The miles had come and gone, the grassless lands stretching on without an end in sight. But they had finally arrived. Commander Cody could see the outpost - it's grey walls stood out against the colorful sand, stark In the dullest of ways.

"Well, it seems our intel was correct." Obi-Wan could see several droids skirting the perimeter, but it was an easily manageable number. Then again, he had no way of knowing how many were inside the building.

"How do you want to do this, sir?"

Obi-Wan smirked slightly. "Actually Commander, I'm giving you lead on this. How do you want to do it?" Obi-Wan asked. The Jedi knew that Cody and the others were new... they didn't have a lot of experience; but he trusted that Cody was easily capable of coming up with a perfectly executable plan, and following it through.

Cody gave a nod. "We'll separate into two groups of five and approach the outpost from opposite sides, and take out the clankers patrolling. Once inside, we all stay together. We'll take this post as quietly as we can; no one inside can be allowed to alert the Seppies." The Commander spoke strongly, easily hiding his concern - in the months of the war, he hadn't been given point by a Jedi before.

Obi-Wan nodded sharply. "Very well." He glanced back over his shoulder, looking at the steadily sinking sun. "We should get moving."

"Yes, sir." Cody gestured towards the other clones. They split into two groups of five, as he had ordered. "Go to the other side and meet us at the entrance when you're done."
"Sir, yes sir!"

Obi-Wan started forward, walking beside Cody as the other group headed off the other way to circle the building. "Good plan." Obi-Wan stated his approval.

"Thank you, General."

Obi-Wan's only response was a smile. He continued forward, glancing back only once. The four clones walked along at an easy pace, though Obi-Wan calculated they'd already walked nearly ten miles. Looking forward again, Obi-wan wondered if they would reach the outpost without being seen.

The building loomed over the sand, dark and towering over the endless sand around it. He didn't like the odds, but there was no other way. The best way was to get there quickly and take out the droids, just as Cody had said.

From where they were, Cody could count about six battle droids. There was a good chance there were more, and the ones on the other side; plus whatever was in the building. He frowned. "Where did the intel come from, sir?" his voice was lowered.

"A Jedi informant. Truthfully, I don't know who. Master Windu trusts the source. Why?" Obi-Wan asked, keeping his own voice quiet, though they were still a ways out from the building.

"Do we know what they were going to use the outpost for?"

"The Separatists?" Obi-Wan continued without waiting for a response. "A listening post. We believe they were attempting to decipher our codes here."

Cody nodded distantly. "It seems like the intel is good so far, then..."

"It would seem that way. But we should be prepared if things go sideways." Obi-Wan grimaced. Things tended to go badly quite often in this war... more than he was willing to count, or admit.

"Yes, sir."

They neared the building, moving quickly and quietly, and staying by the taller sand dunes to avoid detection. They were close enough to hear the battle droids talking to each other. Obi-Wan glanced over their cover, and recounted the droids. There were still only six on this side.

"Most of the men have DCs; which have the range of around 9 or 10 kilometers. They could take out several, if not most of the droids before our position would be discovered."

Obi-Wan nodded, waving two fingers toward the droids and moving out of the way. Why get closer than they had to, if they could take them out from a distance?

The other three men came forward, laying on the ground and aiming at the clankers. Cody took his blaster from the holster, waiting as the other clones took aim. The DCs fired, one shot and one 'kill' each. The droids sparked and collapsed to the ground in pieces, the shots fired only seconds from each other.

After only moments, Obi-Wan peered over the sand, greeted by the sight of six "dead" droids. He smirked. "Good shots." He straightened and moved forward, down the dune and toward the building. So far, so good.

Cody followed after him. Things were going well so far.

Obi-Wan picked up the pace, running the last few yards to the building and taking cover behind several crates. Looking around them, he searched for any more droids close by. There were none he could see.

Cody hit his wrist comm, "Tye, report."

"There were five Clankers here, Commander."

"All right. Meet us at the door."

"Yes, sir."

Obi-Wan nodded silently and moved around the crates, heading toward the corner of the building. He held his light-saber, prepared for a fight, should there be any more droids. There was one droid on sentry duty in front of the building... But it didn't last long. A blaster bolt caught it in the head, sending it crumpling to the ground in a smoking heap.

Five clones moved in direct order from the opposite side, waving Obi-Wan over. The Jedi signaled his men, and they moved to meet the others at the front door.

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