Act II, Chapter 11: New Mission

A day has passed as the Frigate was given another mission, James walks into the bridge in his Captain uniform. "What's our destination?" James asked, "We are heading to Raxus, there is a Republic Task Force at the moon" Richard says.

Richard then turn to the Captain and was shocked, James looks at him in confusion. "What's wrong?" he asked, "Captain, are you okay?" Richard asked. "I'm fine, just feel different, why?" James asked.

Richard takes a mirror, showing him his reflection. "Now what am I... oh..." James looks at his eye, one is still brown, but the other is red. "So, are you okay?" Richard asked again, James puts the mirror down.

"I'm fine, what's our mission?" he asked, Richard pulls his pad. "A Republic fleet has been growing there for a while, we are just on a scouting mission until our Fleet catches up" Richard says.

He then looks at James, "Are you sure, that you're alright?" he asked. James nods as he walks out, Richard looks back out the viewport. As James walks down the halls, he accidently walked into Sally.

Sally drops her pad as she sees who knocked her over, she then blushes to see James. James opened his eyes to see he's on top of a dark-skin girl, "Oh god, Sally, I'm sorry I'-" Sally stops him.

"It's okay, just invite me to dinner next time" she says, she then picks up her pad. James sees something on it, "Hey, maybe we should go now, before the mission starts" he says. Sally looks back at him, confused but then shrugs. "Sure" she says as they walked to the Cafeteria.

In the CR90 Frigate, Ahsoka and her clone loyalist forms around the holotable. "Okay, the Republic are blockading Raxus, they carry mostly Venators and Arquitens-class Warships" she says. Rex turns to her, "Alright what's the plan?" he asked. "They have to have a reason to blockade this planet, I wanna know why" Ahsoka says.

"Won't the UNSC jump in while we are there" Stone asked, Ahsoka opens the map. She then sees one UNSC callsign the hoped to avoid, "Paris". Ahsoka gulps as she thinks about it, "General?" Rex asked. She snaps out of her thoughts and looks at him, "I'm fine, just avoid any assets that's apart of that ship" she ordered.

Rex nods then turns to his men, "You heard the lady, anybody that seem off, avoid them" he orders. "What if they see use and decided to engage us?" a Clone pilot asked, "Run, we can't take that ship on" Ahsoka says. "Why? Because your boyfriend is on it" a Clone asked, "No, that ship is the only one with Forerunner upgrades, in fact, it's slightly larger than other ships her class" Stone says.

"And it has a larger fighter set, making her the only ship in her class to be a Assault Frigate" Rex adds. "Meeting dismissed" Stone says as the Clones scatter, preparing for a mission.

"IT's about James?" Rex asked, "Unfortunately,yes, I felt his rage increased then it just stopped. As if it reached a point to stay" she says. "So how will you tell him then? He could actually shoot at you if needed" Rex says.

Ahsoka looks away, "Maybe, or I can reason with him" she says. She then leaves the room, preparing herself for the mission ahead.

In the cafe, James and Sally looks over the chart together. "So, you think this can work?" he asked, "Besides the fact that our Pelicans will be flying dark, yeah" Sally says as she eats a spoonful of peas.

James looks into it, "But won't this cause havoc, I mean, we are turning off a Planet's entire power system" he says. "Captain, you chosen me to do the dirty work, from leading troops to managing this ship's systems, why won't you trust me" she asked.

James thinks about it,"Well, you're right" he says. Soon Richard walks in and sits with them, "Sir, we have a problem" he says. James gives Richard a confused look, "What problem" he asked. "High Command changes the plan and wanted us to do Force Recon" Richard says, "Does that mean we have to engaged the fleet?" Sally asked.

"Possibly, so we need to rush them" James says as he at a sandwich. "And how will we land troops?" Sally asked, James looks at her and chuckles. "We are a light Carrier, carrying about 20 fighters with expert pilots" he says.

"So then? We will force our way in?" Richard asked, James snaps his fingers and points to him. "You got it brother, have John meet me in the Hanger" he says as he gets up.

"Oh and Sally?" he asked, Sally looks at him confusingly. "Yes, Captain?", James turns to her "Thanks for getting the date" he says before leaving. Richard looks at Sally as her face turn red in embarrassment, "I thought he had questions" she says.

"Well, thanks to this, he's more... yeah" Richard says, he then stands up. "We should prepare for the mission" he says, Sally nods as she packs her food up. Both soon leaving the cafe, then heading to the armory.

Once the fleet arrives, Ahsoka puts on her Clone armor. Modified to fit her size and style, exposing her stomach and thighs. She even attached a new arm, enabling her to fight more professionally. The other clone troopers began to put on their helmets as the Shuttle takes off, leaving the CR90 Frigate.

As the shuttles flew toward the planet, the UNSC Frigate appears near them. Pelicans soon deployed and flew pass them, "Seems like they're racing us" Stone says. "Then we must get there before their dropships lands" Ahsoka says.

Soon both combatants flew toward the planet, along with a single Venator warship.