Prologue

It is a chaotic time for the Galactic Republic between the battle of Geonosis and Coruscant. The Clone army desperately tries to fend off the enemy while greatly outnumbered. Men are stretched thin as they protect foreign worlds. But the most pressure is put on their navy- whom must ship and supply soldiers all across the galaxy, all while defending themselves and fending off enemy ships. Follow these struggles and adventures as the Republic fights for it's citizens and the future of the galaxy as a whole...

In the dead of space, amongst dull starlight, floated the wreckage of a ship. Torn to pieces by some unknown force, the ship and all it's contents were spilled out in space, like a wasteland. A piece of debris floated by, marked with the letters "A, C, and T". All was silent. But not before nor after. Noise from explosions and fighters filled the hangars of ships then. And would again.

Chapter 1

(Command Room- Republic Cruiser: "Independance" #00825)

"Sir, we've received a distress signal in quadrant 7.", said a Clone Deck Officer.

"We have orders to investigate immediately and report back.", said another nearby Deck Officer.

"Jump to hyperspace.", said Commander Knockout.

The Independence comes out of lightspeed to discover a mess of debris

"Put all crews on red alert. This doesn't look good.", said Knockout

The ship floats through the debris field slowly as debris bounces off the ship

"It appears to be a Republic cruiser sir…", said a Clone Deck Officer.

"Survivors?", said Knockout.

"None that we know of. They could have used the escape pods, but it's unlikely they made it through the atmosphere to the planet below.", said the Deck Officer.

"Hmm", said Knockout

"We believe the cruiser is the Pactmaker, one of the only cruisers that was in this sector recently", said the Deck Officer.

Something comes into view on the radar

"Commander, we have detected a large object in our quadrant!", said another Deck Officer.

"Statistics?", said Knockout.

"Moving quickly our way, no doubt hostile.", said the Deck Officer.

"Launch a fighter squadron to investigate. Put up forward shields, and prepare to jump to lightspeed if necessary.", said Knockout.

"Yes sir. Launch Firebird squadron with their Torrent fighters.", he said to the Com tower.

"Copy that. On our way.", replied Firebird Leader.

As the cruiser puts up it's forward shields and Firebird Squadron launches, the hostile blip on the radar looms closer, with no sign of slowing down. The fighter squadron of five begins it's run.