Star Wars: The New Sith Clone Wars: Season One
Summary:
A follow up to One Republic and One Sith Empire, BUT NOT A SEQUEL. Following their victories on Geonosis and Christophsis, the New Sith Empire advances unopposed thought the Galaxy, winning several victories over the Republic's Clone Army.
Season One: Rising Conflict
Episode One: Storm over Toydaria
Newsreel:
Planet Toydaria invaded! Subjected to a brutal Republic Clone occupation, the people of Toydaria are starving under the blockade of a Republic fleet. Vile Republic Naval Officer Wilhuff Tarkin now rules with an iron fist. Answering a plea from the New Sith Imperial Senate, the Imperial Army of the New Sith Empire mounts a bold and massive offensive to liberate the system. It is up to New Sith High General Darth Vengeance and her fellow New Sith High Councilmember/New Sith High General Darth Brutus to make way for New Sith High General Darth Wrath's ground assault.
Approaching Toydaria via Hyperspace, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, Helm and Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:25
Grand Moff Braise Braine, the 55-year-old Mandalorian Governor of Hutt Space, stood at the main viewport staring at the stars streaking by. Out there, beyond and a little to the side of the viewport lay the massive invasion fleet, consisting of thousands upon thousands of Imperial Warships ranging from the ten Harrower-class Dreadnoughts to the hundreds upon hundreds of Consular-class Cruiser (Charger c80 retrofit), on its way to Toydaria racing towards its destination at a speed of 0.3 past lightspeed. Most starships cannot go this fast without breaking up due to the extreme pressure of hyperspace and gravity, but then again, the New Sith Imperial Navy always equipped all of its craft with 0.3 hyperspace capable engines.
"Grand Moff, we're coming out of hyperspace," said one of the Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution sixteen pilots.
"Prepare for battle, raise the shields," the Grand Moff said with the air of someone born for battle.
"Yes, Sir," the pilot said as she went to work. Soon the Imperial Invasion Fleet came out of hyperspace with shields raised practically on top of the Republic's Fifth Fleet's Third Squadron's fourth Section's two Ventor-class Star Destroyers, two Victory-class Star Destroyers and one Mandator-II Star Dreadnought catching the enemy off guard while most of their crews were still snoring or just stirring from their beds when reds alerts on all five ships.
Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, Portside Fighter and Vehicle Hangar, Darth Brutus's Delta-8 Aethersprite light Interceptor (Codename Ghost Leader), 22 B.B.Y. 07:26
"ALL CRAFT, PREPARE TO LAUNCH, ALL CRAFT, PREPARE TO LAUNCH." The Grand Moff's voice boomed over the PA.
Darth Brutus was nervous and with good reason: it was her first time commanding a Fighter Group since that unfortunate battle at Bothawui towards the end of the Imperial War of Independence almost ten long years ago wherein she lost three-fifth of her Fighter Group and almost lost her own live to the Emperor's Force Lightning for losing so many Fighters; Fighters that cost him time to replace. The Emperor Force Lightning had aged her considerably and her face now resembled Darth Malgus's: scared and deformed. However, she unlike Malgus had not fallen to the dark side after her defeat and instead dedicated her life to Serving the Emperor personally: she personally vowed her devotion to him… after a lengthily bacta treatment, of course. Consequently, because her loss of so many Fighters, the Emperor had come around to the idea of using the Treaty of Korriban as a way to ensure that when war did breakout again, the New Sith Empire would have more troops, more ships, more resources and more supplies then the weakening, ineffective, undersupplied and dogmatic Republic as well as better prepared to face and take down a threat from beyond the Galaxy that was coming closer as the Yuuzhan Vong drew closer to the Empire's northern Galactic boundary. If the Imperial War of Independence had dragged on for another twenty year, both sides would have weakened to the point that the Yuuzhan Vong would easily overthrow whichever side controlled Coruscant.
But today, she vowed to herself, was going to be different as she felt the infestations called the Republic's Clone Army Personnel and the Republic's Naval Personnel panic as they woke up to red alert alarms. This was good. She drank in the feelings she was getting from their enemies before she began focus on the ships Personnel of the New Sith Imperial Invasion Fleet. She felt the grim determination of the crewmen and crewwomen.
This, too, was good.
As a Republic Victory-class Star Destroyer succumbed in a fireball of death and destruction, she turned towards R10-P9, her personal astromech droid, and asked him "Arten, are you ready for some action?" to which he replied in droid speech, R10-P9+Darth Brutus=Ready to roll out.
Laughing at the obvious excitement for coming battle in that reply, Darth Brutus turned as she heard and felt her friend, mentor and fellow New Sith High Councilmember, Darth Vengeance. "Well, Brutus," said Darth Vengeance, "this is it: your first command in ten years. Don't be nervous."
"Don't worry about me, Vengeance," said Darth Brutus with confidence she hadn't felt in ten years. "worry about the Fleet and the Air Support that Compassion and two of her five New Sith Apprentices are providing the Ground Forces, because we lose the Emperor or Compassion, we might as well as surrender to Yuuzhan Vong when they arrive to the known Galaxy."
"Yes, Lady Brutus," said Darth Vengeance as an icy shudder run down her broad shouldered body. "You are quiet right my friend."
With that said, Vengeance turned and headed to the bridge.
Orbit of Toydaria, Galactic Republic Navy's Mandator-II Star Dreadnought R.S.S. Redeemer, Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:26
"C—Captain T—Tarkin, sir," stuttered Jedi Clone Commander, Jackie Lee, who was one of the newer Jedi Clone Commanders being trained at Kamino at a speed that one couldn't keep up with, to the Hologram of Captain Tarkin. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK." She yelled so forcefully that the man himself looked shock.
"I see." Tarkin said, and then he asked her the dreaded question: "how many ships are we talking about?"
"the highest we've counted is between ten thousand and an hundred thousand enemy starships with one Dreadnought, the Harrower-class Dreadnought N.S.I.S.S. Compassion's Hand, staying back with the sixty-three Imperial Acclamator I-class Transgalactic Military Assault Ship."
"That's a lot Commander. I'm going contact Coruscant to see if a reinforcement fleet can be sent."
"With all due respect, Captain," Jackie said with a coldness that would have alerted the Jedi High Council to another Dark Jedi Crisis but Tarkin merely raised an eyebrow at her, "Coruscant doesn't have the resources to launch a rescue fleet before the enemy ground forces have you overrun."
"what would you have me do, Commander Lee?" Tarkin asked.
"Try and evacuate the Clone Forces we have scattered across Toydaria," Jackie said with a dark pleasure at having gotten through to him. "If we lose our four legions to the Empire's Invasion Force, the Senate might vote for complete surrender to the Empire's evil."
For a long moment, Tarkin said nothing. When he finally speak, it was in a voice so filled with emotion that if one were to look closely they might have seen him beginning to cry. "The time for retreat is over, Commander. If we retreat and retreat again and again, then we may as well surrender Coruscant to them. No, we will stand and fight. We will make them bleed much blood for every piece of ground on this planet that take."
"Then I will hope that your crazy tactic gets you killed Captain Tarkin, but I know my plan will save more lives than your plan will."
With that said, Jackie closed the holographic commutation and turn to her Commutations Officer, but before she could say a word to him, the Ship bucked under Imperial turbolaser fire as full force of the Imperial Fleet bared down on the Republic's Command Ship having taken out what had been the Ventor-class Star Destroyers R.S.S. Republic and R.S.S. Chancellor's Fist and the Victory-class Star Destroyers R.S.S. Prestige, and R.S.S. Hope. Jackie stared at the wall of starship outside the main viewport and know that surrender might be her only chance of saving the lives of her crew. Turning back to the Commutations Officer, she said "Hail the Imperial command ship." But because the Commutations Tower on the Mandator-II Star Dreadnought R.S.S. Redeemer was already fried from the turbolaser fire, the New Sith Empire's Fleet would not heard what she had to say for another ten minutes.
Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, Helm and Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:27
Darth Vengeance entered the Bridge and stood near the Grand Moff at the viewport. "I spoke with Lady Brutus and she is as confident as ever that this time will be different." She said "It time we find out."
"Captain," the Grand Moff said "open up the main hanger door and the bow doors and sent word to the rest of Fleet to launch fighters."
It took less thirty seconds (much less time than it took a Republic Ventor-class Star Destroyer) fulfill this command.
Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, exiting Portside Fighter and Vehicle Hangar, Darth Brutus's Delta-8 Aethersprite light Interceptor, 22 B.B.Y. 07:27
As Darth Brutus waited for the doors to fully open, she said into her headset, "Ghost Group call in."
Flight by Flight, Squadron by Squadron, Wing by Wing, the Imperial Fighter Group known as Ghost Group called in. When the last Starfighter called in to say they were standing by, the Fighter Group launched rapidly and flow out of the hanger. And where joined by other Fighter Groups from the rest of the Fleet.
Orbit of Toydaria, Galactic Republic Navy's Mandator-II Star Dreadnaught R.S.S. Redeemer, Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:27
"Commander, we've got trouble incoming." The Senior Gunnery Officer said.
"I see them." Jackie said in a resigned voice, "looks like we're out of option until the engineering team can repair the fried commutation tower other then launch our own fighters which won't last long. Begin launching fighters."
"Launching fighters." The senior flight officer.
And so began one of the largest dogfights of the war.
Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, Helm and Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:32
Darth Vengeance turn towards the Grand Moff and said, "looks like they're trying to repair their Commutation Tower so they can commutate something to us."
"Perhaps their commander wishes to surrender," the Grand Moff said.
"too bad for them," Darth Vengeance replied, "for I've seen Brutus' bloodlust in the training simulations. She is absolutely lethal in a cockpit."
Orbit of Toydaria, Darth Brutus's Delta-8 Aethersprite light Interceptor, 22 B.B.Y. 07:32
"I hear that." Darth Brutus snapped into her headset as she gunned down yet another Republic Fighter causing the Fighter to crash into the forward batteries of the already damaged Republic command ship.
Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Ventor-class Star Destroyer N.S.I.S.S. Resolution, Helm and Command Bridge, 22 B.B.Y. 07:33
"The Emperor is requesting that we hurry it up." The Commutations Officer.
"I know the Emperor is impatient for the Campaign to be over, I can feel it in both the Force and in the back of my mind." Darth Vengeance said, "let us try and hurry it before he starts trying to take control of me.
"yes, my Lady," said the Senior Flight Officer, through privately to the Junior Flight Officer, "I wonder what she means…"
The rest of his statement was lost as a Force Grip as strong as an actual human hand yanked him up into the ceiling of the bridge where he disintegrated almost immediately upon contact with the durasteel plating. The voice that came out of Darth Vengeance was male: the Emperor's Voice said in a tone that would have pelted permacrete as it forced Darth Vengeance to turn towards the now fearful Junior Flight Officer, "That is what she meant. Congratulations on your promotion. Take your post."
Orbit of Toydaria, Darth Brutus's Delta-8 Aethersprite light Interceptor, 22 B.B.Y. 07:34
Darth Brutus felt the Emperor's impatience as well. She very nearly wiped out a full squadron of Hyena-class Bombers known as Ghost Squadron 12…if it hadn't been for the anti-friendly fire safety device built into every single fighter in the New Sith Imperial Starfighter Corps, she would've wiped them out without breaking stride. Instead, she wipe out a full Republic squadron that happened to get in the way of her lasers and that were apparently looking to wipe out the very same Hyena-class Bombers. She swallowed. That had been entirely too close. She then peeled off towards the Republic Command Ship calling the Hyena-class Bombers to join her in her attack run on the ship that was now exposed to the full firepower of Ghost Squadron 12's bomb load, which tore down the last remaining hardpoint (the reactor core) which started an chain reaction which destroyed the ship and a little more than half of Ghost Squadron 12 in its death throes. She swallowed again. Not again she thought, what had started out as a very good day was now starting look like another Post-Battle of Bothawui day.
Entering Orbit of Toydaria, New Sith Imperial Navy's Acclamator I-Class Transgalactic Military Assault Ship N.S.I.S.S. Ironsides, Main Bridge and Battle Operations Room, 22 B.B.Y. 07:34
The Emperor stood on the Main Bridge and Battle Operations Room's main viewport seemly oblivious to the mental dilemma he had just caused in Darth Brutus' mind as he prepared himself for the initiate ground assault, which he would be leading.