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„Sir, six seperatist cruisers emerged from hyperspace right in front of us and they are arming their guns," the clone informed the admiral.
„Prepare for battle and raise the shields! Prepare all our ships to launch. Contact General Skywalker's fleet. I think we'll need all the reinforcements we can get. And please, make sure General Kenobi gets here on the bridge as fast as he can," commanded Admiral Yularen.
„Yes, sir. Right away, sir," nodded the clone after receiving orders and proceeded to make them happen.
„No need for the last part, I am right here, Admiral. And just tell me, if I can be of service," commented Obi-Wan as he walked through the bridge door towards the admiral.
„General Kenobi, this sadly doesn't look anything like good news. It seems like they prepared some sort of ambush for us. They must have found out about the cargo we are holding in the lower deck of our flagship. I fear it is the fleet of the infamous Devaronian commander Kleeve. I already sent General Skywalker a request for help and I hope we can withstand the attact until he arrives with his fleet to assist us."
„I certainly hope so, if only for the sake of our 'cargo'. It can't get back into their dirty separatist hands otherwise millions will be doomed," Obi-Wan said with a concerned look on his face. „But right now we must focus on the matter at hand, we must repell the incoming attack and make sure our shipment is somewhere safe." added the admiral.
„I agree, General Kenobi, but-" Yularen didn't finish the sentence because of a clone: „Sir, we established contact with General Skywalker and he is already on his way here." „but I think we'll do just fine now with Skywalker's forces. I assume you will be taking your fighter squadron for a little flight, maybe with some the help from Master Skywalker?"
„Yes, I think he will be more than eager to test our new freighters – The Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor. A new model made just for these 'special' occasions," Obi-Wan told Yularen with a slight chuckle. "I'll get going then, Admiral."
„Good luck, General."
The battle was under way as Obi-Wan has assambled his elite fighter squadron down in the hangar. They called themselves White Skies, which was shorter for The White Skies above the Republic. It was quite a long name but they deserved it, they cleared many separatist warships and cruisers from the skies of the Republic-aligned planets. General Kenobi's unit was one of the best in the known space, contaning the best Republic clone pilots and the Master Jedi himself and occasionally the Jedi General Anakin Skywalker.
„Sir, White Skies squadron is prepared to leave at your will," the second-in-command officer notified Obi-Wan.
„Thank you. Pilots get in your shuttles, we're leaving in five," he ordered as he climbed into his own new Delta-7B. „R-4, that means you should get in my ship and start the engine," the Jedi exclaimed. „We'll give those clankers our new medicine," said Obi-Wan to himself with an image of the upcoming battle in his mind. The squadron took off and flew out of the ship's hangar and almost immediately engaged enemy Vulture droids that were assaulting the Republic flagship.
„Remember, boys. Our objective is not to protect the cruiser, it is to cooperate with General Skywalker's fighter squadrons to disable as many Separatist frigates as we can to ensure the safety of our cargo. Is it clear to everyone?" Obi-Wan asked at the end of the briefing.
„Yes sir, White Sky 1 is ready for battle!" said the first of the clone pilots and the others shortly followed his example and declared their readiness to the general.
„Then prepare for some action and follow me," ordered the Master Jedi as he took the lead and flew directly into the fray.
In the midst of the battle Obi-wan managed to 'meet' his former Padawan Anakin during a dogfight. After their reunion, the two squadrons took out many Vulture droids as well as whole frigates with relative ease and without having a particulary hard time. But suddenly a small cruiser departed from the Separatist flagship's main hangar with a small unit of Vulter droids and it immediately caught Obi-Wan's eye.
„Anakin, that cruiser right there could be the commander himself. Kleeve must have seen that the ambush failed and the battle is lost. He wants to escape, and we can't let that happen. We need him, and we need him alive. We've got a lot of questions to ask him. We have to get him. First we destroy his fighter escort, and then we capture him anyway possible. Ríght now our only option is to board his ship, take control of it and direct it to our own warships and put him into custody there. Do you understand?" Obi-Wan asked Anakin.
„Yes Master, I understand. The only problem is that there's only one airlock. Just one of us can board at a time. And because I'm a better pilot, I better stay where I am right now, defending you from those droids. Without me here our squadron wouldn't propably hold the position around Kleeve's cruiser for long," Anakin explained the reason why he doesn't want to go while flying around like a crazy person trying to avoid enemy fire. „And besides, you are much better in close quarters with a lightsaber. That means, I will let have the honour of capturing that Devaronian Separatist."
„If you insist," said Obi-Wan with a slight sigh as he expertly dodged an incoming homing missile. „But first you need to clear a path for me to the ship. Then I will initiate the boarding and I will make my way to Kleeve to finally capture him. Once I've took control of the ship along with the commander, be ready to retreat back to our flagship. Is it clear, Anakin?"
„Yes, it is. As always, Master," he answered with noticable annoyance in his voice. „And may the Force be with you, Master," he added slightly friendlier.
„And with you too, my friend. During my stay there I won't be able to contact you. After I will take the bridge I will let you know," Obi-Wan told him as he was landing and boarding the cruiser.
The airlock opened and the Master Jedi got through it just to walk into a surprise droid party. It was just a few dozens of B1 droids and a couple of B2 superdroids but nothing to really worry about. And that was the easier part. In a moment three droidekas rolled out of nowhere, overwhelming Obi-Wan with a shower of laser bolts. But fortunately he managed to Force-throw some random objects and cargo at them, causing their shield to be neutralized only to be easily cut down by the Jedi. After dispatching them he stuck his lightsaber in the multi-layer blast-proof vacuum-sealed bridge door and it started to melt under the heat of the laser sword. The door crumbled as Obi-Wan cut a hole in it that was large enough for him to go through.
But the bridge was almost completely empty. There was just a holoprojector droid standing in the middle. „I've got a bad feeling about this," said Obi-Wan outloud, and by that he accidentally switched on the holodroid.
„Ah, Master Kenobi. I was expecting you," said Kleeve, who appeared via the holoprojector.
„Kleeve," Obi-Wan hissed at the projection of the Separatist commander.
„Yes, that is my name, and the name of my mother was Anklia but that doesn't matter, does it? Anyways, back to my prepared speech," Kleeve coughed twice. „As your Jedi senses must have informed you, I am not there to greet you personally. It is most unfortunate that my forward fleet failed to obtain your 'cargo' but I didn't even really think those idiotic droids would be capable of doing at least one thing properly. And you surely figured out by now that this was a diversion. Republic's best pilots are flying around this cruiser, protecting you in a trap I set up. The trapped Jedi General is just a little bonus. While we are speaking, more and more Separatist frigates, warships and fighters are emerging from hyperspace all around your fleet and quickly destroying it. And for you, Master Kenobi, I have a small surprise. See, I am too proud to use someone else's ideas. I like to be original, that means I will try to execute this trap in a very unique way. So in a few...," he looks somewhere out of Obi-Wan's view, „...something, I don't know how long this will take but after that this ship's autopilot will activate its hyperdrive. You'll be flying through space like normal, but here's the deal. You are directly facing a planet far, far away and the ship's computer will deactivate the hyperdrive in the atmosphere only a few hundred feet above the ground. And you will hopefully be burnt to a crisp and end up completely obliterated on a side of some godforsaken planet. Isn't that just wonderful? I know it is quite risky to try it on such an important target but I just could't resist doing it," Devaronian added with a full-face grin. „I guess this is goodbye, and I hope we won't see each other ever again or I'll be really disapointed with myself. And let me just tell you something, deactivating or destroying the ship computer won't help because the command is already sent. You can't destroy the hyperdrive, the whole thing is outside and unreachable from the ship itself and you can't contact your fellow Republicans to destroy it from the outside because all communications are destroyed. And finally, you propably thought of this yourself, but you can't just fly away in your ship, it's already gone. Bye!" he finished his speech and ended the holocall.
During his lenghty monolog Obi-Wan was with some difficulty trying to establish a connection between the cruiser and Anakin's fighter. During his search he somehow managed to stay relatively calm to his own surprise. „I have to find a way to contact someone or I'm as good as dead," he though just to make himself sure that he was up to the difficult task. The communications were absolutely wrecked on the bridge as Kleeve said so he had to go to the engine room, where the equipment wasn't as trashed and where was the highest chance to find something useful. After few moments there, he managed to find some usable parts to modify his personal communicator's frequency to be the same as the cruiser's to contact his friend.
„Anakin, Anakin! Can you hear me?" Obi-Wan almost shouted after he finished working on the device. He was quite exhausted from searching the engine room for all the necessary parts. But it seemed to work, he heard some noises coming from the communicator.
„Mas...ignal i...ot clear. What is happen...n that ship? S...ny ships coming fr...ywhere! We ar...rounded by Separ...ips," the signal became clearer after Obi-Wan slightly adjusted the frequency. „..ost too many, we need to retrea...our ships immediately. What i...e situation? ...you have Kleeve? Your docked ship...gone, you have to take the cruiser to esc...," Anakin said before the transmission abruptly ended.
„Damnit!" swore the Jedi Master.
The engines sudenly started to get more and more loud and just before the ship jumped into hyperspace. Obi-Wan realized that the hyperdrive had just been activated.
Obi-Wan flew across the room and smashed into the opposite wall with such force, he immediately lost conciousness.
„That was quick," Anakin was surprised by his master's sudden disappearence. „But he made it out and that's important," Anakin informed the remaining pilots and thanked the Force his master was now safe. „Let's get out of here too, while we still can!" he commanded and the remains of the squadron quickly retreated to the Republic warship while being assaulted by enemy fighters and frigates. Finally they made it into the hangar but excluding General Skywalker only three of the original White Skies unit safely returned.
The moment all of them were on-board, Admiral Yularen immediately gave the order to jump to hyperspace to avoid complete annihilation of the Republic forces.
General Kenobi's fleet was almost completely ruined, only the flagship survived and although it was heavily damaged, it was somehow still flying. General Skywalker's fleet was in a better condition but still nothing radiant. The surviving warships navigated through the hyperspace towards the nearest Republic systems. There they needed to regroup their forces and repair the damaged ships.
In the meantime General Skywalker was trying to find Master Kenobi but he wasn't able to maintain contact for some reason. „What happened to him? And where did he even go?" thought Anakin to himself.
EDIT: I did a small revisit of this chapter, fixed some big 'minor' mistakes and issues, rewrote some passages that now make more sense and are less stupid.