Chapter 11: Battle of Luna
When the news of the Terran defeat near Mars, The Council tries to figure out a plan. "This is insane, what equipment could they have to defeat our fleet?" A member asked, "Well, it's been six years and we're still working on some of the stuff" Another member says. As the Council debates, the Head member sat and listen. Soon one of them turn to him, "What can we do?" He asked, The Head member turn to him. "We are now at war, make sure all 60 Destroyers return back here. We need to make sure this threat don't move to Earth" He says. Soon Adam and Lucas enters the room, "CDR. Adam, CPL. Lucas, what can I do for you?" Head Member asked. "Sir, Me and Adams had talked and we plan to have our fleet move to the Moon. The United States will be the the only Star Destroyer to try to keep this Assault Force down, Plus, the Moon's main cannon can put some dents into the Super Destroyer" Lucas explains. The Head Member thinks, he then turns to Adam. "Do you agree with him, will this plan damage them enough to help the Earth Forces?" He asked. "It's the best plan we have so far, sir" Adam responded, The Head member then lowers his head. "I'll allow this operation, but we have one shot if we are to succeed" Head member says. Lucas and Adam exhaled, but the Head member raised his hand. "But, you'll have two more Destroyers with you, we need to send best at them. So China and Russia along with State Frigates will be with you also. And our new Attacker, the A-50 Viper will be used" He says. The to soldiers nod to him.
In the United States, Lucas contacts his wife. Hera soon picks up, "Lucas, what happened? I heard about the fight on Mars" She says in a panicking tone. "It's fine, we just lost a 1/5 of our Fleet, but now I'm participating in the Defense on the Moon" Lucas says. "Are they Imperial, I thought we drove them off after we cleared out the Interdictors over 6 years ago" Hera says. "Well, not really. Sabine recognized the symbol they have, much like the one she drew on her fighter and on your jumpsuit" Lucas says. Soon some pilots walked by to the hangers, "Well, tell Zeb I say 'Hi'" He soon says. "Okay, just please be careful. I'm not there to help you" Hera joked. "Don't worry, I'll be safe" Lucas says before hanging up.
After the phone call, Lucas joined the other Pilots in the Launch hanger, Adam soon stand in front of the formation. "Alright, we'll make a final ditch effort against the New Republic Forces. Now here's the plan" He says before opening the hologram of the Moon with Two fleets near it. The Red is away from the Moon is the New Republic Fleet, the blue that's near the Moon is the Terran Fleet. "Now, we'll have our strike planes take out the Enemy Fighter Forces, while that happens, our State/Providence Frigates will fire missiles on the Support ships that are defending the Enemy Star Destroyer. Then, our three Destroyers will attack the enemy from long range, we'll need fighter cover as our systems will only power the engines and the cannons when our Main guns fire. Now, once the Enemy Fleet is defeated, our Railgun Cannons on the Moon's surface will fire onto the Super Destroyer Hopefully destroying it" Adam says. Soon Jack raised his hand, "What's up?" Adam asked. "Sir, what if the enemy found away to block our Attack?" Jack asked. Adam thinks for a moment, "Then we'll have to do as much damage as we can before we have to retreat" He soon says.
On the other side, New Republic ships stayed outside of the Moon's weapon range. Sato monitored the area for Terran Forces, "Make sure the Dreadnought is protected, if that Cannon fires, we'll lose her" Sato says. His officers nods before leaving, He then looked back on the board. To his surprise, when he first checked, there was no Terran ship in the area. Once he looks again, he sees three Star Destroyers and several hundred escorts. "What the?" He says, he then contacts his leaders. Once they arrived, the meeting began. Wedge looks at the map, "Seems the Terrans are increasing their strength, I never expect 3 Star Destroyers" He says. Kestu Onyo chuckles, causing the other two commanders to look at her. "What's so funny?" Wedge asked, "You have to be serious, we have 14 Star Destroyers with another fleet of 25 Destroyers with 6 Super Destroyers around the other planet we took" Onyo says as she crossed her arms. The other think for a moment, "Alright, we'll move in. Just know that they aren't clumsy in strategy, they did take out 5 of our ships" Wedge says.
Near the Moon, Terran Forces mass up with F-90s and A-50s getting into position. Soon hundreds of State-class Frigates opened their silos ready to fire, the Destroyers soon prep their Railgun cannons targeting several NR Star Destroyers. Lucas and the Viper Squadron flies into formation, soon Sabine contacts him. "Sir? I have a feeling about the fleet" She says, Lucas raised an eyebrow. "What makes you say that?" He asked, soon the attack force was engaged by X-70 X-Wings (Upgraded version of the X-65B X-wing). Lucas and his squadron dodged them, "What the? These guys are faster than the ones we fought near the Moon" Luke says as he engages one of them. Lucas soon activated all channels, "All Pilots, defend both the Destroyers and A-50s, lose neither one and we'll be in big trouble" he ordered. He soon broke off formation and his team soon attack the oncoming enemy.
As the battle goes on, the Frigates soon launched a massive amount of missiles at the New Republic fleet. One by one, the Frigates and Corvettes fall under the Terran Forces attack. Sato looks around before contacting his Destroyers, "I want those ships to fire on the Frigates" He ordered. Soon several Imperial-class and Nebula-class Star Destroyers began firing on the Frigates, destroying a few. But as they fire, several soon fell victim of the Terran Destroyer's mainguns. The Destroyers had their 24-inch guns turned towards the Enemy Destroyers, firing their 3 barrel guns at them. As they fire, the outdated Imperial-class Destroyers are pierced while the Nebula-class are heavily damaged. On cue, Lucas soon escorted 5 A-50 Vipers at one of the Nebula Destroyers. As he engaged any attack Fighters, the A-50s launched rockets at the Cruiser. Destroying it quickly, the group soon turn at another Destroyer.
On the Surface, CDR. Bishop watched as the battle goes on. He soon began to notice how the plan is working, "Prepare the Rail-gun" He ordered. Soon 14 Massive Railgun cannons point at the Super Destroyer, he then raised his hand. "On my mark, Fire the cannons" He soon ordered, he then began to count down slowly while waiting for the right time to strike. "Cannons are ready, holding fire" The Officer says, soon the opening Bishop wanted appeared. "Fire!" He yelled, soon one by one the Railguns fired. Wedge watched from his X-Wing as the heated bullets pierced through the warship. "Sato, are you alright?" He asked, Sato can be heard coughing. "I'm fine, but call for retreat, please" Sato says. Wedge cursed under his breath, "All units, retreat and await reinforcements" He soon ordered. Soon several remaining warships turned away from the Moon and jumped away.
Lucas watched as they retreated, he sighs in relief as he rest on his seat. "All pilots stay on alert, await new orders" he says, soon his squadron formed up. Lucas then opened the channel to Sabine, "You know, this fight isn't over. Turns out Kanan got enough support the the New Republic has hundreds of Destroyers in this system" She says. Lucas was silent, Sabine even notices it. Soon Lucas spoke, "I want you to tell the Council everything you know about this group. I also want you to contact Ezra and get him to subdue Kanan" He says slowly. "Yes, sir. I'll do it now" Sabine then contacts Ezra, soon he picks up. "Sabine, they retreated. We won the battle!" Ezra says happily, Sabine kept quiet. Ezra's emotion soon changed, "Something wrong?" He asked. Sabine's eyes water, "Ezra, Lucas has requested me to have you subdue Kanan" she says. Ezra rubs the back of his neck, "That would be a problem, you see he left when we lost Mars. Haven't heard from him since" He says. Sabine nods "Okay, thank you for letting me know. Love you", Ezra gave her a smile "Love you too, Sabine. Stay safe" He says before ending the call.
In the damaged Super Destroyer, Sato is overwatching the repairs. Soon Kanan walks in, Sato turns to him. "Admiral Sato, welcome back. I'm glad to hear from you" Kanan says, "Yes, sadly I can't say the same thing. The battle has damaged the ship badly. So while the other fleets are capturing Planets, we're stuck here getting repairs" Sato says. "I know, but here's the data for all the Terran equipment and territory. We already knew they had Imperial Technology from 6 years ago" Kanan says as he hands Sato the chip. He looks at it before looking back at the Jedi, "Why do really want us here?" He asked, Kanan looks away before looking back at him. "I want to make sure the threat is handled before they expand out of this region, it's to also..." Kanan sighs. "I know, I heard of Syndulla, Bridger, and Wren's allegiance to the Terran Forces" Sato says before leaving the War Room.
Now the location of Earth is in the Unknown Region in Star Wars, meaning I replace the Yuuzhan Vong with Terran Forces. The A-50 Viper has the shape of our modern A-10, the difference is the way it looks. The engines are more box-shaped, giving it a slightly faster speed. The wings have a wedged tip on the end and the tail is pointing out, not straight up. Payload is usually Rockets and space-capable missiles, main weapon is the 30mm Laser Gatling Gun. So, Review, ask questions or give a comment.