Brian directed troopers on digging defensive positions as civilians armed themselves against the empire. The entire population left on earth was helping with the defense of earth from the empire. As Brian helped dig a trench system ARC trooper Echo came up behind Brian.

"Sir the imperials are sending fighters to the surface, what are your orders?"

"Scramble all fighters and sound the alarm prepare for the imperial ground assault." Brian said getting out of the trench and onto his bike " get AA up and running now as well commander"

"Yes sir." echo said as Brian rode off quickly towards the fighter depot and got into his fighter, as he started strapping in clones raced to there fighters and they all took off and the civilian soldiers and the clones stayed and set up the defenses

"Alright listen up boys this isn't a walk in a park these fighters know we are coming so don't bunch up, pick your targets and short bursts. May the force be with you all." Brian said cutting the transmission

"Sir fighters 9 o'clock high counting 56 bandits"

"All fighters break and engage, bombers be ready to launch." Brian said

"Copy that general." Oddball said and Brian shot forward towards the fighters. Upon reaching the air battle Brian destroyed 5 then 10 then 20 fighters but every time he shot down 1 another replaced it, he was amazed at the resolve and resources the empire had. Finally after 10 minutes in the air the imperial fighters started to retreat towards the cruisers, Brian and the other fighters did not pursue instead went back to the landing grounds to rearm for the second wave.

As Brian exited his fighter clones rushed into the armory to pull weapons and set up a defensive perimeter. Brian stood and looked at his men, proud that these soldiers were so ready for the battle, even it they knew they would die. Brian hopped down from his fighter and walked over to Rex who was next to a radio talking to the scout troopers we had sent ahead.

"Copy that sugar cane keep me posted over and out." Rex said

"What's the scuttle?"

"Sugarcane red said they thought they spotted enemy movement, they are gonna go check it out sir."

"OK Rex tell them to proceed with caution, the enemy may be setting them up for a ambush."

"Copy that sir." Rex said as he went back to the radio.

Brian looked around as the clones piled sandbags and set up the defenses more, Machine gun bunkers and artillery positions. Brian looked above and saw the many ships of the empire entering the atmosphere just like he knew they would.

"Fives that shield better be ready." Brian said

"Almost ready sir i need 30 more seconds to charge."

"We won't have 30 seconds imperial star destroyers are entering the atmosphere now so we need that shield."

"10 seconds sir."

"We need it now fives" Brian said as the shield enveloped the city then the imperial cruisers opened fire. The rounds from the cruisers bounced against the shield as the shield took the charges, Brian ran and slid into a trench at the edge of the city grabbing his rifle as he did. When he landed and looked out of the trench he saw the woods stretching far back but he also saw the storm troopers slowly advancing towards them.

"Echo please tell me the Recon guys are still out there." Brian said

"Yes sir they are sir just waiting for them to walk into a trap." echo said as he leaned against the trench. Brian and the other clones aimed there weapons as the storm troopers neared the shield, there shiny white armor clearly visible in all of the green foliage. As the storm troopers reached the edge of the shield they exploded as clay mores went off, then clone troopers finished them off and retreated inside the shield.

"COME ON GET IN THE TRENCHES LET'S GO!" Brian said as the Arf commando's ran and dove into the trenches

"Commander report" Brian said

" we got a mess of enemies heading this way sir, seems they are going to attack this position." the commander said

"Commander Fives prepare the left flank, Echo right flank, Captain Rex you and me stay here with the 501st and hold this position understood."

"SIR YES SIR!" they all said in unison and fell out. Captain Rex and Brian looked over the top of the trench, as they did they saw the storm troopers getting near the shield and Brian signaled for the clones to hold steady and not fire yet. As the storm troopers entered the shield and walked toward the clones they held there fire, waiting as long as possible until the perfect moment. As the storm troopers got 15 yards away Brian gave the signal and they opened fire. The stormtroopers opened fire as well but many fell before they retreated outside of the shield and into the forest. Many clones shifted positions and brought up the heavy machine guns ready to repel the second wave of storm troopers that they could see was already amassing.

-in the imperial flagship-

Grand Admiral Tuck watched as troop transports went to the surface. He turned and walked down the metal walkway to the war room where Grand Admiral Thrawn's hologram was waiting.

"What do you have to report tuck?" Thrawn said

"There is a small band of rebels here sir, they are holding a massive defense around the city of Zootopia" tuck said showing up a hologram and the defenses of the clones

"Why are you not blowing them away Tuck? Our firepower is much greater than theirs."

"Sir there is a massive shield surrounding the city and i don't think these are just any band of rebels. The fleet guarding the planet was completely destroyed when i got here and they destroyed a entire fighter division sir. They are flying these, ARC-170 fighters sir, known specifically to still be used by the forces of the 123rd legion which went missing from this planet before our empire was born. I had my suspicions about it but i didn't know if i was right sir." tuck said. After he finished Thrawn had a concerned look on his face.

"Tuck hold those defenders at bay and destroy that shield, we need to end this rebellion once and for all." Thrawn said and the hologram disappeared.

Tuck walked back to the bridge next to a imperial captain

"Orders sir?"

"Continue to prop the shield, send bombers to flatten around the shield and start destroying anything that could be there supply lines." tuck said as a evil smile came on his face.

-in the trenches-

Brian fired the .50 cal as Kix tended to the wounded trooper, the stormtroopers held their ground but ultimately started to fall. As the last of the storm troopers fell dead Brian leaned against the .50 cal, the end of the barrel visibly smoking from firing so many rounds. Brian the opened up the top of the machine gun and reloaded the weapon, as he did clones ran back and forth with ammo and grenades for everyone. After reloading another clone came over and Brian let him take the machine gun. Brian then got down and sat inside the trench, once sitting he took his helmet off and rubbed his hand in his fresh hair cut.

"You alright sir?" captain Rex asked sitting next to Brian

"I'm fine captain just resting." Brian said as he caught his breath

"Well we got a problem sir." Rex said handing Brian a holopad "we came out of the chrio just in time for winter sir. There is a giant winter storm heading our way with predicted temperatures of -12 sir."

"Well ain't that just great… captain have everyone prep the snow trooper armor and bring the fighters into the hangers. I want around the clock maintenance on the shield generator and have all platoons out here in the trenches on high alert. Dig dug outs and fires are only allowed in there understood."

"Yes sir. Want me to pass the word to echo and fives?"

"Yes captain they need to know." Brian said as he stood up, put his helmet on and went around making sure every clone was ok.