Chapter 38

"What is this?" Revan demanded as he stepped onto the bridge.

On his way up, the ship had been rocked several times by blasts and he was very curious to know what would be so foolish to fire on the Sith Flagship. It didn't take a genius to realize that there were more ships on their side then there were on his and he had hoped that Admiral Yarr was smart enough to send a distress signal before entering into a battle. Revan knew that if there was one thing that the Republic was good it, it was jamming communications, "Admiral I asked you a question, what the hell is this?"

"What does it look like Master," She said back as she turned back to the tactical officer, "Have six dozen fighters go out and swarm their lead ship."

He scowled, "How did this happen, how were they able to do this?"

"I don't know," Yarr responded, "The question now isn't how they did this, but what are we going to do now that they have? Reinforcements are an hour away and we're losing ships faster than they are, your orders are?"

Revan looked up at the battle before him, "Press on, I'll see what I can do."

She sighed and shook her head before stomping off to direct the Tactical Officer on what he needed to do. Revan walked to stand in her place at the head of the bridge and stare out at the battle. His eyes fell to the Republic Capital Ship. These were the moments were it was beneficial to be extraordinarily powerful in the Force, because in any other case, this battle would be hopeless. A wide smirk came over Revan's face, he'd show these little fools what it meant to deal with directly.

In his mind's eye, he visualized the Republic Command Ship. The Hammerhead-class cruiser was buzzing with activity all around it, in it and through it. He could feel the fear, the excitement, the worry and the overwhelming sense of triumph. He would put an end to that and to their lives. Curiously enough, there were no Jedi in this fleet. Usually he could feel them in the sea of presences of the Republic Navy men, but not this time.

It was no matter, he reasoned as he began to put light pressure on the outer hull of the ship, they couldn't stop him now. With a grin, he let out a massive exertion in the Force and in spectacular show, the ship imploded under the immense pressure that he was putting on it. He smiled as he heard the audible gasps coming from his Bridge Crew. Turning he smiled at the stunned Admiral Yarr, "Admiral, in a few short moments, you should see every enemy ship thrown into disarray, this should give you the advantage."

He turned his gaze to the tactical officer, "Ensign, have at them."

Revan turned back to the battle and looked out over the sight. How they were able to do this, Revan wasn't exactly sure, but he wanted to know. He had destroyed their fleet at Onderon, there was nothing left and he had jammed all communication within that system. So that meant one of two things, they knew the location of his listening posts in the Core and timed it perfectly before bringing this many ships in, or someone on his side failed in their duty. In any case, he had fallen for it and now he was pay for it.

The only Sith ships he saw that were being destroyed were fighters, but the Capital Ships were fairing much better. That was the best that he could hope for in this case, he was deep in Republic Territory and now matter what way he escaped, he'd run into a Republic Fleet. Don't misunderstand that, he didn't at all fear them, his fleet was the most elite taskforce in a fleet of 1.6 Million, but even he had to admit that he was outnumbered and in any battle that was never a good thing. Occasionally the outnumbered won, but the vast majority it always feel the side that came with numbers on their side.

"Status?" Revan asked.

"We haven't lost any Capital Ships, though the Setack is heavily damaged, I wouldn't be surprised if it goes anytime soon," Admiral Yarr reported.

Revan cast his eyes to the right and to where that ship should have been in formation. He nodded absently to Yarr, he wouldn't bet on it being salvageable. The Sternward Command tower was fire and he could distinctly see escape pods and shuttles scurrying out of the hanger bays and towards other Sith Vessels, "Keep a sensor lock on them and tell me when there aren't any more people on the ship, then I want you to destroy it."

"You want us to destroy our own ship?" Yarr blinked.

He turned and glared at her, "Would you prefer it fall into the hands of the Republic if we fail or worse, in the hands of the Corellian Government?"

"You want us to vaporize it then?" She asked.

Revan nodded, "When the Setack is clear, yes, that's what I want."

"Very well sir," She sighed and turned back to give orders.

It was so rare for him to see one of his own ships on the verge of being destroyed that Revan couldn't take his eyes off of it. He was confident that he was going to get through this battle, but the scars that he'd get from it would be rather unpleasant. Not knowing if this mistake was his on his side, or if they had just outsmarted him, Revan decided that he was going to extract a little revenge from the closest source that he could. His eyes drifted down to the beautiful marble that was Corellia.

"Admiral, what's protecting that planet?" Revan asked.

Admiral looked up from her datapad, it contained all of the possible data that she would need to inform Revan on the status of the battle, "It's being controlled from one of Corellia's moons, it's more like a proto-planet."

"Is the facility itself shielded?" Revan asked without turning around.

"No, but the Republic fleet seems to be grouped around it," She answered.

He reached up and stroked his chin, "We need to cut a hole through their line."

Revan turned back to the tactical officer, "Ensign, prepare a full ventral spread of all weapons, zero elevation, have ten ships break formation and come with us. Have replacements fill their places, but I want you to give those other ships. I want the spread of all weapons to be constant until we can punch through their lines, all ships that are following us. Do it on my mark, understood?"

"Yes Lord Revan," The Tactical Officer nodded and then there came a beeping noise from his console, "The order has been given and it is understood."

Revan waited for another moment before finally giving clearance, "Take us in, shields up, commence with weapons when in range."

He was taking a gamble here, but he knew that it would pay off. Fortune was said to have favored the bold and he knew now that with their command ship pulverized into dense pieces of metal and other particles and with ten warships barreling towards them, they were unfortunate and he was being bold. He smiled as he saw his ten Capital Ships unloading their weapons onto the Republic Lines. It was amusing entirely, as they were unloading their weapons, the Republic ships were scattering like pests.

"Ensign," Revan ordered as the ship began to rock back and forth as they passed through the break in the Republic line, "Evasive maneuvers."

She had been surveying them closely and what she found was a flaw in their security procedures. Every five minutes the guard shift would change and there would be nothing protecting the door, other than the security cam. It took a moment to formulate what she would do. She didn't want to kill anyone on the outside of the bunker. That would draw attention. Once she was in the bunker then she could clear it out and disable the grid.

Arenna Kai raised her open hand and clenched her fist tightly and the Camera's imploded in a bang. She smiled and moved from the side of the building that she was hiding behind and used the force to open the reinforced door. Ducking in as they closed behind her with a rushing noise, she spied the area. Seeing a Republic Guard approaching her down a left corridor, her hand darted for her lightsaber at her side, activated it and threw it at the man's chest. Once he was impaled on the weapon, she summoned it back and replaced it on her belt.

She couldn't believe that she was doing this.

But she needed to make peace with Revan and this was how she had to do it.