Chapter 11 – Battle of Polis Massa

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7th November, 11:00am; Sovereign-Class Super Star Destroyer: Obedience, Bridge

Deus sat in a throne near the Admiral station that was originally built for the usage of an Admiral or Grand Admiral, since Admiral Gerald Garcia and Captain Aleid Donix had admitted that the Captain's station was large enough for both of them to make use of and therefore Admiral Garcia had handed over the Admiral's station with all its equipment to Deus unless Deus was either not on the bridge or was out in battle, Deus himself used the station as a bridge work area for when he needed to take personal command of the fleet.

Today however a rather special day as the entire 'Dark Armada' was was gathered to initiate an invasion of the Polis Massa orbit in the Subterrel sector of space, but how was the question the Rebels faced if they knew of Deus' invasion plans however they expected that the Empire was planning a frontal attack and had acted accordingly, Tatooine was soon to enter conflict with the Rebellion in an attempt to keep Imperial Forces from using it as a Outer Rim Stronghold and Thrawn had made a daring attempt towards Polis Massa through Hydian Way however it seemed he too was destined to be intercepted at Mustafar, this however was all to Deus' forecasted strategic plan.

"My Lord, we officially have over Five hundred ships on hand in the sector" announced Gerald Garcia as he marched up towards where Deus sat pondering at the positioning of the fleet before the Jump was to be made, some things had to be taken into consideration, otherwise they would come out of Lightspeed into a fire storm.

"Have our reserves first go to Lightspeed and hold position at Subterrel, they will send encrypted reports back to us for 24 hours before we too make the jump to Lightspeed, instruct our forces at Korriban to send more Praetors and Star Destroyers!" commanded Deus as he looked at an old tactical holo of Polis Massa before he stood "I need to speak to Lord Vader, to attempt to get him to go with the reserves, excuse me"


2:00pm; Executor-Class Super Star Destroyer: Executor, Vader's quarters: Meditation Chamber

Vader closed his eyes and felt out with the force or more specifically over the twin bond he and Deus retained, that was the one think that had doomed the Jedi against the power of the Sith and the destiny of the Force, their 'Chosen One' had a Sith'ari twin and therefore it was that Sith'ari whom chose what happened to the Force and how it came into balance. Vader felt his twin close by and raised his head from its meditative position to look up at his throne's control panel, which he pressed a few buttons to keep his helmet suspended over his head however he allowed the chair to turn, locking the door of his Meditation Chamber the moment that Deus stepped into the room and the full force of his twin's presence hit him.

"Brother, I have a request" announced Deus as he stepped forwards where his twin bond flared up as he opened himself to the Force "I need to send our reserves ahead of schedule, I know that as my twin you will miss my presence dearly, however I was wondering if you could lead the Death Squadron as the central reserve force"

"I will do as you say" agreed Vader as he turned to look at the tactical data that Deus had sent to him previously.


8th November, 2:00am; Corporate Sector: Over Bonadan, Battlefield

Darth Floresco watched from the Bridge of his Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer as the Rebel Forces worked on crushing the Corporate Sector's Security Forces in the region and felt a hint of anger, how dare they attack the defenceless even to hide the fact that they were in fact buying equipment from the same Government at a unreasonable discount that the Corporate Sector would never have allowed if the culprit was found, Floresco commanded his forces to attack the Rebel Forces and he opened a Communication Channel to the Corporate Sector's influential council known as the Executive Directorship Board.


4:00am; Over Tatooine, Battlefield

Darth Vanus dodged his Ginivex-class Custom Starfighter away from the enemy fighters as they chased him across the entire atmosphere of Tatooine as the Rebels continued in pursuit, the Rebels seemed desperate to defeat the Sith Lord and force the Imperial presence off the Outer Rim World, funny considering the Rebel Cells on the planet below had initiated a large scale attack of his defended position and had fallen only the day before. Vanus smiled as an Imperial III-Class Star Destroyer came out of Lightspeed with an escort, at least the golden paint on his Fanblade Starfighter wouldn't be damaged any more by the Rebel Forces as he noticed the enemy moving away from the approaching Star Destroyer however with that said a Blaster Bolt scratched one piece of golden metal and Vanus huffed in annoyance, he just couldn't catch a break.


9:00am; Sovereign-Class Super Star Destroyer: Obedience, Bridge

"My Lord, we have recently come out of Lightspeed, the enemy forces have been preparing for us" announced Gerald Garcia as he came to stand by Deus' chair.

"The enemy have an interesting formation, if we attack them down the middle then their fighter squadrons will cut us to pieces in mere moments and that will be problematic in the long term, however if we ignore this opportunity they will most likely attempt to reinforce their frontline defences" pondered Deus with a light smirk "an interesting turn of events that screams of a hidden plan but what could it be, there must be a specific mind behind the enemy movements, Akbar is at Mustafar butting heads with Thrawn and therefore it can't be him"

"My Lord, Ion Cannon firing ready from an unknown location in the Asteroid Field, they have locked onto the Resonance!" announced Captain Aleid as he stepped next to Deus and Deus growled at the possible destruction of a Star Destroyer with it being disabled.

"Have the Radion Din move into the path of the shot, predict where it will be firing from, since they locked onto the Resonance they now have no choice but to fire there or risk having to recharge their Planet Defender Ion Cannon!" announced Deus as he watched the Tartan Patrol Ship move as commanded to where Deus' engineers had commanded.

The plan succeeded and the Ion Cannon's shot instead disabled a Tartan Patrol Ship in the process, saving the Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer from becoming a helpless target however the Rebels soon counterattacked, with Turbolaser attacks from the surrounding asteroids and a large missile attack from the surface that forced Deus to have all available small ship to attempt to shoot down the missiles, the Radion Din however was heavily damaged in the conflict and so would have to scuttle the ship if it wasn't destroyed in the present conflict.


Meanwhile; Subterrel Sector: Polis Massa remains, Polis Massa Base: Command Room

"Good work General" nodded Mon Mothma as she turned to see General Garm Bel Iblis as he looked at the tactical with a thankful nod in her direction.

"Please work on allowing the Alliance's Council to flee the battle zone, Rebel One is in a rear hanger awaiting your arrival also, that method I just used damaged a Star Destroyer with a number of their smaller ships however it will only stall them" announced Garm sadly as he looked at the tactical holo and frowned when he noticed the tactics being deployed "I'll escape to the Peregrine after your ship has entered Lightspeed! The Jedi and a Battle Droid force will hold this base and command it while the evacuation continues, there is nothing to fear Mon, and you have to escape so that the hope of uniting the Rebellion's founders can come true yet again!"

"Then as one of the founders yourself, you must succeed in your mission, goodbye Garm!" announced Mon Mothma with a nod before she broke off at a run for the first time in her life.

"Goodbye Mon" agreed Garm as he turned to look after her before shouting out new commands.


9:15am; Subterrel Sector: Polis Massa remains, Polis Massa Base: Hanger 78

The last of the Rebel Cruisers had left the hanger and were long since battling the Imperial Armada for what good it would do, Deus had long since learned an interesting tactical skill from Thrawn known as the 'Thrawn Pincer', he used the Gravity Well Cones created by the Gravity Well Generators to successfully pull a group of Venator II-Classes from Lightspeed near to Hanger 78 and the nearby Hangers before the Rebels knew what to do. Dark Troopers from Series 1 to 3 as well as Purge Troopers and Black Droideka MKIIs descended off the Carriers, the escort ships crossed behind the Rebel Fleet and began to work away at the rear of the Rebel Forces, using Thrawn's ingenious plan he was able to make use of landing his forces without risking them in front of the Rebel's main defensive line giving an opening into the enemy's base.


9:30am; Subterrel Sector: Polis Massa remains, Polis Massa Base: Observation Room

"You're here" commented Alex Skywalker as he looked towards the Obedience through the viewpoint, the Rebel ships were beginning to pull further into the Asteroid Field as the Imperials advanced however in doing so they had left their Planet Defender Ion Cannon defenceless, the way open for the Obedience to fire its main cannon.

"Master Skywalker!" announced a Jedi Knight as he ran into the room which Alex turned to look at the man with a cold glare that made the Knight shudder "Princess Leia Organa has just left in the Millennium Falcon, losses in that hanger area are high especially since an Imperial Venator II-Class landed in one of those hangers and are sending out Purge and Dark Troopers in great numbers, shall we have the frontline there fall back deeper into the Base?"

"Very well" agreed Alex uncaringly as he turned to look again at the battle, he knew that with an army of Purge Troopers filing into the Base they had little time left, even a Jedi would have difficulty against a pair of Purge Troopers.

"Thank you, Master" bowed the Jedi Knight before he left the room to carry on the command to the rest of his fellows, Alex however gasped when he noticed something coming out of Lightspeed, the shell of a Lucrehulk-class core ship except instead of a spherical Core it was carrying an organic shaped Egg and that is when Alex's eyes widened in realisation.

"A Thought Bomb!" announced Alex in surprise before he ran out of the room.


10:00am; Sovereign-Class Super Star Destroyer: Obedience, Bridge

"So, only selected members of our reserves have come, Vader is in trouble with another Rebel Fleet and is awaiting support from Thrawn" commented Deus as he looked out the viewpoint "and as well as that, Ziost sent the weapon that my Sith Lords have been charging for awhile, now I need only set it off"

"My Lord?" asked Gerald Garcia which Deus smirked over at him.

"After the battle you are to return to Coruscant, I will return to the Obedience through a different method, keep the ships out of one hundred Kilometres of the enemy base" commanded Deus as he stood, Darkside Energy spiralled around him and he teleported.


10:30am; Subterrel Sector: Polis Massa remains, Polis Massa Base: Shielded Expanse

Alex Skywalker ran into the shielded expanse that had been used to store large ships such as the Mon Calamari designs like the costly Mediator-Class Battlecruisers and MC90 Star Cruisers, the organic egg like structure confirmed to be a Thought Bomb sat silently in the centre of this huge vertical hanger however the guards whom had come to counter the enemies in the area were all dead, Alex got out his Lightsaber as Darth Deus stepped up from behind the Thought Bomb and drew his own Lightsaber to be used against any other enemies.

"Ah, its you, just whom I was waiting for" smirked Deus as he looked at the young man "what is the matter, has a Mynock got you're tongue or are you just as think as your master presented you? Either way you're a fool"

"A fool for coming here?" questioned Alex and Deus chuckled before shaking his head.

"A fool for not evacuating when you recognised what you were up against" countered Deus with a shrug as he watched the Jedi Master "the Thought Bomb is ready to detonate and all the Jedi in the base will die, sadly it seems Senator Iblis has escaped, no matter"

Alex didn't waste any more words as he dived at Deus in an attempt to stop the activation of the Thought Bomb, Deus' Lightsaber blocked the first swing and held his ground as Alex pushed his entire weight against him to no avail, Deus laughed before gesturing with one hand causing the Thought Bomb to start glowing ominously as Deus flipped behind it before moments later it exploded.


Outside of Time; Universe of the Force, Darkside Bubble

"You're still alive?" commented Deus and Alex opened his eyes and snapped around as he retained what little balance he could which caused Deus to laugh "you haven't been here before then?"

"Where is here?"asked Alex and Deus smirked at the young Jedi Master.

"This is the Darkside Force Nexus created from the explosion of the Thought Bomb, we are currently physically and spiritually one with the Force, this bubble is…a Gravity Well Cone in a Universe made totally by the Force" explained Deus and sighed when Alex looked confused "I don't mean the Living Force, I'm talking about the Undying Force, this very existence we are 'kind of trapped in' is actually the Force as a whole"

"And everyone else that died in the Thought Bomb?" asked Alex and Deus grinned.

"Not a chance. The two of us are able to survive without turning into energy because we are strongest, able to control the Force and not bend to it, the perfect Sith" explained Deus with a sly smile "don't get me wrong, I'm all for working beside the Force, but even energy needs to be directed"

"And Anger is your means of Channelling it?" questioned Alex with a scowl.

"No, the Darkside is a means of directing it with my emotions, the Lightside is useful to stop a Darkside feedback from all that raw power" explained Deus with a solid expression that made Alex wonder if punching him would break his knuckle "it is a means to an end, however to make our Universe better we therefore need to take use of the Force, just like the Civilians look to the Army and Empire for defence"

"And murder" muttered Alex however he felt the Darkness around him crush down and his own internal Darkness attempt to claw out, it was unbearable.

"Silly boy, I am the Sith'ari and therefore I was born from the living Darkness that shares the Force with the Light, do you really think it is wise to argue with me in a bubble of constant Darkside Energy?" questioned Deus and Alex felt a shudder go up his back as the Force pressure around him withdrew "the Empire needs to resort to desperate measures, there is a future coming that the New Republic that the Jedi and Rebels want so much, even they will have to resort to Imperial Tactics to survive"

"A new enemy?" asked Alex and Deus nodded with a slight smile.

"They will come from beyond the Unknown, immune to the Force in ways you can't imagine, however those balanced in both the Lightside and Darkside will be able to smite them where they stand" announced Deus as he floated around Alex with a slight chuckle.

"So what do you want me to do about it?" questioned Alex with a glare over his shoulder which Deus smirked at.

"I will send you back to our Universe, there you will get stronger even if you have to resort to the Darkside, remember…NOTHING is true and EVERYTHING is Permitted. Sith deal in absolutes, that absolute belief, counters what we deal with and give us something to believe in which is…progress" smiled Deus as he raised a hand and Alex gasped before everything faded to black.


10th November, 4:45pm; Executor-Class Super Star Destroyer: Executor, Vader's quarters: Meditation Chamber

"Are you recovered now?" asked Vader as he turned to look at Deus as he entered into the room.

"Sorry to worry you" answered Deus and Vader smiled inwardly "I underestimated the amount of power needed to escape a Darkside Nexus let alone two, as well as how much energy it would need to activate a Thought Bomb, but I am pretty healed from my run in with the Force itself"

"So, what do we do now?" asked Vader as he watched Deus ponder their next move.

"What we have always been doing since the Old Republic, fight the Rebellions and Invaders until peace is finally attained, the road will be forever long however I believe we of all people can do it!" announced Deus simply but with enthusiasm that caused Vader to sigh.


Info – And that is the end of that story. Finally, a lot of loose ends have been left untied however the follow-up will attempt to sort out most of them, where did the Rebel leaders go? Maybe the name of the follow-up will give a hint, Heart of Darkness, look at Battlefront 2 and you'll understand where most of the next battles will be surrounding. I hoped you enjoyed the story, REVIEW!