Part I: Ghost Town
Sorry I haven't released anything regarding "After the Flash: Rain" & "501st Chronicles: Thresher to Earth". I've been working on a different story for a friend Frogy117 called "The Black Knights". It is a RWBY & Star Wars crossover about a group of Shadow Black Hole troopers that are transported to the mysterious world of Remnant. My writing starts at Chapter 1, continues at Chapter 19+. I highly encourage you to take a look. Anyways, I will be finishing "The Black Knights" at the same time as "Thresher to Earth", and maybe, if I get the inspiration, "After the Flash".
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this. I wanted to get back into the swing of writing more full on Star Wars based content. Let me know what you think in the comment section.
A lone LAAT gunship roared across the sky. Inside the large cargo bay stood ten, white armored figures and their Commanding Officer. They were Clone Troopers of the Galactic Republic, an army grown and trained to combat the Confederacy of Independent Systems that threatened to rule the galaxy. The troopers surrounded a blue hologram of an Admiral. He was briefing them on their mission.
"Alright, now I have a battle to attend so I will keep this short," he started. "Two weeks ago we lost contact with the city of Naabrina. This was after the 283rd battalion was sent, heeding their call of a Separatist threat. They had reported a solid defense had been made and the city was fortified, but that was a month ago. After, they started reporting disturbances within the city's science division, and slowly, they began to report less and less, until communication with the city was cut off entirely. Your mission is to find out what happened, and evacuate civilians if necessary."
"Is it possible that the Separatists attacked them?" The squad CO asked. He was a Sergeant who went by the nickname Dye.
"It is possible," The Admiral replied. "But considering our orbital probe views of the region, the Separatist army has changed directions entirely and the city seems unscathed from battle."
"Well I doubt the locals retaliated," Vex piped in. "They don't have the arms to face a battalion."
"No they don't," The Admiral agreed. "Get on the surface, find out what happened, and evacuate civilians if necessary. Any questions?"
The squad remained silent.
"Good. Report back as soon as you reach the city center. Admiral Tyler, out."
Soon after, the LAAT approached the city outskirts and the pilot's voice came up on the cargo bay speakers.
"Sir, the city isn't responding to landing requests," He said uneasily. "Should we take the landing zone?"
"Is their any surface activity from those AA guns?" Dye asked.
"No sir, they aren't even online."
This was unusual. The AA guns should always be online if a threat is present.
"Take us to the front gate." Dye ordered.
"Yes sir."
The LAAT continued its path until it reached the front gates. As bay doors opened the sun glistened off the trooper's shiny, white armor, and the sight of the undamaged city was revealed. Sure enough, the AA gun emplacements were offline, angled downwards giving the effect that they were asleep. Soon the LAAT found the front gate. Maintaining a hover position, it let down several lines for the squad to repel down.
Along with Dye, the troopers with him went by the names Vex, Jinx, Xav, Ware, Tob, Oval, Knaf, Unn, Doy, and Acer. All of them were rookies. Other than Dye, none of them had seen real combat before, although the combat training simulations back on their home world Kamino were made to be as real as possible.
The city was quiet, too quiet. As the men kept pressing towards the city center they saw no one. It looked as if nothing was living here. Finally, they reached the city center where a small military command post was set up. Dye scanned the operating station. It was clean, untouched for days. The others reported the same thing about the armory, and the barracks, even the mess hall. Dye decided to contact command.
"Sergeant Dye to Admiral Tyler, come in Admiral." he spoke through a commlink.
"Reading you loud and clear Sergeant." The Admiral replied.
"The city is empty sir."
"What do you mean empty?"
"We've searched from the front gate to the center, not a civilian or soldier in sight."
"Have they evacuated without notice?"
"Well, their LAATs are still here and their gear is all in position, ready for attack."
There was a long pause before the Admiral spoke again. "The troopers reported disturbances in the science division. Try there as your next spot."
"Yes sir. Dye out." he ended as he closed the link.