Jedi Master Samsterai Karmarna ran through the hangar of the Chancellor-class Stardestroyer Navigator and jumped into his Z-95 starfighter. Samsterai was a 28 year old human male with dark blonde hair and a full beard. He was a veteran of many battles during the Clone Wars and now he had returned to where it began. Geonosis.
Samsterai pulled down the lid to his fighter and switched on his holo projector. A floating blue image of a huge Confederate fleet, as well as the Republic invasion force, appeared in front of him. Samsterai looked up and around at the hangar. The hangar was chaos! There were clones running frantically around the hangar, boarding gunships, reading fighters and loading cannons.
"Sir," A clone's voice came onto Samsterai's radio.
"Yes Sep?" Samsterai replied.
"A message from Admiral Yularen,"
"Go ahead Colonel," Samsterai said to CT-2513, or Sep.
"He says that Generals Kenobi, Mundi and Skywalker are pinned down at their landing site. He's diverting our bombers to take out the droid advance," Samsterai fiddled with some switches and buttons on his dash-board.
"Admiral Yularen," Samsterai called to the Resolute. "What is the matter with the other Generals?"
"Ah, General Karmarna," Yularen replied. "The Landing ground at Point Rain has come under attack from Confederate forces. The only fighters I could divert were yours. I hope you will be able to fill this task,"
"Don't worry Admiral," Samsterai said. "It's not the far off our original course,"
"Thank you General Karmarna," Yularen cut the transmission and Samsterai switched to the elite Silver Squadron's main radio frequency.
"It looks like we're going a different way to the capital. All fighters launch then form up on me for instructions," Samsterai reached down, unclamped his landing gear and slowly raised from the hangar deck.
The Republic fighters shot out of the Navigator's hangar and Samsterai pulled his fighter up around the bridge tower of the huge Stardestroyer. He looked to his right and saw Sep and Silver four begin to line up behind him. "All fighters call in," Samsterai said over the radio.
"Silver 2 ready,"
"Silver 3 ready," Samsterai closed his eyes and breathed while he listened for all the fighters. Once they had finished he called out again.
"Silvers 11, 12, 13 and 15, fall back and cover the gunships on their approach. The rest of you, follow me," Samsterai watched as four of the fighters fell away and then he pushed forward his throttle lever and sped down towards the planet.
Silver Squadron broke through atmosphere and were greeted by a wave of droid fighters coming directly for them. "Interceptors," Samsterai called. "Cover our approach!" Samsterai turned his head when he heard Silver 4 go up in flames to his right.
"Sliver 4, come in!" He heard Sep cry, but Silver 4 had already impacted the sandy terrain of the planet.
"Ary, how many are there?" Samsterai asked Silver 3.
"I count around two hundred sir!" Came Ary's reply.
"Okay, all small fighters cover a bomber each. Make sure they don't get taken down!" Samsterai pulled his fighter over the top of Sep in Silver 2 and fired on three fighters that were headed in their direction. Samsterai looked at the holomap in front of him. He saw a series of canyons in between them and the stranded Jedi. "Silver," Samsterai said. "Head 40 degrees north and go through those valleys,"
"Roger," Ary said back to Samsterai and the squadron rolled to the right and pulled into a dive into the canyons before them.
Samsterai blasted ahead of the fighters into the canyon first. The Jedi starfighter dodged through the rocks that stood just metres from Samsterai's cockpit. He could see the rest of the droid fighters hanging over their heads when Samsterai jerked his fighter into a small cave to his left. Samsterai flicked on the headlights of the fighter and the rest of Silver squadron did the same. He dived his way through the cave, closely followed by Silver squadron. He reached a junction and instinctively pulled over to the bigger passage on the right before coming to a quick halt. "Silver," He said quietly. "We need turn, NOW!" About fifty Geonosian fighters sat silently waiting for them. Samsterai spun his ship around and, in a hail of purple lasers, followed Silver hastily out of the caves.
When they flew out of the canyons again the other swarm of fighters was circling over head. The first fighter that appeared out of the cave, Silver 9, was blown to pieces. Samsterai dove under Sep's bomber and attempted to lead the way for the rest of the fighters. "Sep," Samsterai desperately cried. Drop a torpedo now!" Sep in Silver 2 (a red and white Y-wing bomber) dropped a stationary torpedo behind him, taking out the Geonosian fighters chasing them. Samsterai soon flew out of the cave's portal and unloaded as many lasers as possible onto the droid fighters. At this point there were only about a hundred left but they continued to chase Silver Squadron. Samsterai fell back and followed the other fighters forward and prepared some of his custom fitted missiles when an idea struck him. He burned forwards to the front of the fighters and called them "All interceptors follow me and quickly drop your flares!" Half the squadron pulled up after Samsterai and deployed their flares. The pursuing droid fighters pulled off the majority of their attack and chased after Samsterai and the fighters. "Bombers, ready your torpedoes, your home free," Samsterai shouted to the rest of the Squadron who he saw drop their payloads onto the droid advance when he and the fighters pulled up over one of the Geonosian spires.
There was still no time to celebrate as the droids were still all over the back of Samsterai and his fighters. "Sir," Sep called over the radio to Samsterai. "We're heading back around, draw out the droids and we'll take them for you ,"
"Roger," Samsterai replied and pressed a button on his control panel that told the rest of Silver to break formation. The fighters pulled into a wide firing ark as the bombers approached. Sep and the bombers fired on the close droid fighters and their gunners spun their turrets around towards the enemy fighters. Samsterai flew quickly around another one of the Geonosian spires and dropped his spare parts out of the rear of his fighter as he went. The majority of the parts impacted the first droid fighter and the rest knocked the second off course, giving Samsterai enough time to go around again and take it out. Samsterai pulled out of his spin and followed the bombers into the heat of the rest of the fighters. He fired one of missiles which impacted one of the droid fighters, which in turn hit another vulture droid. Samsterai rolled over and chased after a fighter which was following Sep in his Y-wing. He went to shoot it out of the sky when a laser from behind Samsterai hit his fighter and knocked it spinning uncontrollably. He went plummeting down towards the ground and prepared to open the pod and escape, but he wasn't able to before he impacted the ground.
Samsterai could only smell smoke, but as he opened his eyes he could see the flashing of the air battle above him. He rolled over and a squad of clones in desert camo, as well as a silhouetted General Obi-wan Kenobi, came running over to him. Samsterai drew up all of his strength and sat up. "Are you alright sir?" The first clone said when he got to Samsterai.
"I think we need a stretcher," Said the second clone.
"I'll get one," The third clone replied. The clones then ran off to do their jobs and Obi-wan knelt down next to Samsterai.
"Are you alright?" Obi-wan asked. Samsterai grimaced as he stretched his arms.
"So..."
"You fell out of the sky," Obi-wan answered before Samsterai even asked the question.
"Did one of the droids get me?" Samsterai grunted.
"Yes, but your boys seem to be doing rather well up there," Obi-wan said and the two Jedi looked up at the battle raging above them. Luckily for them Silver Squadron seemed in complete control of the fight. The clones came back over with a stretcher and Obi-wan helped Samsterai clamber onto it. "Just get General Karmarna back to the fight, okay?"
"Sir, yes sir!" The clones chorused and they ran back to the Republic centre of operations.
"May the force be with you Obi-wan,"
"May the force be with you too Samsterai,"