Still bored.
Dxun, 290ATGS
"I bloody hate this place!" Revan shouted as he stormed into the command centre.
Everyone else in the room nodded their heads in agreement. After the initial battle four months ago, the Republic had thought they had dealt with the Mandalorians and left. Revan had been forced to return a few days later because Mandalorians had been found on Dxun. Since then, Revan had been leading the Republic forces against scattered, but no less dangerous, Mandalorian forces. Meetra was on the other side of the moon, leading the forces there, while Rana was at Endor, training.
Revan bent over the holotable in the middle of the room while various officers rushed around the command centre. A private ran up to the table and saluted him.
"Sir, we believe we've found their newest base."
"Finally. Show me," Revan ordered.
The soldier tapped a few keys on one of the keyboards around the side of the table. The image of Dxun zoomed in on an area on the other side of the moon before highlighting one area in particular.
"Good work, ladies and gentlemen. Get this data to the Rear Admiral's forces and organise some bombers to soften the place up. Taking out that base is our top priority; they're to get priority on air support, ground vehicles and whatever else they need," Revan commanded as he leaned in closer.
With a series of acknowledgements, the command centre became even more hectic as the officers present liaised with their counterparts on the other side of the moon.
Across the moon, Meetra ducked under the cannon fire from a basilisk, casually flicking her lightsaber to decapitate a Mandalorian. Reaching out with the Force, she launched a nearby tree trunk at the basilisk, crushing it against another tree.
With that dealt with, Meetra paused to pull her comm. from her belt.
"Rear Admiral Surik here. What is it?" Meetra demanded.
"Ma'am, transmission just came through from Alpha Base. They have located the Mandalorians' most recent base of operations. Admiral Surik wants you to take a force to deal with it," the officer on the other end reported.
"Thank you, Private Vasra. I'll be at Beta Base momentarily to lead the force. Rear Admiral Surik, out," Meetra told him before putting her comm. link back on her belt.
Within the hour, Meetra and her forces were approaching the base of the Mandalorians. The three hundred strong force snuck through the woods, weaving among the trees as they moved toward their target. Meetra was in the lead, ducking under branches and climbing over fallen tree trunks. As she approached, she signalled the bombers to attack.
A moment later, two squadrons of bombers raced across the sky before dropping a hailstorm of fire onto the Mandalorians. As the remaining Mandalorians scrambled to put out the fires, the Republic soldiers struck. Blaster fire and rockets sailed from amongst the trees, killing dozens of Mandalorians. Meetra raced out of the forest and toward the Mandalorians, white lightsaber spinning around her.
As the Republic soldiers advanced through the bunker, Meetra raced down a corridor, sending blaster bolts sailing back at the Mandalorians. With a flick of her wrist, a trio of nearby crates soared down the corridor toward the defenders, buying her the seconds she needed to reach them. Moments later, she flicked her saber to decapitate the final Mandalorian.
Opening a nearby door, she found herself faced with a Mandalorian boy, no older than ten. Meetra deactivated both blades of her lightsaber and stepped forward.
"Come with me. Let's get you somewhere safe," Meetra told him.
She turned to step out of the room. The warning of the Force caused her to bring her lightsaber up over her head and then down parallel to her spine. The blaster bolt impacted the blade and bounced back to the source. When Meetra turned, the boy lay on the ground, blaster wound in the middle of his forehead and smoking blaster lying by his right hand.
"Of course. A Mandalorian child, what was I thinking?" Meetra sighed in remorse.
Shaking her head slightly, Meetra continued on her way.
Valiant, 290ATGS
"And you're sure that they're all gone this time?" Dodonna remarked with a raised eyebrow.
The Fleet Admiral was sat behind her desk, facing a small hologram of Revan Surik on the desk.
"Yes, ma'am, pretty sure. If there are any left, I'm just going to blast the bloody thing from orbit," Revan grunted, arms crossed across his armoured chest.
"Well then, hopefully that won't be necessary, Admiral. Now, you're orders are to return to Coruscant and oversee Third Division's operations from there whilst myself and Admiral Deson attend to matters in the field. Consider it a vacation," Dodonna commented.
"Understood, ma'am. I'll return to Coruscant immediately and return all other ships to their previous locations unless they have other orders. I've sent the Stormbreaker to rendezvous with you again," Revan said.
"Good work, Admiral. Notify me of any new developments that require my attention," Dodonna ordered.
Revan nodded his masked head once.
"That will be all," Dodonna stated in dismissal.
Revan saluted before his hologram vanished. Dodonna turned toward the window to think.
With the retaking of Dxun, the Republic had deprived the Mandalorians of their stronghold in the Inner Rim. Without Dxun, their major systems were all located on the Outer Rim, mainly in and around Mandalorian home space. As the Republic was able to push the Mandalorians back with greater frequency, few Mandalorian worlds would be taken because their forces would be concentrated at those worlds.
As Dodonna contemplated the war, a plan began forming in her head. Turning back to her desk, she checked all maps of the galaxy available to her, including older ones. Finding what she was after, Dodonna allowed herself a moment of triumph. Displayed before her was a map showing to hyperspace lanes that ran almost perpendicular to each other and met at Mandalore.
One of them ran from Yavin to Alderaan while the other went from Dantooine to Kashyyyk. Dodonna examined the hyperspace lanes and smirked slightly as she realised her plan could work better than she could have hoped. This could be the blow that brings the Mandalorians down, it was just a matter of getting the green light.