The war between the Republic and the Separatists rages on as they strive to achieve dominance over each other in both military and political strength. If the separatists prove victorious, then Darth Sidious and his goal of a Sith ruled galaxy will come to light. The Galaxies only chance for a peaceful end to the conflict, is for the Lone Wolf and the Republic to find defeat the Separatists and destroy the Sith.
But now, the battlefield has shifted. Having been discovered Sidious leaves the known galaxy and brings the war to Earth. The birth place of the Lone Wolf is now under the control of the greatest evil in the known galaxy. If Sidious is successful in taking over the planet, then he will launch a new campaign against the Republic. The Clone War has now entered…
The Battle for Earth.
Anyone want to take a guess on what series intro I used for this? Here's a hint. It is the first of a trilogy that aired on Toonami in the early 2000's.
Now, then I am glad that so many people liked my last chapter. I will admit, that when I used Sound the Bugle for the ending song, I listened to it and it brought a tear to my eyes. Plus, it made me think of my Aunts Dog Sky. I really miss her.
Now onto reviews.
Mpowers045: I was thinking of one of those two for the new chancellor, seeing as they care more about the people of the Republic and its citizens then themselves. Surprised you didn't review the chapter before my last one, but you were probably busy.
1049: Glad you like the last chapter, though I am curious about what you thought about the previous chapter before Dooku's death.
Spartan-626: I may not have said it last chapter, but that was my birthday present to you. Happy belated Birthday. I will admit, I watched the cutscene from Gears of War 3 that I used for the story. As for the new Chancellor, you will have to wait and see but I can assure you, the corruption in the Republic will be destroyed.
Cbryson09: Bail is a good choice for a Chancellor.
SaurusRock625: Good to hear from you again on this story rather than only Mobile Suit Rwby. I guess I could have used that Transformers bit for the last chapter, but nothing I can do about it now. Oh well.
Reviews done, time to begin. COME ON YOU APES, YOU WANT TO LIVE FOR EVER!
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Chapter 32: Orbital Battle
June 5th 2020, 19BBY
Coruscant, Core Worlds
The Range
1800 Hours
Normal point of View
The funeral for the fallen redeemed Count Dooku, while small earned the former fallen Jedi his redemption and return to the light side of the Force. Yoda, while saddened by the passing of his former apprentice was happy that Dooku had redeemed himself and helped save the Jedi temple.
Many Jedi and temple guards had fallen in the defense of the temple and were given a proper burial, being called heroes of the Republic. As for the Republic itself, Bail was elected as the new Chancellor of the Republic and for his first act, he passed a law that prevented corporations from being represented in the Republic, the reason that caused much of the corruption that Sidious allowed.
His second act as Chancellor, called off Order 66 and all charges against the Jedi order were dropped due to the fact that Sidious had tried to frame the Jedi for trying to assassinate him, which led to him revealing himself as the master mind behind the war. All of Sidious's acts and changes to the constitution were revoked and it seemed like the Republic was finally starting to restore itself to what it was truly meant to be.
Despite all of this, Sidious was still at large and the information gathered by the Lone Wolf had given the Republic the location of the greatest traitor in galactic history. Earth: the home planet of the Lone Wolf.
Due to his home world being under enemy occupation, Robert was ready to do whatever he had to do to liberate his home planet. While he didn't know the exact strength of the enemy force, the newly promoted Commander sent an unmanned Gozanti Cruiser to his home planet to get an accurate reading of the enemies' strength. The cruiser was destroyed five minutes after exiting hyperspace, but in those five minutes the cruiser was able to transmit the image of a large blockade several times larger than the blockade that surrounded Naboo thirteen years ago. This explained why all the separatist forces across all active battlefronts, they were called back to strengthen the defense of the planet. Transmissions sent back by the cruiser also indicated that a resistance group across the planet, the Wolverines were waging a guerilla war against the separatists and their PMC allies across the globe.
Just before the shuttle was destroyed, one of the cameras caught a glimpse of a massive moon like object appearing behind several droid control ships before a swarm of kamikaze's slammed into the cruiser, destroying it.
The object was Sidious's soon to be favorite toy; The Death Star. A space station over one-hundred-twenty kilometers in length, width and height. It was also armed to the teeth with over fifteen thousand cannons to repel and destroy an attacking enemy fleet. But the biggest concern was its superlaser. According to data retrieved from the chancellor's personal files, the superlaser was powerful enough to destroy both a ship and a planet with a single shot. Whether it was operational or not, was up for debate.
That was several days ago and with the information presented to the newly elected Chancellor, used the remaining emergency powers that weren't used by Sidious to organize a massive task force with the sole purpose of liberating Earth and either capturing or ending Sidious. Knowing that this was going to be a serious battle, Robert contacted Seripas, a bounty hunter that worked with Sugi to improve and modify the design and fire power of the Battle Armor. An idea came to the Lone Wolf's mind after looking at the images of several Gundam's on his I-Pod and he wanted the opinion of the bounty hunter.
Well, needless to say Seripas was intrigued by the idea and the two of them set to work at once giving the Battle Armor a complete overhaul and upgrade. By the time they were finished, the Battle Armor now had a blue and white paint job with traces of red and a pair of blue wings on its back, replacing its mortar. In the wings, were a pair of smaller plasma cannons, on its waist were a pair of small railguns and it was now given another pulse laser cannon which along with the original was modified to emit a plasma blade similar to a lightsaber. It also could now be equipped with a single .50 caliber machine gun.
"All the tests and hard work are going to pay off. You've earned your pay, Seripas." Robert said, looking to the small bounty hunter.
"I did design my own battle suit, so this proved to be an excellent challenge." Seripas replied.
"There's a saying back on Earth, big things come in small packages." Robert added looking over to Seripas's newly rebuilt battle suit which was modified with a plasma mortar for long range bombardment.
"Get the Freedom and battle suit on board the Retribution immediately. Send a message out to all task force ships that we will be launching shortly." Robert said into his commlink.
"Yes sir, Commander." Treadshot replied.
A half hour later, the shadow of a large ship, three times the size of the standard Venator class Star Destroyer and armed with more firepower than an entire fleet put together, the ships name: Dooku's Retribution, in honor of the redeemed Jedi.
It wasn't just the new ship that was taking part in the battle. Loaded into the hangers of the massive ship and the rest of the fleet were the latest prototype's from Incom: The T-65 X-Wing. A space and air superiority starfighter, the X-Wing is the descendant of the Z-95 headhunter combined with technology from the ARC-170.
While its body looked more like the Z-95, it featured many similarities found in the ARC-170, the X-Wing featured the same S-Foils that the ARC-170 had to minimize the heat produced from its ships primary weapon, four Taim&Bak KX9 Laser Cannons. For extra firepower, the fighter is equipped with two MG7 Proton Torpedo Launchers each carrying three torpedoes. Its top speed in space was thirty-seven-thousand G's and one-thousand fifty miles per hour in the atmosphere.
The ship was also equipped with a single flare launcher to deter any enemy missiles that had acquired a lock on the fighter, was equipped with shielding and could carry an astromech copilot.
It passed the tests for acceleration, live fire and defensive measures but had yet to prove itself in combat. Only four hundred prototypes were built and were given to the pilots that were proven to be most skilled pilots, one of which was Fenrir.
From the bridge of large ship, Robert looked to the forces that had been assembled to help take his home world back. In addition to the fleet of the Republic, ships and fighters from Naboo, Mandalore, Ryloth, Mon Calamari and Shili had joined the taskforce. Nym and his crew were more than willing to give it to the man who helped the Trade Federation take his base thirteen years ago and much to everyone's surprise, Hondo and his crew even joined up for the final battle, since the said captain had taken a unique interest in Earth's weapons.
In addition to the large number of ships, thousands of troops, vehicles and weapons at the disposal of the Lone Wolf so that the planet he called home would be free. "I feel like Commander Shepard getting ready for the battle against the Reapers." Robert chuckled to himself, looking to Dooku's lightsaber. After Dooku was buried, Yoda decided to give the weapon to Robert as a way to remember the person his mother called her father. Robert accepted this gift and replaced its red crystal with a blue crystal like Dooku's saber used to be, so that it would reflect on the fallen Jedi's time as a part of the order.
"Commander," Kalani said walking over to the Lone Wolf. "The fleet is ready to depart. By my calculations we should arrive in orbit around Earth by 0600 hours tomorrow morning. All ship have the coordinates for your planet." The tactical droid said.
"Excellent, General." Robert replied, still gazing at the sight of all the ships that had joined this task force. It was quiet the sight. He then pressed a button on his commlink and addressed the fleet.
"This is Commander Lehner to all ships. I know that many of you have your own reasons for being here, but all of us share the same goal, the defeat of the Separatists." He began.
Aboard one of the Mon Cala cruisers, Twi'lek, Wookie, Mon Calamari and Quarren soldiers and pilots listen to the broadcast. "We are about to embark on the greatest crusade that which we are more than ready for. The eyes of the entire galaxy are upon us. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere across the galaxy are with you." The Lone Wolf added. One Quarren soldier and a Mon Cala pilot looked to the projections of their families, vowing to return to their families.
"The road will not be easy, our enemy is well equipped, well trained and working in conjunction with several PMC companies on earth. But I have the utmost confidence in your courage and devotion to skill and duty in this battle. We must win, we will win." The Lone Wolf went on.
Onboard one of the Keldabe-class battleships, Mandalorian warriors finished the final adjustments to their weapons while the pilots finished the final checks on their Fang Fighters, ARC-170's, V-Wings, Z-95's and Y-Wings. "We have all been made to look like puppets at the hands of the one who caused us some much pain and suffering all so he could gain complete control of the galaxy and crush any ideas of freedom we may have." The Lone Wolf continued. One warrior pulled out their pistols and blasted a target dummy he made to look like the Sith Lord, venting their frustration.
The fleet from Midgarda, who got a surprised reaction from the republic when they arrived had already finished loading up their fighters and bombers with extra bombs and missiles, they knew this was going to be a challenging battle.
"He tried to divide the galaxy and have us fight one another all so he could increase his power so he could destroy the Republic from the inside. It is true that the republic wasn't perfect and plagued by corruption, people who only care for the companies rather then their people and those who were only filling their own pockets with money. But all that changes today."
While the message played, Clone Troopers swapped their Phase 2 helmets for the Phase 1 helmet while adding pieces of the phase one armor to the phase two, which they called Phase 3. Twi'lek soldiers from the Twi'lek Resistance led by Cham Syndulla prepared their weapons while 327th troopers helped them make the final adjustments.
"With a new chancellor, the Republic is well on its way to recovery. All we have to do, if finish the final battle."
All across the rest of the fleet the men and women of the task force had just finished preparing for battle. "The battle will be a long one. Whether it lasts a week, a month or more we will not stop until Palpatine. No, until Sidious is defeated. We will not surrender. But should you win the day, this day will not be known as the end of the Clone Wars, but as day when the galaxy declared in one voice: we will not go quietly into the night! We will not go without a fight! We will not give up our freedom! We're going to live our lives in peace! We are going survive! Today we celebrate the birth of the New Republic!" Robert said, finally finishing.
All across the fleet, cheers were being shouted by all those who were inspired by the Lone Wolf and his words. Pilots climbed aboard their fighters, ready to launch as the ships made the jump to hyperspace. "Hang on Ahsoka, I'm coming for you." Robert said quietly as his flagship entered hyperspace.
Meanwhile, deep in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mitchell, along with Major Anthony Perryman 'Nomad', Sergeants First Class Dominic Moretta 'Holt', James Grant Ellison '30K' and Rubio Delgado 'Midas', Master Sergeants Coray Ward 'Weaver' and Robert 'Pepper' Bonifaccio, Staff Sergeant John Kozak and Captain Cedrick Ferguson, the legendary covert operations unit known as 'Ghost Recon' or more commonly known as the ghosts, trudged through the jungle towards their objective. Prior to the invasion of earth, the Ghosts were sent into the amazon to eliminate an Inner Circle airfield hidden in the jungle and recover several stolen SU-57's that were transporting several disarmed suitcase bombs which were to be sent out the to capitals of twelve major countries.
While they recovered the jets and destroyed the suitcase bombs, they were unable to return to base when the Separatists attacked. Instead, they managed to get into Buenos Aires and reach one of the safehouses that they had in the Argentina city where they were contacted by General Joshua Keating who informed them of everything that was transpiring. Needless to say, the ghosts were none to pleased that their commander in chief had betrayed them for some foreign invaders from another planet and vowed they would fight their way back to the states if they had too.
In the process of doing so, they worked alongside several resistance groups who were more than willing to share their ammo and weapons destroying several armored columns and other key military targets, whether they were the space invaders or the PMC groups that were working with the enemy.
Now, having almost cleared the rainforest, the ghosts took cover while an enemy patrol pasted them. Training the sights of their Stoner 96 and M590A1, 30K and Kozak kept the Black tusk patrol in view as they and the patrols warhound's passed them before the squad eight-man team quickly cut across the road narrowly avoiding being seen by one of the black tusk soldiers.
"And I thought we had seen everything." Nomad said sarcastically, pulling the receiving bolt of his SIG 556 assault rifle, cleaning the mud out of the weapon before he did the same thing to his to his Spas-12 shotgun. "First, we recover the jets and get rid of those nasty bombs, next thing you know we get invaded by fucking Strike-Dagger knock-offs who seem to be working with a bunch of PMC groups. What is the world coming to?" he cursed.
"I've seen some weird things when in this outfit, but these things I've never seen anything like it. Let's not forget that 'savior' of theirs who said that we would be given a 'great honor' in helping him build some kind of massive space station which is probably more dangerous than a nuclear weapon." Weaver added in agreement.
"It could be worse. They could drop a colony on us." 30k said making a rare joke.
"You two watch way too much anime." Scott said, loading a 40mm grenade into his M468's M320 grenade launcher. "But you guys do have a point. These bastards, the Separatists seem to be better equipped and armed than any other military in the world, maybe the universe. This 'Republic' that guy Tarkin talked about, sounds like they were being used by this bastard and whoever's pulling his strings. We might have gotten caught in a civil war or something." He added.
"Whatever the case," Captain Ferguson said collecting one of the drones he sent out. "We got a bigger problem. From the intel we gathered, the Republic is heading to Earth. I hear they are being led by someone calling himself the Lone Wolf and are going to be walking into a trap. That station orbiting the planet, it's got some kind of shielding and it looks like its main weapon is online. If those republic guys arrive, they aren't going to last long." He added.
"So, then what do we do?" Midas asked.
"Well, I spotted what looks like a shield generator in the next valley over. If we take that thing out, it might give the good guys the edge they need. Problem is, its guarded by a lot of armor and infantry so a frontal assault is a no go. We scope around the back; we might find a back entrance. Bust in through there and blow the generator to bits. We do have a lot of explosives left." The Captain said.
"Then that's what we are going to do. Stealth only from here on out. We can't risk the alarm being raised. If you have to take out a hostile, knife and hand-to-hand combat only. Save your ammo." Scott instructed the other Ghosts who nodded and activated their optical camouflage and followed Ferguson to the facility.
By the time the nine-man team arrived at the back entrance, an eclipse blocked out the sun before a green beam of death in the direction of Buenos Aires. The beam then disappeared and from what Nomad heard, the entire city along with the towns within ten kilometers of the city in both Argentina and Uruguay killing thousands of innocent people.
"My god." Nomad said shocked that such a weapon existed. "That's what they built. That thing is just as dangerous if not more than a nuclear weapon." He added.
"Then we need that thing taken down. Let's move." Scott stated with a new sense of purpose. The others nodded and crept slowly to the back entrance.
Above the planet, Ozzel looked with delight as the cloud from the destroyed city could be seen from space. He grinned with delight, believing that such a show of power would convince the people of this backwater planet to surrender and become servants of the new order that the Chancellor had promise him a part of.
He was about to speak when a droid walked up to him and informed the admiral that a large number of vessels were dropping out of hyperspace.
Dropping out of hyperspace was the DR flanked by the entire joint fleet. Once they dropped out the ships began to deploy their fighters and bombers for battle. Leading the formation was the Azure Angel, flanked by the fighters of the Expendables.
Flowing them was the rest of the squadron of fighters and bombers that were part of the first wave. Looking at the massive force ahead of them, Robert keyed his commlink to the rest of the ships. "All wings report in." he instructed.
"Wolf Leader standing by." Plo replied
"Gold Leader standing by." Anakin answered.
"Hellcat leader standing by." Jack Archer answered.
"Blue Leader standing by." Fenrir responded.
"Green Leader standing by." Adi responded.
"Grey Leader standing by."
"Shadow Leader standing by."
"Black Leader standing by." One Jak Dameron called out.
"Bravo Leader standing by." Ric Olie answered.
"Blade Leader standing by." One Fenn Rau replied.
"Look S-foils into attack position." Robert instructed to the pilots of the ARC-170's and X-Wings who did so. From the bridge of one of the medical frigates, Barriss gave a silent prayer to the pilots heading into battle. Erik was to be part of the second wave of fighters, while Barriss opted to help the wounded.
"May the Force be with us." She said.
As the ships got closer and closer to the enemy fleet, R4 beeped nervously to his ally. "What do you mean you're reading some kind of interference from that ugly ass station?" Robert asked confused. R4 beeped again, even more nervous then before. "How the fuck could they be jamming us if they don't know…. if we're coming." The Lone Wolf added before he realized what was going on.
"Break off the attack. There's a shield around the space station." He called out frantically to the rest of the first wave.
"I've got no reading, are you sure?" Maverick asked.
"PULL UP! ALL CRAFT PULL UP!" Robert shouted and braked hard right narrowly avoiding a collision with one of the X-Wings. The rest of the attack force followed suit until Bats called out from the Retribution. "Commander, we have enemy ships in sector 47!" the reprogrammed battle droid informed.
"FUCK! IT'S A TRAP!" Robert shouted as swarms of enemy fighters screamed towards the fleet with their weapons blazing. "Accelerate to attack speed, draw their fire away from the cruisers. Launch the second wave and have them protect the ships." Robert instructed the fleet commanders who acknowledged his orders and the brawl began.
Roberts point of view
I blame myself for what is going on right now. I had no idea that the Death Star had a shield surrounding the damn thing. I should have sent in Delta Squad and the Bad Batch down to the surface and make contact with the Wolverines or if they existed the group, they called Ghost Recon. I thought they were only soldiers who earned that nickname because of their bravery and skills in combat.
Either way, I led the entire fleet into a trap and made myself look like a fool. Maverick didn't think so and told me after he saved my ass from a Rouge-class starfighter that managed to get on my 6'oclock and peppered my fighter with cannon fire, damaging my shields. He wasn't the only one, the rest of the fleet trusted me saying that no one could have known this would happen.
I returned to reality and fired my cannons at a Dagger fighter that was attempting a head on attack towards me. One five second burst turned the fighter in space junk. I then pulled my fighter into a climb, getting above the ongoing melee and soon spotted a large formation of TIE fighter Kamikaze's heading towards the Medical frigate that Barriss was on. I radioed Cassie, Erik and Fenrir to form up on my wing, pulled my ship into a one-hundred-eighty degree turn and roared after the suicide fighters.
We managed to catch up to the enemy ships only to witness another one Hyena kamikaze slam into the bridge of one of the Midgarda Hammerhead cruisers bridge, causing the ship to collide into a Mon Calamari cruiser engulfing both ships in a massive explosion taking the crews of both vessels with it.
The lose of the two ships wasn't a devastating lose but I wasn't about to let any other ships become space debris. The group we were pursing was only twelve fighters, so each of us scored a total of four kills. R4 beeped in alarm as two TIE interceptors had taken an interest in me only for them to be blown to bits by the Lagoon which flew overhead with its cannons blazing before I redirected my fighter back in the direction of my home planet and witnessed the destruction of another vessel, this one a CR90 Corvette that was acting as an early warning vessel in the event of any newer weapons were deployed against us.
Spotting the ships that destroyed the ship, my targeting computer locked-on to the enemy bombers and I launched half of my ships concussion missiles which took out the bombers and any other vessels that were unlucky to be targeted by my missiles.
"Watch yourself, Fenrir. Three from above!" I called out to Riyo's husband. I watched Fenrir bank hard left, circling behind the droid fighters before they were downed by a burst of his ship's cannons.
"Three of them, coming in twenty degrees." Erik said over the commlink.
"Cut to the left, I'll take the leader." I responded.
Erik did so and downed his target while I downed mine. "Their heading for the medical frigate." Erik added.
"We've got them." One of Hondo's pirates said, streaking towards attacking Tri-fighters with their own Daggers.
It was then that I noticed something strange, the only ships that were attacking were the enemy fighters and bombers. The capital ships had yet to make a move on the fleet, most naval commanders would be engaging in ship-to-ship combat but the enemy fleet was holding position just outside the JTF fleets line of fire.
I was about ask myself what they were doing when R4 detected a massive energy build up coming from the Death Star. It was then I saw the massive yet incomplete space stations dish suddenly lit up and a massive laser beam sped towards one of the Mere Cruisers, destroying it in a single shot along with any fighters or bombers that were in the line of fire. "MOTHERFUCKER!" I cursed loudly. "That blast came from the Death Star, that thing's operational." I added before I contacted Admiral Halberton on board the Defender 2.
When one of the other ship's commanders suggested a tactical retreat, I responded with the same indignation that Captain Becton of the U.S.S Laffey showed when his ship was attacked by fifty Japanese Kamikaze's in World War 2. "If we turn and run now, the bastards will complete this thing and attack other worlds, killing even more innocent people. We press the attack. You don't like my plan? That's fine. Give me another plan, but don't tell me we're backing out." I responded to the commander.
"General Kalani, how's the analyses of the stations blueprints? Any sign of a weakness?" I asked into my commlink, firing my cannons downing four TIE fighters that passed right in front of me in pursuit of a Naboo Starfighter.
"We are still analyzing the data. We will need approximately ten minutes to complete the analysis." The tactical droid answered.
"Bullshit ten minutes. This thing will be over in two." I snarled banking into the direction of one of the enemy missile frigates, firing my four cannons at the massive ship before I was even in effective range. All my shots made their mark and the frigate exploded into a fireball. I turned my attention towards another frigate and attacked it head on. Concussion missiles and anti-aircraft fire peppered my fighter, reducing my shields to about ten-percent while I kept my finger on my trigger.
A massive fireball replaced the destroyed missile frigate before I snapped my fighter back into the direction of JTF only to find myself faced with over fifty enemy fighters. I was about to arm one of my blood hounds when the fighters were destroyed.
From behind the enemy fighters, four Sigil Starfighters, the Havoc, two G-400's, the Freefall, The Zoomer, Guardian Mantis and a single X-Wing roared overhead before they formed up on my wing. "Even a wolf needs help when facing this number of enemies." The pilot of the X-Wing said.
I recognized the voice, it belonged to Garven Dries. A native of the planet Virujansi who fought alongside Anakin during the battle for his home world. From what I gathered, the guy holds Anakin in high-esteem and considered it an honor to fight alongside the Hero with No Fear as the republic called Anakin. I had a feeling the guy would make a good pilot in an F-15C, if he got the chance.
My thoughts were soon broken when the Death Star fired its cannon yet again, this time destroying one of the Midgarda Interdictor-cruisers, which also resulted in the destruction of one of the Valor-cruisers that was close by to the recently destroyed cruiser. "This keeps up, we won't last much longer." I spat before I gave a new order to the fighters.
Normal point of view
"YOU WANT TO DO WHAT!?" Yularen shouted when Robert gave the new order.
"You heard me Admiral. Move as close as you can and engage those enemy cruisers at point blank range." Robert repeated.
"That's crazy. At that close range we won't last long against those cruisers." Pryce said in argument.
"We'll last longer than we will against that battle station… and we might take a few of them with us." The Lone Wolf admitted before the rest of the taskforce followed his orders. Multiple enemy and allied ships were destroyed by turbo laser, proton-torpedo and proton bombs.
Two allied fighters were shot down by enemy fighters, one of them exploding in a fireball and the other slamming into the core unit of a Trade Federation battleship, doing nothing but only cause the ships shields to flicker for a few seconds.
Bomber squadrons along with the Havoc, Gold Squadron and Anakin managed to take out a few enemy ships, while Hondo's men took out four enemy frigates with stolen separatist plasma bombs. Midgarda S-250 fighters, Aurek fighters, Z-95s and Y-wings kept enemy fighters off the Lagoon and Preserver which then launched their proton torpedoes at two light destroyers blowing them to bits.
Despite knocking out a few of the heavier ships, JTF forces were mounting and the threat of the death star was still present. "We're in the thick of it. We could really use a miracle right about now." Robert said quietly, firing two of his four bloodhounds at the space station to see if the shield was still active. He was proven correct and the missiles did no damage to the station.
"Really wish we had a nuclear missile right now." He added before veering away from the station and went after several TIE fighters that were heading for the support ships that were maintaining a safe distance from the battle.
Seeing the fighters heading for the ship his wife was on, Erik banked his fighter hard to port getting on their six o'clock and fired his cannons. In mere seconds, Karins father had saved his wife and the entire crew of her ship. Cutting his speed and allowing several interceptors overshot him, he locked onto the fighters and fired. Instead of torpedoes', Erik's X-Wing fired a volley of concussion missiles which slammed into the interceptors before they were even in range of the support ships. "Dumb droids." He hissed, banking one-hundred-eighty degrees and sped back towards the ongoing battle with Fenrir, Dreadwing and Sky-Quake forming up on his wing.
Reti, the Toydarian member of the Lok Revenants dived down from nine o'clock high firing his ships chain gun at a banking clan frigate. The shots ripped through the frigates shields and hull which then began to drift in the direction of a droid control ship which it slammed into taking both ships in a massive explosion. Pulling up from his run, the mercenary pilot formed up with the Havoc which had fired its cruise missiles at two enemy destroyers blowing both ships to bits before Vana Sage, Rhys and Adi formed up with the two of them. "Unless we take that shield down, we aren't going to survive this battle." Vana called out over the commlink.
"Jeez, we already know that. But if we send a squadron down to the surface to take out the generator, we'll be leaving ourselves vulnerable." Nym added blasting four TIES with his fighter/bomber's cannons.
"Well at least we have the weakness for the station. One blast to the main reactor will turn that thing too space dust. Lot of good will do, we can't even get through that shield." Fenrir stated as he, Erik and their clone wingman formed up with the Pirate captain and his allies.
"Then we'll just have to keep firing until the shield is down. My men and I are willing to die for a noble cause. One in which the great Hondo is known as a hero." Hondo said over the commlink.
"I'd rather die kicking and screaming than become a kamikaze." Robert added jokingly. The situation wasn't looking good but it was about to take a turn for the better. Unknown to anyone, even the Lone Wolf, Barney looked down to the Earth.
"Mitchell, we could use some help up here!" the Expendable leader shouted.
Back down on Earth, Mitchell and the others had arrived at the back entrance to the generator and waited for each of his squad mates lined up their weapons on either a PMC soldier or droid. He heard Barney's call for help and no sooner had he did, the Lieutenant Colonel called for weapons free and nine hostile units went down with a single headshot before the battle began.
Having set up the bipod for his M110, Pepper laid down covering fire from a prone position in a bush with Weaver picked off any enemies he missed with his M14, while the others rushed in with their own weapons blazing. "Nomad! Ferguson! Flank Left! Holt, 30K, Midas! Flank Right and toss a few grenades on the bastards. Kozak you're with me. We'll hit them right up the middle." Mitchell shouted.
The others responded and broke off to their assigned areas.
Aim down the scope of his SIG556, Nomad fired short-controlled bursts taking out several droids before he pulled the pin on one of his frag grenades and lobbed it towards an incoming squad of Black Tusk Soldiers. The deadly shrapnel from the grenade killed most of the squad while the survivors were quickly eliminated by precise fire from Weaver.
A Black Tusk soldier sprayed rounds from their PKP at the log that Ferguson was using as cover. The soldier, fresh out of training was laughing like a mad man until his weapon's massive magazine ran dry, this gave Ferguson the chance to down the gunner with a burst of fire from his ACR before he and Nomad moved forwards and lobbed two captured enemy grenades at several droids. They were very surprised in the fact that a nearby Black Tusk soldier picked up the thrown grenade, which they thought was a dud only to be killed when the said dud exploded. "Where do they find these guys?" Cedrick asked himself.
Holt fired his SCAR, taking out an enemy mini-tank and its controller. Ducking back behind the rock he was using as cover, he popped in a fresh magazine for his rifle as Midas joined up with him having tossed a frag grenade towards their enemies while 30K laid down covering fire allowing them to move up after an enemy Warhound detonated, knocking out a few droids with the EMP blast that followed the blast.
As for Mitchell and Kozak, the two of them mowed down any droids that tried to get in their way with the AA12 and M590A1. Spent shotgun shells littered the ground along with the bodies of battle droids as the two made their way to the door. Slinging their shotguns over their shoulders, the two pulled out their assault rifles, an AK-12 with a GP-25 grenade launcher for Kozak and a Remington R5 with an M203 grenade-launcher for Mitchell.
Setting up their experimental mobile cover, the two of them created a makeshift barrier, shielding them from enemy fire while they laid covering fire for the rest of the group who made their way towards them. Weaver and Pepper started their way towards the others when a group of 'rollers' as they called them intercepted the two snipers and quickly began to shoot at the two snipers. "Kozak, Nomad. Let's try the new EMP grenades!" Mitchell shouted.
Both soldiers nodded and pulled out several newer EMP grenades that were created modified after reports that several terrorist groups and PMC companies were building new combat drones which were deadlier than anything ever built before. Now, they were about to be tested.
Priming the grenades, the three men threw them over the barrier where they landed right besides the rollers. The grenades detonated, short-circuiting the enemy units, knocking out their shields leaving them vulnerable for a well placed 40mm grenade which destroyed them after the snipers had arrived at the barrier.
Once Weaver and Pepper rejoined them, Kozak placed a demo charge on the door which he detonated and the group entered facility. Using the skills and training they learned over years of combat experience, the soldiers eliminated all Black Tusk and droid forces that got in their way before they reached the area, they believed to be the main generator and placed every bit of C4 they had all over the area and bolted out of the building and commandeered a couple Military Chevrolet Silverado pick up trucks with a .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the beds which Pepper and Nomad manned as Black Tusk reinforcements arrived by Black Hawk helicopters.
No sooner had the enemy helicopters landed, the ghosts put the pedal to the metal and raced away from the building before 30K detonated the charges destroying the generator and taking down the enemy forces that arrived to secure the now destroyed building. "Nice work guys." Mitchell said, looking back to the explosion. "Wish Barney and the Expendables were here to see this." He added.
None of them knew that the Expendables were closer than they thought. For back above the planet, across all ships the scans indicated the shield was taken down and the attack on the main reactor was to commence. Flying towards the massive station, Robert, Anakin, Garven Dries, Boba, Erik and Fenrir along with several other pilots rocketed towards the entrance Kalani had indicated would lead them directly to the reactor. "Hope no when is claustrophobic cause its going to be a tight squeeze." Robert joked, making a loop-de-loop and entering the shaft with the others close behind him.
Several enemy fighters flew after the fighters going for the reactor, while some of them slammed into the walls of the shaft, others were able to shoot down a few fighters since there was very little from for anyone to maneuver. "We got bastards on our tail. Boba, Garven, Fenrir see if you can lead some of them back to the surface, the rest of us will continue towards the generator." Robert ordered.
"Copy, Red Leader." The pilots replied and did so leading several fighters to the surface. Veering left at the junction, the three ships passed through a narrow set of pipes that nearly clipped their wings, as for the enemy fighters only the TIE interceptors made it through along with several Vulture and Scarab droid starfighters that were still following them.
Back outside the station, the battle was still going in favor of the separatists who continued to send waves of fighters slamming into the attacking fleet. Another ship, one of the Venators of the 91st recon corps was destroyed by kamikazes. "Admiral, we can't hold them off much longer." A clone naval officer said to Yularen on the Resolute II's bridge.
The admiral was about to respond when a call from the DR came across to all the ships of the New Republic fleet. "Dooku's Retribution will now commence firing its primary weapon. All ships, clear the firing lane!" Halberton shouted. From the bridge, Yularen watched as the massive ship turned hard to port and positioned itself in the direction of a Droid Control ship. The next thing he saw, a section of the ships body opened up and a massive railgun emerged from the ship, aimed directly at the Control Ship.
"Lohengrin, TARGETED AND FIRING!" The admiral shouted as HK-47 fired the massive railgun. A large projectile slammed into the core section of the control ship, blowing a hole through both the core and back of the control ship which then blew a hole through three other enemy ships and taking out dozens of fires. After it cooled down, the gun fired again taking out more enemy ships.
"ALL BATTERIES, OPEN FIRE!" Yularen and the other admirals of the fleet shouted and a barrage of turbo laser and proton torpedo's slammed into the enemy ships destroying dozens of units. All across the New Republic fleet the moral began to skyrocket.
Back inside the space station, Robert, Anakin and Erik had reached the reactor. "Go for the power Regulator on the north tower, Anakin, you and I will take the one on the left." Robert ordered.
"Copy that." Erik responded and fired his torpedoes at his target before quickly turning around as Anakin and Robert fired their cannons and concussion missiles. The ordnance hit its target, resulting in a massive explosion and causing a chain reaction. Putting their S-Foils into flight mode, Anakin and Erik increased their speed and bolted for the exit, they didn't have it easy as more fighters came flying towards them. Rather than fight, the two pilots flew past the enemy fighters while a burst of cannon fire from the Angel took out as many as it could.
As Anakin and Erik flew out of the station, the rest of the fleet had already begun to move away from the Death Star. It was then they noticed that Robert wasn't with them as the station exploded. For a moment, it seemed that the Lone Wolf had perished. But they were proven wrong when R2 picked up the Angels signature coming towards them.
(Just Communication Begins)
"YEEEHHHAWWWW!" Robert shouted, rocketing out of the explosion blasting at several Vultures trying to make a run for the DR. All the fighters were downed with one blood hound and the enemy fleet had either retreated to the surface or were destroyed from the explosion.
"Mission, complete. All units, Orbital fleet has been broken. Head towards your designated areas and begin the liberation. 501st, Dragoons. Form up and head for Latitude 35 degrees North, Longitude 139 Degrees East. Our target is Japan! Let's give the JSDF some assistance!" he ordered and the fleet began to split off to their assigned areas.
(End Song)
And that is how you kick off the Battle of Earth. A combination of a ninety's movie, birth of the New Republic, Ghost Recon characters kicking ass and my personal Homage to the Battle of Endor. Pretty cool right? Took a little longer than usual, but at least its done.
I am sure you all heard about the incidents in El Paso and Dayton. It hurts my heart that so many lives were lost in less than twenty-four hours and for stupid reasons. How many more lives must be lost in order to put an end to all these mass shootings? This is one of the reasons I am glad I don't have a gun; I fear that I could snap and go crazy.
Anyways, which units of the New Republic task force should go to which theater of the battle? The U.S. will wait for a bit, I have plans for the nation I live in. Plans related to the film that really captured D-Day. Please read and review and I will see you all next time.