. The IG Lancer Droids, Hailfire droids, and GAT's were in the back. Once getting inside the fortess he came up to of the droids.

"I'm Horgo Shive of the InterGalatic Banking Clan I demand to speak with your superior officer."

OOC: 5,000 Hailfire droids :O

IC:"Demand eh, well you won't get far with that sort of attitude.

Squad TU-8NK take this Horgo to the three Majors."

Five minutes later, the squad of SBD's came marching into the remains of the bridge of the core ship. The three Majors, Major Klehc, Major Jharm and Major Lyher all regarded him with interest.

"Hello Majors I'm Horgo Shive of the InterGalatic Banking Clan. I have brought all of the InterGalatic Banking Clan's army on this planet. I have brought Hailfire droids, IG Lancer droids, battle droids, and GAT's. It seems we have been left behind. The Republic is coming and we must make a stand." Shive stared at the three majors.

"And we could have destroyed half of your force while you were coming to us. Maybe a little more discretion next time commander. We were mostly not seen as we set up, now they know about us..... or even, they know about you." Said Major Klehc

"So what we propose is for you and half of our troops, to draw the enemy infantry into the core ship lower corricors. We can hold them for a long time down their, and they will ot know their way around better than us." Said Major Lyher.

"While thye are trapped, our vehicles gather at any entrance ways, and we send the rest of our troops in to catch the enemy infantry in a double sided attack. What do you think?" Finished Major Jharm

"Alright," Liam replied to the revered master, "Just as soon as this battle is won..."

"May the Force be with you..." he said as he ignited his lightsaber and continued out to the front lines. He began urging the clone forces foward as the droid lines were thinning with every wave.

"And with you," replied the wizened old Jedi, his mind moving from the Holocron to the clash of Light and Dark side,"Commander, take some troops, I must. A gunship, also."

"Yes, Master Yoda."

CC-1119 waited until Yoda was gone, before urging his forces forward, leaving a group to maintain the command post.

"Commander!" Liam said as he noticed CC-1119 emerge from the command post to rejoin the battle, "Do you think you and your mean can carry out a tough mission for us?" he asked. "The Separtist forces are hold up in the remnants of their ship over yonder," he said pointing into the distance, "If you can get close enough to destroy their commanders and command post... the battle will be all but over."

"This seems like a good idea." Hurgo Shive said, but if they failed he would escape with a group of 2 IC Lancer Droids.

The three Majors, while awaiting a response from the IBC member, set up their droidekas and vehicles behind the core ship, apart from 2 AATs, and a couple of Droideka units in the core ship. The rest of their troops set up in the core ship, the snipers choosing decent positions, 30 holing up in the old bridge itself.

Horgo Shive sent his Hailfire droids, GATs, and Lancer droids in the back with the other vehicles. His battle droids went into the core ship. The sniper droids at set up random places around the ship.

Addressing Horgo" So how many Clones were there here would you estimate?" asked Major Lyher.

"Well on this planet we have reports of 192,000 Clone Troopers,2,160 AT-TE walkers, 1,600 LAAT/i gunships ,400 LAAT/c cargo gunships and 100 SPHA-T artillery units." Horgo Shive said to the three Majors.

"Well we can carry 150,000 droids on each battleship. So whatI want to know is how can we have been so utterly beaten with such a huge number advantage?"

"Well droids don't have nerves what make people superior in fighting. Also the droids we have are not that armoured." Shive said to the majors.

"Commander!" Liam said as he noticed CC-1119 emerge from the command post to rejoin the battle, "Do you think you and your mean can carry out a tough mission for us?" he asked. "The Separtist forces are hold up in the remnants of their ship over yonder," he said pointing into the distance, "If you can get close enough to destroy their commanders and command post... the battle will be all but over."

"WE'll do what we can, Master jedi."

"I am sure you will," Liam replied as he refocused his energies on the battle. He had purposely chosen CC-1119 to lead the special mission as he had seen him in battle and realized his leadership and fighting skills.

"Prepare to advance!" Liam ordered over the commlinks. "Get all remaining AT-TEs to advance and target the enemy's vehicles. All SPHA-Ts bombard their position and provide cover for the infantry. LAATs provide cover fire from the air as we move in... focus your weapons on any snipers and heavy droids, leave the B-1s for the infantry to deal with. Clone Sharpshooters pin down the droid forces and provide cover from transports... hold back if necessary. Clones carrying heavy weapons, take out their remaining vehicles and get to the front lines; also target any fixed positions. Clone Troopers... take the lead!" Liam finished issuing orders and they were carried out as the clone forces began advancing on the Separtist's last stand.

OOC: You can't see vehicles, they are hidden behind the core ship, all the troops are inside core ship to defend it, only visible troops and snipers, and they will be in good cover.

IC: "Well, here they come. Give the order to only fire out of the ways in, and for the snipers to go for priority targets, before shooting to cause confusion."

ooc: 1) Yes, I know you can't see them... but I still obviously know they are there. 2) If we can't see or shoot your vehicles, then you can see or shoot mine. And since we also can shoot your core ships... we will. 3) If the troops are inside the ship... I am not sure what good that will do as I am planning on destroying them, not taking them over. How are they going to take out the AT-TEs and SPHA-Ts if they are inside.
IC:

The clone forces were advancing steadily as the heavy artillery of SPHA-Ts launched waves of powerful attacks on the coreships; though under orders of Master Liam, the clones weren't advancing as fast as they chould, as he was waiting to here word from CC-1119 about the result of their mission.

OOC: A) one crashed core ship is all there is, already destroyed so a bit hard to re-destroy. B) The infantry are hiding in that core ship, staying out of the way of you vehicles.

IC: "Tell the snipers to start firing, take out any Clone Commanders, then sow disorder.

Tell the vehicles to wait on my command."

OOC: If your troops can hide in a destroyed core ship, then it is not going to be hard to re-destroy it.

IC:
Jedi Master Thraxin took up a position about 50 feet to the left of Master Liam, just in front of the first line of Clone Troopers. The shots from the artillery could be seen impacting in and around the Separatist position.

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CC-1119 led his men forward, leading from the front as he was inclined to do. Keeping quiet, their weapons at the ready, only firing at what they knew they would hit, they crept around the fringes of the battle area, using the terrain to maximum advantage. Slowly but surely, the core-ship came up on their left, and then they were creeping down the scarp slope towards the torn hull,"All troopers, watch your arcs of fire. Once we get in there, move quick and cut off their reinforcements. We've got to secure the enemy command post."

The clone forces continued forward at a steady pace, continuing to blast the damange coreship and its occupants as they did. Liam was at the center of the line near the front, leading the charge. A few sniper shots were heard from the line as they advanced, trying to pick off the enemy before they themselves were killed.

Liam was waiting to here from CC-1119 about the status of their mission. If they succeeded, the battle would be easiliy won and the droids would be overrun without anyone to command them.

....and they all got sniped.

The End :sniper:

....and they all got sniped.

The End :sniper:

please don't spam.

The snipers in the core ship slowly counted down their range meters. Once the numbers flashed green, they opened fire, 500 shots pinging off towards the enemy.

They fired again, targetting the nearest or the most important troops, before moving to find another sniping stand.

The SBDs in the core ship waited, only a fraction of their numbers waiting near the entrances, the others deeper in, sheltered from artillery, or were behind the core ship, waiting to trap the enenmy infantry.

Liam held up his hand in a fist over his head. The entire clone force stopped in its tracks as they followed the Jedi Master's order. The clone troopers began taking cover behind the vehicle, still at a good distance from the ship. Then, all those that could began firing their weapons directly at the ship, hoping to blow it up and send everyone inside to their mechanical graves.

Liam made a link with the admiral in space, "Commence orbital bombardment of the Core Ships... take out the vehicles behind and provide cover for our men."

OOC: Since when do you even know about the vehicles??

IC: "Sir, they have stopped"

"Right, take out leaders, and anybody that shows themselves. That Jedi looks vulnerable."


30 of the snipers levelled their rifles at the Jedi in front of the force, the one with his hand up. They fired.

The rest looked for the enemies firing at them, and took bead on them.

Down at the entrances to the core ship, the SBDs levelled their wrist rockets at the vehicles, before firing.

ooc: are you kidding? There is a damn war going on and everyone saw them... just because they retreated behind the ship doesn't mean they aren't there... He used common sense...
IC:

Liam felt the shots coming shortly before they would bore into his head. He lept out of the way quickly and watched as the shots went by. Though the three clones standing directly behind him did not fare as well and dropped to the ground.

"Snipers, take out those droids!" he yelled as he looked up and saw the rockets crashing into the front lines.

OOC: Fine, but wouldn't be able to be hit by orbital barrage by big curve of core ship directly above them.

IC:After a couple of the SBDs had been taken down by the snipers shot, they were more careful, sprining out at odd times to fire a rocket, before moving into cover, any shot down were replaced by more.

The snipers aiming for the Jedi changed their tactics. Some fired either side of him, som fired in front of him, some fired behind him. Some fired straight at him.

ooc: you do realize that the coreship is not invincible and if shot enough will a) explode or b) crumble. Also, there is nothing saying that the ships are directly above and firing down on the ship... they could be a thousand miles to the side and have a good angle.
IC:

Now that only a couple shots were coming at Liam, he was able to easily block them away as he gave orders. "There!" he pointed to where the shots were coming from, "Take them out!"

As he blocked another shot, he ducked out of the way and hid behind an exploded AT-TE.

OOC: I know that, just a little precautions.

IC: The snipers upped and moved to another place once again, and had done as soon as they had fired off their second shot. It's what they would do now, fire two shots, move, fire two shots.

By now, nearly 2,000 sniper shots had been fired at the Clones.

The core ship was suffering as holes wewre blwon into it from enemy shots, by the droids took advantage of any new openings, simply firing from them.

All of a sudden, no shots came from the Core Ship, and the droids disappeared, behind walls and deeper into the ship.

Suddenly the fire stopped from the droids and medics began running out and attending to the fallen troopers. Some of the clones had also stopped shooting but Liam urged them, "Continue firing... and don't stopped untill its destroyed!" he yelled and the clone forces continued to bombard the core ship with everything they had.

Behind the Core ship, the Techno-Union troops were gathering, all of them had piled out of the Core, and waiting to be in conjunction with the IBC force, they were going to go around the core ship and engage the enemy properly.

CC-1119 darted round a corner, his sidearm held up level with his eyepiece in front of him. Up ahead crept a trooper, his long barrelled rifle tight in his shoulder,"Watch yourself, everyone... this place could be crawling with droids."

The engineer right in front of the commander held up a clenched fist, the signal to stop. He took a knee, peering into the gloom,"What's wrong?"

"I thought I heard something."

They waited quietly, just one of many squads picking their way through the ruined hulk of this once mighty ship. After a few moments, they began to move again, coming ever closer to their targets...

Around 50 SBDs were holed up in the generator room of the core ship.

They were waiting for any possile enemies, and were silently awaiting the enemy.

Thraxin turned a corner, a squad of clones following him. He heard the creaking of metal bars and plates about to fall, and the sparking of damaged electronics. A droid lay on the ground, it's wires and components hanging out like guts. Master Thraxin moved ahead, the clones behind cautiously peering about the long dark hall.

Liam sent a message to all the clone forces, "Ahead full speed. Break into battle formations and take the ship from both sides." Even before he finished the message the clones began moving into formation with snipers ready to pick off droids at the front and the AT-TEs near the middle, continuously bombarding the ship.

OOC: Sorry about the delay. A/S Level modules and Jolt not being very nice to me resulted in this.

IC: "Commander... drones. We think they might be supers."

"Any ideas of how many?"

"Anywhere up to fifty... maybe more. We don't know."

"Any word from the troops outside?"

"None."

CC-1119 frowned underneath his helmet, and then came to his decision,"Alright, we'll lob in a few thermal detonators, and then follow them in."

He took one from his belt, and depressed the button on the top, activating the explosive device,"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"

The Clone Forces had succesfully split off into two equal sections. They proceeded to work in unison as they made their way from advancing at the front of the downed CIS ship, to advancing around in a pincer manuever; squeezing the enemies forces together and hitting them from two fronts.

ooc: anything I can do? I'm still around

ooc: anything I can do? I'm still around

ooc: you could send space fighters into the atmosphere for ground support.

Levesque was observing the battle from the screen on board the Indomitable. He had been doing this for the past hour or two, and was bored to tears- he had started writing to his wife back home on Naboo, when suddenly, he looked up and saw something queer on the screen. A downed federation coreship was being stormed by Republic troops, but they appeared to be getting nowhere. Perhaps he could send some of his fighters to help, now that the battle was over? He decided this would be prudent, and ordered three squadrons of ARC-170s, equipped with heavy rockets, to go and help the effort at the coreship.

He then transmitted a message to nearby ground forces that air assistance was on the way.

"Sir, Admiral Levesque has sent in three squadrons of ARC-170s to assisst us," a clone said to Jedi Master Liam.

"Very good..." Liam replied, "Have them target the Separtists' vehicles... we are going to squeeze the enemy and wipe them out."

"Yes, sir!" the clone said as he saluted smartly and relayed the message to space. The clone forces had reached either side of the down CIS Core ship and were proceeding to pincer the Separtists' forces.

"Sir, Admiral Levesque has sent in three squadrons of ARC-170s to assisst us," a clone said to Jedi Master Liam.

"Very good..." Liam replied, "Have them target the Separtists' vehicles... we are going to squeeze the enemy and wipe them out."

"Yes, sir!" the clone said as he saluted smartly and relayed the message to space. The clone forces had reached either side of the down CIS Core ship and were proceeding to pincer the Separtists' forces.

Commander Harkov ordered his group to break off into nine sections of four. The new sections formed up and deployed S-foils to attack position, preparing to strike the enemy armour. As they closed within range, they opened with a barrage of laser fire followed by warhead launches, while at the same time playing cat and mouse with the Separatist air defence.

"Look!" a clone said over the roar of fire as he pointed to the skies. The ARC-170s had arrived and began engaging the enemies vehicles. It would be a quick battle as Separtists were being attack from numerous sides and angles by superior technology and soldiers.

The clones began firing on the droids, especially those trying to take out the ARC-170s, while the vehicles began taking out the large CIS vehicles.

[bump?]

You guys get Geo something or other.

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OOC: I wasn't aware that you were in this RP...

(Nor were we on Bespin, but rather Geonosis)

OOC: Well... Um... I can't really do anything just now, since I'm apparently in the large clone army-thing that's attacking the downed ship, so... Um...

... Anyone want a cookie?

OOC: Well... Um... I can't really do anything just now, since I'm apparently in the large clone army-thing that's attacking the downed ship, so... Um...

... Anyone want a cookie?

OOC: I guess you are right... getting this going depends on Fattie Slug and he hasn't been on in a while. Otherwise we could just move on from Geonosis and say the Republic won.

... I would.

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OOC: i think you are looking for this RP http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462992&page=15

OOC: i think you are looking for this RP http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462992&page=15

OOC: Yeh... that is what I thought when I saw his post. Probably just saw the name and since the RPs are based on pretty similar subjects... (the beginning of the clone wars and the end of the clone wars)

OOC: i think you are looking for this RP http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462992&page=15
Thank you,