Vice Admiral Rae Sloane was having a good day. The rebels on Katchalon IV were crushed easily. Now on to earth. She was sure that it would be easy. They would be there in exactly 1 hour and 12 minutes. Her fleet of six Star Destroyers and over 40 frigates, cruises and corvettes would crush any resistance from earth. "Relay this to every ship: everyone battle-ready and prepare the ties." She ordered.
Rear Admiral Will Johnson surveyed earth's reinforced but meager defenses. A planetary shield protected earth from orbital bombardment and planetary invasion. In just weeks the Battleship (technically Star Destroyer in galactic terms) Silencer was raised and upgraded. It was renamed the Unimaginable Odds, a good name as they would probably be outnumbered in another fight. Besides that, a record amount of ships had been built. Including captured Imperial vessels, earth's fleet comprised of one Battleship, three cruises, four destroyers, seven frigates, and 12 corvettes. 120 ground based starfigters and bombers as well as another 120 based on the Unimaginable Odds provided fighter support. Earth would put up a fight, if not in space but on the ground. Over 22 million soldiers and over 100,000 armored vehicles were ready to the fight to the ground. Many were equipped with high tech projectile blasters and other advanced weapons. Earth was going to fight, and they would fight hard.
A moderately sized rebel fleet was also careening through hyperspace. Comprised of one MC80HO Home One type battleship, four MC80 Liberty and Republic type Star Cruisers, six Dreadnought class assault frigates, six nebulon-b frigates, six CR90 corvettes , 12 DP20 frigates and 36 VCX-500 rebel bombers. Well over 600 starfigters were packed inside many of the ships. About 40% of the fighters were X-wings, 30% Y-wings, 20% A-wings and 10% B-wings. Admiral Ackbar commanded the fleet, with General Madine commanding the commando teams to be used if necessary for boarding actions. However, the Empire had a head start, and Earth would have to hold out for two hours until the fleet arrived.
"Sir!" A crewman said in a scared voice. "Hyperspace sensors are picking up nearly 50 Imperial vessels approaching. Approximately 30 minutes until arrival." He had known it was coming. They would be back. "Prepare the fleet, and get me command. Go to red alert and initiate all relevant protocols." Admiral Johnson ordered.
A half hour later, the Imperial fleet jumped out of hyperspace. All earth vessels except the Unimaginable Odds began attacking the Imperial fleet. "Sir, we are taking heavy fire. We can't hold out like this for more than several minutes!"
After ten minutes the shields of the Unimaginable Odds were taking heavy fire. "Retreat into the shield perimeter, now!" The Admiral ordered. "Sir, the shield is gone!" The crewman seemed confused. "What's is the reason!" He almost shouted. "Scans show that the generator has been destroyed by an explosion." Will swore under his breath. He was really having a bad day. But his day was about to get worse. Suddenly several people burst into the room, armed with standard issue blaster-projectile weapons. It was his aide, Yanyon Yongyang and the Imperial prisoners of war. "Hands up, people, anyone have any last words before you fall to this." She pointed her blaster at him. Will couldn't believe his eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Will demanded. "It doesn't need to to be this way."
"Because I discovered that the Empire would win, and I new if I held you captive they would give me something. Maybe cash, maybe power." She replied matter of factly. He had pressed a small button on his uniform that told engineering to take control of all the ships functions. He pressed another button that told the chief of security and a security team to come to the bridge. He just had to keep her talking. "You can make money in other ways." He told her. "Yay, but you make more this way. And by the way, in case you're wondering, I blew up the shield generator. I will be rewarded for my courage. Maybe they'll even make me the regional governor!" She cackled in a villainously way. Suddenly a security team rushed in, and a firefight began. Yongyang and the POWs, however, escaped in a escape pod.
The battle was going better than expected. Although The Unimaginable Odds was forced to retreat, but earth had destroyed one Star Destroyer, the Smooth Talker, and several other ships. But the Empire had a plan. "Send all the smaller ships toward earth and prepare to bombard the fleet headquarters. Leave no survivors." She ordered. All the Imperial cruises, corvettes, and frigates flew at maximum sublight speed toward earth. "Sir, 34 Imperial vessels of various sizes are approaching earth." A bridge officer reported. "Direct all fire to those vessels! Relay that command to all our ships." The Unimaginable Odds, which was waiting close to earth, outside the range of the Star Destroyer, opened fire. Although several ships were destroyed, a fair amount reached earth's orbit. They began bombarding the surface with red and green turbolaser fire.
"Are we there yet?" Major Jason Rathers asked as the transport descended into the city. He and several of his best soldiers had been tasked with capturing, dead or alive, the renegade aide Yanyon Yongyang and the escaped POWs. There escape pod had supposedly touched down in New York City. Citizens had been instructed to stay away and there were patrols of heavily armed policemen nearby. "I got something." Said Barney Barnacle, the teams sniper with a keen eye. They're trying to hide. "Stay here. Don't fire until we engage them. Once we do, fire at will." The sniper began to set up as the team moved on to engage the renegades. Hands up! Drop your weapons! But the renegades quickly opened fire. Several men on both sides fell quickly and Rathers was surprised at there fierceness. Suddenly a blaster bolt hit him in the face. The pain was almost intolerable, but his training came back to him. Luckily, the other escapees were defeated and his surviving troops knealt down next to him. He was soon airlifted to a hospital.
Thanks to precision targeting by the multiple corvettes, frigates, and cruisers, earth's starfleet headquarters was burned to the ground. There were no survivors. That was what a bridge officer reported. This filled Will with rage. But he kept his composure. Earth's future now depended on him. "Evacuate all personnel, and transfer all weapons power to forward shields." Johnson ordered. Crewmen dashed to escape pods and shuttles as Alison left her post and walked toward Will. He was standing on the top level of the bridge. "Will." She asked. "I'm going to put this ship on autopilot. Once It gets to the lead Star Destroyer I'll detonate the reactor. Come on, let's get to my shuttle.
The Shuttle took off as the Battleship Unimaginable Odds accelerated toward Vice Admiral Rae Sloane's flagship, the Bad Taste. It was hit by the Battleship and the reactor detonated, destroying the ship and damaging several other ships. However, Vice Admiral Sloane escaped, and was now aboard the Star Destroyer Record. Suddenly multiple vessels emerged from hyperspace. It was the rebel fleet. Rear Admiral Johnson was aboard his old ship, the Aurora. "Sir multiple vessels are emerging from hyperspace. A crewman reported. "They appear to not be Imperial. They are hailing us and opening fire on the Imperial ships."
"Put them through." Rear Admiral Johnson ordered. "I am Admiral Gial Ackbar of the Rebel Alliance. We are a small but growing organization opposed to the Galactic Empire. We have been monitoring your planet and are pleased with you." The ships launched over 600 starfigters, which probably could have won the battle on there own. Rebel and earth ships fought side by side, but the Empire still put up a fight. Sir, the Enterprise has been disabled, a rebel Mon Calamari officer reported. "Damnit Picard, maybe I shouldn't have given you command."
"Sir we just lost another frigate, the Bad Apple." A Imperial crewman reported. "Get us out of hear!" The Star Destroyer and the remaining Imperial ships jumped into hyperspace.
Author Note: Here we are. So I got a review from a guest asking what would happen if they sent Darth Vader. Let me explain. Vader wouldn't be there. Earth isn't a real threat, yet. Darth Vader is busy hunting Luke Skywaker, chasing the rebellion, and off with DR. Aphra. I could see why you would think that, the Empire is spending a lot of resources on Earth. Well, not really. The Empire has tens of thousands of Star Destroyers and millions of other ships, and don't get me started on ties. The rebellion is also pretty big, consider that thousands of star systems are supporting them, even though most are secretly doing it. It's a big galaxy, there is always something biggest.
Anyone see the Star Trek: Next Generation reference?
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