Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of War of Secrets. Enjoy the 1500 chapter. I don't own Star Wars, Disney and Lucas Films do.

(Naboo, 28 BBC.)

Another AAT exploded into pieces as more and more B1 Battle Droids were cut down by Dernat's Clone Troopers, the Jedi Knight continued to led his soldiers towards the safety of the city.

"Keep falling back, we can't face the droids head on!"

Dernat ordered his army, he and his Troops finally were able to find decent cover on the edge of the forest.

Dernat had lost 30 Clones to the Droids, he sighed and watched as the Droids and their Tanks marched into the city, he could only hope Master Tiplee had found Master Qui-Gon and Obi- Wan.

He and the hundreds of Clones of the 388th took cover in the woods, some of them were wondering why the Droids didn't send troops to wipe them out.

Dernat knew better, they wanted to capture the city and then deal with other forces on the planet.

Dernat wondered how many of their forces were able to reach the planet, they would need walkers and mechanized forces to counter the dozens of AATs, MTTs and STAPs the Trade Federation had brought with them to the planet.

"You said Guardian fled the system?"

Dernat asked Spark who stepped up to the Jedi General and nodded while looking around for Battle Droids.

"Yes, General…. The ship fled the system after she deployed every LAAT she had aboard… They couldn't stand up to an entire fleet of battleships…."

Spark stated, causing Dernat to sigh, without anything in orbit to oppose the blockade, they were trapped, and even if they wiped out every Battle Droid in the invasion army, they wouldn't be able to deal with the 5 battleships in orbit.

"Damn it, that limits our options…. See how many speeders and walkers managed to make it to the surface, Captain…. Make a camp here, I'll come up with a plan to deal with the Trade Federation army."

Dernat ordered, he was cut off by a voice from behind him, dozens of clones moved out of the way.

"There you are, Dernat…. Are you ok?"

Tiplee said from behind Dernat as he turned to the Jedi Master.

"Master Tiplee, you're ok…. We're fine, we can't fight the Droids head on… We've regrouped here for now."

Dernat explained, the rest of his clones started looking around, searching for droids to deal with.

"How many walkers survived, Captain?"

Dernat asked when Spark walked back with his DC-15S which he rested on his shoulder.

"Little more than a dozen AT-TEs, a dozen or so Swamp Speeders and one squadron of BARC speeders."

The Clone Captain explained, Dernat sighed and leapt off the tree, landing in the Swamp Water.

"Ok then…. Come with me, I'll try and come up with a battle plan…"

Dernat muttered, he led the Clone Captain into the depths of the swamp.

(Republic Camp, 10 minutes later.)

Dernat knew his master wouldn't be back when he came back to the spot where she had been, she would probably go to aid Master Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.

"We don't have the numbers or firepower to challenge the Droids head on, General, what did you suppose we do?"

Spark asked, Dernat looked up at the sky, there was a makeshift landing pad being set up and all that, Dernat looked at his forces before turning to Spark.

"Send out a squad of ARF Troopers to find out what they can about the Invasion forces…. We will have to face them on the plains, we can't invade the city without causing casualties and fighting the droids on their home turf…. But the problem with facing the droids on the plains is they outgun us… And we have no cover to deal with the droids…. Plus, we have to deal with the blockade or their just reinforce their ground forces…"

Dernat muttered, Spark nodded, he and Dernat liked to deal with the enemy directly, but they couldn't, not in this case and not with a blockade that could just reinforce them the second they let their guard down.

"I'll get right on that, General… Anything else? The clankers can't be that dug in at Theed, they might be strong in number, but they aren't the smartest bunch around…. Plus, there's no way they can keep track of us without patrols…."

Spark muttered, Dernat crossed his arms, he decided to do some recon of his own.

"True…. I'll be back in an hour or so, Captain…. I want to check on something… Make sure our defenses are shored up…"

Dernat ordered as well, he walked toward a squad of his ARC troopers.

He had an idea that he could use if the ARC troopers and his squad of soldiers would be able to complete their mission.

(Great Grassy Plains, 2 hours later.)

Dernat and his squad of ARC Troopers sped across the plains on their speeder bikes, they were going to recon the Trade Federation's landing zone and see if they could figure out a battle plan.

In truth, Dernat already had a battle plan to deal with the droid army, it was the AATs, MTTs and STAPs that would be the problem and Dernat had a plan to take out that mechanized force, provided that the BARC Speeders survived the recon mission.

"Stop here."

Dernat ordered, stopping his speeder bike as the 5 ARC troopers behind him did the same.

"Remember, this is a recon mission…. We only fight if we get spotted…. If we can sabotage their forces, that's secondary…. We can't take on their forces while they're in Theed or we risk killing the Naboo…."

Dernat muttered, he wished he could have dug in his army into the plains, if they had, they probably would have been able to rout or even destroy the entire invasion army.

Then it would have been a simple matter of arresting the Viceroy and handling the blockade.

Dernat was cut off as they managed to crawl to a ledge, he took a pair of Macrobinoculars off his belt and used them to zoom in on a C-9979 Landing Ship.

He saw a row of MTTs and B1 Battle Droids descending the ramp, a squadron of AATs joined them.

"Reinforcements?"

One of the Arc Troopers asked, readying his DC-15A in preparation for battle if it was needed.

"No, another army…. We need to take out their blockade or their land enough droids to slaughter any army we bring…"

Dernat muttered, they didn't notice the ship rising from Theed and taking off, if they had, they would have known it was carrying the queen and the other Jedi.

Dernat however, was too busy observing the Droid forces to notice the slight disturbance in the force.

"Sir, I believe the blockade is moving."

One of the ARC Troopers stated, he craned his head and switched his viewfinder to its max.

"What? Are you sure?"

Dernat muttered, he wished he had a squad of Clone Commandos with him, they would have been able to take out the landing zone without drawing attention…

"Yes, all but one of their battleships just left to hyperspace…. They were shooting at something but it was too fast for me to get a read on it right."

"Hmm…. Let's return to the camp, if they've removed all but their command ship, it means they've grown lax…. The Viceroy probably believes one battleship and its troops can handle us…"

Dernat muttered, he and his squad of Troopers made their way back to their BARC speeders and sped back to the Republic swamp camp.

(Republic Camp, 15 minutes later.)

Dernat used a AT-TE as his command center and looked at its onboard Holoprojecter.

"All but the Vuutun Palaa have left Naboo's orbit… And I don't sense Master Tiplee, Spark… She and the others must have escaped with the queen, she's the only one the Viceroy would worry about… That aids us."

Dernat muttered, Spark put his helmet under his shoulder.

"That still leaves over a thousand clankers to deal with…. We don't entirely have enough men… I suppose we hunker down for now?"

Spark suggested, Dernat nodded and turned back to the holoprojecter.

"Yes, we wait for General Tiplee to return… But, we should get ready for the battle, our next move will decide things…. Get some trenches dug outside on the smaller hills and make sure the AT-TEs and other walkers are combat worthy…."

Dernat muttered, he had a plan to deal with the Droid Army now.

He just needed to lure them to the plains.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know this arc on Naboo is going faster then it should but that's because I want to get to other battles in the story. This story changes the entire first 3 movies. Next chapter will show Dernat's army and the Gungans facing the droid army and will take place 2 days after the events of this chapter. Until next, next Tuesdays. Lighting Wolf out!