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Hey folks. This is part 13 of my story, Fall of the Republic.
It'll be about the start of the Battle of Coruscant, and it'll show Ahsoka and the Nite Owls holding off Maul's cronies until reinforcements arrive.
This is gonna be freakin' good.
Hope ya'll enjoy.
P.S: Oh and by the way, I added a couple of scenes from season 5's episode 18 and 19 to my wrong Jedi chapter. Go check 'em out when you have the chance. Remember, the first three chapters of this story are made of Clone Wars scenes that foreshadow the Fall of the Republic.
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Wawaatt Archipelago, near the city of Kachiro, Kashyyyk.
On the Wookie home-world of Kashyyyk, a wild grantaloupe has its head down in the grass. The furry horned creature was helping itself to a free meal, made up of the aforementioned grassland. Suddenly, loud rustling in the trees caught the grantaloupe's attention. It swiftly lifted its head from the grass in the direction the rustling. That's when it decided to take off running.
Overlooking the animal in the trees, were two Wookies. An adult male named Tarkov, and his young son Jaccoba. The two were on a hunting trip.
"Grrraaawwwrrrr!" Tarkov barked to his son.
Jaccoba had a spear in one hand, and was holding onto a vine with the other. He nodded in compliance and used the vine to swing down from the tree and across the jungle floor. This trip he was on wasn't just for hunting meat. It was about taking his first steps into adulthood. This was a right of passage.
He swung above the retreating grantaloupe and threw his spear like a javelin into its direction. The spear missed it's intended mark, passing just over the animal's back harmlessly.
The wayward spear continued flying until hitting the vines in the background. But something was strange. For one, a spear shouldn't break in half when it hits vines. And two, vines shouldn't made a loud metallic echo when struck by a foreign object.
Jaccoba let go of the vine and landed safely on the ground right in front of the shrubbery.
His father soon followed him.
They both inspected the vines. Tarkov reached out and grabbed a hold of the vines. He yanked on them, and they all suddenly seemed to fall all once. The vines fell to reveal a large brown ship of some kind. But before they could inspect it any further, the ship hummed to life, and a pair of large doors opened up. As they opened, a ramp unfolded to reveal a dark cargo bay.
It was full of white glowing eyes. The sounds of humming engines and clanking metallic footsteps filled the area. Thinking quickly, Tarkov grabbed his son and carried him out of the way. They climbed the nearest tree. When they were safely above the ground, they were able to look back down at the landscape, only to see that it was completely covered in tanks and infantry from the Separatist droid army.
It was an invasion.
Kashyyyk was under attack.
Tarkov and Jacob looked down in horror as they bore witness to the opening stages of the invasion of their home-world.
"Rrrrwwwwaa-hhaawr-gggrrrr," Tarkov said to his son.
Jacob continued to look down on the Separatist army in horror.
Kashyyyk wasn't the only planet that was under attack.
All along the outer rim, vulnerable planets that were just over the border of contested space were struck.
Even neutral planets weren't safe.
Despite what Republic propaganda said, the Separatist alliance was far from defeated, and still represented a real danger. The Republic fleet was spread thin. In order to contain this new offensive, the Republic had to strip the Coruscant Defense Fleet to meet the Navy's demand in the outer rim.
On one planet, the Separatist Navy used it's firepower to burn down entire cities. And amidst the smoking ruins, the droid army was deployed to the surface to subjugate the surviving natives. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people were restrained at their wrists, necks, and ankles. Every person was linked together in a massive chain of slaves that ran on for miles.
The planet Bal'demnic was also under attack. The Separatist launched the attack to seize control of the great cortosis mines. Mustering what force they could, the native Kon'me people gathered its meager army to meet the Separatists in battle. But they needed help. A token Republic battle group was spared to help blunt the Separatist offensive. Republic warships tried to halt the Separatist landing ships, while the few available star-fighter squadrons did everything they could to intercept the Droid bombers that set the Kon'me cities ablaze. On the coast line, Kon'me forces had forts and cannons built into the cliffs that overlooked the ocean. But they did little to stop the massive spider tanks from rising from the oceans, and climbing up the steep cliffs. Despite the heavy Kon'me artillery and Republic air support, the Separatists literally walked over the defensive fortresses, leaving them to advance unopposed.
Another planet that was under attack was the Ortolan home-world of Orto. The Republic forces that garrisoned the planet's moons were ambushed, wiped out, and the survivors were force to surrender. With the Republic out of the way, The Confederacy moved quickly to establish a puppet government and suppress any signs of resistance. The Ortolans were forced to watch in stricken horror as thousands of Separatist battle droids marched through the streets of the planet's conquered cities.
One thing was for sure: This was a nightmare.
The Separatists were on the attack.
And as far as many people close to the front were concerned, they were winning.
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Bridge of the RSV Indomitable, near a Republic staging Area, outside of Belderone's ruined capital city.
Back on the planet Belderone, which was currently contested by both sides, the Clone forces under the direct command of Jedi knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker were being loaded back onto the Republic warships in the skies above.
For months, the two Jedi and many of their comrades have been trying to take the system and capture the Separatist leaders. For that first task, they were half victorious. But for the other half ... don't ask.
They weren't even present for the final push on the city itself. They were forced to go on a mission to Obi Diah, in order to follow the trail left by Master Sifo-Dyas, which was covered up by Darth Tyranus, who turned out to be Count Dooku all along.
Clone troopers and tanks were moving in every direction, ready to be transported off world to other fronts.
Obi-Wan and Anakin watched from the bridge of the Indomitable, as their troops packed up their gear and marched into several ships like their own.
But Obi-Wan was busy looking at the sky. For the first time in several weeks, he wasn't sloshing around in mud or sleeping in a water-logged trench. 'Where was this descent weather when we were fighting the Confederacy?' He asked himself.
"Typical. The weather clears as soon as we're leaving," He said to his former apprentice.
Anakin agreed. But before he could respond, his com-link stared chiming. He looked at it in confusion before answering it. "Skywalker here," he said.
"General. We're receiving a transmission. You're going to want to come down here and take this call." Said the voice of Captain Rex.
Anakin and Obi-Wan looked at each other. "We'll be right there Rex," he said before shutting the com-link down. He then looked back at Obi-Wan. "What do you think this is all about?" He asked.
"Well, only one way to find out," Obi-Wan said before they went off to see what the captain needed to see them for
RSV Indomitable, Communications room.
Obi-Wan and Anakin walked through the halls of the Star-Destroyer, RSV Indomitable, passing through many clone troopers and droids that were walking back and forth, trying to get to their destinations.
The two Jedi Knights eventually came up on the communications room. They walked through, and saw several clone officers, crewmen, and astromech droids working on something or talking to each other, amidst the sounds of comm chatter from multiple military frequencies.
The door to another room in the back of the comm center opened up with a hsssss. Captain Rex was inside, standing at attention in the parade rest position.
"Alright Rex," Anakin said as he and Obi-Wan walked over to Rex, "...what's so important that you brought us all the way back here?"
That's when a blue light illuminated the dark room, and the Jedi's faces. Anakin, and his master, was taken aback when he saw two figures on the holo-table.
One was a petite woman in full Mandalorian armor, which was painted blue and hugged her frame incredibly well.
The Togrutan girl wore a sleeveless top, which was dark blue with silver colored accents, and black leggings. Both of which hugged her beautiful, curvaceous body in all of the right places. Her top's zipper went from the top of her neck and all the way down below her bikini line. She also wore a skirt that covered her posterior. She also had fingerless gloves and arm braces that were like her old ones, but dark blue with silver accents.
Rex still didn't say anything as he allowed his superiors to take in what they were seeing.
They both had their backs facing Anakin. But then the togrutan girl looked over her shoulder. It was Ahsoka Tano. The girl that they kicked out of the order for a crime that she did not commit.
When she saw who was behind her, she turned around to face the two Jedi knights, and crossed her arms.
"Hello master...", she said, "...it's been a while."
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Cliffhanger.
Don't worry. The next chapter will clear this right up. It's going to be one giant flashback, which will be led into the rest of this conversation.
Hope you enjoyed.
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Until next time as always, this is Grubkiller, over and out.