(Shade is a volunteer trooper for the Battle of Geonosis . He is in a 327th squad, and this is his story.)
Explosions are going off around us as we enter Geonosis, LAAT's blowing up left and right of us. I'm a part of the 327th corps. I'm a part of a squad that is purely volunteers in the 327th.
"Hey Shade, are you daydreaming again?" Blackheart asked.
"No, just waiting for this LAAT to land." Shade said.
The LAAT they were flying is about to make a landing when their wing gets shot off. The LAAT starts beeping and heads straight for the ground.
"Brace for impact!" Goblin yelled.
The LAAT slammed into the ground and flung everyone everywhere. The LAAT door busted open sending two men out of the LAAT . The LAAT slid about five more feet until it came to a complete stop.
"You guys good?" Goblin asked.
Shade got up, along with Blackheart and another man named Train.
"We lost Ghost and Joker sir", Train said.
Goblin shook his head then grabbed his DC15A and hopped out of the LAAT along with the others.
"Right, we are in a canyon, great."Blackheart complained.
"It could be worse; we could be in a middle of droids right now."Train said.
"Will you guys shut up and figure a way out of here, Shade try the comlinks."Goblin said.
"Yes sir!"All three said.
Train and Blackheart looked through the LAAT for the grapples that were given to them. Shade tried the comlink hoping to get a hold of command.
"This is CT-4298, command do you copy?"Shade asked in the comlink.
The comlink just had static and nothing came through. Train came back out with a Z-6 Rotary Blaster cannon, and Blackheart came out with the grapples.
"At least we can use this, Joker won't need it."Train said.
"Can we just get out of here, tired of being down in this canyon," Blackheart said.
"Right, Shade, you protect us until we get up."Goblin said.
Shade nodded and picked up his DC15A and got behind a rock looking down the canyon. Goblin, Train, and Blackheart aimed the grapple up and shot, catching onto a rock just right above the canyon. They all went up at the same time and reached the top, finally getting out.
"It's your turn Shade!"Goblin yelled down.
Shade slung his DC15A onto his back and grappled up getting a rock. He went up, landing with the rest, and got beside blackheart guarding the rear.
"Right, let's get moving."Goblin said.
They took off towards the battle where all the blaster fire was. A spider droid came out of nowhere, the blast landing beside them.
"Get to cover!"Goblin yelled.
Shade and Blackheart jumped behind a rock on the right side, Goblin and Train on the left. Droids start to advance on their position, blasting at the rocks.
"Now is a good time for backup."Train yelled.
In sync an explosion went off and they turned to see AT-TE along with 501st clones shooting at the droids. A Jedi came running up with a purple saber towards them.
"Is that Mace Windu?"Blackheart asked.
As the Jedi came into view it was not Mace Windu, it was a Jedi with black and red clothing. He got to Shade and the others and continued blocking the shots.
"My name is Raptor, Jedi Knight of the 501st, Who's in charge here?"Raptor asked.
"I am sir."Goblin said.
"Well Goblin, you guys are under our command, we got your signal."Raptor said.
The rest of the droids finally went down. The 501st moved up and secured the area, while Shade and the others got up.
"Who here is CT-4298?"Raptor asked.
"That would be me sir."Shade said.
"What is your name?"Raptor asked.
"Which one, real or nickname?"Shade asked.
"Your nickname" Raptor said.
Shade cleared his throat.
"It's Shade sir."Shade said.
"Right Shade, nice to meet you. "Raptor replied.
"Alright, let's move out."Raptor yelled.
Shade and the rest followed Raptor and the 501st to the commanding station. They met up with more 501st and continued to the battle. They got stopped by three spider tanks and about two platoons of droids.
"Droids up ahead!"Raptor yelled
Everyone opened fire on the droids while the AT-TE attacked the spider droids. Shade heard a scream; and, right away, knew it was Goblin. Shade turned to see Goblin slide back from a blast of the spider droid.
"No, Goblin!" Shade yelled.
Shade took off running over to Goblin's side, along with Blackheart and Train. They finally reached Goblin and he was already dead.
"Damn, rest in peace Goblin."Shade said.
A shot went over Jake and found it's mark, in Train's head. Shade pulled up his DC15A and shot, taking out the droid. Shade then turned and saw that Train's helmet was steaming from where the bullet hit.
"Train, rest in peace."Shade said.
They got up and charged into the battle along with raptor. Shade knew that he was willing to die for the Republic, he was just hoping not to die here.
(You guys should know what happens at the end of the battle.)
