Chapter 14 Space Battle
The army had been assembled. The ten ships chosen had the best crew and had survived the few space battles in the war. Kyle governed over the fleet from the capitol ship which Mara and Luke had just boarded. Han had the Falcon in the hanger bay. He would lead the rebels that were with them. In fact Rouge Squadron was there.
Enough of that. The Jedi had formulated a plan. It was quite simple. Mara and Luke would lead a strike team into the station that they had. It might have just been a fleet though. They prepared for the worst-case scenario though. They had the ships armed with the strongest turbo lasers and cannons they could find. The shield generators had been replaced with the newest shields made. They were so strong that they could take at least one hit from the old Death Star's laser and protect the ship. One mind you. If they were hit with that laser they would most defiantly be useless after that.
Luke and Mara joined Kyle on the bridge. He was going to lead the battle in space. The ship leaped into hyperspace and Luke cracked his knuckles.
A Few Hours Later
The ships immediately came out of hyperspace. Luke, Mara and the strike team of Jedi were aboard their shuttle, which was poised and ready to take off along with the X-wing's and other battle ships.
Kyle was the first to see the station. It was most unimpressive. It looked a hundred years old. A fleet of about seven ships floated in front of it. Three were Star Destroyers two of them victory class, and the rest were the old separatist ships. Minus the old IBC class one.
" Republic fleet commander." Addressed a voice over the comm. system.
" Yes?" Kyle asked calmly.
Aboard The Enemy Flagship
Stupid Jedi. Grevious thought. He had that stupid calm voice that all used and that stupid smooth tone.
" You are being warned. Turn around now, out cannons on the battle station are capable of slicing right through your armor."
" Then how fortunate we are to have the most powerful shield generators. They would be more suitable for a station of that one's size." The Jedi on the other line said. Grevious looked out his veiwport. He could clearly see the glowing bubble around the ships. It was so concentrated that he doubted the turbo lasers on the forge could rip through it quickly enough. This was unexpected.
" Grevious out." Grevious said cutting the connection. He turned to the droid commander." Send out the ships."
Back at his veiwport he saw hundreds of Tie- fighters, Tri-fighters, and old Sith ships beginning to swarm around the Republic cruisers. Sadly many more ships poured out of their hangers. There was one shuttle that was getting right through everything even the turbo lasers batting at it from seven Tie's behind it.
" Destroy that shuttle." Grevious said. That shuttle was piloted by Jedi he could clearly tell. It had to be destroyed.
" Luke what the hell are those?" Mara asked, referring to the old Sith ships. They were like nothing they had ever seen.
" I don't know. Some new space fighter class." Luke said. He took the shuttle into a spinning dive. The shields on it were lowing by two percent on each hit from the lasers of the fighters behind him.
" Han." Luke said into the comm.
" Yeah kid?" Came the reply.
" Form your squad up behind me take out the fighters on my tail would you."
" Sure thing kid… I see 'em." The Millennium Falcon appeared on Luke's radar. The ships flanking him one by one went away.
" Thanks Han."
" Sure thing kid. That's one less I owe you now."
Luke inwardly smiled. As he redirected his course toward the station a huge blast rocked the ship sending the shield percent down to forty.
" What the hell just hit us?" Luke cursed.
" Damn it. The turbo lasers of the capitol ship is targeting us!" Mara exclaimed.
" Then hang on." Luke said kicking up the speed and blasting a Tie in front of him. He curved up and dived straight down and then forward. A blast from the capitol ship nearly hit them once again. He swerved up as a blast was fired. It missed they by several hundred meters.
Now they were nearing the station. They were close now, the hanger was clearly visible and so was the small astromech that stood inside it.
" Mara go down by the ramp. When I open it kill anything you see as a threat down there, oh and don't let the party members die." Luke said as the shuttle was swallowed by the mouth of the bay.
Bridge on Sith Flagship
" Get them!" Grevious cried right into the audioreceptor of one of his droid crew members.
" Sir they have already entered the bay." It replied.
" Then shoot into the bay."
" That is against standard battle procedure to fire into a hanger bay. Especially one of your commanders."
" Fine then alert Sidious."
" It was already done General." God those droids could be so annoying. Always so logical and following standard procedure. Grevious did wonder though, if droids were like that then how the hell could he be confused with one?
Sorry for the long time I took to update. I have myself to blame and not because of writers block. More like pure laziness. Oh well at least this chapter is kinda long. The next one will be shorter but with more action and we will be seeing a lot of Grevious.