Sorry for taking so long for this to come out. I just didn't feel like writing for a while but I was able to crank something out. Just countless nights of me and a friend playing Battlefront II while listening to a mixture of Star Wars, Civil War, and German Music. Then after doing that having bright Ideas for both my story and something they are working on.

Ryan Squad: Reveal that, I can not. Spoil the story it may or may not.

Guest: Yeah if there is anyone for legends they should have brought back it was Mara Jade.

VengetheSith: Oh far be it from me to get between you and a pleasurable reading experience without cliff hangars. Thanks for the support, yeah its kinda hard to believe Obi-Wan would turn his back on the Jedi but I plan on fleshing out his turn.

Edit 1: Minor text changes that I failed to realize.

Kamino

"Ahsoka are you alright, when did he-" Anakin said frantically.

"I'm alright, he was here while Rex and I were off capturing Wolffe," Ahsoka replied cutting Anakin off.

"You have to get out of there if he knows you're there!"

"We can hold him off, I'm confident in my navy and my army."

"Ahsoka you'll be dealing with Valicous not mention the full might of the Empire!"

"Anakin's right you should leave Kamino while you still have the chance, I can see if I can find you a suitable place to-" Padme added

"With all due respect Padme," Ahsoka said with full confidence. "I can't abandon Kamino, its the clones' home planet not to mention my base of operations. If I leave Kamino I effectively leave any chance for the rebellion to grow out the window."

"I agree with Ahsoka, general," Rex added. "Kamino is our home, we didn't abandon it when the droids attacked and I refuse to do so now."

Anakin sighed and looked at the two of them.

"If things start to go sour, get out of there. I mean in the two of you, I don't want to have to bury both of you," Anakin replied.

"Don't worry Anakin, we can hold," Ahsoka confirmed while nodding.

"Hey, just because you're a knight now doesn't mean you still aren't my padawan snips," Anakin told Ahsoka

"I know Skyguy, don't worry about us. We will be fine," Ahsoka assured.

"Normally when either of us says that something bad follows. I trust you though, hopefully, I'll see you soon. If I don't hear from you soon, happy life day Ahsoka," Anakin said with a smile on his face.

"Thanks, Master, may the force be with you, I'll see you soon."

"And with you as well, Ahsoka. Take care of her Rex."

"Yes, sir!"

Anakin nodded once more and the holo disappeared. Ahsoka looked down to the ground as she felt tears stinging her eyes.

"What's wrong 'Soka?" Rex asked as he placed his arm around her.

"Anakin is right we should be leaving Kamino but at the same time we can't abandon it and I'm gonna have to face my grandmaster and-" Ahsoka said, rambling.

"It's alright Ahsoka," Rex replied cutting her rambling off.

Ahsoka looked up at Rex who gave her a reassuring smile.

"I hate the smile of yours, it's too damn calming," Ahsoka said, shanking her head.

"I think you mean love it."

Rex pulled Ahsoka close and pressed a kiss on top of her lek.

"I have your back Ahsoka, we will win this fight like we do all the others. We just have to come up with a strategy that will give us victory. As for fighting Valicous, I know you can do it. You are a powerful Jedi you've come a lot farther since then."

"The last time I fought him I lost a hand," Ahsoka replied, unconsciously rubbing her real hand over the robotic one.

"Just keep your head up kid and stay positive."

Ahsoka nodded and looked back up at the holo table. Her eyes focused on the small fleet of destroyers she had.

"I think I know how to defend Kamino," Ahsoka said making everyone in the room look at her.

"We allow them to land-"

"We allow them to land!?" Cody asked.

"Yes, we have to give Valicous a false sense of domination. Then as we hold the back we have the fleet jump from another system and ambush them."

The clones pondered this for a moment before Rex spoke up.

"It's a good plan but who would be on the ground and who would be leading the ships?" he asked.

"Valicous will want to get his hands dirty and I don't think you all can fight off a sith lord. I'll stay on the ground and help defend the facility," Ahsoka replied.

"Then I'll lead the fleet," Rex said while looking at the holo table.

Ahsoka nodded and looked to the commanders that had gathered around.

"Alright here's what I want all of you to do…"


Valicous' fleet dropped out of hyperspace and slowly made their way to position. The efforts on Utapau were fruitless as when they arrived there, the only thing they found were Venators still breaking apart. Valicous was furious that he had to postpone the attack on Kamino, it gave the enemy time to prepare. Though he had gotten his reinforcements he knew that the rebels were gonna put up a stronger defense.

Valicous then thought of Qui-Gon, his old master. Why did he appear to him now? After everything he had done, after years of being a Jedi Qui-Gon chose to appear to him then. "He's just a memory," Valicous kept telling himself. Yet ever since then his mind wondered to when Obi-Wan was a padawan trying his hardest to impress the older Jedi. Valicous shook his head, the memories of Obi-Wan met nothing to him anymore. However, the back of his mind had different ideas, plaguing Valicous with memories of Ahsoka Tano and how much she brightened up everyone's day. Tears stung his yellow eyes, remembering their fight on Mustafar and how he hurt her. The girl looked up to both him and Anakin and he sliced off her hand.

Valicous shook his head remembering that she was a Jedi and a traitor. Soon she would be brought to justice and maybe, just maybe he could turn her into an inquisitor. Valicous smirked underneath his mask, the irony of it all, Anakin may have turned Satine against him but he would turn Ahsoka against her master.

Valicous entered the bridge and made his way over to where Imperial officers had gathered. Among the officers was Dogma the new commander of the 501st or what remained of it when order 66 went down. Dogma was a loyal servant of the Empire and an adequate replacement for Appo. Also among the officers was Fox who Valicous had requested as part of the reinforcements.

"Intel suggests that there are a total of three clone legions on the planet," Fox said looking at the officers.

"Dogma will lead the first wave, then Fox will arrive with the second wave of troops. That is when we break them, however, Tano will put up a fight, leave her to me," Valicous said interrupting the meeting.

"Lord Valicous, it's good to see you. As you can see we're going over the plan one last time," Fox said welcoming the Emperor's second.

"Let's get moving, we don't have much time to waste," Valicous responded.

"Yes, sir!" Fox replied.

With that, the clone and Imperial officers rushed about getting to where they need to. Soon gunships were launching and descending towards the planet.


Captain Vaughn knelt beside his men as the enemy began to approach one of the landing platforms. Years of training didn't prepare him for defending his home. Vaughn wasn't involved in the battle of Kamino that had taken place during the clone wars. He knew of the sacrifices many of his brothers made and he was willing to do the same again. Vaughn wasn't about to allow a tyrannical government to control him or his brothers ever again. So as the sky darkened with incoming enemy craft and exploding anti-aircraft shells, he made sure his men were in position.

Cody and the 212th held position to the 501st left. The 212th had worked tirelessly to set up barricades and other defenses in order to stop the enemy. Cody knew that the upcoming fight was going to be costly and was ready for any sacrifice he needed to make. Many in the 212th were eager however, willing to protect their home at all costs yet there were no words spoken between any of the men. Across the field of battle were going to be brothers and unlike Ahsoka's 501st, they hadn't fought any battles against their brothers. Cody had insisted the 212th be allowed to stay garrison in case anything happened, preventing the legion from fighting any other clone legions. Umbara was still fresh in their minds and the loss of Waxer was burned into their memory.

Then there was the relatively new 749th legion. This would be their trial by fire, defending their home just like they trained for these past couple months. Led by Commander Rocket, these men were eager for the upcoming fight. Before being deployed for the first time, Ahsoka had given a speech in front of them, hyping the battalion up. As they sat behind both the 501st and 212th, they were ready for whatever their leader needed them to go.

Ahsoka stood next to Commander Rocket and watched as all hell broke loose in the skies above them. Ahsoka sensed Valicous' presence above the planet and her nerves were flaring. She didn't want to face Obi-Wan again but she knew it was going to happen eventually. The sound of a ship exploding broke her out of her thoughts as an incoming LAAT fell to the ocean below.

"Sir, the AA guns will keep them off the platforms for a little while but not forever," Rocket said as he looked towards the sky.

"I know, how many of our ARCs are ready?" Ahsoka replied.

"Not enough if they decided to launch their fighters."

"It'll buy us some time, tell Oddball to launch his fighters," ordered Ahsoka.

Rocket nodded and lifted his communicator to give the pilot his orders. Soon Republic starfighters entered the Kaminoian skies and started to attack the incoming gunships. More of the imperial ships fell into the ocean below but the time that they were buying was running short.

A couple of gunships managed to land and out stepped Dogma and his men. Upon the doors to their landing craft being opened two men were shot by blaster bolts. Dogma ducked and rushed over to the side of the landing platform and took cover. Another one of his men was hit in the chest before they could even reach the platform side. Dogma lowered his range finder and looked to see who he was fighting. On the landing platform across from him was the orange painted helmets of his rebellious brothers.

"Alright brothers, for the Empire!" Dogma shouted.

"For the Empire!"

Dogma poked up from his protection and fired his blaster pistol at the enemy clones. He saw one go down and when he fired at another enemy, the clone went down. Dogma saw an alert on his hud that there was an incoming shot and ducked down. A soldier that was behind him took the hit and fell to the ground beside him.

Jesse ducked underneath a shot a fired his pistol back at the incoming enemy troopers. The battle just began and already many of his brothers had fallen. Vaughn was behind a tower and recoiled when a shot landed near him.

"You good brother!?" Jesse called out to Vaughn.

"I'm good, it's just that the gunfire on Mandalore wasn't this intense," he replied.

Vaughn turned around the tower and shot a couple of blaster bolts towards the incoming troops. An explosion rocked the platform they were on as a grenade exploded causing some of the men to fall over. Those that were caught in the blast were either killed or wounded.

"Kriff…" Vaughn muttered as he saw his wounded brothers try to crawl to safety.

Dogma and his men began to move forward, taking the bridge in between them and their enemy. As they advanced across, some went down as incoming fire hit them. Dogma fired his blaster pistol at anything that moved and he didn't miss. Many of his targets went down giving his men an opening to get close.

"Alright push across men!" Dogma yelled.

The men got out of their cover and started to advance on the bridge. As they pushed, more men fell but the losses wouldn't matter in the end. Vaughn and Jesse were getting worried about being overrun.

"We should fallback!" Jesse yelled at Vaughn.

"Fallback!" Vaughn answered without a thought.

The men got out of cover and began to run away. As they ran, Dogma's troops jumped the barricades and fired at the retreating clones. Jesse lifted up his communicator and tried to contact Ahsoka as he dodged incoming blaster bolts.

Ahsoka heard her commlink beep and lifted to answer.

"Yes?"

"General Tano, we've been overrun, we're falling back to our second line!" Jesse's crackling voice replied.

"I'm on my way," Ahsoka responded.

Ahsoka started to run from her spot and rushed to the right flank. As she ran a company of 501st began to follow her as she rushed to aid her men. Once she reached their new position, Ahsoka ignited her lightsaber and started to deflect shots back at the incoming Imperial troops. The reinforcements that had followed her crouched beside their brothers and started to fire back. Vaughn collapsed against the barricade and let his brothers fight on.

"You alright Vaughn?" Ahsoka asked as she dodged another blaster bolt.

"I'm fine, it's just…" Vaughn trailed off.

"They're brothers," Ahsoka finished as she ducked to look at Vaughn at eye level.

"Yeah, it's hard to fight them, especially since its-"

"Dogma is advancing again!" Jesse yelled.

Ahsoka and Vaughn stood up and faced the incoming clones. Ahsoka had ignited her sabers again and began to block incoming shots. Vaughn fired his weapon at the incoming clones, wincing every time his shots made their mark.

From his position, Fox watched Ahsoka deflect shots back at Dogma's troops. Fox lowered his viewfinder and raised his commlink.

"Alert Lord Valicous, Tano is on the field."

Jesse dodged an incoming shot and fired back at the clones. As much as hated killing his brothers he had no other choice. Yeah, they could set their blasters to stun but what good is that gonna do if they're just gonna wake up and start shooting at them again. Jesse looked to his left at Ahsoka who was deflecting blaster bolts back at the incoming clones. Ahsoka always cared for the clones and she had told all her men that she didn't want to hurt more clones than necessary. Even when order 66 went down, she didn't want to hurt anyone

Ahsoka ducked underneath a shot and when she stood back up an Imperial gunship flew over them. Ahsoka looked up at it, it was being guarded heavily but ARC-170s. 'Must be Valicous,' Ahsoka thought. Ahsoka blocked another incoming shot but failed to realize another shot heading straight for Vaughn. The clone captain clutched his gut as soon the shot hit him.

"Vaughn!" Ahsoka yelled falling to his side once he hit the ground.

Jesse watched from the corner of his eye as Ahsoka grabbed the fallen clone's hand. The ARC trooper lifted his commlink and called for Kix.

"General?" Vaughn weakly asked.

"I'm right here, you're going to be fine," Ahsoka quickly responded.

The clone captain said nothing, only coughing weakly. Ahsoka looked to Jesse who was still holding off the incoming clones.

"Jesse com-" Ahsoka started to yell.

"Already commed Kix, he's on his way."

Ahsoka nodded and stood back on her feet. She once again ignited her lightsabers and started to deflect the incoming shots.

"We need to fallback! Jesse yelled.

Ahsoka looked to the other platforms and watched the 212th fight against shock troopers. She knew if they fell back, Cody might get outflanked.

"Cody do you copy?" she asked into her commlink.

"I copy sir, things are rough over here,' he responded.

"You need to fallback, we can't hold the right for much longer."

"There is no need, I sent some of my men your way general," Rocket responded.

Just as he finished a squad of 749th clones arrived on the platform. Jesse smirked underneath his helmet and turned to face the enemy again. He froze when he saw Darth Valicous marching towards them.

"Valicous!" Jesse yelled.

Ahsoka turned to look at the bridge and felt her nerves flare. She took a couple of breaths to calm herself and began to walk towards him.

Valicous stopped halfway across the bridge and looked at Ahsoka who was coming to meet him. The young Togrutan hadn't changed much these few months, looking almost the same as she did when she betrayed him.

"Ahsoka Tano, we meet at last," he said.

Ahsoka said nothing, just looking at her former grandmaster. Gone was any discernible feature of Obi-Wan Kenobi all that was before her was a shell of his former self.

"Darth Valicous, only you would be so bold in attacking Kamino," she responded.

"Do not play games with me, Tano, I know you are orchestrating a rebellion here not to mention the fact you are a wanted criminal."

"And what crime did I commit?"

"You are a Jedi and a traitor and you shall be dealt with as such," Valicous responded with venom in his voice.

"What happened to you Obi-Wan, you were a good man-" Ahsoka tried to ask him.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi is no more, I thought you learned that on Mustafar," Valicous replied as he cut her off.

Ahsoka briefly looked down at her hand and shook her head.

"You don't have to do this master, walk away from the Empire help us fight him."

"You don't understand Ahsoka, all of this," Valicous said, gesturing to the troops behind him. " All of this was meant to keep you, Anakin, and Satine safe. The three of you betrayed me and now you will suffer the consequences."

Valicous ignited his crimson blade and got into a form VII stance. Ahsoka ignited her own blades and got into her own stance. Her opponent made the first move, rushing up to her and striking to her left. Ahsoka quickly blocked it with her lightsaber and quickly tried to strike Valicous with her shoto. Valicous managed to block and the two of them quickly began exchanging blows. The Jedi Knight brought both her sabers up to block the overhead strike Valicous attempted. Valicous tried to force his saber down on her but Ahsoka held somewhat firm even though she was forced to one knee.

"Anakin taught you well," Valicous quipped.

"You taught me at one point too," Ahsoka replied through her clenched teeth.

Ahsoka forced their blades up and tried to strike him with her shoto but once again he blocked. Valicous then forced her shoto away and swung for her neck but Ahsoka ducked underneath and sidestepped. She then used the force and pushed him away. Valicous stumbled back but remained on his feet, sighing Ahsoka charged after him and swiped at his feet with her lightsabers. The sith was able to block the strike and forced Ahsoka on the defensive again with a series of strikes to her sides. On the fifth strike, Ahsoka forced his blade up and jumped away from Valicous.

Ahsoka let Valicous charge at her, forcing her to defend once again. With each of his strikes, she felt her losing her grip on her shoto. Ahsoka blocked an incoming strike with her lightsaber giving her time to strengthen her grip on her shoto but Valicous seemed to be one step ahead of her. Valicous brought his blade down on her shoto and the force of the strike sent it flying.

"Yes, not well enough," he commented.

Ahsoka tried to strike him but every strike she tried to land, he blocked. Valicous had moved into only fighting with one hand and he seemed to counter Ahsoka with ease. He turned one of her strikes into a saber lock forcing the two combats to stop. Valicous quickly gained the upper hand once again pushing Ahsoka down to one knee.

"We need not be adversaries, Ahsoka. Join me Ahsoka and we can bring peace to the galaxy," he reasoned.

Ahsoka shook her head and reached out with the force to try and bring her shoto back to her. She felt the blade lift from its spot on the ground and fly into her hand. Ahsoka ignited the yellow-green blade and struck Valicous' shoulder. The blade met its mark, forcing Valicous to take a step back.

Ahsoka stood back on her feet and looked triumphantly at her opponent. With Valicous distracted, she quickly pressed a button on her communicator sending the much-needed signal to Rex and the fleet.

In the next system over, Rex was growing impatient. The battle could have started hours ago and he had no idea if Ahsoka was safe or not. No communications had arrived making Rex think that he should call an audible and jump to hyperspace right then and there. A beeping sound on Rex's wrist ended that line of thought as the much-anticipated signal arrived.

"Alright men, that's the signal. Jump to hyperspace, we have a battle to win!" Rex yelled to the bridge officers.

"Sir, yes sir!" came the response as the rebellion fleet jumped to hyperspace.

Valicous' yellow eyes pierced through Ahsoka as the two began to circle each other. Neither was willing to make the first move, hoping their opponent would leave an opening. Valicous decided enough was enough and attacked. A series of rapid strikes were blocked by Ahsoka who quickly got out of Valicous' striking distance.

"There is no escape," Valicous said.

The bodies of fallen troopers began to levitate off the ground and were thrown in Ahsoka's direction. Ahsoka did her best at avoiding the soldiers, not wanting to hurt them even more than they already were. One unfortunate clone was about to hit Ahsoka but she was able to stop him with the force. She then pushed him back towards Valicous who wasted no time in slicing the soldier in half. Ahsoka gasped at the scene but Valicous gave her no time to breathe, walking towards her with his ever commanding presence.

The Imperial officers watched over the ships leaving and returning to the Venators. Lord Valicous had said nothing when he was informed that Fulcrum herself was on the planet. He had just turned and left, making his way towards the surface. They assumed he was going to bring her to justice so they let him go without reporting his actions to the Emperor. It was as another wave of gunships were about to take off when something peculiar appeared on their radars.

"Sir there appear to be incoming ships from hyperspace," one officer said.

"Let me see that," their commanding officer said looking at the radar.

There were at least fourteen blips all coming from the same direction.

"Alert lord Valicous, tell him that unidentified ships are-"

"Sir multiple ships are dropping out of hyperspace now!"

The navy officer looked out the bridge window and saw several Venators exit hyperspace.

"Turn to face them and open fire!"

"Incoming!"

The arriving Venators began to open fire and the battle over Kamino began.

Valicous leaned away from the incoming saber attack. He then took a few steps back and let Ahsoka tire herself. Valicous then forced Ahsoka into a saber lock and two began to struggle against each other. He couldn't help but look into her blue eyes and feel a slight twang of regret and guilt.

"I'm Ahsoka Tano, the new padawan learner."

Valicous shook the memory off and puled his saber away. He then swiftly attacked her forcing her sabers farther away from her. Valicous then get the opening he wanted, forcing her lightsaber away from protecting her body. He then slid his lightsaber forward along her blade and used the tip of his saber to pierce her shoulder.

Ahsoka cried out in pain and got away from Valicous, allowing herself to fall to the ground. Valicous stood over her like a predator stalking its prey. The wind was making is cape fly with the breeze making him look more triumphant.

"I ask you again Ahsoka, join me and I will spare you."

Ahsoka said nothing, she just got back onto one knee and looked defiant towards him.

"Strike me- Strike me down… prove that you are so devoted to his lies," Ahsoka responded in between breaths.

"So be it."

Valicous lifted his saber into the air and was about to bring it down on Ahsoka when he was stopped by Fox.

"Lord Valicous, the fleet is under attack!"

"The fleet will be fine commander," Valicous responded.

Ahsoka smirked and used the force to push Valicous away. She then ignited her lightsabers and charged at him. Valicous was able to lift his blade just in time to block the strikes coming for him. He then dodged a shot for his shoulder and wheeled around Ahsoka and tried to attack her from behind but Ahsoka was able to roll away and force push him again. Valicous stumbled and once again barely blocked her attacks. Ahsoka was moving fast but she was tiring herself out even quicker.

Rex steadied himself on the console of the Resolute. The battle was getting rough as both sides now faced each other. Starfighters and bombers were also launched adding more chaos to the battle. Two Imperial ships and suffered heavy damage and were beginning to list but the Republic forces were also taking a beating. Rex watched as explosions danced across one of the nearby Venators as it began to list.

"Sir, the Dutchess is going down," an officer said from beside him.

"I can see that, try and contact her, see if we can't get men off their ship," Rex replied.

"Sir we have incoming enemy spacecraft."

"Intensify the forward deflector shields, keep our turrets hot!"

Rex watched as an Imperial ARC exploded in front of the bridge. The ship rocked again as the enemy flagship scored a heavy hit on the Resolute.

"Negotiator, do you copy?" Rex asked into the console.

"Loud and clear."

"Focus your fire on the enemy flagship, we can't take much more of this."

"We're trying sir but we've got a lot of fire being directed at us."

Rex sighed and steadied himself again on the console.

"Sir, the shields can't take much more of this!"

"Incoming!"

Rex watched as Y wings made their approach. His eyes went wide as they approaching the bridge.

"Shoot 'um down!" he yelled.

Rex watched as the blue bolts missed the bombers who were getting to close to the bridge. Then they released their payload making Rex's heart sink.

"Sir, the shields are down!"

"Run!" Rex yelled as he turned around.

Time seemed to slow down for the clone captain as he rushed for the bridge door. Many of the officers had followed him but they were too late. Rex felt an explosion behind him, catapulting him forward beyond the doors of the bridge and to the wall across from it. His world went black as he fell to the ground below where he had it.

From the Negotiator, the bridge hands watched as Resolute's bridge burst into flames. The officers scrambled around trying to direct the battle as they did their best to try and save their flagship.

"Alert all ships, Resolute is down and that we are taking over the battle. Have the Fives use her tractor beams to stabilize the Resolute," the commanding officer said.

Ahsoka ducked underneath Valicous' arm and used her shoto to strike his armor. Valicous was able to dodge her strike and quickly counter. His quick strikes followed and Ahsoka's lightsabers flew from her hands. Ahsoka backed away but as she was doing so, she fell and began to crawl backward until she hit a wall. Valicous aimed his crimson blade at her chest, any move she made would kill her.

"There is no escape."

"Open fire!" someone yelled from Valicous's right.

Jesse and his men began to shoot at Valicous who raised his saber to block the shots. He tried to deflect the shots back at the clones but no matter what he did, the fire was too strong. Ahsoka called her lightsabers to her and ignited them. She charged at Valicous and sliced off the arm holding his lightsabers. Sparks flew from the severed robotic arm causing Ahsoka to regret her actions immediately.

Valicous directed his eyes towards his severed arm then back at Ahsoka. The two said nothing, only looking at each other with pain in their eyes. Valicous was about to say something but was interrupted by Fox.

"Sir we're being pushed back and the fleet is losing. We need to retreat."

"I understand commander, commence a retreat," Valicous responded not taking his eyes off Ahsoka.

"Master-"

"You may have won this round, I will be back," interrupted Valicous.

With that he turned around, using the force to bring his lightsaber to his belt. Ahsoka turned her sabers off and watched as the Imperial forces leave. In space, Valicous boarded his flagship and the remaining fleet entered hyperspace.

The Resolute was stabilized and gunships and medical frigates rushed towards it. A medic kneeled over Rex, helping him the best he could.

"Rex will be fine," he told the soldiers beside him. "Get him to the med wing and alert the Negotiator of his condition."

Ahsoka boarded her master's former flagship and made her way to the damaged bridge. From the safety of the blast door, she could see the floating bodies of navy officers. Ahsoka let her head fall and used the force to reach out to Rex. When she felt his presence in the med wing, she quickly made her way to his bedside.

"Hey," Ahsoka said upon seeing the now awake clone captain.

"Hey," he weakly replied.

"You ok?"

"I'm fine, just thrown against a wall with the force of a Rancor."

Ahsoka smiled and sat down next to him grabbing his right hand with her own. Just then an officer walked up next to her.

"Sir we have the casualty reports."

"Read them please," Ahsoka responded.

"Yes, sir. Of the men we deployed, we lost a quarter of them. As for the fleet, we've lost half our ships."

Ahsoka's heart sank at the reports, ever since going into hiding in plain sight she had forgotten how bad reports got.

"How's Vaughn?"

"Captain Vaughn is recovering alongside Commander Wolffe and some of his men."

"Good, at least not all is lost."

"Valicous will be back Ahsoka," Rex said. "He'll have more troops and a larger navy. We won't be able to fight him off a second time."

Ahsoka wanted to refute his claim but she couldn't. Rex was right, they only delayed the inevitable.