(Third person POV)

Chase, Sonic, Knuckles and Tails sat together in a briefing room with the Red Squadron pilots on board the Mobian warship, which was approaching the McDiarmid system. They were being briefed on the mission that would result in the raid of Robotropolis.

"Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, and their newer friend will be on a Mobian frigate." Admiral Ford said, not knowing Chase's name. "Shadow, Rex, and Lanter will be escorting this frigate in captured RSDV-05's. They will posing as Robotropian pilots with a 'captured' frigate."

The Admiral continued. "Our 3 pilots will request clearance for the shield to be lowered. The clearance code is 'O66JTR'. Once the shield is lowered, Robotropian guards will escort the frigate. Our pilots will lurk behind, and once the frigate has made contact, they will proceed to bomb the prison camp. Mobian soldiers, who are already planted on McDiarmid, will provide backup if needed. Understood?" Admiral Ford asked.

The room full of fighter pilots said "YES SIR" in unison.

Later...

Shadow was fueling his RSDV-05. He had taught himself how to fly one while infiltrating Eggman's base a while back. Sonic came up to Shadow.

"So, a look-a-like causing trouble. Gee, doesnt that sound familar, Shadow?" the blue hedgehog said.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Shadow replied coldly.

"Cmon, you remember that Mephiles freak?" Sonic taunted.

"Mephiles overshadowed me and took my form." Shadow shot back. "Tyran is just a coincidence." And with that, Shadow went back to prepping his ship. Sonic looked at Chase, and chuckled.

"Guy gets so defensive," he said.

Sonic, Chase, Knuckles and Tails got on board the Frigate, as it powered up along with the three RSDV-05s. The rest of Red Squadron sat in their X-Wing fighters, ready if backup was needed. Once everything was ready, the mission was put into play.

"This is General Madine." a voice from inside the warship appeared over the commlink. "Once the shield is lowered, the frigate will be lowered onto the ground, and then the attack can commense."

The pilots all agreed.

"Once on the ground, Sonic and his team will infiltrate Eggman's base."

"Sir yes sir!" Sonic said into the comms.

"You can count on us, General!" Shadow, who was placed in command of the mission, said.

With that said, the three ships and the Mobian frigate jumped into hyperspace. They stopped whenever they reached the shield generator.

...

Surrounding the small planet of McDiarmid was a shield. The sheild's generator sat, guarded by a small Robotropian Warship. Inside warship, Cushing sat by himself. His job wasnt very exciting, but it was important. Cushing was in charge of the shield, deciding who could go in and who couldn't.

Suddenly, three RSDV-05 ships came from hyperspace, followed by a Mobian Frigate. Cushing got on the comms.

"Incoming ships: Identify yourselves." He said.

An unfamilar voice (to Cushing) came over the comm link. "We're delivering a captured Mobian transport. Requesting permission to access McDiarmid." it said.

Cushing didnt trust this pilot. "Negative. I have my orders." he said. "No ship may pass without proper clearance."

...

Shadow felt uneasy. "Clearance code: O66JTR" he said. He anxiously awaited the voice on the other side of the comm.

...

Cushing again checked Robotropian records. "There are no transports scheduled to arrive for days."

Cushing ran scanners of the Mobian transport. "Wait: there are signs of weaponry on board. That frigate is carrying soldiers!" He signaled the Robotropian Space Forces. "Explain yourselves!"

"Looks like we'll have to do this the hard way!" the voice said to his pilots.

Cushing turned his attention to Robotropians. "Its a trick! Scramble fighters!"

Luckily for the mobians, Cushing hadnt changed the comm channel.

"Attention all craft! Intercept and destroy the Mobian forces!" he shouted.

...

Shadow signaled for the rest of Red Squadron. "General Madine! Come in General Madine!" the line was dead. "Shit!"

"What is it, Red Leader?" Lanter asked.

"We've lost contact with General Madine!" Shadow answered. "We've got to hold them off and get the shield down somehow!"

"Roger that," Rex said.

The small Robotropian warship flew onto the scene. Shadow flew up to it, and began firing his blasters. Realizing that wouldnt finish the job, he shot a proton blast, hoping to effect it somehow. Right as flew over it, he dropped a bomb.

This combination of attacks managed to slow it down. But the turret guns were still firing.

Lanter came back over the link. "Awaiting orders, Commander."

Shadow turned his ship around to face the warship once more. "Lanter and Rex, go after the individual fighters! Make sure our frigate makes it through the battle! I've got this warship."

Lanter and Rex agreed. Shadow continued to pester the warship. He shot at it with his blasters from behind. Damn, like him or not, Eggman manages to pack heavy firepower in these ships! Shadow thought to himself. To make his attack more effective, he fired more and more proton blasts at the ship. Once the ion cannon was charged enough, Shadow fired the ion blast at the small warship.

This ion blast deactivated the ship's power, immobilizing it. Hmm. Perfect. Shadow thought. He flew above the ship, dropping bombs down the perimeter of the ship as he flew over. He dropped the final bomb at the nose of the ship.

This bomb delivered the final blow. It began a chain reaction that caused the enitre ship to explode. Luckily for the Mobians, Cushing, who operated the shield, and his control panel, were on board. After the control panel of the shield was destroyed, the shield's generator was exposed.

"Rex!" Shadow yelled into the comm. "The shock reaction from the control panel's destruction wont last long! Destroy that generator before it goes into self defense mode!"

"Roger!" Rex agreed. He flew to the generator, and began firing. A few blasts to the core did the job, as it exploded. Rex flew away from the generator's explosion.

Luckily, the rest of Red Squadron, along with the massive Mobian Warship came out of hyperspace.

"The shield is down!" Rex cried joyfully over the comm link.

"Thats it! You've done it Red Leader!" General Madine said. "Now, Shadow, Rex, Lanter, escort our frigate to the surface of McDiarmid. Since no prisons expect us, we will have to land where our forces lie!"

"Yes sir." Shadow agreed. The three ships flew with the frigate to the surface.

...

McDiarmid itself was a snowy planet. On board the ship, our four heroes were preparing for the harsh temperatures. Knuckles approached his teammates. "Whats the game plan?" he asked.

"Once on surface, Tails will join the mech forces. Knuckles, you and Chase will join the soldiers. I'm going to take on Eggman myself." Sonic said. All were in agreement.

The ship flew into the atmosphere of the snow planet. The side doors were opened, so the paratroopers could land and engage the Robotropian ground forces.

Said ground forces began firing at the ship. All soldiers grabbed hold of something solid. Sonic shouted to the pilots: "We're hitting turnulance!"

Chase was able to grab the wall. "That was close!" He exclaimed to himself.

Once the firing ceased, Tails felt it was safe, so he let go of the wall. He looked out the side door. "Approaching camp!" He exclaimed to the soldiers.

Unfortunately, the Robotropian ground forces hadnt been stopped. Firing upon the ship began again. Tails wasn't quick enough, so he fell out of the side of the ship.

"TAILS!" Sonic shouted. He dove out of the side to save his best friend.

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