Agamar
The Republic Aid Force was about the exit Hyperspace as Raven dealt orders out to each of the groups. There were six squadrons of pilots, each of which consisted of one Jedi as the leader and as many Clone Pilots that were available in each squadron. The rest of the Jedi and Clone Troopers would be going down to the surface to fight on the ground. Raven normally would have been doing one of these roles but in this instance, he decided it would be best to stay aboard the Scoundrels Constellation where he could keep watch over both sides of the Battle.
"Kai, I need you to lead the forces on the planet's surface. Make sure to report back to me as much as you possibly can," Raven stated clearly.
Kai nodded and swiftly moved to the hangar to organise everyone to land on Agamar as soon as they got out of Hyperspace.
"Serin, I need you to watch over the squadrons and report back to me with regular updates, so I can make the right calls," Raven said as he turned to Serin who he had come to trust.
The Jedi Knight responded with a curt nod and ran off to get ready. Then he delivered the rest of the orders to everyone else. Stret, Jania, Ancor and Mia would all be going down to the surface to help with the battle on the ground. While Gav, Inoma, Alazea, Eric, Gilgaro, Stones and Mayken would be staying in space helping in different ways. Raven needed Eric with him on the Scoundrels Constellation to help advise him on what actions to take while Gav would be flying his Starfighter. Alazea would be doing drop-offs and pick-ups whenever needed as her ship was not built for battle; Stones would be doing the same with the Wolf Star-Runner and Gilgaro with his own ship. Inoma would be flying the Falcon with Mayken and Chewie as her gunners in the space battle as her ship was the most efficient for battle use; Mayken would also be safer from any harm as a gunner on the Falcon. Raven stood on the bridge of the Scoundrels Constellation as the countdown to exiting Hyperspace began. Then within moments the site of Agamar and the blockade around the planet met their eyes and time seemed to speed up as everyone jumped into action.
"Admiral, the scanners are picking up Republic ships have come out of Hyperspace," one of the naval officers revealed to Tarkin.
"That is impossible, how would the Republic know that Agamar has been attacked? We blocked all transmissions and ships that attempted to leave the planet," Admiral Tarkin asked in disbelief.
"One of the transmissions must have gotten through before we put up the blockage," the officer responded.
"Send word to Sith Master Zromkiar, he needs to know that the Republic has arrived," Admiral Tarkin ordered.
"Yes, Admiral."
Gav sat in his Starfighter as he waited for the command to take off out of the hangar along with many others, both Clones and Jedi. He would be leading Green Squadron and was responsible for about thirty clone pilots throughout the duration of the battle.
"May the Force be with You," a voice called over the headset which was the call signal for the squadrons to exit the hangar to clear the way for the dropships.
Gav started with the roll call, "All wings report in."
Then the next five minutes involved all thirty fighters of Green Squadron calling in and when it was completed Gav ended it with, "Green Leader standing by."
"We need to focus our efforts to clearing a path for the dropships to get through safely," Gav ordered, "Focus fire on the Star Destroyer."
All thirty Clones confirmed that they had received the orders and then the squadron dived into action.
After about half an hour Gav started to notice something so he patched a transmission through to Serin, "I don't think they have any fighters," Gav stated.
"I will inform Raven," the response came and then after a few minutes, "Bring that Star Destroyer down and then we will have a clear shot at the planet below."
"Affirmative, well you heard the order," Gav said as the squadron rained fire down on the ship and a few Y-Bombers came in and demolished it as the large starship floated out of orbit, plummeting towards the planet's surface below.
"Dropships are clear for landing," Gav relayed back to the command ship.
It wasn't long until the dropships had landed on the surface of the planet below and Kai jumped out of the ship before it took off again quickly to land a few metres away. Civilians scrambled to get aboard the dropships as Kai lead the Jedi and Clones towards the incoming sea of black robes and red lightsabers. In no time both sides collided and fighting broke out in every direction, the Jedi were ahead of the Clones to protect them as they fought long range. Both Sith and Jedi were falling dead to the ground all around Kai as he tried to see what was happening as a whole so that he could call the right orders. As he pushed further into the Sith Army he found someone he was not expecting, standing on a raised rock was a girl clad in black robes and armour, but these robes had red markings instead of silver. However, it was her face that the Jedi Padawan recognised so quickly as he approached.
"Naiya!" Kai called out as he realised she was one of the children gifted with the Force whom he and Ashlyn had grown up with on Naboo. They both had also spent their Youngling days at the same Jedi Enclave and the last time he had seen her was when he had been selected as a Padawan.
The girl scoffed at the sound of the name and upon seeing Kai grinned mercilessly, "Naiya is dead, she was too weak to be a Child of the Empress. I am Aqiri," she stated as if it were an insult to be called by her old name.
Aqiri jumped down off the rock and landed in front of Kai saying, "I remember you, Kai isn't it?"
"What happened to you?" Kai asked in shock.
"I have become stronger than even a Jedi could ever be," Aqiri said, "Now surrender and the Empress might be more than happy to give you the same opportunity," she offered.
"Never," Kai said as he swung his lightsaber around and moved into a ready stance before activating his second lightsaber. He could hear his heart was pounding in his chest as he knew a fight was inevitable, but his mind was pleading for it to be with someone else other than his old childhood friend. Within seconds Aqiri was raining blows on him with her two lightsabers in the middle of the battlefield.
"Call for the reinforcement ship to come out of Hyperspace and order them to attack the Republic forces from behind," Admiral Tarkin ordered as naval officers scrambled to follow the orders he had been delivering out to them all. He could not afford for this mission to be unsuccessful as the Empress had clearly already planned to have him executed if he failed to take control of Agamar for the Empire.
"Raven! An enemy ship has exited Hyperspace behind us," Eric called out to the Jedi Padawan, "We should retreat, we can't win this fight," he added seriously.
Raven was silent for a few minutes as he tried to think about what decision to make, "It's a trap," he mumbled under his breath, "Send out the retreat order!" he called out as others followed the order and sent the retreat call out to all units.
"Kai, you have to get everyone off the surface," Raven ordered into the communicator console.
Kai heard the order over the fighting and stood stock still for a few moments as he stared at Aqiri desperate for her to break free of whatever control the Empress had over her and come back to the Jedi Temple.
"Please Naiya, we can help you!" Kai begged and then he deactivated his lightsabers, "Let me help you."
"Help?" Aqiri scoffed, "I don't need your help Jedi scum," she added as she flicked her lightsaber and the blade of which sliced across Kai's face. The Jedi Padawan held his hand to his face in shock as he stumbled backwards, having no choice now but to retreat to the landing zone.
"Retreat!" Kai yelled as he ran, ordering all the Jedi and Clones to retreat to the landing zone.
"We can't retreat now that we are so close," Ancor tried to argue back as Jania began to drag him back to the landing zone.
"We are not close to winning this fight Ancor," Jania retorted as she pushed him in the direction of the White Star's loading ramp. The ships took off into the sky and quickly approached the Republic Fleet, it was not much longer before the ships landed in the hangar just as the fleet went into Hyperspace.