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Episode Two, Separatists and Sith

Along Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away:

Count Dooku, with the hope of becoming the sole Sith Lord in the galaxy, betrays Darth Sidious on Coruscant and attempts to kill him. The Jedi initially come to the aid of the Chancellor, but quickly find out his true identity when he fires Sith lightning at the treacherous Dooku. Dooku and Sidious, both assaulted by Jedi, escape Coruscant and go their separate ways. The Count and his Jedi-hunting henchman Grievous retain control of the massive droid armies and powerful corporations of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and begin an aggressive campaign against a now leaderless republic.

The Senate, alarmed by Sidious’ corruption, worried by Dooku’s army, and looking for a strong leader, elects Padme to the Chancellorship. The Republic responds to CIS aggression with its new clone trooper army, led by the Jedi, and a rather different version of the Clone Wars begin.

Anakin, startled by his mentor’s treachery, is nonetheless overjoyed at Padme’s election to the chancellorship… though the power of the dark side still gnaws at him. He is frustrated at being unable to join the Jedi Council, and a rift begins to form between him and Obi Wan.

Sidious meanwhile, embittered that his plans could not come to fruition, seeks a new apprentice… and revenge on both the Jedi and on Dooku.



On board the CIS super cruiser Leviathan, Orbiting Geonosis:

“Was your errand successful, my lord?” the Neimoinodian asked, adjusting his pointed hat to fit more firmly on his large, green head.

“No.” Dooku replied, his deep baritone voice ringing with frustration... his attack on Chancellor Palpatine had failed miserably. Now the Republic knew of the Confederacy's aggression and Sidious was on the loose, no doubt seeking revenge. “But no matter. Has Grievous begun mobilizing our forces?”

“Yes, Count,” replied the alien, blinking his large red eyes, “The Republic stands no chance against our droids. The Confederacy is in good hands.”

“Good, tell General Grievous to meet me in my chambers, we have battle plans to discuss. No doubt the Jedi will try to strike us back.”

“Yes, my Lord.”

OOC: Won't be able to post till sometime tommorow night.

General Grevious stalked across the Leviathan. Neimodians cowered in his presence, eyes darted nervously across the room.

Grevious put that at the back of his mind as his swept into Dooku's chambers.

Bowing to the Sith Lord, the General said politely, "What is thy bidding, my master?"

"Grievous, Sidious is alive and the Republic knows of our aggression. We must act quickly, before the Senate can authorize an army. Prepare an invasion force of droids; take Kashyyyk before the filthy Wookies can rally to the Republic's cause." Dooku said quickly, nodding at his cyborg minion. "You're in command of the CIS forces, use them well. Hopefully we can lure the scattered Jedi into the light again and slay them quickly."

=Nute Gunray messages in=

"We have taken over the last pockets of primitive lifeforms. We are in complete control of the planet Sobek now."
Nute Gunray adjusts his tri-colour hat.
"We will use the minerals here to gain addition forces. This is turning out to be most profitable."

"Grievous, Sidious is alive and the Republic knows of our aggression. We must act quickly, before the Senate can authorize an army. Prepare an invasion force of droids; take Kashyyyk before the filthy Wookies can rally to the Republic's cause." Dooku said quickly, nodding at his cyborg minion. "You're in command of the CIS forces, use them well. Hopefully we can lure the scattered Jedi into the light again and slay them quickly."


OOC: what time period is this? before the battle on Geonosis i thought. if so Grievous is not a Cyborg yet...

more yet, Dooku favored Sev'rance Tann more then Grievous, only when she dies did he take over as CIS General

OOC Nebarri... you got me, but as this is an "Alternate History" I think we'll stick to grievous the cyborg... if you have no objections. Sorry bout that...

Horus try and add a bit more detail to your posts- where is Gunray, with whom? ect ect. thanks

Acclimator "Great Pheonix"
Kamino Air Strip

Captain Laplante stood on his bridge watching the rain come down. "the Senate should pass the military creation act soon"

Grievious nodded, his eys flashing with approval.

"A good choice my lord; Intelligence considers a major navigation hub for the southeast quadrant of the galaxy, making it a strategically important systems. In fact...I wanted to be there to crush the Wookies into submission.

"I was also planning on launching assaults on critical Republic planets, such as Kamino, where the soliders for the Jedi are made. Balamak, an agricultural world. Praesitlyn, a major communications center.

Grievious paused, then continued on. "I have taken into account that are fleets- regrettably- are inferior to the Republic war machine, and thus, propose that we but the brunt of our forces at hit-and-run operations near the Core, to occupy Republic, and keep them from giving reinforcements to ground forces.

"I have encountered one problem; a capable commander who is able to stand against a Jedi. Do you have any Dark Acolytes (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Acolytes) capable of leading the assaults, or maybe one of those bounty hunters..."

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(http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Durge)


He trailed off, and looked to Dooku for a response.

Anakin sat thinking, he was angry, the Council had yet again refused him, and he had had another argument with Obi-Wan. He tried to calm down, anger led to the Dark Side. But he couldn't, why should the counil refuse? He had proven himself many times over, and Obi-Wan, couldn't the man realise Anakin didn't have the paitience for his ramblings about the council having reasons? 'Stop, he told himself, think happy, like Padme'. Anakin smiled, he was extremely happy about her being elected to Channcelorship. He sat, musing for the rest of the night.
OOC: Is this good, and does Anakin turn to the Dark Side in this thread?

OOC: I am not going to use the padawan.

IC: Mace Windu sat in his private study meditating on all that was happening. For some reason Anakin kept trying to get the Council to appoint him Council member. Everyone knew that he was not ready. Mace Windu was afraid that the padawan would fall to the Darkside. Mace Windu stood up and stretched his arms. It had been a long day and he knew he would be getting a new mission soon. Mace had an appointment with Master Yoda and knew that he should be prompt. Mace stood up and walked out of the room. He then walked down the corridor towards Yoda.

Anakin sat thinking, he was angry, the Council had yet again refused him, and he had had another argument with Obi-Wan. He tried to calm down, anger led to the Dark Side. But he couldn't, why should the counil refuse? He had proven himself many times over, and Obi-Wan, couldn't the man realise Anakin didn't have the paitience for his ramblings about the council having reasons? 'Stop, he told himself, think happy, like Padme'. Anakin smiled, he was extremely happy about her being elected to Channcelorship. He sat, musing for the rest of the night.
OOC: Is this good, and does Anakin turn to the Dark Side in this thread?

OOC: thats kind up to you...

Wooshaba']OOC: I am not going to use the padawan.

IC: Mace Windu sat in his private study meditating on all that was happening. For some reason Anakin kept trying to get the Council to appoint him Jedi Master. Everyone knew that he was not ready. Mace Windu was afraid that the Knight would fall to the Darkside. Mace Windu stood up and stretched his arms. It had been a long day and he knew he would be getting a new mission soon. Mace had an appointment with Master Yoda and knew that he should be prompt. Mace stood up and walked out of the room. He then walked down the corridor towards Yoda.

OOC: he is not a Kinght yet...this is around the start of the clone wars, he was made a knight about 6 months before its end i think

EDIT: i know this is alt-history, but i like to keep things correct up until the start of the RPs begining plot

OOC: remember though the Clone wars lasted 3 years lets try and make this one longer

IC

As the rain came down he looked over points of interest in the south east sector of the galaxy.
"Kashyyyk, here at Kamino, Sullest, and Praesitlyn are all target the CIS will attack in all options" matt said.
"sir what do you suggest then? we dont have enough ships to send large attack forces to defend each planet" his first officer said.
"I'll take this ship to Kashyyyk and hold position there, Command can figure out what to do with the rest of the fleet" matt said

Eeth Koth breezed into his quarters in the Jedi Temple. He had been at a senate hearing that promised action, but of course it turned to a mindless shouting match as always. There was still hope, and any more CIS action would surely spur them on. Now Eeth had more important matters, as a Zabrak and a Jedi Master on the Council he was by far the most qualified man to study the various papers and holocrons left by Palpatine. The other masters were afraid that they would turn any other lesser Jedi into a blackhearted killer.

This would have been hard as all he had trasnlated out of Palpatines every-more perplexing code, was a list of names and Holonet adresses. This might have been promising but most of the names were prominent senators, captains, and even some Jedi. He discarded the list but promised himself he'd look into a few names soon. The Holocrons were giving him problems as well, not only were they read out in ancient Sith, but he deeply believed that they were in code as well. If he could only learn the secrets he might know every target of the Sith, every name, every plan. He sat reflectively for a while looking out the bright windows onto the capital and hoped he would not have to fight Palpatine without the knowledge before him. He started to work again.

OOC: Is someone Padme yet?

"we have to wait before we can make are move" Matt said. "Sir shall we start are orbital patrol?" his first officer asked. "yes fire up the engines: he said.

OOC: Am I still in as a minor Sith lord.

Obi-Wan sat quietly in his private suite in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Palpatine's betayal had certainly caught him off guard-he had warned Anakin about him, hadn't he?-and now the war future looked uncertain at best. Anakin seemed to be coping with the treachery of his friend well, but the new-found power of Padme, now the Chancellor, cast Anakin into an uncertain role. Obi-Wan hoped his Padawan made the right choices...but the man was at a crossroads, one of the strongest Jedi, far more than Kenobi. His presence, his straightness of mind, his...goodness...was needed with that of the other ranking Jedi. And Obi-Wan could only wonder.
But Kenobi knew that the war pressed on, and his term for service would be up soon to deploy. The Council hadn't met as of recently, and Master Yoda and Windu had been strangely quiet and detached. More and more Kenobi felt rifts growing between the two elder members and his former Padawan, with Obi-Wan stuck in a mediating middle ground. Hopefully it wouldn't have to come down to choosing sides...the Republic had enough worries already to lose the guiding force of the Jedi. The Senate apparently had been lax and laid back recently too, at least, that's what appeared. Kenobi continued to feel further estranged by the whole situation. Maybe a tour of duty would do him good, after all.

The sky over Praesitlyn, Kamino, and Balamak had one thing in common: it peaceful, quiet. Soldiers bustles hilter skilter, doing there duty for the Republic, whatever it may be, however small, however menile it may be.

Before the Confederacy came. The story varied, from place to place. On Kamino and Kashykk, there was much resistance over the planet, the Confederacy, though under General Grievious, they were successful in landing an invasion force, though they still had to contend with Republic. On Praesitlyn and Balamak, though, the planets were bombaraded into rubble and slag, and the CIS ships quickly departed, going to reinforce the strike forces elsewhere.

Meanwhile, elements of the Confederacy were spotted near the Core-Mid Rim divide, forcing the Republic to devote large numbers of ships to staving off the CIS's guerilla warfare, or allow important Core Worlds like Corellia and Coruscant to fall.

OOC: just a note for you CIS guys if you Attack Kamino, my ship is there so there will be no auto out come

"sir we are getting reports of CIS attacks Across the Republic" Matt's first officer said. "they will be coming here next, get are people ready to go to battle stations at a moments notice" he said. "yes sir!"

OOC: I didn't expect that, but I've got fleets there and at Kashykk, there are hit and runs all over the Core to stem reinforcements, and reinforcements for Kamino and Kashykk coming, respectively.

OOC: ok ill have my ship engage one of the CIS war ships

"sir CIS war ship at zero-three mark five-seven-three" came from radar. "battle station! get us in closer" matt ordered "lets take them out"

Grievious glanced at the screen. Only one ship was engaging...

"Have our droid fighters swarm this lone Republic, warship, and we will strafe them", he said.

Droid tri-fighters belched out of hangar bays and swarmed the lone but resilient warship, as the Invisible Hand and several other CIS capital ships moved in to strafe it on the side as they closed in.

Only one Holocron had been opened for a very long nights work. It too had been a bit of a dissapointment as it only had a list of planets. Kamino had been one of them though. Eeth Koth pondered this for awhile, would Palpatine and the CIS still have the same goals, probably evidence suggested that he had been their commander. On the other hand what could he do, even if Kamino was in danger the Jedi could only manage a few light ships and volunteer troops. The Senate would act if a Jedi were killed though outright. Even if Eeth didn't win he could start to fight back.

Eeth flung on his dark cloak and walked to were Yoda was supposed to be. He would ask permission to lead a small team of Jedi and troops to Kamino and investigate Palpatines plan and at least secure the planet and it's valuable treasure.



OOC Won't it be a bit hard to declare war if we don't have a Senate or a Channcelor?

The storms that rocked the surface of planet Kamino were some of the fiercest in the galaxy. The water planet's floating sea cities were like beacons of fire in the dark night, a haven from the storm. A haven that held many secrets.

The Sith Infiltrator ship landed upon a private landing pad like a graceful bird of prey, its dark painted hull dripping rivulets of rain falling from the sky. The ramp fell to the floor of the landing pad and exhuast steamed upward. Down the ramp came a hooded and bent figure, swathed in a black cloak, stepping with a certain purposefullness.

The figure gestured with its hand without looking behind at the ship and the ramp closed. The far clear doors of the city before the figure awaited. A Kaminoan stood just in the doorway as the dark figure entered.

"Darth Sidious, my Lord, welcome to Kamino," said the Kaminoan. "We've been expecting you since we recieved your message."

"Good," said the figure with a rasp. "I have been busy of late and am in need of the things which I mentioned in my message."

"Indeed," said the Kaminoan.

The two figures, one tall and pale-skined and the other short and stooped in a black cloak, entered a side room further along the clear polished corridors of the city. Sidious was always curious, as a way of wasting time, who was responsible for keeping them cleaned.

Clearing his mind Sidious followed the tall Kaminoan into the greeting room, where his contact, Sha'lila stood. The graceful woman, for she was a female Kaminoan, bowed.

"My lord," she said. "Welcome, I am happy that you arrived safely."

"Hardly," said Sidious with some bitterness. His lifes work, ruined. With a heavy exhale he looked up at the tall female. "I am in a rush and I need to aquire as many of my clone troopers as possible."

"Of course my lord, we have..." she glanced at a data slate in her hands. "-about one division of clones ready for combat. A total of 40,000. We also have their appropriate transports, some new ships from Kuat; four Acclamator-class Assault Ships."

"Good," said Sidious. "I will take over them now."

"Very well my lord, I will show you where they are waiting," replied Sha'lila.

The two travelled through the myriad levels and halls of the Kamino city and finally came to a large parade ground area. There assembled were line upon line, hundreds, thousands, of clone troopers. Their stark white armor and uniform looks appealed to Sidious.

"They look magificant. You have done well Sha'lila," said Sidious. He turned to the Kamino overlord. "You are to send any further clones to these coordinates." He handed the Kaminoan a small data stick.

"I will do as you say my Lord."

"Good Sha'lila, there will be great rewards for you," promised Sidious.


Within hours four large Acclamator Assault Transports launched from orbit around Kamino. Their destination known only to Sidious who stood on the bridge of his command ship.

OOC Waldenburg and Amazonian Beasts- if you could RP as the Senate, at least for now, I'd appreciate it.

Dooku woke with a start, glancing suspiciously around his elegant chambers. He felt a presence... his old Master was near.

"My lord we are in range of Kamino..." beeped the expensive droid-servant next to his bed. The Count nodded, dressed and swiftly walked to the bridge of the Hand.

"Grievous," he demanded, eyeing the cyborg warily, "Prepare our ground forces, and be on alert... something is off balance in the Force, we must be careful."

OOC Alright the Senate.

IC

The Senate was in recess, the senators lightly talking to one another while true power went on below the Channcelor's seat.

Padme stirred after listening to 15 minutes of Jingonistic banter from Honorably delegate from Fondor. She had grown so much older in the few weeks she had been leader of the Republic. Her face almost let loose the contempt for the endless beuracracy but she had been a Senator before and knew how the game was played, she held firm. "Thank you yes, but there is one problem we have no army. Even if we took up a call for volunteers they would be in need of training, and weapons. That of course takes money which becasue of the CIS we no longer have. You see the circle can't be stopped, I am in favour of war and I believe everyone in this Senate is as well but we so far cannot prove hostillities."

A pale smile from Ker'lel, the delegate from Courlag cut her off, "Hostillities have already begun, the Wookies are testment enough to that, their planet is already under the rather pointy metallic shoe of the CIS. We have no army but there are literally billions waiting to fight. We need most of all a symbol, and between us in this room we have power enough to do so."

They all looked at one another wearily, between Nal Hutta, Sullist, Fondor, Mon Calamari, Allderaan, Byss, and Courlag there was indeed power enough. Padme of course repersented Courascant, but everyone pushed that out of their minds. "The Senate is not ready to fight the only symbol we can give is sending some Jedi around and bother some of their officials. Before this chair will even consider war we need a viable option for fighting. Even now Republic agents are hiring up as many mercenaries over the Galaxy as possible the soonest we can even cconsider an attack with them is next month." Padme had stood up and had both her hands clenched on the table as if that were the last word.

The Senators nodded to one another, then the delgate from Byss spoke in his slightly feminine voice, "Then matters must be taken into our own hands. We will not sit by and watch the galaxy be ripped apart."

Minutes later the Chair of office lifted back into the refilled Senate room. Padme was nearling frothing at the mouth with anger, she did take time though to whisper to the speaker of the house.

the Speaker looked quite content and then boomed out, "The Free planets of Mon Calamari, Byss, Courlag, Sullist, Fondor, Allderaan and Nal Hutta have declared open war with the CIS. And now the Honourable delegates from those planets propuse that the Republic raise an army and crush the Confederation of Independant systems." The house was in uproar, it was obvious the bill would pass now with battles already started.

Before it could be voted on the delgates from Mon Calamari and, Fondor had a small fleet prepared. 4 Mon Calamari Cruisers, 9 MK Assualt frigates, and 11 Fondorian light Cruisers. It was a suprisingly regular fleet for something that had to be thrown togeather quickly.

OOC Sorry to amazon, I just had to get this started quickly. So in compromise you can command the first fleet to wherever.

"Sir incomeing Fighters!" the first officer said. "commence interception! launch fighters!" Matt ordered.

Missiles, and Turbo laser fire came down on the CIS forces as ARC-170's launched to attack the fighters.

"Sir control is launching two more Acclimators to help us!" comm reported. " they will come under my command till this battle is over"

OOC: Where's Yoda?

ooc: it should be noted that ARC-190s and the such are still unknown to the greater galaxy. None but the Kaminoans, Sidious, and perhaps Dooku knew about the clone army at the time which this rp is presently at. As such, there should be no contact between clone army forces until either the Jedi discover Kamino or Dooku attempts to capture or defeat Kamino which will be guarded by the troops they are growing.

ooc: it should be noted that ARC-190s and the such are still unknown to the greater galaxy. None but the Kaminoans, Sidious, and perhaps Dooku knew about the clone army at the time which this rp is presently at. As such, there should be no contact between clone army forces until either the Jedi discover Kamino or Dooku attempts to capture or defeat Kamino which will be guarded by the troops they are growing.
OOC: Exactly so by this time there should be a large clone garrison on Kamino

OOC: Exactly so by this time there should be a large clone garrison on Kamino

ooc: *nods* Which I just picked up. ^^ I love bein' a sith.

ooc: *nods* Which I just picked up. ^^ I love bein' a sith.
OOC: dont know if CIS has the forces to take down Kamino right now, if Kamino goes to full military readyness there will be dozons of Acclimators in orbit, not to mention the massive ground forces

OOC... Thrashia's deviousness means that you dont have an army, Spit Break. Also, Waldenburg and Thrashia- I TGed you two.

OOC: Wha...I sent out a task force, to Kamino (though it hasn't landed an army there, yet). How can everyone just land on Kamino with nobody noticing?

Sidious stood watching the space around him from his position at the head of the bridge on his command Acclamator Relentless. A great blue-green orb hung before him in the black carpet of space. They had arrived in the Thurra system not more than two weeks before. Thule, the main planet, had once been a Sith stronghold in days long gone. Sidious was one of the few men who knew of it.

His treacherous apprentice knew of it, but he would be too busy at the moment to locate Sidious; since after all his precious CIS had the Republic to deal with. Even without the clone army, which Sidious now deprived of the Republic, plenty of the still loyal systems had their own personnal armies.

In the time he had waited here on the edge of Galactic space, several more Acclamators had arrived from Kamino, just as he had ordered Sha'lila to do. It pleased him greatly, for now his designs could be complete in another way.

Suddenly a uniformed captain appeared at Sidious's side.

"My Lord, we've just recieved confirmation of another Kamino arrival," said the Captain.

"Thank you Captain Parck. We'll be soon leaving this miserable system, have no worries," said Sidious, sensing the unease in his flagship's captain. "We have another important ally to gain before we can return to the galaxy proper."

Voss Parck nodded. He had followed the Sith Lord into exile due in no small part to his loyalty and belief in Sidious's dream of a united Galactic Empire.

"I am however worried my lord, that by bringing all these clones with us that we may leave Kamino defenseless," Parck said, wary. Sidious smiled to himself, hidden by his cloaks hood.

"Do not worry my Captain, I have prepared General TK-0192 to handle the situation."


Orbital Acclamator docking facilities, Kamino

The clone general watched a hologram comm-eye as yet another assault ship was loaded with clones. The clonetroopers were being each hastily loaded onto their ships, along with all equipments, supplies, food, everything. He had some thirty Acclamators ready for hyperspace, which he would soon do once the last three finished from their take off from Kamino.

Another clone, a captain, stepped forward.

"General, we have confirmed with our ARC commandos that their mission is complete."

"Good, Lord Sidious will be pleased," said the clone general. He watched as one of the three final Acclamators rose from the planet to join its brother ships. It was one of the vital ones, carrying special equipment that Sidious had said would be 'vital' to him.

"Send off the 3rd battle group to the designated coordinates. I will remain here until the 5th is prepared for departure," he ordered. The clone captain saluted and smartly turned.


Twenty of the Acclamators assembled and blasted into hyperspace as General TK-0192 watched the last ship be loaded. That was the last of the battle-ready clones, and would be the last to step off the planet. Under Lord Sidious's orders TK-0192 had ARC troopers plant explosive charges across the reactors and life support systems of Tipoca City. He had nothing against the Kaminoans, but orders were orders.

At last the last Acclamator broke atmosphere.

General TK-0192 turned to the comm relay station. "Submit the detonation code."

Without hesitating the clone technician typed in the detonation code and sent it. Within moments Tipoca City ruptered and blew up. Even from space TK-0192 could tell that there would be no survivors. With his remaining ships he ordered the other major cities bombarded into slag. The remaining Acclamators followe their jobs, the cool clone efficiency taking over.

Within the hour General TK-0192 and the remaining Acclamators jumped into hyperspace, leaving the destroyed mess of Kamino behind.

OOC: Wha...I sent out a task force, to Kamino (though it hasn't landed an army there, yet). How can everyone just land on Kamino with nobody noticing?

ooc: too late...heh.

"some thing is not right here" Matt said "I agree sir" his first officer said as 2 more Acclimators joined them to fight off the sepratists. a message from matt was sent to the clone General "sir this is Captain Matt of the Acclimator Great Pheonix. I Request an explination of whats going on" he said as the message was sent the generals ship should get it as soon as they exit hyper space.

The Republic waited. Millions of citizens waited outside the Senate building, it was the quietest that any of them had ever heard in the city. Finally with an intake of breathe, Padme dressed in state Robes stepped onto an ornate balcony along with several others. Even the blue robbed Senate Guards were impressed at the sight of her almost glittering against the permantly setting sun.

"War has come to the Republic. And now without an army we answer the call. No doubt there will be glory, there will be honour, but there will be death. Everywhere there will be death, but Democracy will remain as long as we fight for the sacred rights of all races and all peoples. The Republic will not fall without everyone of her citizens falling first." Padme stopped, the crowd wasn't getting the message, they were cheering wildly. After 15 minutes of wild cheering they stopped at nearly the same instant and looked back at her. "The Republic Navy and Army are being formed to combat this menace. It is asked that every citizen of this Republic give something to her government, whether it be money or your own life we shall prevail."

Recruiting boothes had already been set up behind the crowd while they waited for the Channcelor to finish. By the time Padme had returned and sat down in her chair 5 Regiments had already been formed.

Three men entered her private chambers two were obviously mere muscle, the other had those broght eyes you should never trust, and what made it worse a briefcase. "Good Morning your Grace Padme of the Republic," he said jovially ,with yes bright white teeth. "My Name is Kazaw Gert and I repersent the Cyngus Spaceworks, we deal in small things such as Starfighters and blasters for mostly the Hutt's. I wish to propose a business arangement. The Republic has ships but it dosen't have gunships and Miy'til fighters. That is why we are offering 2000 Miy'til Fighters up front for this deal. For ever on we offer you 40% off all our products as long as you only purchase from us for your military needs."

"Why do we not just take them and be rid of you?"

"Because Your Grace we are doing this out of Patriotic love of our Republic. Not for the money ,and anyway we build whatever you want not just our stuff." He smiled there very brightly.

"We won't but thank you for the offer and we are willing to pay for those Miy'til fighters God know's we need them. My secretary will talk out the details with you Mr. Gert, Good Day." The smile vanished as he walked away and Padme felt that perhaps 40% wasn't so bad an offer, and that perhaps she would see him again. 'Oh well' she thought happily all off a sudden 'that's one battle supplied for except for the General's.' She wrote many letters that afternoon to every Jedi on the Council asking them to perform there duty to the Republic.

OOC: I am going to have to drop this rp. I can't do but so much with my character so I might as well save my time. Thanks for the opportunity. Good luck on the rest of this thread.

ooc: claw craft fighters only came into existence when the Chiss Ascendancy met the Empire. Since Sidious is not longer chancellor the Empire he was going to create is not longer an option, claw craft and any other major hybrid of chiss-empire technology does not exist. Perhaps you should choose some other pre-clone war fighter Waldenburg, like the Naboo fighter.

OOC: Oh well. It saves me manpower, I guess. I don't care about you destroying Kamino, just it seemed that you breezed over everything I said.

IC:

Kashyyyk

General Grievious was overlooking the space battle, when the commander of the campaign for Kamino, Durge, commed in.

"General, as we arrived in the Kamino system, we found in inexplicably bombed. Somebody was here."

Grievious narrowed his yellowed eyes. "Did you find any ion trails?", he demanded.

"Noo...but there were several ships leaving the system as we arrived, though we couldn't identify them."

"Very well. Tell Count Dooku-"

"General, he believes it was his master."

Silence. Then Grievious broke it, telling Durge that he was in Dooku's control.

OOC: Old Atlanta, RP some CIS forces at your leisure.

IC: Grievious turned to the battle. The battle had turned to a stalemate with the arrival of 2 Acclamators, so he ordered the Providence-class cruisers to intercept them, and press up against Republic forces. This also served the purpose of ensaring them, and providing a blockade.

Ground Battle

Led by Sev'rance Tann, Separatists did a full scale invasion of the city of Kachirho in the Wawaatt Archipelago. This was to serve as a literal beach head into the rest of the forest covered planet. To this end, the Separatists made particular use of the age old enmity between the native Wookiees and their system neighbors the Trandoshans to prepare for their attack. The Trandoshans did this in a number of ways, in particular by raiding the city and taking its leader, General Tarfful prisoner, using their slaving activities as a cover for the true objective.

Wookiees from across Kashyyyk flocked to Kachirho, the city chosen for the battle due to it being a lagoon in the Wawaatt Archipelago, and therefore easier for orbital insertion considering the lack of blockage from the high canopies of the wroshyr trees. Wookiee warriors established positions deep in entrenchments and revetments. They faced enormous opposition from Separatist NR-N99 droid tanks, dwarf spider droids and HMP gunships.


Presently, they advancing on the Kachirho seawall.

"Such beasts", the Chiss mused as she caught a Wookie intent on mauling her with the Force, and crushed him. Then she ignited her blood red lightsaber, and ran another Wookie flew.

She was momentarily distracted by her chirping comm-link, and nearly lost her head to a Wookie strike, had she not ducked and brought her blade through its arm, and head.

"General Tann, the charges are set."

"Excellent." she smiled coldly.

An hour later, the charges exploded, blowing a hole through the wall, and allowing battle droids to swarm through. Though they put up a valiant fight, Kachiro fell to the Confederacy.

OOC Alright, everyone, the paper I had to write last week is finished so Ill finally be able to put some effort into my posts... sorry about my general lack of quality. Since there is some confusion as to where Dooku is, Im gonna have him on Geonosis ATM after witnessing the destruction of Kamino w/ Durge. Boredom United, you are free to control any and all of the CIS' commanders, Durge, Tann ect as you see fit... nice work


IC

Geonosis, Dooku's Chambers

"My Lord, Kashyyyk is almost under Grievous' total control," the Neimoidian said, adjusting his oversized hat.

"Good," replied the Sith lord, not turning to face his underling. Dooku gazed out of a panoramic window which overlooked the vast Geonosian desert... the smoke of countless factories and foundries obscured the yellow tinted horizon.

"Commander prepare a strike force of droids, and several cruisers." The Count ordered, "I will take them to Kashyyyk and meet with Grievous."

"Yes my lord," the Neimoidian replied, and scuttled out of the door.

Dooku sighed... his failure to kill Sidious had cost him dearly. The Clone Army, which he had hoped to crush before the Republic could use it, had been stolen by the ancient Sith and now the CIS had two enemies. To make matters worse, Sidious had the only set of plans for the "Death Star"...

The Count turned from the window and headed towards the door, flanked by two super battle droids. Above the plateau, several Trade Federation cruisers and battleships were assembling... their hanger bays full of fighters and their storage compartments briming with battle droids.


Several Hours Later, Orbiting Kashyyyk..

Dooku's fleet slowed from hyperspace and appeared along side Grievous' larger force. The Count quickly boarded his shuttle and flew the brief distance to the Invisible Hand.

The Sith walked purposefully towards the bridge, flanked by his droid bodyguards.

"Grievous," he said, entering the Hand's command center, "What news of the fleet that fled Kamino? How many clones went with it?"


OOC Excuse the stilted dialouge... Im still trying to get used to the character.

ooc: I would put the number of clones I managed to snag at around 250,000-500,000. Loose numbers considering how many were at the time complete with their training or almost complete.

IC:

Sidious was happy with the report that Captain Parck gave him. Not only had his men located a special prize on Thule's surface, but he now had a small fleet of some 42 Acclamator Assault Ships. He knew it had be wise to attain them before either his old apprentice or the scum Jedi could get a hold on them. It was worth the risk that he had taken, even the destruction of the planets major cities and clone manufacturing had been a need.

Sidious scanned the ships orbiting in formation and found the Harleck. On this ship was his agent Shi'lila and a captured team of Kaminoan scientists and engineers. Along with these guests came several hundred of the Kaminoans pet project, the Spaari Cylinders. It was a secret that the high lords of Kamino had shared with only Sidious, who at the time had wisely kept Tyranus from learning of them.

With these protype cloning vats and their pieces for construction, Sidious could possibly manage to increase his army. However at the moment he had to find a better place to hide other than the Thule system.

Sidious turned to Captain Parck who stood waiting nearby. "Captain, make your heading for the Unknown Regions. You have the coordinates?"

"Yes my Lord. I've managed to stay in firm contact with Mitth'raw'nuruodo for some time. He sent me the appropriate coordinates," said Parck. He had little trouble pronouncing the strange name, since he had become swift friends with the Man, or rather, the Chiss.


Once preperations were complete the fleet of clonetroopers under Sidious jumped into hyperspace, leaving the Thule System behind.

OOC Thrasia your right of course, no claw craft, and Naboo's not in a position to make to many starfighters. I was thinking Miy'til fighters used by Hapes, I'll go through an edit but I doubt I'll find it all.

IC

Eeth didn't need to talk with Master Yoda now, a letter arrived from the Supreme Channcelor's office offering command of the 7th and 8th Legion of Courascant. He now walked amazed through the temporary head quarters of the GAR and watched what seem actual organization take place.

"It's only been two days since war was declared don't these Legions need training. And Vehicles, and Weapons and officers they can't expect an attack within a week of the armies organization." Eeth flung his hand out to include everyone in the building some wearing uniforms some floating in tanks of water."

His Aide, recently promoted Colonel Evert also looked worried, "Well the Weapons they have. Nearly every citizen on This planet has a weapon, we live in dangerous times, and those that didn't were armed out of a newly purchased armoury from Kuat. Actually on that account we're as well provided as any army." The two continued to walk through the ranks of HQ waiting to meet Admiral Gergi of the Republic. They found him sitting in a closed room with the humidity turned up to 90% to accomodate the Mon Calamari.

"Good Morning," he rasped " you would be Jedi Master Koth, General of the 7th and 8th. I apologize for the humidity it reminds me of home, I shall turn it off if you like."

Eeth hadn't even removed his cloak, "No that's fine Admiral no hopefully we shall be gone soon anyway."

"Ah, eager to be at the fray?"

"Not without a fleet, which Is I believe where you come in Yes."

"Indeed," the Admiral sighed "It's all a bit muddled right now but we do have an irregular fleet in high orbit. Um so far it's 2 Namana Cruisers, 2 tapani Frigates, 4 Mere Cruisers, 2 Hapes Nova battlecruisers which have been kindly donated, and your Flagship an Invincable class Dreadnaught. the Corporate Sector kindly donated one I think their trying to cover up their envolment with the CIS, but they cover well! And then there are nearly 40 corvettes that volunteered for this mission, they think it's going to be over soon but I think not. Master Eeth you must win this battle or there will be no more volunteers."

Eeth looked bright he had only ever heard of the Invincable, it could do wonders, "And what planet has the Senate, in it's infinite wisdom deemed for me to conquer?"

"Can't you pluck it out of my head...Um maybe not. Well it's still rather obvious, it's where all the fighting is going on. Trandosha of course. Since the CIS didn't cut the Holonet we get hourly reports from the system, Trandosians are reportedly joining in the fun with the CIS against the Wookies."

"The Senate expects me to take Trandosha with only two Legions of untrained men against possibly the best fighters in the Galaxy?"

The Admiral looked dissapointed, "No... You do realize that there are slaves on that planet, hundreds of thousands of them, and what do slaves do to master? Your troops will land release them arm as many of them as possible and then pull out. Quite a large part of their experienced army is over at Kashyyyk, it should be easy."

"But what of them afterwards if they are not killed in fighting then the CIS will crush them later? Would you sacrafice their lives for a small victory?"

"Soldiers do it everyday, your troops are being loaded even now. A more comprehensive briefing is waiting aboard your Flagship. Good Luck and may the Force be with you."

Eeth walked out not speaking, he didn't speak till he was aboard his flagship an hour later with his 40,000 Men and a squad of 8 Jedi they could be at Trandosha very soon and Eeth was very tired, but he still brought his Sith Holocrrons to crack and would no doubt get very little sleep.

"this is not right, some thing is vary wrong here" Matt said. "what should we do sir?" the first officer asked. "how many ships do we have?" Matt asked. "15 sir!" was the response. "gather the ships, we hyper space to Coruscant, we have to contact the Jedi" Matt said. "yes sir!" was the response. Soon after the 15 ships plus the Great Pheonix jumped to hyper space

OOC Alright, everyone, the paper I had to write last week is finished so Ill finally be able to put some effort into my posts... sorry about my general lack of quality. Since there is some confusion as to where Dooku is, Im gonna have him on Geonosis ATM after witnessing the destruction of Kamino w/ Durge. Boredom United, you are free to control any and all of the CIS' commanders, Durge, Tann ect as you see fit... nice work


IC

Geonosis, Dooku's Chambers

"My Lord, Kashyyyk is almost under Grievous' total control," the Neimoidian said, adjusting his oversized hat.

"Good," replied the Sith lord, not turning to face his underling. Dooku gazed out of a panoramic window which overlooked the vast Geonosian desert... the smoke of countless factories and foundries obscured the yellow tinted horizon.

"Commander prepare a strike force of droids, and several cruisers." The Count ordered, "I will take them to Kashyyyk and meet with Grievous."

"Yes my lord," the Neimoidian replied, and scuttled out of the door.

Dooku sighed... his failure to kill Sidious had cost him dearly. The Clone Army, which he had hoped to crush before the Republic could use it, had been stolen by the ancient Sith and now the CIS had two enemies. To make matters worse, Sidious had the only set of plans for the "Death Star"...

The Count turned from the window and headed towards the door, flanked by two super battle droids. Above the plateau, several Trade Federation cruisers and battleships were assembling... their hanger bays full of fighters and their storage compartments briming with battle droids.


Several Hours Later, Orbiting Kashyyyk..

Dooku's fleet slowed from hyperspace and appeared along side Grievous' larger force. The Count quickly boarded his shuttle and flew the brief distance to the Invisible Hand.

The Sith walked purposefully towards the bridge, flanked by his droid bodyguards.

"Grievous," he said, entering the Hand's command center, "What news of the fleet that fled Kamino? How many clones went with it?"


OOC Excuse the stilted dialouge... Im still trying to get used to the character.

The General bowed his head in reverence to the Sith Lord. "My liege...Commander Durge, estimates around 500,000 clone soldiers were with the fleet, judging from the ruined cloning machinary...it seems however, my Lord, in their haste to escape from your wrath, they killed 500,000 clones (OOC: There were supposedly "1 milion clones trained, a million more coming"). 42 Acclamators fled, judging from the ion trail, but where is to be determined."

"Finding those Acclimators are top priority. Keep the fledging Republic busy, but dedicate your full resources to hunting Sidious." Dooku snarled, "The Wookies have been subdued, I hope?"

"Yes, my Lord. General Tann told me she had trouble with them, but she prevailed, none the less. As per Acclamator ships...I sent a probe droid to trace the ion trail..."

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Over the blue world, Kamino, just past the Rishi Maze, a probe droid reverted from hyperspace. Even under the closest of scrutiny, it looked like a hunk of rock, or metal. It floated around, until it found the ion trail left behind, and then made another hyper jump.

the fleet came out of hyper space in orbit above Coruscant "this is Acclimator Great Pheonix to the Jedi Temple Come in Jedi Temple" was a message sent, the fleet went though 6 different star systems including Naboo, Tatooine, Sullest,and Corellia. "will they respond sir" matt first officer asked. "we better hope so" matt said

The Republic Fleet pulled out of Hyperspace and hid behind a moon, until it's shields and sensors were back to normal. Those sensors then picked up CIS trails and ships, hopefully they would not attack, that battle would probably end in stalemate anyway.

"Alright everyone, bomber squadron 1 is away, prep for landing," shouted Eeth through his headset to the fleet. To prove his point a squadron of mismatched fighters left the RSS Victory and blasted away into the atmoshpere. They flew to prepositioned sights on the globe, High Command had time to pinpoint these after all Trandosha was part of the "Republic."

A Jedi Knight approched behind and tapped Eeth on the shoulder polietly, "Master Koth, the RS Destiny reports the loss of 87 Men, and crash landing in Kesk, they request assistance. Other then that we are doing quite well, this Species never quite came to terms with Space defences, it's more smash and grab in their line of work. We're working fast and we can't land troops fast enough, although some wonder when Master Koth will arrive?"

"Palpatine's a genius, you know. He's probably orchestrating even this somehow. All night I worked on those Holocrons, and there was nothing nothing I could break, somehow I know this war is going to end that way, niether side gaining an ince." Master Koth waved his hand dismissivly and spoke again to the bewildered, young Jedi, "...Nevermind get my shuttle ready."

It was a bumpy ride down with the other 8 Jedi none of them spoke they all were repeating the Jedi code as was ritual before a battle. Eeth didn't have to much hope in them 4 of them were Padawans of the others, but compared to his army they were Elite top brass. They hit the ground in a very undramatic way mostly a splech noise and then nothing. Outside it was swampy, dark, humid and full of those sounds made by unpleasent insects. Around the newly arrived Jedi was a squad of Irregular Republic soldiers trying to come to attention, which is hard in half a foot of sludge. Eeth waved them down and listened there was laser fire in the Distance and if his pilot landed properly they would be about ten minutes march from the Capital at Hsskhor and the largest slave camp.

A march that took them twenty minutes through the swamps but landed them at the outskirts of the Capital, strange they hadn't met any any resistance in the perfect ambushing place of the swamp. Now they had time to look onto the city it had broad streets and many small houses. All the houses looked as though a Gungun had been given a lot of money and told where to put streets, and everyone was shallow probably with a very large underground section. Eeth was eternally greatful that he didn't have to take the planet.

Eeth, his eight Jedi, and 45 troopers met no fighting in the city either although they saw many faces peering out of doorways along the way to the Prison camps on the other side of the city. Then they heard the sounds of a hundred screaming troopers and saw the Hell hole that was the work camp. It was one of the few tall building and had the equivilant of excerise pens next to it. What was obviously a city millitia was gather outside behind long barricades and hanging out windows firing wildly at a reduced and bloodied Republic force.

Eeth looked at a fellow Jedi Knight he was also eyeing the barricades, which was mostly repulsarlifts and old bits of construction material. Behind all those heavy objects were the Trandosians bunched togeather and behind them the wall. The Master nodded to his Knights, raised his hand and sent 2 repulserlifts screaming backwards into the assembled mob. That action made the most unpleasent noise in the history of the galaxy, the crunching of a hundred thoraxes and the pitiful screams of the others. Again and again the vehicles slid backwards the Force sliding them at top speed into the wall. The Force couldn't kill them all after the last one was thrown against the wall the Republic forces came out of hiding and began an insane charge to the Prison gates.

The Jedi waved over a Captain would'd stayed behind with the amoury," How many can we arm Captaln?"

"Master, somewhere around 7000 the rest have to find for themselves, and if you have every seen a Wookie fight the the Enemy don't have a chance." The Jedi nodded they had seen Wookies fight. Now the Republic would see them fight. Each Jedi picked one of the high windows and ripped the bars off with the Force. All nine ignited their sabers and took a running jump for their window Eeth went in saber first spearing a guard through the cheast. This would have turned out a terrible place to jump had not the other Jedi landed beside him and killed the Trandoshians who had recently surronded him. From here they began to probe for the generator for the shield wall on the prisoners "pens." They ran at double speed sluaghtering the guards as the regular army burst in flooding the building. Eventually they found the genrator guarded by the last of the Trandoshians instead of going in old style a Jedi Knight ripped it off of it's pedestal and flung it around into the guards.

When the Wookies came out the battle was over they grabbed weapons off the Guards and ran outside to the Amoury, the planet or at least the city was in republic hands. AS the Jedi who before moved as one to leave one of the bludgened guards sat up and aimed wildly at the Jedi master, fired and hit a Padawan in the back. two seconds later his neck was broken.

"Back to your ships everyone this planet is out of the war, and we're out of here too!" All over the planet the same thing was happening the Transports we're lifting off with their troops back to the fleet in orbit above, it had been a good mission onlyy taking two hours, but it also had been a bloody one.

General Grievious and Count Dooku had just finished talking, and Dooku had gone to his fleet, when Sev'rance Tann came onto the Hand's command center. She was easily recognizable, with pale blue skin, glowing red eyes and blue-black hair, which she kept long. She wore a black outfit resembling Dooku’s, complete with a flowing black cape.

Surprisingly, Tann and Grievious got long well, as both respected the other's abilities. "General", she bowed in respect. "General Tann", he said, bowing as well. They soon were walking along the corridor, discussing the war.

"How was the battle above Kashyyk, Grievious?", she asked.

"The Republic fought hard and honorably, but in the end they succombed, to our might. How was the ground battle?"

"The Wookies were not prepared for an invasion force, thus, it made it simple. Before I left, however, I recieved a report of a Republic presence behind the rebellion on Trandosha. What shall we do?"

Grievious stopped, nearly causing the Chiss to collide into him. "We shall have to maintain a presence over Kashyyk, and on it as well."

"Won't that leave us short-handed, Grievius?", she inquired.

Grievious chuckled. "It would seem like that, Sev'rance, but...deep in the Core, lies Foereost Shipyards. They were obtained a millenia ago by the Techno Union, and have been blockaded by the Republic. However, with the Republic occupied from stopping us from entering the Core Worlds, I recieved word recently that the new Bulwark-class battlecruiser fleet, led by Dua Ningo, was able to smash through Sector Zero, and make their escape."

Five hours later, the new Bulwark Fleet had arrived to reinforce the position at Kashyyk, allowing Grievious's Fleet to jump to hyperspace, leaving Dooku's fleet.
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Cydon Prax was the best. Fighter, pilot, merc, you name it. That's why he was one of Dooku's lieutents.

That's why, following Dooku's encounter with Sidious, Cydon had been assigned to Raxus Prime, to find an ancient Sith artifact before Sidious was able to find it.

For days, droids had been digging. It was tedious work, digging. Cydon was broke out of his spell of boredom, by the sudden stop in droid work.

"What's the problem", Cydon demanded. "Why did you stop-"

He was cut off abruptily by the large, swirling globe that came into view.

Cydon stumbled and ran in excitement, activating the comm-station.

"Count Dooku, Coutn Dooku, I found it! I found the http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_Harvester!"

OOC: Huh, the Force Harvestor, what's that? What is the mysterious 'Dark Reaper'? How's it connect to Thule? And where did Grievious and Tann go?

;)

OOC: Huh, the Force Harvestor, what's that? What is the mysterious 'Dark Reaper'? How's it connect to Thule? And where did Grievious and Tann go?

;)
OOC: the Dark Reaper oh god damnit, i killed that thing so many times its not funny but that thing has to go, guess we are paying a visit to a old sith city

"sir still no response" the comm. officer said "keep waiting" matt said

OOC: As so long as the Republic has a reason to be there, sure. Just remember, Sidious and the Clone Army is there.

OOC: As so long as the Republic has a reason to be there, sure. Just remember, Sidious and the Clone Army is there.
ooc: I already left...and I made a little trip to the surface as well; if you read my post back there.

"we must prepare to make are move, the fate of the jedi and democracy is on are shoulders" matt said. "shall we begin then sir?" his first officer asked "not yet Crerar, not yet" Matt said.


OOC: my first officer has a name, but aside from that time for my move to be made which will change this war, that is as soon as me and the jedi start to talk

"this is Acclimator Great Pheonix to the Jedi Temple Come in Jedi Temple"

Message Encoded to: Great Pheonix
Source: Senatorial High Command, Courascant

We are reading. Maintain orbit all messages will be returned through this secure channel. What do you have to Report Pheonix?

Message Encoded to: Great Pheonix
Source: Senatorial High Command, Courascant

We are reading. Maintain orbit all messages will be returned through this secure channel. What do you have to Report Pheonix?
"Kamino has been over run after a attack, we need contact with the Jedi council now sir!" Matt said

Message Transfer to: Jedi Temple

"This is Council member Eeth Koth, we regret to say that none in an official sense have heard of Kamino. Although will going through some recently aquired information I personally have heard of it. I'm afraid I'm about the only one that beleives it exsists. What exactly happened and why is it important?

"lets put it this way years ago a jedi ordered a clone army for the republic, due to some un-forseen reason Kamino disappeared from the map, how ever Sidious knew about it and has taken most of the army and is fighting the CIS, many worlds have fallen, and Sidious is attacking republic worlds, most likly the Jedi are next on his target list, My forces wont let that happen"

OOC: hahahaha this is when the third faction emerges

Message Source: General Eeth Koth
Encoded to: Great Pheonix

"Ah... You Wouldn't happen to know any of their plans would you Commander, Or how large Palpatine's army is? Any information at all on Kamino and Palpatine must be brought to light. If you do we shall have to reassign you to hunting them down. Well Done.

Next Time...

A thrust at the heart of the Republic.

A deadly showdown.

An all-new superweapon revealed.

OOC: Old Atlanta, post when ready. ;)

Sidious had stopped his fleet mid-way between their final destination and from the Thule system. He then boarded a shuttle and flew to the Harleck. Once there he inspected the Spaarti cylinder prototypes and was given assurances by the Kaminoan scientists that they could complete them. Giving them orders to begin onboard the ship, Sidious had left them to go where his clone troopers had stored the item from Thule.

Sidious, who under Plagueis's tutelage, had learned many things from the ancient texts and history of the Sith, had gained knowledge of a dangerous super weapon created long ago during the great Sith Wars.

The Dark Reaper, or the required components for the machines construction, had been hidden on Thule. Sidious had been wise enough to consider using it...however their pieces, the ones needed for the entire Dark Reaper's construction, were scattered all over the galaxy. So, he simply took the vital piece he knew was on Thule.

Sidious studied the dark star-metal that comprised the strange alien-seeming machinery. He cackled when he thought of how angry his apprentice would be at finding it gone. For it was only natural that he would seek a weapon to use against the Jedi. They were too numerous even for him and his droid armies. If he were ever to somehow complete the Dark Reaper, he perhaps could have put an end to them.

However, Sidious knew that was not how the Jedi were to fall. Not in the end. For now, he was content to simply claim the final piece of the puzzle.

Sidious returned to the bridge of the Harleck. There the clone captain stood waiting at stiff attention. Bred for his mission and position.

"Captain, set your course for the designated coordinates. Have the entire fleet make three random jumps however, in empty space, to confuse anyone seeking us."

"It will be done my lord," replied the clone.

"Impressive," said Dooku's charismatic baritone just before his hologram winked into focus... "I was beginning to think it would never be found. Bring it to Kashyyyk immediately, Cydon, we don't have much time."

The hologram blinked out before the mercenary got a chance to respond.

Dooku strode confidently through the bridge of his capital ship, a Trade Federation cruiser named The Eclipse... the Force Harvester had been found... the Confederacy's victory drew near.

The Count turned towards a Neimoidian busily typing at a console,

"Any news of the probe or the clone fleet, Commander?"

Message Source: General Eeth Koth
Encoded to: Great Pheonix

"Ah... You Wouldn't happen to know any of their plans would you Commander, Or how large Palpatine's army is? Any information at all on Kamino and Palpatine must be brought to light. If you do we shall have to reassign you to hunting them down. Well Done.
"The Army is vary large. The forces I commands are large as well and we are ready to make are moves, with help from the jedi we can save the republic"

"Impressive," said Dooku's charismatic baritone just before his hologram winked into focus... "I was beginning to think it would never be found. Bring it to Kashyyyk immediately, Cydon, we don't have much time."

The hologram blinked out before the mercenary got a chance to respond.

Dooku strode confidently through the bridge of his capital ship, a Trade Federation cruiser named The Eclipse... the Force Harvester had been found... the Confederacy's victory drew near.

The Count turned towards a Neimoidian busily typing at a console,

"Any news of the probe or the clone fleet, Commander?"

"Yes my liege", Cydon said, after Dooku winked out. "Hmmm....oh well."

With that, the merc had the Force Harvestor wheeled into his personal fighter, and he took off with the key component of the Dark Reaper, and left for Kashyyk.
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Duro

Planet Duro was the site of chaos. At 0221 local time, Operation Durge's Lance,The First and Third Fleets of the Confederate Navy, the original task force launched from Yag'Dhul and Thyferra, for the assault, under General Tann had broken through the outer system defenses of Duro, destroying four Golan Arms battle platforms, and three Acclamator-class ships - Anvil, Coronet, and Bolide. Also destroyed were two Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers - Prominence, and Atrisian Iron. After the initial attack, only four more Acclamators, a Victory-class Star Destroyer, and another Dreadnaught remained.

One of Duro's largest space cities, Jyvus City, had surrendered to the Confederate Navy. Divisions of battle droids transformed the floating city into a field command station for the Office of the General.

To counter the Confederate fleet, the Republic sent a squadron of Jedi starfighters and two wings of V-19 Torrent starfighters. But Vulture droids and Tri-fighters easily broke through the Republic counter-attack, managing to destroy another three assault ships. The Confederate forces were then positioned to cut off all Republic reinforcements from Kuat or Nubia.

After capturing Jyvus City, the Confederacy was able to drop the planetary shields protecting Duro. Separatist drop-fighters and captial ships began orbital bombardment of planetside industrial factories. The bombardment let the troops land, and are currently entrenched.

Tann had this to say: "So, the Republic would have the Galaxy believe that its heart is secure. Today's events, however, show that there is nothing that can stop our forces from total victory."
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Humbarine

Humbarine was an ancient ecumenopolis and a Core Founder, a term given to one of the founding worlds of the Galactic Republic. The planet was also loyal to the Republic during the Clone Wars, thus making it a target for the Separatists.

General Grievous's flagship Invisible Hand launched an assault on Humbarine, causing the Republic to send three assault cruisers- and right into his mechanical hands. The forces that harrassed the Republic force in the Core divide showed up to reinforce Grievious emerged to assist. After dispatching the small Republic strike force, the CIS fleet launched an assault on Humbarine. This included an hour-long orbital bombardment that melted the crust of the planet, thus destroying the planetwide metropolis and killing much of the population.

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Thule

The probe droid winks out of hyperspace, and moves into orbit around Thule, to take holo-shots.

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Kashyyk

The Neimodian glances nervously at the Sith Lord. "Well no, but- wait, wait! We're recieving data! The probe just arrived! Over...the Thule system, now in reconnaisance mode..."

ooc: Boredom...are you godmodding? How is it you are able to post Republic losses and such...I thought you were CIS?

OOC: No. I'd be god-modding if I was rping massive losses to the Republic, with no point of reference. I'm using actual Star Wars events, actual losses sustained by the Republic during the course of the Clone Wars.

And, I have no idea how much Republic personnel there are, but I'm 100% positive that in this RP, Republic trumps CIS in space warfare, they have yet to begin. They still have Rendili Dreadnoughts, they still have individual planets with their own personal armies/navy, they still have shipyards. They are still in this fight, but they haven't utilized their resources yet. If they move fast enough, they can push back my advance on Coruscant. But I'm not going to hold back.

ooc: alright, just checking. I am simply curious.

OOC: No worries. Say, hmm...Have you ever been to the 'Galactic Senate'? I've heard Thrashia before...

OOC: No worries. Say, hmm...Have you ever been to the 'Galactic Senate'? I've heard Thrashia before...
OOC: Boredom United can we get this RP going i need you to post

OOC: No worries. Say, hmm...Have you ever been to the 'Galactic Senate'? I've heard Thrashia before...
ooc: lol, yea I use to be apart of that region and alliance

OOC: I did. I have to wait for Old Atlanta to respond, or for someone else to do something for me to respond to.

"Set our co-ordinates for the Thule system, Commander," Dooku said, frowning... If Sidious had gotten to Thule before him, then he could have recovered parts of the Reaper.

"Tell the entire fleet to jump to Thule, leave the Techno-Union ships to guard Kashyyyk... we must act quickly."

"Yes my Lord"

The CIS fleet under Dooku, 30 Trade Federation Cruisers and seventeen circular battleships, jumped into hyperspace... their co-oridnates on Thule. With him, Dooku brought an army of half a million droids. If he could catch his former master, he could end the war now, crush the Republic... and reign supreme over the galaxy.

Message Encoded To: Captain Matt Laplante
From: Lady Field Marshall and Grand Admiral of the Republic Padme Amidala

While we believe the military options which you have chosen to procede with a viable military option we must secure positions already in danger. It has been decided by Republic High command that a fleet must attack and retake the Planet of Duro. A fleet of 9 acclamators, 3 Ventnors, 6 Mere Cruisers, 2 MC80a Cruisers, 3 Hapes Nova Battlecruiser, 1 Kuat Battleship and 4 Dreadnuaght Star Cruiser. Jedi masters Ikrit, Adi Gallia shall accompany you with 16 other Jedi and 80,000 Republican regulars (OOC There was a Republican army before the Clone wars and most of them were veterens.) Also the first wave of walkers from Kuat has been brought in and will join you.

For your Valiant actions for the Republic you have been voted unianimously for a promotion by the Senatorial Naval command to Rear Admiral. Congradulations and good luck on Durge, if you find it an impossible situation you are to withdraw back to Courascant and await futher orders.

OOC: didn't expect that

"a large fleet we got now" Matt's second in command said "yes once we gather we will move out" Matt said

OOC Now As Eeth...

IC

The Jedi Master sat comfortably in front of Padme as she finished signing orders and yelling at Generals who failed to protect . She sat and through all the evidence smiled at him brightly.

"Casualty reports are still coming in some estimate up to 300 Billion dead, although I don't believe that. Humbarine should have been guarded, better. As of now all major planets have been ordered to build shelters and put up new orbital defences. I fear though it all comes down to we have no army." Padme stopped and looked out the window, a tear rolled down her cheek.

"We will have justice Ladyship. The Republic will not dye as long as her citizens defend it," Eeth repeated from memory.

"Somehow I fell anyone will turn from Democracy in the end if they are allowed to live."

Eeth coughed nervously, "Why am I here Ladyship?"

"Have you heard of a small planet called Balmorra?"

"Yes of course, I should think the CIS shall try to take it for it's droid industry, shall I reinforce it?"

"No Although you must make your way there a recieve the New Army of the Republic. 1,500,000 SD-6 Hulk infantry droids. Some of the best in the universe shall join our army for the storming of Raxus Prime." She held up her hand to stop Eeth's outburst, "We also have rounded up 12,000 Mercenaries along with your Two Legions we should be able to take the planet. Do not argue just go pick them up bring them here then we shall provide ypu with the rest."

Eeth stood, then bowed stiffly and walked to a waiting shuttle outside, he was becoming more of a general then a Jedi.

OOC: What's planet Durge?

IC:

Grievious's armada, designated Group One, had long since departed Humbarine, their job done, their mission accomplished, had pressed at the heart of the Republic, striking fear into the Core World residents. After all...how long could it be, until they reached Coruscant?

Grievious, presently, was conversing with General Tann. "...Heavy resistance", she said, as the hologram crackled. "But, by the week's end, Duro shall be ours, though I suspect the Republic may try to counter attack"

Grievious smiled. "Excellent. You shouldn't worry; the Third and First Fleets are stationed there; the Republic should have trouble breaching you."

"What of the Second Fleet? Where is that, presently? Also, what our member worlds?"

"That is stationed over Raxus Prime, a critical world. Our member worlds are protected by fleets of the Techno Union and the Federation. Grievious, out."

Grievious smiled as Group One came out of hyperspace...over Kuat. A critical Republic world, thus heavily protected. Evident by the Kuat attack force moving into position.

"Battle stations!", Grievious squaked.

Message Encoded From: Lady Field Marshall And Grand Admiral Padme Amidala
To: Rear Admiral Matt Laplante

Kuat has come under attack, take whatever you have of your fleet and relieve Kuat immediately. It is heavly defended and unlikely to fall but we can crush thier fleet. If they have fled return to Courascant.

The battle for Kuat was fierce, the Kuati not giving an inch against the might of General Grievious, who in turn, did not give a quarter. The Invisible Hand rocked as a Lucrehulk-class battleship exploded. Grievious slowly turned its head to the offender, finding it- undoubtably a new ship, the Victory-class Star Destroyer, leading the pack.

'Something had to be done', the General decided, 'Before the Republic undoubtably came to reinforce the Kuati.'

Then, genius struck Grievious.

"Commander, have Ventress take control of Group One. I have a plan..."

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A Kuati aristocrat stood haughtily on the bridge. 'The Confederate scum, having the gall to attempt a assault on great Kuat. We will humble thre mighty General Grievious.'

His attention was redirected when a dozen Vulture Droids made a beeline for the Victory-class Star Destroyer. They were slowly picked of, but unlike others, they didn't peel off...they got closer to the hangar doors.

The aristocrats realized what they were doing, and snorted. "Captain, close the bay doors."

Of the twelve, 8 were picked off, and one collided with the hangar door as it closed. The remaining three Vulture Droids went into walking mode, firing on all personnel, before they were subdued.

All the while, Grievious, who had clung onto a Vulture Droid, lept off, and quietly crawled into a ventiliation shaft.

Matt's new fleet entered hyper space for Kuat "sir shall we call in order Delta 668?" his first officer asked "we might have to call in that order to get the rest of my forces but we will see" matt said.

The Fleet Exited Hyper space The Fleet of 25 acclamators, 3 Ventnors, 6 Mere Cruisers, 2 MC80a Cruisers, 3 Hapes Nova Battlecruiser, 1 Kuat Battleship and 4 Dreadnuaght Star Cruisers Opened fire on the enemy ships. "launch fighters lets take them down" Matt ordered

The Kuati aristocrat smiled, as he saw the Republic appear and blindside the CIS battle group. "Serves them right", he scoffed. "And good triumphs over-"

Grievious dropped from the shaft, lightsaber blazing. In a flash, two lightsabers were pointed at his neck. "You might want to think that thought over, commander."

The Kuati trembled, whimpering. "Wha...what do you want, General?"

The General pondered, before smiling maliciously.

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As the CIS battle group struggled to survive, the Kuati stopped firing on them, and moved into such a position that they shielded the CIS from Republic fire.

A broadcat was made:

"Attention all Galactic Republic warships. After deliberation, Kuat i Defense Forces has decided to side with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Leave now, or be shot down..."

The Republic Fleet stoped fireing "send out oder 667 phi 1137" Matt ordered "right away sir" was the response.

Minutes later a fleet of 8 Acllimators, 9 Venators, 7 Dreadnaught heavy cruisers, plus 2 of the new top of the line Victory class star destoryers came out of hyper space to join Rear Admiral Matts fleet

"Attention CIS forces this is Rear Admiral Matt Laplante of the Republic Acclimator Great Pheonix surrender now and we will let you leave in peace"

A pause, then...

A swath a new warships rose like a phoenix from Kuat Drive Yards. Venator-class Star Destroyers, making up for the losses the CIS had taken. In conjunction with the Kuati Defense Forces, more then a match for the Republic ships.

"Very well, Admiral",the Kuati aristocrat said gravely. "For refusing to respect the soverignity of Kuat, for meddling in our affairs, for attempting to intimidate us into doing your bidding... You and your damnable Republic warships will be shot down. I hope you Republic dogs fall on your lightsabers."

With that, the Kuati Defense Forces did a splinter movement, going around the Republic armada to assault from behind, leaving Group One (with elements of Imperator-class Star destroyers) to assault forward, completely surrounding the Republic, and blocking transmissions from going through.

Starfighters were released, harrasing frigates and capital ships, buzz droids disabling ships, cannons flashing. Confederate capital ships closed in on the Republic task force, turbolasers blazing, proton torpedoes flying.

A pause, then...

A swath a new warships rose like a phoenix from Kuat Drive Yards. The all new, never-before-seen, Imperator-class Star Destroyer, making up for the losses the CIS had taken. In conjunction with the Kuati Defense Forces, more then a match for the Republic ships.

"Very well, Admiral",the Kuati aristocrat said gravely. "For refusing to respect the soverignity of Kuat, for meddling in our affairs, for attempting to intimidate us into doing your bidding... You and your damnable Republic warships will be shot down. I hope you Republic dogs fall on your lightsabers."

With that, the Kuati Defense Forces did a splinter movement, going around the Republic armada to assault from behind, leaving Group One (with elements of Imperator-class Star destroyers) to assault forward, completely surrounding the Republic, and blocking transmissions from going through.

Starfighters were released, harrasing frigates and capital ships, buzzing around, cannons flashing. Confederate capital ships closed in on the Republic task force, turbolasers blazing, proton torpedoes flying.
OOC: no offence but the Imperator was not developed till about 6 or 7 years after the clone wars

OOC: K, I'll find something else....

OOC: K, I'll find something else....
OOC: ok ya last Star destroy to be developed during the clone wars was the Victory class but that was at the vary end

OOC: Changed to Venator.

OOC: Changed to Venator.
OOC: how many ships do you have total?

OOC: Originally two hundred capital ships, whittled down two about one seventy five before the Republic came, whittled down to about sixty capital ships in the temperary team-up, and booted to about one hundred thirty, or aorund there now due to the CIS-Kuati team-up.

OOC: Originally two hundred capital ships, whittled down two about one seventy five before the Republic came, whittled down to about sixty capital ships in the temperary team-up, and booted to about one hundred thirty, or aorund there now due to the CIS-Kuati team-up.
OOC: guess i better send out a message to my forces over at Fondor and Bestine

OOC: guess i better send out a message to my forces over at Fondor and Bestine

OOC: By all means- just remember to get a ship out of the encircling forces so you can send out a transimssion, and that that, theoretically, even with a hyperspace jump, that could take a while. They could, theoretically, die before reinforcements arrive, being that they'd have to travel from the Colonies and the Inner Rim, and that the Techno Union could retake Fondor, since they had Fondor prior to the Clone Wars. Bestine was part of the Confederacy too, apparently, so your forces are fighting on two fronts- and probably winning.

So ask yourself: Lose Kuat, gain Fondor and Bestine, or lose Bestine and Fondor, and possibly not even get Kuat?

OOC: good point

"you seps win this round, helm get us out of here" matt ordered, soon after the fleet hyperspace back to Courascant

Grievious smiled.

"Run, run with your tails between your legs, like the dogs you are!", he said gleefully, cackling. "The Confederacy wins the day!"

With that, Group One, with additions, left for hyperspace, to places unknown.

OOC: Now I'll wait for Old Atlanta.

but when a door is closed a window is opened

The Republic fleet changed its course for a new target where the CIS defences were most likely there weekest at Duro the CIS thinks they won there but they have not

OOC Respectectively, what the hell? One Kuati, without repersentation from the Senator can hand over the entire fleet to the CIS? Kuat is a Core Founder and extremely loyal to the Republic. Anyway the shipyards wouldn't stand for it, they'd lose the profit of all the republic which couldn't be replaced by the smaller CIS.

OOC Respectectively, what the hell? One Kuati, without repersentation from the Senator can hand over the entire fleet to the CIS? Kuat is a Core Founder and extremely loyal to the Republic. Anyway the shipyards wouldn't stand for it, they'd lose the profit of all the republic which couldn't be replaced by the smaller CIS.
OOC: extremly true maybe we should say the CIS was fended off

OOC Respectectively, what the hell? One Kuati, without repersentation from the Senator can hand over the entire fleet to the CIS? Kuat is a Core Founder and extremely loyal to the Republic. Anyway the shipyards wouldn't stand for it, they'd lose the profit of all the republic which couldn't be replaced by the smaller CIS.

OOC:

The Kuati leader of the Defense Forces is not a man of scruples. He is a snob, an opportunistic...I call him 'the Kuati aristocrat' several times. When threatened by General Grievious, he wouldn't hold his neck out- he wants to keep it. Also, keep in my the is a high-risk situation- there isn't time to talk Kuat's senator. So he hands over Kuat's defense, and damns his home, just to save his own skin. Now Kuat is in the hands of the Confederacy.

On your second point on Kuat being a Core Founder- so was Corellia, but they did not partake in the fighting during the Clone Wars, they barracaded themselves. They weren't willing to fight. So, being a Core Founder doesn't make a planet willing to it down and being bombarded into oblivion.

On your point about the 'shipyards not standing for it', I will address in two points.

1.) If they don't, those shipyards will be rubble.

2.) The CIS's army consists of several quintillions of battle droids, more than a billion of which were thought to be droid starfighters. It is several times larger then the Republic's army, especially since Sidious stole the Clone Army from the Republic for himself. So, the CIS is much, much larger then the Republic's military. It would be much, much more beneficial, much more rewarding, much more profitable to make ships for the Confederacy.

OOC:

The Kuati leader of the Defense Forces is not a man of scruples. He is a snob, an opportunistic...I call him 'the Kuati aristocrat' several times. When threatened by General Grievious, he wouldn't hold his neck out- he wants to keep it. Also, keep in my the is a high-risk situation- there isn't time to talk Kuat's senator. So he hands over Kuat's defense, and damns his home, just to save his own skin. Now Kuat is in the hands of the Confederacy.

On your second point on Kuat being a Core Founder- so was Corellia, but they did not partake in the fighting during the Clone Wars, they barracaded themselves. They weren't willing to fight. So, being a Core Founder doesn't make a planet willing to it down and being bombarded into oblivion.

On your point about the 'shipyards not standing for it', I will address in two points.

1.) If they don't, those shipyards will be rubble.

2.) The CIS's army consists of several quintillions of battle droids, more than a billion of which were thought to be droid starfighters. It is several times larger then the Republic's army, especially since Sidious stole the Clone Army from the Republic for himself. So, the CIS is much, much larger then the Republic's military. It would be much, much more beneficial, much more rewarding, much more profitable to make ships for the Confederacy.
OOC: the republic has more money the ship yards will take there ships and rebel because Rear Admiral matt is a clone and he took 15 Clone Acclimators with him and he has supporters in sidious's clone army so he can get more men

but when a door is closed a window is opened

The Republic fleet changed its course for a new target where the CIS defences were most likely there weekest at Duro the CIS thinks they won there but they have not

OOC: I like to cover my ass at all times. ;)


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IC: General Tann looked over the battleground from a high hill, a scarred city, a smile gracing her lips. Despite a force of half a million droids, the Duros had managed to resist. But now, the hold-outs were holed up in the remaining city.

With a flourish, she ignited her lightsaber, and with a wave, the droids, a mix of b-1's and b-2's, charged.

OOC An admiral cannot hand over a fleet at will, there are captains who would stand for the Republic. Maybe a few ships would follow but not the whole fleet. It is hard to follow a man who does things like that.

Corellia did fight in the clone wars they only tried not to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corellia

Shipyards cannont be reduced to rubble while there is a fleet in front and behind the attacking fleet.

Lastly with Kuat shipyards...The exact point why they would lose profit is becuase the Republic would have to buy new weapons to catch up to the CIS. The Republic has many worlds and needs defences for all of them.

OOC: the republic has more money the ship yards will take there ships and rebel because Rear Admiral matt is a clone and he took 15 Clone Acclimators with him and he has supporters in sidious's clone army so he can get more men

OOC:

1.) The Confederacy is made up of disenfranchised world and mega-quasi-government corporations. They have either as much, or more then the Republic.

2.) If they attempt a rebellion, the shipyards will be razed.

3.) It's impossible for Matt to be a clone, considering the Palpatine, earlier in the story, takes the clone army and destroys the cloning facilities at Kamino. If he is a clone, which contradicts everything, and he has supporters in the Clone Army, he's a traitor to the Republic for withholding knowledge of the whereabouts of Darth Sidious and his forces.

4.) The clones are loyal to the Republic. They are (presumably) under the belief that Sidious=Palpatine=Chancellor. The clones are raised from birth to be loyal to the Republic, genetically inclined to work towards the betterment of the Republic, and its authority. That makes it impossible for the clones to side with Matt, or to have supporters. That's why the clones didn't blink an eye when they did Order 66.

OOC: ya so i think about 4/5 or so of the fleet would stay with the republic, Matt was at Kamino my friend he had great influence over the clones and can see the larger picture he knew sidious was evil

OOC An admiral cannot hand over a fleet at will, there are captains who would stand for the Republic. Maybe a few ships would follow but not the whole fleet. It is hard to follow a man who does things like that.

Corellia did fight in the clone wars they only tried not to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corellia

Shipyards cannont be reduced to rubble while there is a fleet in front and behind the attacking fleet.

Lastly with Kuat shipyards...The exact point why they would lose profit is becuase the Republic would have to buy new weapons to catch up to the CIS. The Republic has many worlds and needs defences for all of them.

An admiral cannot hand over a fleet at will, there are captains who would stand for the Republic. Maybe a few ships would follow but not the whole fleet. It is hard to follow a man who does things like that.

Well, the aristocrat handed over the fleet against his will. Grievious made him, or he would kill him. They value the soverignity of Kuat, as opposed to some Republic who has misrepresented them and expects loyality in return.

Shipyards cannont be reduced to rubble while there is a fleet in front and behind the attacking fleet.

Kuat is under Confederacy control. They are the fleet hovering over Kuati Shipyards. The Kuati can go about their business, they just have to recognize they are under Confederate control

Corellia did fight in the clone wars they only tried not to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corellia

That's not right. That's why there's the Star Wars Wikipedia, or 'Wookiepedia'.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Corellia

Lastly with Kuat shipyards...The exact point why they would lose profit is becuase the Republic would have to buy new weapons to catch up to the CIS. The Republic has many worlds and needs defences for all of them.

The CIS has "Over ten thousand words" by the time the Clone Wars starts. That's a lot of worlds, and they all need new weapons and defences for all of them as well.

Plus, the CIS can always just raze the shipyards to the ground if they refuse.

OOC: republic wont let that happen

OOC: ya so i think about 4/5 or so of the fleet would stay with the republic, Matt was at Kamino my friend he had great influence over the clones and can see the larger picture he knew sidious was evil

OOC: That doesn't chance the fact that the the clones are loyal to the Republic. The ARC's and Commando's have a much greater degree of independence, but they're still loyal to the Republic. Not to Matt. So they'd have to follow his (Sidious's) orders. It wouldn't matter how much of a friend he was to him. Obi-Wan was friends with Commander Cody- and he still tried to blow him way.

Second off, he shouldn't know Sidious, since it was never RP'ed they met.

OOC: That doesn't chance the fact that the the clones are loyal to the Republic. The ARC's and Commando's have a much greater degree of independence, but they're still loyal to the Republic. Not to Matt. So they'd have to follow his (Sidious's) orders. It wouldn't matter how much of a friend he was to him. Obi-Wan was friends with Commander Cody- and he still tried to blow him way.

Second off, he shouldn't know Sidious, since it was never RP'ed they met.
OOC: w/e doesn't change the fact matt was at Kamino and he left there with 15 other acclimators, and ya i have supports am seen as a hero of the republic i bet

ya so i think about 4/5 or so of the fleet would stay with the republic, Matt was at Kamino my friend he had great influence over the clones and can see the larger picture he knew sidious was evil

Even if you 'know' that he is evil, there not much that you can do if you where genetically altered to be loyal to Sidious. And, Matt left Kamino before Sidious arrived. Meaning that had Sidious arrived before you, you'd have been without an army for some time since Sidious would have simply increased his forces and left.

But the thing is moot anyway at this point, Kamino is destroyed. Sidious is no longer in the Galaxy Proper. You've got to start relying upon 'regular' humans and aliens.

Even if you 'know' that he is evil, there not much that you can do if you where genetically altered to be loyal to Sidious. And, Matt left Kamino before Sidious arrived. Meaning that had Sidious arrived before you, you'd have been without an army for some time since Sidious would have simply increased his forces and left.

But the thing is moot anyway at this point, Kamino is destroyed. Sidious is no longer in the Galaxy Proper. You've got to start relying upon 'regular' humans and aliens.
OOC: true though we could take a reconstuction team to Kamino

Well, the aristocrat handed over the fleet against his will. Grievious made him, or he would kill him. They value the soverignity of Kuat, as opposed to some Republic who has misrepresented them and expects loyality in return.


No, the point is not everyone is in danger of having their throat slit. And since Kuat would win the battle with Republic help they'd continue to fight. The Republic ran away this time, but Kuat is easier for the Republic to attack rather than the CIS to defend. The CIS needs their fleet to keep moving or the Republic will crush them. Kuat knows this, why would they trade minor death by the CIS for complete Death by the Republic? Lastly Kuat is a free planet, it has it's own fleets it's own leader, it at any time is free to withdraw from the Senate. That system dosen't work to well now admitted but it used to.

Now let's just end the other points so we can get back to Rp

As for the money: The Republic would pump more in short hand equiping their new military which would be tactically superior to the CIS'. The CIS in control of Kuat would probably keep up payments as the rest of their army suffers casualties. So it could end up even depending how long the war lasts.

Corellia:

"This attempt to insulate the system failed and Corellia, like the rest of the galaxy, was soon embroiled in the turmoil of the Clone Wars"
A Direct quote from Wookiepedia
They tried not to, and didn't fight aggresively but practically every planet was drawn in.

Perhaps we should wait and have Atlanita decide what really happens, that's what I wait for anyway.

OOC: So, can someone get me up to speed here...

Um... Sure

OOC Sidious went to Kamino stole all the clone army for himeself, raised Kamino then disappeared into unknown space after taking a neccesary part for the force harvester, or some other super weapon.

The CIS has captured Duro, and bombed humbarine. Grevious attaked Kuat shipyards which is what we're arguing about right now, wheather the Kuat fleet simply gave up and joined them, or the with the republic fleet behind the CIS wiped the Sep's fleet out.

The Republic has raised an army of citizens and is going to start a major offensive soon. Eeth Koth headed to Balmorra and raised a droid army and is planning an attack. Obi Was was given a fleet and told to just attack, your fleet numbers are on page 2 I think.

OOC: true though we could take a reconstuction team to Kamino
ooc: Kind of hard if the ones that originally built it are dead...which they are. Its always nice to cover ones tracks *sighs in self satisfaction* Its good to be the Sith.

IC:

Even after being on the planet for more than a week Sidious still found it somehow unsetteling. His personnal trappings had been off-loaded from the Acclamators in orbit and the clone army had alredy begun construction of a fortress upon the planet. Even all this couldn't shake Sidious of his inate dislike for the planet Nirauan.

As soon as the Sith Lord and his fleet had arrived they had emmediately been hailed and confronted with a large fleet of strange looking craft. Within moments Captain Parck had a visual transmission and began speaking with the commander of this strange fleet. Phalanx Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, or as he liked to be known, his core name, Thrawn in Basic.

Thrawn had been contacted only years before by Captain Parck when Sidious had sent Parck and a fleet to wipe out the Jedi's Outbound Flight Project. However instead of Parck defeating the Jedi, a small fleet of patrol ships commanded by the young Mitth'raw'nuruodo had defeated him and the Jedi. Parck however had managed to endear himself to the Chiss commander and the two became friends.

It was then that Parck recruited Thrawn to become a servant to Sidious. Since then Thrawn had gone back into Chiss space and done as Sidious had advised: advancing himself and yet at the same time distancing himself from the central ruling families of the Chiss Ascendancy. As such Thrawn had at his command his own personnal troop, or House Phalanx. When Parck contacted him less than two weeks before Thrawn had been as juvial as a Chiss could be and had agreed to meet Sidious and his fleet at the reletively unknown world of Nirauan, a world that Thrawn had found on one of his foreys into space beyond the Chiss borders.

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Sidious stood on a balcony that overlooked the large clearing that clone troopers had recently just created. It was to be a new landing field for the Acclamators to use. Already materials produced by Commander Thrawn were proving to be useful. Including the rock carved palace that was inside the very mountain the overlooked the plain.

Footsteps approached Sidious from behind and he sensed the strange Chiss life-force and the familar Captain Parck. He turned just as they entered and saw Parck standing in his newly fashioned uniform of olive gray and the younger black uniformed Thrawn (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Star%20Wars/Outboundthrawn.jpg).

"My Lord," said Parck, he bowed and Thrawn copied him. "I hope you are finding things to your liking."

"For lack of anything better...I must accept it," said Sidious simply. "Young Thrawn here has been most useful." Sidious turned to look at the pale blue face and glowing red eyes. It was hard to see any emotional visage, but his through the Force Sidious could tell the Chiss commanders reactions and emotions.

"I of course will be so in the future. As yet I cannot fully join your operations here. I still have obligations to meet with the Ruling Families...lest they become suspicious. I think that so long as they are never attacked by your clones that they will not care for a new Sith Empire here in the Wild Space," said Thrawn.

"One which you'll help create," said Captain Parck, smiling at his friend. Thrawn nodded.

"One we will all create," said Sidious to them. "I still have many confederates within the Galactic Republic and within the CIS...as well as enemies. Thrawn, I assume Captain Parck has appraised you of the situation?"

"He has," said Thrawn. He walked forward to the edge of the balcony and leaned on it. "My men will be patrolling the point in hyperspace where you came to meet me. Anyone following will be destroyed."

"Good. Then all is going according to my new plan," said Sidious he turned to watch the work going on below, a small smile on his lips.

(( Sorry guys, but Ive been working hard for my upcoming exams and one RP is about all I can handle at the moment.... Boredom United, you are in control of Dooku and the entire CIS. Not knowing as much about Star Wars as the rest of you, I cannot mediate this situation all that well... but Im sure youll be able to work it out. Sorry again.))

Before Rear Admiral matt went in with his fleet he sent probe in to check Duro for CIS forces.

OO: K, man, good luck.

IC: Dooku meditated. Focused his strength. Focused the Dark Side. His anger, his rage, for the conflict against his master. He mentally replayed how he did last time, in his last duel, and how he could best him at Thule.

"Soon, master. Soon."

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Grievious practices his lightsaber technique, for the time when he would test his blades on a true Jedi.

An alarm went off, signaling the end of his practice, and the arrival of Group One from real space. Grievious had chosen this target solely for the moral blow.

Caamas.

"Commence orbital bombardment!"

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Sora Bulq, a master in Vaapad, a fallen Jedi, and one of Dooku's Acoyltes, stood, arms crossed. Behind him was a contignent consisting of 95 warships, consisitng of a mix of Trade Federation Lucrehulk-class battleships and Providence-class carrier/destroyers, Commerce Guild Recusant-class light destroyers and InterGalactic Banking Clan Munificent-class star frigates, as well as numerous other classes and vessels.

In front of him, as they revert from hyperspace, lay Commenor.

"Prepare to land troops, and keep in defensive positions!"

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Tol Skorr walked into the Seperatist compound. He nonchalantly looks around, walking around droids, machinary, still he finds what he was looking for. An Anzati assasin.

Anzanti dangerous near-human species with two tentacle-like proboscises that curled out and extended from their cheeks. These were used to extract the "luck" or "soup" from the victim. The luckier the individual, the more potent and appetizing the luck. Anzati had specially developed sensory organs to detect this luck, similar to the Jedi's Force Sense. Anzati had extremely long life spans, the oldest living for many centuries.

"How goes the operation?", Skorr inquired. The Anzanti quickly turned, and bowed. "It goes well, my liege. These warriors learn quickly, and well."

Skorr only smirked in response. "Why do you think Count Dooku commissioned you to train these clones? Oh, and don't...feed, or whatever you do them. It was very hard to get their genetic material. Bok being dead, and all. Should have taken his credits and left when he could..."

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General Tann cautiously looked around the capital of Duro. They had encircled the city, and closed in on it. The fight had been brief, but now everything seemed quiet. The insurgents had been rounded up.

Tann let the barest hints of a smile grace her lips, as she put a CIS flag on the foot of the Duro's capital building.

OOC: when the probe scans Duro and the system what will it find?

OOC: It will find a Seperatist presence, I think.

On another note, you should RP a Jedi; a Jedi is a good way to help in conflict.

OOC: It will find a Seperatist presence, I think.

On another note, you should RP a Jedi; a Jedi is a good way to help in conflict.
OOC: i mean like how many ships will my fleet be at a disadvantage or will we be more powerful?

OOC: The First and Third fleet contignents are there, so you'd be at a disadvantage.

You'd be better off consolidating your power, protecting the worlds you have, the world I haven't got to yet, the important worlds and then going on the offensive. It'll effectively make a stalemate.

OOC: The First and Third fleet contignents are there, so you'd be at a disadvantage.

You'd be better off consolidating your power, protecting the worlds you have, the world I haven't got to yet, the important worlds and then going on the offensive. It'll effectively make a stalemate.
good point whats a good world that has value? maybe corulag?

OOC:



http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Republic_Senator

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Core_Founder

Barring worlds attacked, they're all pretty important.

EDIT: Corrulag too.

OOC: Humbarine would be a good place to head to

ooc: meanwhile, sithy is reduced to creating his own minature empire in the unknown regions...how fun ^^

OOC: It could use relief after the orbital bombardment from Grievious....

ooc: meanwhile, sithy is reduced to creating his own minature empire in the unknown regions...how fun ^^
OOC: maybe not any way i just figured out a high priority target......Bespin its mining is needed for the republic. if you put a massive fleet there i know your being a ass hole

OOC: Well, I that I KNOW that, I'll remember that for future reference.

After scanning Duro Matt knew he was at a disadvantage to he turned the fleet back to Coruscant

Count Dooku's fleet, consisting of 30 Trade Federation Cruisers and seventeen circular battleships, winked out of hyperspace, above the ancient Sith planet Thule.

Dooku stretched out his perceptions, feeling out for beings with the Force.

Nothing. The planet, swamped by the Dark Side, was empty. That meant Sidious- and the Dark Reaper- were gone. Dooku snarled, his eyes turning yellow. How long must the galaxy wiat for justice?

"...Do we do sir?"

Dooku glance at the cowering Neimodian, causing him to jump. "Sorry...?"

"What do we do, sir? Scanners yield no trace of life of Thule."

"Burn it. Burn it to the down, to ashes." And so they did. The planet was ruthlessly bombed to rubble, leaving nothing but a dead world.

"What now, Lord Dooku?"

Dooku thought, before smiling wickedly. "Skorr was complained about the production of project: Shadow Army. Let us pay a visit to Spaarti Creations", he said, referring to the chemical lab which specialized in cloning.

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Cartao

Run. That's all Dr. Trask could do. Run, run as fast, as far away from the lab as he could. Away from the droids, who came out of nowhere, killing everyone, his friends, his collegues.

Then he felt his throat constrict, and felt being lifted off the ground. "Going somewhere, doctor?", a deep, charismatic voice said behind him. "Not yet, no. Not until I retrieve what I need."

Then, he felt his mind being ripped to shreds, as the Sith Lord ruthlessly rifled into his mind for information. After Dooku found what he wanted, Dr. Trask fell in a heap, breathing heavily. "Still alive?". He was surprised. "We'll fix that..."

The last thing Trask saw was a red lightsaber, coming at him...
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Saluecami

Tol Skorr walked to the landing pad, watching as a Geonosian sailer landed, and Dooku stepped out.

Skorr dropped to his knees. "What brings you here, my lord?", he said, with a mixture of surprise and excitement in his voice.

"Rise, for you are worthy", Dooku's baritone voice boomed. "I have found that these cloning chambers, while having some setbacks, will greatly speed up Project: Shadow Army."

As if on cue, droids wheeled in cloning cylinders. "I procured these Spaarti cloning cylinders, and clones and be grown in twenty days... but there are some...setbacks."

"Setbacks, my lord?"

"Yes. They will suffer from clone madness, an affliction of clones. If a clone is grown too quickly, the clone's mind will begin to deteriorate, leading to psychosis. The shortest time to normally grow a clone was one standard year. But we don't have that time, do we?"

"Yes, my lord..."

OOC: NOTE: These clones that I wish to grow, will be fundamentally different from Sidious. For one, his cloning was perfected by the Kaminoans, and thus, will have no ill-effects. Mine are being grown in haste, and will have the clone madness (I.E experience hallucinations, hold delusional beliefs (e.g., grandiose or paranoid delusions), demonstrate personality changes and exhibit disorganized thinking."

Just then, Grievious commed in. "My liege, I regret to inform you that the orbital bombing of Caamas was not a complete success. The republic was able to ward us off before we could completely lay siege to it. However, General Bulq was able to establish a position at Commenor."

With that, Grievious signed out. Dooku looked at the genetic material placed in the cloning tanks, and watched in fascination as a clone Morgukai soon became recognizable.

"The Republic has tightened its hold on its worlds, it seems", he mused.

"I believe we have a stalemate."


OOC: I'll bold this, so nobody glosses over the obnoxiously long post I have. I think we should skip ahead a year or so, with this happening:

There hasn't been a large scale battle, only a few conflicts. Both sides are content to guard their own eggs, so to say.

The Republic has built up its military and navy, establishing bases, shipyards, pumping out new equipment for war, with conscripts numbering in the billions, and beyond. Padawans, Knights, turned into Generals, Comanders. They are been trained, are ready to fight. For a better way, a better world. Homeworld Security was created to safeguard Coruscant.

The Confederacy has established foundries on it's conquered worlds, and shipyards, pumping out new equipment as well, and this 'Shadow Army coming into fruition. Dooku has taken a new apprentice in Sev'rance Tann. She is known as...Darth Vitriol, Dark Lady of the Sith.

The Confederacy has established a proper government, made of 14,135 systems, comprised of 19,742 habitable worlds. It based at Darius. The government was comprised of three different legislative chambers, the House of the Senschals, the Congress, and the Congruence, and an executive chamber, the Prime Council, that served as both Executive and Judiciary. Not surprisingly, Dooku was the Prime Councillor, Tann was the Supreme Commander of Droid Armies, Grieivious served as the Commander of the Confederate and Nute Gunray and his ilk made up the rest of the Council.

Sidious...has been busy with his New Sith Empire, building it in secret, his clonetrooper legions, cloned with Kaminoan/Spaarti hyrbid cloning chambers. They are the vanguard of his new Empire.. the stormtroopers. It is unknown if he has taken a new apprentice. Rumor was that the throneworld was on Iego, or Rishi, maybe even Nirauan ...but that's just rumor, not fact.

All sides, now at an even footing, are ready for combat.

Thrashia, Republic RP'ers okay with this?

OOC I'm afraid i must withdraw from this Rp. Not that I don't enjoy the subject or the Rping, it's just that we don't have enough people, and the stories to far along to really get any more people in. I'll (Or you, whoever get's there first,) will start another thread just like this one with the plot advanced to the point where Sidious has his clone troops, the Republic has declared war, and the CIS creates Grevious. Hopefully it can be up within a day or two. Your all welcome to your old position or something different.

matt's ship came out of hyper space along with his fleet he had failed command will not like what he has to hear

OOC I'm afraid i must withdraw from this Rp. Not that I don't enjoy the subject or the Rping, it's just that we don't have enough people, and the stories to far along to really get any more people in. I'll (Or you, whoever get's there first,) will start another thread just like this one with the plot advanced to the point where Sidious has his clone troops, the Republic has declared war, and the CIS creates Grevious. Hopefully it can be up within a day or two. Your all welcome to your old position or something different.


OOC: Sounds cool.

OOC I'm afraid i must withdraw from this Rp. Not that I don't enjoy the subject or the Rping, it's just that we don't have enough people, and the stories to far along to really get any more people in. I'll (Or you, whoever get's there first,) will start another thread just like this one with the plot advanced to the point where Sidious has his clone troops, the Republic has declared war, and the CIS creates Grevious. Hopefully it can be up within a day or two. Your all welcome to your old position or something different.

Alrighty then. Just post a link to this new thread when you make it in here for us, easier than TGing all of us.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11206387#post11206387 Alright it's up basically the same, hopefully we can get more people this time.

Sidious...has been busy with his New Sith Empire, building it in secret, his clonetrooper legions, cloned with Kaminoan/Spaarti hyrbid cloning chambers. They are the vanguard of his new Empire.. the stormtroopers. It is unknown if he has taken a new apprentice. Rumor was that the throneworld was on Iego, or Rishi, maybe even Nirauan ...but that's just rumor, not fact.

All sides, now at an even footing, are ready for combat.[/I]

Thrashia, Republic RP'ers okay with this?

ok, to clear a few things up, i'll go over what it is that anyone can know at this point concerning Sidious.

As far as the Republic and the Jedi know, Palpatine had fled, where to(?) no one knows. Dooku suspects him to be hiding somewhere on one of the old sith worlds (as he did when he searched on Thule). The destruction of Kamino is something that cannot be directly traced to Sidious. The CIS may believe the republic did it, and vise versa; until Sidious shows himself once again to the galaxy proper (thus revealing that he uses kamino clones) then the threads will all form a pattern that Dooku or the Jedi would see.

Nothing about a Sith Empire or even the fact that Sidious is in the Unknown Regions, is to be frank, unknown. No one knows, not even Dooku. End of story.