The Coruscant Hammer, an Acclamator-class assault ship emerged from

Hyperspace. With it were her two sister ships The Coruscant Wrench and The Coruscant Saw. Flying in a Republic triangle pattern with Republic Diplomatic Envoy 329, a consular class cruiser in the middle. The cruisers had the men of the 43rd Battalion. The diplomatic envoy held the non-combatants and members of Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps.

"General Kenobi, the planet of Jabiim is ahead of us. No naval forces in sight, nor any targets appear on the scanner. We are all clear General." Reported Commander Cody of the Hammer.

"Very good Cody." Obi Wan took a moment to stroke his beard "Have the other bridges reported in?"

"Yes general. All bridge report in with a green light."

"Very well. Activate the communication channel between ourselves and the other bridges. And summon Lieutenant Skywalker to the warroom."

"Yes general." The clone Captain did as ordered as Obi Wan turned around and headed to the war room. When he arrived he saw that Anakin was already there.

"You arrived quicker than I thought you would, Lieutenant Skywalker." Said Obi Wan in a playfully smug way as he walked in through the blast doors.

"Well through victory Jabiim's chains may be broken. I'd rather see them free then enslaved to the Sith. And how can I do that with out being here?" Asked Anakin to Obi Wan. He felt awkward wearing the clone armor and military cut hair. He may not be a Jedi. Not yet at least. Yet the council decided to train Anakin in the force? Anakin felt displeased. He is supposed to act like and be treated like a Jedi Padawan, yet by all rights and authority he is just First Lieutenant Skywalker of the Grand Army of the Republic. He shaked the thought from his mind. He was a soldier. And they would win this battle. Anakin knew it in his bones.

"Using Sith philosophy to advocate against Sith? Lieutenant you are just full of surprises aren't you?" Replied Obi Wan amused.

"Yes sir General Kenobi Sir!" Said Anakin, saying the word general in a playful yet mocking way. Anakin snapped to attention and saluted Obi Wan. A smile crept across both of the mens faces. "Sir request permission to inquire as to why in blazes you are being so formal."

"Why I am being formal?" Obi Wan asked in astonishment "It should be me asking you that!"

"Well I am no Jedi. If I can't call you Master, then I might as well call you General."

"Anakin you will be a Jedi."

"When? Haven't I proven myself?"

"A year ago you were a Sith."

"But i am not anymore."

"I know. Now we wait on the council to know." A beeping and flashing light washed over the room from the holoprojector "It appears we are missed. Come my friend. We have a briefing to hear, and a battle to plan. A holoprojector came up. The members of the briefing were Jedi Master Norcuna who commanded The Wrench. Jedi Master Laska who commanded the Saw. Jedi Master Sirrus and his Padawan learner Aubrie Wyn were assigned to the Diplomatic Envoy as Aubrie was gifted in force healing. Captain Orliss Gillmunn was the commander of the Jabiim Loyalists.

"Generals, Lieutenant. The 43rd Battalion is ready for deployment." Spoke a Clone ARC Trooper.

"Very well Alpha-17. Please join us for the briefing. We were just about to start." said Anakin motioning for a sport near him.

"Yes lieutenant.

"Alright enough chatter" Said the holo-projection of Captain Gillmunn. "I don't know what you already know but here is the situation. Three months ago the separatist commander on the planet, Commander Alto Stratus killed the majority of the planetary Congress. The only ones that have survived are those that were absent from that Session of Congress and those that were pro Separatist. Alto Stratus has replaced our government with a Separatist government. They have signed a bill that grants the Confederacy of Independent Systems exclusive mining rights.

"In exchange for what exactly?" Asked Obi Wan.

"In exchange they receive Separatist arms, Separatist funding, and Separatist droids." Replied Captain Gillmunn.

"What is the situation on the ground look like?" Asked Master Norcuna.

"The Capital of Choal is under Nationalist control. Hyber Canyon is the location of the planet's mining system and is also home to the Separatist HQ, which is of course under Separatist control. The Separatist control center is on the Razor Coast. Shelter Base is our headquarters. Cobalt Station is also ours and serves as our only outpost. Monsoon Mesa is the only location under our control suitable for landing. Our no man land is the Jobreth Plains, and their no man land is High Rock Canyon."

"I am sorry. What do you mean by no man land?" Asked Aubrie Wyn scratching her head.

"No man land is the areas we technically own, but no one is stationed. On account of everyone who goes into those areas get killed"

"Can we negotiate with Stratus?" asked Master Leska. She was slightly shorter than Anakin, young and beautiful, with red hair.

"No, we cannot negotiate with Stratus", Gillmunn answered matter a factly. "He hates the Jedi, the Republic, and everyone who sides with them. At least that is what he says when people are listening. The only way to stop the Separatists here is to remove Stratus, either by capturing him or killing him."

"What about the population?" Asked Anakin "If we have the support of the population then we may be able to make this battle easier.

"Before the Civil War there was approximately 100 Million Jabiimi living on the surface. Now there is 70 million. Our numbers indicate that approximately 40 million either support, or live within Separatist controlled space. Within that number is the Jabiimi Nationalist Army which numbers about 400,000. We have approximately 30 million Jabiimi that are for sure loyal to us, and about 300,000 Loyalist combatants.

"And what of the Separatist presence of the planet? What do we know of them?" Asked Rex while inputting tactical information into a datapad

"We know that somewhere on planet they have those battle droids, the spider droids, the spinning droids with shields, crab droids, the spider droids tanks, droid assassins. They brought them down in there big landing craft, and assault tanks. They use to have some repulsor troop transports."

"Use to?" Asked Obi Wan "If they use to have them, then what happened to them."

"I am surprised Master Jedi that you were not informed. Electro storms are fairly common on the planet. Repulsor Craft of any kind don't receive a warm reception from the planet. Most of these transports were somehow caught and thus rendered inoperable by the storms." said Gillmunn

"So we could not bring any form of equipment relying on repulsor technology?" Asked Anakin. He was silently cursing in his head. How in the two suns had the intelligence dropped the ball so hard? No matter. The mission comes first. That is what he learned from his limited training running the clone courses on Kamino after the onset of the war. "Would you advise walkers?"

"To answer your first question sir, I would only use medium sized land speeders or smaller vehicles that use repulsors. To answer your second question in terms of larger vehicles, yes. But be warned there is much mud on the planet's surface. Your walkers may experience slower then normal movement. Or may just become stuck in said mud. But it's really your only option for heavy artillery based of my knowledge of Republic Heavy weapons.."

"Thank you Captain. We will contact you when we are preparing to land." Spoke Obi Wan. Captain Gillmunn's holo image dropped the call leaving the Republic Commanders to discuss the battle plan. After the battle plan was devised they decided that they would deploy the experimental AT-AT walkers. Obi Wan Kenobi also would act as the Supreme Jedi Commander for the operation. Once the holoprojectors ended Obi Wan spoke up.

"Alpha-17, Lieutenant Skywalker, you are dismissed. Prepare the troops for combat. I'll prepare the Jedi."

"Roger that General Kenobi." Said Alpha-17. He donned his clone helmet and departed from the room. Anakin however remained.

"Obi Wan…"

"Anakin. I suppose there is something that is troubling you."

"Two things."

"Anakin the council was very clear…"

"Kenobi. It has been a year. I am not a servant of the darkside. I have been assigned to you as a apprentice to learn the ways of the force. Yet i am treated like any other trooper?"

"I am more of an advisor then a master."

"Don't I typically advise you however?"

"Yes, and sometimes it is actually helpful." Obi wan smiled as the words left his lips. He clasped Anakin on a bank and gave him a look of understanding. "You said there is two things bothering you. I suspect this is the part of the conversation where you are advise me?"

"Well now that you mention it, yes. I do not like the battle plan. 1 month to secure the planet seems…. Rushed. We will fail if we do this. Now i would suggest…."

"You will suggest nothing!" Snapped Obi Wan. "You may be my friend, but you're just a first lieutenant, and a former Sith! Your way of thinking is clouded by the dark side"

"It is not!"

"And it is fueled by the same anger I see before me!"

"General Kenobi, I may not have been a Jedi, but upon my studies as a sith was warfighting. That knowledge tempered with my experience that has led me here will lead us to victory. You must listen to me or we will fail! Please." Anakin pleaded his rage bubbling just beneath the surface.

"Only Sith deal in absolutes."

"I do what I must. General."

"And what would you suggest?" Obi Wan asked suspiciously eyeing Anakin for a response. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a vibroknife. Anakin pulled up a holo image of Jabiim. He pressed his both hands downward on the table leaning in with his body weight staring intently on the holo projection of the planet. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Calling out to the force to help him see. As it did on Durmand Kass. No such vision came this time, but a sense of dread overcame him. Anakin sighed in defeat.

"I don't know. Not now anyway, but if you give me time I can…"

"No."

"But I…."

"I said no Anakin!" Obi Wan took a deep breath and remembered the Jedi Code "there is no emotion, there is peace" Obi Wan said to himself. As he breathed out a sense of calm washed over him "I am sorry. Maybe you can come up with a better battle plan. But I can not allow an alteration to our current plan. However, there is one thing I will do."

"And what is that?"

"You are now a Lieutenant Commander."

"Is that a real rank?"

"It is now. At least for this battle you will have the authority of a Jedi commander, but retain the rank of lieutenant. The men will probably still refer to you as such. Although you can not deviate from our current plan, you will have the authority to influence the battle towards success or defeat. Now go find Alpha and prepare the Hammers forces for battle. The roar of the engines screeched as the Hammer, Wrench ,and Saw accelerated above the atmosphere. Due to the electric storms they could not risk the Acclamations. They began a mass deployment of these forces. It took an entire rotation to get all the Republic forces.