Chapter 4
Year 0 Month 0 Day 26
Roni and Ironwood organized an airstrike at an imperial droid factory. The tie bombers were getting ready for their first mission.
Roni was walking examining the pilots getting ready. They were all in the ships, waiting for the call to launch. She knew that this mission would be a moral booster that could change the view of the war to the public. She even considered for a moment taking a bomber for herself and leading the charge, but she knew that could get her killed, and the only chance of winning the war with it. She feared what would happen if she was killed in action this early on.
Ozpin walked up to Roni.
"You are deep in thought, Roni. Worried about this mission?"
"No, it's nothing. Let's just get this mission completed." Roni knew that this would be an important mission, and that she would need to be focused on it.
The time came, and all the pilots started the mission. Roni and the others in command would have contact with the squadron the entire time. The pilots flew over the ocean without any problems.
"We'll be in bombing range within twenty minutes." The lead pilot proclaimed.
"Cut all unneeded chatter. The factory will have a strong defense system."
The pilots stopped talking. They got to right over the factory and launched the first volley of bombs.
The bombs fell to the factory, but it was shielded.
"Command, enemy factory is shielded."
"What?" Roni asked herself. If they had the shields up that meansā¦
"Fire Squadron, do you see any enemy snub fighters?"
"Negative⦠Wait we see one"
Roni knew that the mission was going too smoothly.
"Do you have the callsign of the enemy ship?" Roni asked.
One of the pilots answered back.
"I'm reading Recon Zero." Roni looked confused.
"A simple recon ship? Why would the empire only send one?"
The bombers took a second run at the factory, putting more stress on the shield. It would only be a few more runs until the shield was down completely.
Cap was at the helm of the ship, being its only captain in the year it's been in use. This would be the first test against enemy ships.
"Misty, get up here. Send the others to battle position." She called out.
Misty went to the co pilot seat, after telling her new squad mates to man the guns.
"We're going to engage the enemy squadron. I've studied this kind of ship. They're slow but have a powerful gun. Attack the connector to the wing, and the whole thing goes down. I need you to take control of the guns while I do some fancy flying."
"Got it." Misty grabbed the controls that were in front of her.
"Fire Leader engage the enemy fighter. The factory will be there once Recon Zero is gone."
"Orders received." Fire leader locked onto the recon ship and turned to engage. He sent out missiles to make quick work of enemy, but Recon Zero shot out flares. Recon Zero then sped passed the bomber, sending a few missiles of its own. The missiles hit, but they didn't destroy the ship.
"Fire 4 and 7, cover me. Everyone else, continue the bombing run."
"Yes sir"
Two tie bombers started to move to where the squad leader was, but they never got there. Recon Zero shot both ships down with ease.
"Watch out for that ship. It's more dangerous than it looks."
Roni watched as the two tie bombers were shot down. She realized it was a trap.
"We have picked up four more enemy signals." Fire 8 said.
"The Navy?" Roni wondered.
"Recon 1 through 4 sir."
They walked right into the trap. With the fire power of Recon Zero, four more of them would make quick work of the ties.
"Fire Squadron, retreat, it's a trap!" Roni yelled.
Four more ships appeared out of the clouds, and dive bombed at fire squadron. Fire leader fired a pair of ion torpedoes at Recon four. One of them hit, but that seemed to be enough. The ship lost power and was plummeting towards the ground.
"Fire squadron, this is fire leader, use ion Torpedoes."
"acknowledged"
Fire 10 shot out the torpedoes, but they missed. Recon 3 came back and destroyed the tie.
"Fire Squadron Turn back now! This is an order!" Roni yelled. Fire squadron knew what this mission meant to the alliance. If they could destroy the factory, they would be able to damage the output of droids, slowing down the war machine of the empire, and giving the alliance the first victory, it so desperately needed. They ignored the order
Fire 3 and 6 were destroyed right after starting another bombing run. Recon 2 fired at fire 12, destroying it. Fire leader took the fight to Recon Zero, but Cap was a formidable opponent.
"Misty, send up a flare to blind the bomber following us." Cap did a corkscrew to avoid a bomb heading her way.
"Alright sir, but next time warn me when we do stunts." Misty fired the flare. Fire leader flew right into it. He was blinded, and his equipment started to malfunction.
"Checkmate" Cap said, but she was hit by a shot from fire 2.
"A hero. Let's repay him." Cap turned the ship around and chased after the bomber. She fired a missile at its wing, breaking it off. The pilot started to tumble towards the ground, spinning the whole way down
"Recon 2, chase after the bomber I was just fighting, it's the squadron leader." Cap called
"Copy that" Recon two followed fire leader.
The remaining bombers made a run at the factory, and the shield withstood the abuse for another round.
"I've got you in my sights." Cap said. Misty fired at the last bomber, bomber 11, taking it down easily.
Roni wanted to send a rescue squadron, but she knew they wouldn't get there in time. She clenched her fist. She wished Yang and Ruby were back to help them. Roni watched as fire lost most of its members this early on. Only five of its members were still alive.
"Fire Squadron, if you do not leave now you will all die."
"Sir, we are ready to give our lives as long as we can take this factory down."
Fire leader knew he was being followed, but he still couldn't see quite that well. Some of his instruments were completely fired as well. He turned his ship around and knew the only way he would leave this life right now. Recon 2 wasn't ready for fire leader to fly right towards them. The pilot froze up and crashed head on into fire leader. Both ships started to fall, or what was left of them.
Fire 1 was being chased by Recon Zero. She knew that she would die if she didn't lose the enemy. She fired off all of her flares and flew towards the ground. Recon Zero fired missiles at both wings. The ship was now useless and plummeting towards the ground. Fire 1 pulled the evac pin and was thrown out of the ship. She used a parachute to get to the ground safely, but now she was surrounded by the enemy. Droids surrounded her, and she surrendered.
Only fire 2, 6, 8 and 9 were left. Fire 9 flew right behind recon Zero to try to get a good shot at it, but it had shields. All the guns on the ship turned towards fire 9 and fired. Fire 9 was extinguished.
Fire two dropped every bomb he had to try to break the shield, but it just barely held on. He knew a way to break it. Recon 1 tried to stop fire 2, but fire 2 rammed into the shield. Breaking it.
Fire 6, 8 and 9 knew that the shield was gone, and all dived to get to the factory. They were chased by Recon 0, 1, and 3.
Fire 9 fired at the factory, breaking off some of the roof. He was the first one to get in the area and was the first one to get shot at. Recon Zero fired and hit. The blast hit the engines, igniting the fuel, and the bombs on board. He went up a blaze.
Fire 6 launched a missile at the factory, damaging it more, but not enough to destroy it. 6 was met with the same fate as 9, with Recon 3 ending it.
Fire 8 was the last one. It was her mission to complete. She fired at the factory, and she destroyed it. Her time to celebrate was short, since Recon 1 shot off her left wing. He wanted her to join the pile of rubble that was once the droid factory. Recon 3 fired at the other wing. Now she was no longer spinning out of control, she was just racing to get to her final resting place. She as she got closer she decided that it was better for her to die, then to live as a POW.
Fire one watched as the last bomber crashed on the ground. She was all alone now.
Recon Zero was the first to land.
"We got their bombers, but they took out the factory." Cap reported.
"It was a decoy factory. We only made 10 droids a day." Said Via, the medic.
Via was different from the last mission she was on. Before she had her left leg, now it was mechanical.
"What do you mean?" Cap asked. She never heard about this. She thought about it.
"So, this was a complete trap." Cap understood completely now. The factory was bait from the beginning, made easily findable to get the desperate Alliance to come out and take the bait. Once they find out that they took out the base it will raise hope, then the empire will come and break it.
"It was a fair trade. We lose a few droids, and they lose their bombers. This will set them back."
"Yes, it will." Recon Zero flew back to the capital, confident in their victory.
Month 1 Day 1
Salem wanted to weaken both sides to this conflict, and she knew what to do next.
"Dr. Watts gather up our finest spies and go destroy an imperial droid factory. We can't have the empire have an advantage."
"Why are we destroying the factory. Ozpin can't win this war as it is right now."
"I want this war to be stretched out, so we can make our army. We will then destroy the Alliance and the Empire in one fell swoop." Salem sent Watts out with his forces. Cinder walked in after the meeting.
"You wished to speak with me my master?" Cinder bowed.
"Yes, I want you to keep an eye on a certain Jedi. He seeks to find out what happened to his friend that you killed six months ago. That Jedi Tanner. If he finds out that you were the one to kill him, make sure he meets the same fate as our Jedi friend."
"I understand master. Shall I leave him evidence to find me?"
"No, not yet. Wait until the empire faces against the alliance in the city of Pare. There you shall go, and there you shall kill another Jedi."
"Yes master." Cinder got up to leave
"Oh, and one more thing. Don't fail me. You know what will happen." Cinder knew her lover would be taken from her again.
"I will not fail you my master."
Doctor Watts took his forces to a droid factory. It produced one thousand droids a day. It would be sorely missed.
Watts had one of the Grey Jedi he killed enter into the building first. He wouldn't be killed by some random trap. He chose everyone he had brought with him for a special purpose. In the end, they would blow up the factory, but they needed to kill everyone or everything inside first.
A sniper that hunted Watts for over a month took their position. Watts enjoyed that kill.
Watts scanned the building and found that there were 30 imperials and 270 droids covering the entire building. Watts ordered one of the undead to go to the base of the building and plant charges. That one was an imperial commander who tried to arrest Watts a few months ago. It was a quick kill.
Watts went to the person who killed him. He was a hunter with great skill, but was too confident, especially after killing Watts. Salem saved Watts, and Watts returned the favor to the hunter.
"You shall go on the offensive. When I order you to attack, you will attack." The hunter nodded his head
"Good." Watts sent one of his spies to get to the communication station and kill everyone inside of it. If they were dead, then the imperials can't call for backup.
Watts went to the others and gave them their orders.
"Now, everyone, let's start the massacre."
In a few seconds, Watts saw the deaths of at least twenty of the targets. He was impressed, but his work was yet to be done. He started to walk towards the captain over this factory. He found the captain and called out to him.
"Hey, are you the protector of this place."
"Who are you?" The captain asked.
"Are you the one put in charge of protecting this place?" He knew the answer, he just wanted to hear his response. That would show him what to expect out of the fight.
"Yes I am. If you're here to kill me then you better have some backup."
Over confident. He knew exactly how to deal with him. Watts got up close to the captain so fast that the captain didn't know what was going to happen next. Watts sliced off the hand of the captain with his sword.
The captain fell to his knees and held onto where his hand stump was.
"Oh, stop complaining." Watts cut of the man's arm. Then the other.
"Please just kill me." The captain begged for death.
"You will die." Watts picked the man up and threw him, cutting off his legs. "But it will either be blood lose or this building coming down on top of you. Depends on which comes first." Watts got up and started to walk away.
He looked out and saw his mini army completely destroy the imperials. He smiled. He enjoyed the sight of death. It was death that gave him his new life.
"Doctor Watts, I have the bombs planted. The building will go down." The dead imperial called.
"Everyone, it's time to leave this place." Everyone got out of the building besides that imperial.
Doctor Watts had the trigger so after he left he pushed the button. The building fell on top of the imperial.
"He fulfilled his purpose."
Month 1 Day 2
It was all over the news, a second droid factory was destroyed. Karel smiled. This was the first time he felt that they would win this war.
"Master Roni would like to see you" Vuren said.
"What for?" Karel asked.
"I don't know. She just does."
"Alright." Karel met with Roni at the headquarters.
"What is it master Roni?" Karel asked
"Do you know how the second droid factory collapsed?"
"Didn't we send out a squad of spies?" That is what was told to the news.
"No, we had nothing to do with that. We don't know how any of this happened. We didn't even know that was a factory."
"Then that would mean that it was Salem." Karel said
"But why is she doing this? I want you to come up with a Jedi who could figure this mystery out."
"I think I know just the guy." Karel knew this Jedi would do it.
"Who?"
"Jash Beam."
Author's Notes: I got a chapter up close by the release of the other one. What is happening with me? Just kidding. I know I should be better at this, but I am trying. This is going to be on the shorter side.
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-DragonZlayerx12
