Hey, guys. Back with another chapter.

So, this will be the last chapter of the Terran campaign. After this, we'll get into the aftermath before getting into Terran involvement in the Clone Wars.

Let's get to it.

CT7567Rules: For the time being, Terran involvement will mostly consist of troops, not ships and aircraft. Terran aircraft manufacturers will start building their own starfighters, but that won't happen for a little while. The Terran will have some starships, mostly loaned from the Republic, but those will mostly be employed protecting Earth. So, it'll mostly just be soldiers sent to the galaxy to assist the clone army.

Chapter 19- Victory

(January 11, 1992, Airspace east of North Carolina)

High over the sky off North Carolina, an American E-4 command aircraft is cruising in a circle, accompanied by F-16s as escort.

Inside the aircraft, President George Bush is monitoring the situation. The last Separatist forces were pulled out of Vladivostok six hours ago. However, the Separatist fleet is still holding position over the planet. Many world leaders are worried they may soon begin a bombardment, or a second landing, as the fleet definitely still has hundreds of thousands of battle droids.

However, the Terrans are finally ready to take the fight to the Separatist fleet. American and Soviet weapons manufacturers had been working on developing nuclear missiles capable of operating in space. Reports from the Republic had suggested that shields on Separatist ships were more geared towards deflecting energy weapons, and that a single small missile might be capable of passing through the shields.

A few hours ago, reports had come in that a small supply of missiles was now ready for use by the US Air Force. The Soviets, in turn, had a small supply of missiles available to them.

The American and Soviet missiles were capable of hitting targets up to 100-130 miles away from Earth's atmosphere. Each American missile was armed with a 150 kiloton warhead. The Soviets went slightly bigger, with 200 kiloton warheads, in exchange for slightly shorter range. The American missiles were so large that the only aircraft that could carry them and deploy them properly were F-15E Strike Eagles, which would carry a single missile under their bellies. The Soviet missiles, being slightly smaller despite the larger warhead, were to be carried by specially modified MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors, which have been undergoing modifications as the missiles were produced.

"Sir! We have a report from Seymour-Johnson. Their aircraft are ready to attack. We've also received a transmission from the Soviets letting us know they're ready to launch their planes," an officer reports to President Bush.

"Launch them. It's time to take the fight to them," President Bush says. The officer nods and hurries to issue the orders.

West of the E-4, several hundred miles away, at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, 20 F-15E Strike Eagles fire up their engines and taxi towards the runway. Eight of them are carrying the large missiles, while the other 12 are armed with air to air missiles to provide escort. The Strike Eagles take off as, at the same time, at an airbase in the USSR, 6 Mig-31s, escorted by 12 Su-27s, also take off.

Both forces, on opposite sides of the planet, form up at 30,000 feet, where the 6 nuclear armed Strike Eagles and the 6 MiG-31s refuel in preparation for their attack.

Finally, just a few minutes after the refuellings are complete, President Bush orders, "Attack."

The transmission is sent off. Over North Carolina, the 8 nuclear armed Strike Eagles pull up into a 60 degree climb and throttle up into full afterburners. As they begin accelerating past Mach 1 and continue to accelerate, across the world, the 6 Foxhounds also pull up into a 60 degree climb and punch the afterburners.

Both forces streak up into the sky, the pilots concentrating on maintaining their climb.

At 65,000 feet, the Strike Eagle and Foxhound pilots press the pickle buttons. The missiles fall away from their bellies. There is a delay of 1.5 seconds, allowing the launching fighters time to pull away in case of a detonation of the missile's engine. The missiles have never been tested, and the commanders were worried of such situation.

However, their worries were proven wrong. Each of the missiles launched ignites as normal and streaks up into the sky. The launching fighters pull away and dive down, cutting the engines to low power to conserve their fuel.

The 14 missiles break the atmosphere and streak up towards the Separatist ships. Their radar seeker heads each lock onto a ship and home in on them. Small thrusters in their noses keep the missiles on track.

The first missile, a missile launched by a Strike Eagle, strikes a Lucrehulk on its central sphere. The warhead detonates, destroying the Lucrehulk completely. A Munificent class frigate, positioned close by, is disabled by the EMP thrown off by the missile.

The remaining 13 missiles soon find their targets, destroying a Providence class dreadnought, 2 more Lucrehulks, 4 Resucant class destroyers, and 6 Munificent class frigates, with two more Resucants and 2 Munificents disabled by EMPs.

As General Grievous watches from the Invisible Hand, he is stunned. Fourteen missiles have now destroyed or disabled 19 of his warships. The Republic has never managed to accomplish something like this, yet these Terrans have done it. He's starting to wish he hadn't come after this world.

"General!" a battle droid calls to him.

"What?" Grievous asks angrily.

"Sir! Republic warships entering the system!" the droid responds.

Grievous looks out the viewport. Within moments, a large fleet of 44 Venators and a collection of smaller warships drop out of hyperspace.

"Get us out of here!" Grievous orders.

The Separatist fleet begins making the preparations for the jump to hyperspace as the Republic warships open fire. Six Separatist ships fall victim to the Republic's forces before the Separatist ships begin jumping to hyperspace. Most of the remaining fleet escapes, leaving behind 5 ships disabled by EMPs and 2 Lucrehulks left unable to jump to hyperspace due to damage.

Republic forces, recognizing the chance, launches boarding forces, which make their way to the two Lucrehulks, avoiding fire from the two ships. Boarding the two battleships, the clones make their way through the ship, destroying any droids in their path. Accompanying them are Jedi Generals Plo Koon and Kit Fisto.

It takes the boarding forces about 2 hours. But finally, they are able to capture the two Lucrehulks.

Down in the atmosphere, President Bush is monitoring the situation. As he watches satellite feed of the Separatists retreat from the solar system and the Republic move to take up protective positions over Earth, he smiles brightly and breathes a sigh of relief.

"We won," he says in a quiet voice.

And, with that, the Terran campaign comes to an end. The Separatists have been defeated, and Earth is safe.

So, the next couple chapters, as I said, will be covering Earth trying to recover, and preparing to mobilize to the Star Wars galaxy. Then, we'll get into the events of the Clone Wars show, starting in Season 2.

Next chapter will be up soon. Until then, leave a review, and stay tuned!