So, I just got my hands on the Mech Assault games and let me tell you, playing them again is so much fun and its helping me on the missile and autocannon payloads for some of the mechs, since in the games you have infinite ammo for the base level weapons.

I have also begun to consider collecting Gundam models, since I love the series and building them is a fun thing for any Gundam fan.

Anyways, it's time for some Blood Asp and Star Adder action. Disclaimers are the same as before so please enjoy.

Chapter 32: Alpha Strike

March 30th 2019 20BBY

Shili, Outpost Alpha

0945 hours

Normal point of view

The droids had been assaulting their position for days. Each time they attacked they were pushed back in both the air and on the land. But each assault had been draining the ammo for the earth weapons being used by the Expendables, Erik, his allies and the Togruta army and royal guard. Fortunately, with the separatist blockade broken supply ships were able to deliver the much-needed supplies. The Lagoon was able to go to and from earth and delivered the ammo they needed for the M16s and .50 calibers, which the Expendables had stockpiled at their airbase.

The Rhommels, VTOL's and Mech's had suffered some damage but were still operational, but the Mech's that utilized the heavy hitting Javelin Missiles were running low on rockets. Each time a mech was taken out for recon or guerilla hit and run attacks on the droids, missiles were highly effective against armor and troop transports while weapons like the PPC's and Medium lasers were effective on light vehicles. Fortunately, Gunner was able to build the missiles with the help of Hevy, Dutch and other explosive experts from both the Togruta army, royal guard and Lok Revenants.

Even with the extra supplies and the knowledge of building missiles, the droids outnumbered the defenders ten to one. Most of their heavy armor and stolen walkers were destroyed along with most of their airpower in both dogfights and attacks on the enemy airbases. But each assault indicated that the enemy had setup Mortar tanks somewhere in the forest that had been hammering the base for days.

After he was released from the brig by the request of the chancellor, Tarkin had ordered a large formation of Y-Wing bombers be sent out and flatten the forest to reveal the location of the guns. Halberton urged the Captain too reconsider the plan but it was all in vain. The bombers were sent out and dropped their payload but failed to locate the guns. The droids had setup a series of anti-aircraft guns and seventy-five percent of the bombers were shot down and the rest returned badly damaged.

Tarkin's plan had failed and a lot of lives were lost, to make matters worse the droids had launched another attack the moment the surviving bombers had returned. The battle was won but the droids had begun to use human wave attacks and had strapped explosives onto some of the droids, which when they got close enough would detonate and take anyone nearby with them.

But what was most concerning was the fact that the troopers Robert, Ahsoka and Delta squad had fought in the capitals sewers were clone soldiers who were turned into a living weapon and pumped full of drugs and chemicals turning them into something similar to that of a serial killer. Many more of these Terror Troopers had penetrated the republic lines and killed many troopers that were on sentry duty during the nights.

The last time they broke through, Hardcase, Jesse, Kix and Tup had killed an entire raiding party before the droids launched another attack. Knowing there wasn't enough time to alert the others, the four troopers along with Coric, Attie, Del, Nax and Zeer, the veterans of Torrent Company and survivors of the Battle of Teth along with ARC trooper Alpha-17 better known as Alpha held their position for four hours and mowed down hundreds of droids with the help of Hardcase's new favorite M240 machine gun which he customized to suit his style.

Their actions provided a much-needed morale booster for the men.

But even with the moral boost, the republic, Togruta's and Revenants had not advanced at all. The artillery kept raining down on their positions and prevented any and all forward advances. However, Delta Squad, the remains of Kilo and Domino squads were able to locate the position of the Anti-Aircraft and Artillery guns, two miles away from the city and in a heavily forested area. Once again, Tarkin suggested an airstrike on the guns but his suggestion fell on deaf ears. "An air strike is far too risky. We need to take them out from the ground." Anakin said bringing up a holographic map of the forest and marked the location of the guns.

"Anakin is correct. A ground assault is the only way to destroy the guns. The problem is that none of our tanks and walkers are able to get to the guns. We would be reducing our defenses in case the droids launch another attack." Obi-Wan said in agreement.

"Then we send in Robert and Ahsoka. They know how to operate the mech's and have proven to be quite an effective team." Fenrir said as he, Vaer and his brothers companions along with Lycan entered the command center. "Trusting two children in charge of powerful…" Tarkin began before Lycan growled at him shutting him up.

"The only class of mech that can destroy the guns are the Blood Asp and Star Adder. They have more firepower than most of the other mechs and have more armor then the heavy class mechs." Mustha said with Zaa and Ranas nodding in agreement. "Well in that case, Ranas go tell Ahsoka and Robert they're going on a search and destroy mission." Areno said to the princess's boyfriend who left the command center immediately. During the entire conversation, no one noticed Shaak Ti looking at holographic projection of her younger self holding a child as tears fell silently from her eyes.

Down in the hanger, Ahsoka was working on the undercarriage of one of the Rhommels. Its drive train had malfunctioned and needed to be fixed before the tank could go out into battle again. "With a gravity cannon and its stealth tech, these tanks have great mobility and firepower." She thought to herself as she pushed out from underneath the tank. "All right, try it now." She called to the tanks pilot.

Within seconds, the tanks treads rotated and the tank moved a few feet before stopping. "Rhino 2-1 operating at one hundred percent." The pilot said as he exited the tank revealing it to be Robert. "Looks like you increased the tanks top speed. Good call, these things need to be fast and heavily armed if we're to get an extra edge over the droids." Robert said, putting his hand on Ahsoka's shoulder.

"When you have a master who likes to tinker with vehicle like a starfighter, you pick up a few things." She chuckled looking into Roberts eyes. "Well the two of us do make a good team and I am thinking that since I have a bit of material left I could…" Robert began before Ranas joined them. "Sis, Robert. New orders from General Skywalker. You two are to prep the Blood Asp and Star Adder and move out in thirty. We've located the enemy artillery and anti-aircraft guns and you two have the task of blowing those things to hell." Ahsoka's brother said to them.

"Then it's time to lock and load. Grab whatever gear you need and I'll get the mechs armed and ready." Robert said before running towards the mech depot while calling the techs to load up the mech's weapons. Ahsoka just sighed, she missed her chance to tell Robert how she felt. "Why can't I just tell him that I love him?" Ahsoka thought as she went to get her gear.

Meanwhile Barriss and Sheila had finished treating the injured troopers on board the medical frigate Savior. The injuries of most of the prisoners wasn't as severe as they originally thought and many of them decided to joined the fight in protecting their home world. Barriss admired the bravery of these people and was glad to be helping them. This is what she wanted to do, help the people of the galaxy instead of fighting to acquire new territory. At first, she wasn't too keen on the idea of the mech's, tanks and VTOL's being used by the republic after seeing the firepower they possessed, but in the hands of Robert and Ahsoka was a different story. Both of them showed no sign of enjoying the power they wielded in those mechs and used them to protect the innocent.

"Both of them are so much alike. They would make a great couple." She said to herself before grabbing a drink of water. She was about to take a sip when she suddenly began to feel dizzy and placed her hand to her head. "I hope this doesn't mean you're pregnant." A voice called from behind. Barriss turned around and saw Luminara standing behind her. "I'm not master, it's just that I don't feel…" Barriss began before she fainted. "Barriss!" Luminara called out in concern.

Back in the hanger, Gunner and the techs had finished loading up the Blood Asp and Star Adder with twenty-four javelin missiles each when Robert and Ahsoka climbed the ladders and sat in the cockpits of the mechs. "Our scouts have reported the droids are preparing another assault. You won't be able to get to the guns and get back to the base in time. You're going to be dropped off three miles from the guns and proceed from there." Anakin said over the commlink as two LAAT/C were about to attach their magnetic hooks to the mechs.

"You sure that the tank lifters can lift these things? Both of these mechs weigh over one hundred tons and those gunships can only carry up to forty tons." Robert said with concern as the mechs were soon lifted underneath the gunships. "We modified these gunships to transport the mechs. That's why they were put on maintenance." Anakin assured Robert. "Once you knock out the guns head towards the capital and knock out the enemy armor and anti-aircraft guns there so we can take the capital. Our objective is to liberate the planet and capture Gunray." Skywalker added.

"Well that's a load off my mind." Robert said as the two mech gunships left the base and in just a few minutes dropped off their cargo at the drop point before quickly turned around before the droids could find them. "Scopes are clear. No sign of any hostiles. Let's get moving." Robert said to Ahsoka after the mechs touched down. "Roger that. And Robert, there's something I want to tell you when this is over." Ahsoka said nervously. "We'll focus on that later." Robert said as the mech's moved through the forest.

Ahsoka's point of view

We had trekked through the forest for what seemed like hours. Every so often we would encounter a small patrol of battle droids on STAP's and would take them down with our pulse lasers before they could escape and alert the droids guarding the guns.

Every moment I am with Robert, I feel like my feelings for him become more and more strong with each passing second. Even during his 'anger management issue', I found him to be quite handsome even with all that armor he wears. I wanted to tell him how I felt but I was scared that he wouldn't like me the same way I like him.

But those jabs at me he made on Zygerria and my home planet, it was clear that he might have feelings for me but couldn't tell if it was just a bit of humor or a spur of the moment. Still I loved him and I know that sometime soon I will tell him how I feel.

"We're near the guns. We'll stop here and go on foot and asses the enemy defenses." Robert said over the commlink. We stopped the mechs and exited, only to step into a swamp. "Great, now I am going to smell like a hutt." I said pinching my nose.

"Well it could be worse, we could be up to our waist in shit and then we would smell like manure and that is way more stinky than a hutt." The boy I loved quipped trudging through the swamp and made our way towards the shore.

The swamp water was dark and knee deep hiding a branch I tripped over and fell face first into the water. I was about to stand up when Robert gave me his hand and pulled me to my feet. "Might want to be careful. There are some things that are hidden beneath the water's surface which are either deadly or something you don't want to trip over. Especially if they end up with mud on their face." Robert stated trying to hold his laughter in.

I could see why he was trying not to laugh, I had mud on my face. I was about to wipe the substance off my face when he took out a rag and wiped my face. "I don't like seeing anyone's face covered with mud or dirt. It hides their beauty." He said, once again my lekku darken a bit and my cheeks turned a brighter shade of orange. It sounded like he just called me beautiful.

I was about to say something but he had already begun to move ahead. I sighed and trudged after him.

Once we reached the shore we climbed a small hill and saw the enemy had indeed setup several artillery and anti-aircraft units in front of us but it looked like there were more of them spread out over the area. "That's a lot of firepower." I said in amazement.

"No kidding. Bastards must have set up these guns in advance. No don't the former advisor gave the tinnies plenty of time to set these weapons up." Robert said agreement taking out the M4 Carbine he brought with him and scanned the area with his weapons ACOG scope. "I count ten battalions of droids, maybe more of them. I got eyes on three platoons of GAT's, two platoons of AAT's, Hailfires, Spiders and one platoon of NR-N99 tank droids." Robert said quietly while I checked out the enemy guns.

"I got eyes on two super tanks. Those things are nasty. I think the mech's plasma PPC's can penetrate the ray shields." I suggested. "Yeah that could work. But I'm more worried about those artillery guns. Those things look like they have could have been upgraded. It could explain how they have been able to shell us." Robert stated. He then pointed the to the area of the forest that was near the swamp. "Looks they didn't secure their rear. The swamp is right behind them. That's our best plan of attack. We come up from behind and take out those super tanks with the PPC's then we take out the guns. You take the triple a and I will take the artillery. Use your pulse lasers, we need to save our rockets, autocannon and machine gun rounds for later." Robert said.

"Sounds like a plan. Let's do it, partner." I said and the two of us returned to our mechs, just before the droids spotted us. "We need to knock out those guns as quickly as possible. The others are count on us." I reminded Robert.

"Don't worry, we'll get it done." he assured me as we maneuvered our mechs through the swamp and exited right behind the droids and began to charge up our PPC's. "LET EM HAVE IT!" Robert shouted and the two of us fired our PPC's at the super tanks.

Normal point of view

Seconds before the two assault mechs fired their plasma weapons, back in the capital Dark Star was meditating when she sensed a familiar presence, one that she hadn't sensed since her time in the Jedi order before she was denied her destiny and decided that the only way to achieve her destiny was to tap into the power of the dark side.

"So, my old rival has returned to the place she was born. Such delicious irony, to think that she will die on the same planet she was born without even knowing who her mother is." She snickered evilly to herself before she sensed the presence of her master. "And you shall have your revenge on her. Soon you will achieve your destiny and the Jedi will be destroyed. As for your rival, she will either die by your hands or become your slave. You despise her and want her to know her place, don't you?" Sidious asked as his holographic form appeared in front of her.

Dark Star ended her meditation and got down to one knee. "Having her as my slave would be much better, my master. After all, species like Togruta's and Twi'leks are inferior to Humans. She will be my slave." Dark Star decided. Delighted by this, Sidious nodded and his hologram vanished. 'Soon Ahsoka, soon I will have my revenge and take what you stole from me all those years ago.' Dark Star thought to herself.

As this was going on, four balls of dark purple plasma were fired from the Blood Asp and Star Adder and destroyed the two super tanks with one shot. The explosions alerted the droids to the presence of enemy units and before even a single battle droid could call out the situation a squad of droids was mowed down by a barrage of pulse laser fire.

"Well they know we're here now. Let's waste these scrapheads and take out these guns as quickly as possible. We need to get to the city." Robert called to Ahsoka from the Blood Asps cockpit. "Roger that." Ahsoka responded and the two set to work at once.

Ahsoka and the boy she loved moved their mechs forward firing their pulse lasers at the droids and the enemy tanks destroying or crushing any that got in their way. Ahsoka crushed a GAT with the Star Adders feet and turned her attention towards an approaching AAT and fired the plasma PPC's at the tank destroying it and leaving nothing but the charred remains of the tanks hull. "These plasma cannons really pack a punch. If the droids had these things our armor wouldn't stand a chance." She said firing a burst of pulse laser fire at another tank destroying it.

"Well its good thing we got to the mechs first before the clankers did. Knowing them they would be using these things on civilian targets as well." Robert shouted over the commlink as he downed four tanks with his Mech's pulse lasers before turning his attention towards one of the pairs of AA and artillery guns. "Time to send these bastards to hell. Beginning Alpha Strike charge. Weapon firing in three, two, one. FIRING!" he shouted.

Both of the mechs claw emitters and PPC cannons glowed dark purple and four projectiles were launched hitting the AA guns power source which detonated and took out the AA guns and Artillery at the same time destroying the first three sets, but at the same time overheated the Alpha Strike system, disabling the powerful weapon for a brief time. "Damn that thing is almost as powerful as a nuclear missile." Robert said impressively before turning his mech's upper torso and turned around, firing his pulse lasers at a group of Hailfires that had fired their entire complement of missiles at him.

Robert stayed calm and activated the mech's anti-missile system. A bolt of energy was sent out and destroyed all one-hundred-twenty missiles before they even got within range of the mech's cockpit. "Good thing I this system installed before we left." Robert chuckled to himself before he watched Ahsoka fire her mech's Alpha Strike system at her targets and destroyed them, leaving nothing but a smoldering wreck.

"Ahsoka to Anakin. Enemy triple a and artillery have been eliminated." Ahsoka said into her commlink.

"Roger that Ahsoka, be advised the droids have sent the remaining scout walkers they stole from us towards the base. We can handle them, you and Robert head to the city and knock out their defenses and any resistance you encounter along the way. That should lessen the pressure on us." Anakin said over the commlink.

"Roger that. We're Oscar mike." Robert responded after he crushed an AAT before turning his mech towards the direction of the city. "Let's get going, we don't want to keep old' Gunray waiting." Robert said to his comrade before they left the battle sight and headed towards the city.

They left the smoldering remains of the enemy equipment and proceeded down the main road towards the city. It wasn't a cake walk, they encountered enemy patrols and reinforcements heading towards the base but destroyed them quickly with their missiles and lasers. "Scratch two tanks." Ahsoka called out before firing another pair of javelins at an MTT that was heading towards them. Her missiles hit the transport but didn't destroy it, it was only after Robert fired two of his missiles that the transport was destroyed, leaving only a few surviving tanks to deal with.

They mopped up the stragglers and continued further down the road. They soon came to a stop when face to face with a large barrier. "Great, roadblock. Something tells me we can't blast this thing." Ahsoka stated bluntly. "Your right about that, we go on foot from here and open the thing from the other side." Robert said, exiting the mech and unslinging his M4 which he had equipped with a flip up rear sight for the M203 and a forty-round magazine taped to another one, along with the ACOG scope. He even brought his Peacemakers which had been modified to fire the more modern version of the .45 Long Colt caliber. (A/N not sure if there are new versions of older calibers.)

Combined with his Morita, BFG, custom made pistol, M4 and peacemakers, he was carrying almost the firepower of a single rifle company. "Let's move. And don't worry about the mech's, the tech's modified them so that anyone not authorized to pilot these toys gets a shock to the system." Robert said before he and Ahsoka began to climb a nearby cliff.

Roberts point of view

It was a good thing we decided to check out what was behind the barrier because the moment we arrived at the top we saw that the droids had captured over a dozen TX-130 tanks, three AAC-1's and six AT-XT walkers. Yesterday, a platoon of troopers under the command of Sergeant Kano of the 501st and his men were sent out to recon the main road to the capital, but all contact was lost with them the moment they passed the area with the destroyed DDT tanks were.

Now it was clear that Kano and his men were captured by the enemy and were being held hostage. Through my binoculars, I noticed that along with the clones were about six Togruta soldiers wearing the armor similar to Combat Engineers of the Russian army, minus the balaclavas and blast shield helmets.

I could tell right away they were being forced to fix all the vehicles. I was about to turn my sights from the tanks when I spotted a Commando Droid wearing old battered and dirtied Phase one clone armor place a helmet on their head and walked towards one of the TX-130s. "Looks like the clankers are planning on pulling the old trojan horse maneuver." I said to Ahsoka who had spotted the controls for the door.

"Yeah and it looks like not all of the Shilian tanks were sold. Those guys are the best engineers in the Togruta army. Sukry Rasha, Kazo Saawos, Cokor Nelaal, Kukyon Phy, Tokok My and Tulo Vali can take apart a tank and fix it in three hours. That's what my brother says anyway. They must have been able to fix three of the armies' tanks and kept them hidden before the attack." Ahsoka explained.

"Sounds like these guys know their machines inside and out." I chuckled before remembering that Togrutan tanks required two people, one pilot and one gunner. However, the TX-130s could be operated by a crew of three or single pilot with an Astrodroid copilot while the walkers required a single pilot. Knowing Kano, he and his men were well trained in operating the tanks and walkers and were heavily armed for both armored and ground warfare.

"I have a feeling these guys could give us a hand in attacking the city. Once we're out of missiles, bullets and shells all we'll have is the pulse lasers and PPC's. Those tanks have rockets and the walkers have proton mortars, those will help out." I said.

"Yeah, but how are we going to let Kano and the others know they won't be prisoners much longer? If we attack now, they could get killed." Ahsoka reminded me.

"We need to inform them. The only way to do that is for us to get inside and let them know." I stated. "We can also use this as a chance to open the gates and get the mechs through." I added.

"So how are we going to let Kano and his boys know the plan?" Ahsoka asked. Under my helmet I smiled a little. "We use live bait. One of us is 'captured' by the droids and lets the troopers know the plan, while the other one disables the gate controls and then raises hell." I stated.

"I take it that your armor has a stealth generator of some kind so that means you're the one who will disable the gate controls and I am the one that gets captured." Ahsoka sighed as I pulled out a bit of rope and a cloth. "Hope you don't mind getting tied up, the droids are stupid so they will think you might have been dropped off by one of their patrols." I said reluctantly. "We'll have to make it more convincing so your lightsabers will have to be off your waist." I added.

Ahsoka sighed and placed her hands together behind her back. "Just don't make it too tight. Aurra had me tied really tight when she kidnapped me." Ahsoka said. "It won't be that tight. I promise I won't hurt you." I said and began to tie Ahsoka's arms.

"So, I heard that Senator Amidala is planning on holding some kind of celebration on Naboo sometime in the future. Maybe, if we are asked to guard the event we might be able to get a bite to eat." Ahsoka said as I quickly tied her wrists before moving on to her elbows.

"Sounds like a plan. Who knows, maybe I would see you in a dress and if they let us, dance the night away." I joked as I finished tying her elbows before moving onto her feet. I failed to notice Ahsoka's Lekku darken when I mentioned the dress and dance.

"You never know, at least it wouldn't be like anything like what most slaves wear." Ahsoka joked back before testing her bounds. "That's good enough. Gag me." She said reluctantly. "Please don't hold this against me." I said before placing the cloth over mouth and nose and tied it tight. "Can you speak?" I asked.

Ahsoka said something but I couldn't make it out. "Ok so you can't say anything." I said, picking up Ahsoka and throwing her over my shoulder before activating my armors holo-disguise generator and took the appearance of a Commando Droid. "Pretend to struggle, it will make it more believable." I said in a commando's voice and walked down the hill with my 'prisoner'.

The moment I arrived at the bottom of the hill, the droids surrounded me but I quickly explained the 'situation' to the droids and brought Ahsoka to the cells that were holding Kano and his men. I noticed Boomer and the veteran of Ryloth who called himself Duo, look right through my disguise and walked right up to me. "I swear you better not have hurt the commander. If you did I will scrap you myself." Duo spat at me. I knew he was faking it.

The cell was opened and I gently tossed Ahsoka in the cell and watched Boomer begin to untie Ahsoka. While he did, I made my way towards the door controls and began to unlock the doors while making it look like they were still locked.

The moment I finished I looked back and saw Ahsoka was untied and had given me a nod, that was the signal that she had explained the plan to Kano and his men. I nodded back and walked towards the cells and waved my hand unlocking the cells and dropped Ahsoka's sabers to the ground. I then deactivated my holo-guise and began to fire my M4 at the droids who were caught off guard.

Normal point of view

While Robert and Ahsoka began to free the prisoners, back aboard the Medical frigate Barriss had woken up and found herself lying in a bed. The last thing she remember was her master coming into the medical center and asking her if she wasn't pregnant when she began to feel dizzy.

"I am glad to see you're alright Barriss." Erik said as he walked into the room.

"I guess I was too tired to continue. I have been helping the wounded for days and haven't gotten much sleep." Barriss admitted, mentally smacking herself on the face for not getting any rest sooner.

"Well I am just glad you are alright, because there is something I wanted to ask you." Erik said.

Barriss had a feeling she knew what he was going to ask her but decided to let him say it. "Barriss, the day I met you I knew you were a beautiful Mirialan women. Despite being a Jedi I knew that you were the one who had snared my heart." Erik said before pulling something from his back-pocket.

"I know that you feel the same way about me and you don't care about the code. So, I wanted to ask you," Erik added before revealing a box opening it and revealing an engagement ring. "Barriss Offee, will you marry me?" Erik asked.

Ever since the war began, Barriss had never thought someone would ask her such a question. "Yes, I will marry you Erik." She said excepting the ring. "I guess this means I will have to leave the order." Barriss said sadly. "There are still other ways for you to assist the Jedi without having to fight." Erik said as he slipped the ring on her finger.

Neither of them knew but outside the room, Luminara had heard everything and was happy for her soon to be former padawan.

While Erik proposed to Barriss, Robert had launched a 40mm grenade round at a group of droids before firing off an entire magazine from his M4, covering Kano, the Togruta mechanics and Kano's men as they ran towards the area where their weapons were being held.

Blocking shot after shot at the droids and slashing any that got close enough, Ahsoka assisted in covering their allies. "The plan worked well. Next time don't tie me up." Ahsoka stated as she sliced a B1 droid in half from the torso up. "Yeah I know. I hated it myself." Robert responded, loading the second magazine that was taped to his current magazine to his M4 before he pushed a group of three Super Battle Droids with the force, knocking them down before using Electric Judgement to briefly stun them allowing Duo to gun them down with a burst from his carbine.

"GET YOUR ASSES TO THE WALKERS AND TANKS BOYS, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME MUCH EARNED PAYBACK!" Robert shouted to the soldiers as he drew his Peacemakers and fired them in quick session like a professional gunslinger, taking down six droids with two shots each. "Can't beat the classics." He quipped before ducking behind cover and quickly reloaded them.

The second he finished reloading his ancestors' revolvers, he holstered them, unholstered his custom pistol and lobbed a detonator at the approaching commando droids before firing a full clip from his pistol downing three of the commandos before the detonator took out the rest of them. Soon the noise of weapon fire faded and all the hostiles were destroyed with no casualties on the Republic's side.

"Glad you two showed up, those clankers were going to kill us and use our armor to slip by the bases defense's and catch us off guard. They were planning on getting the Ragnarok and Ymir." Kano explained.

"Well they won't be doing that anytime soon." Duo stated kicking one of the downed droids. "It's a good thing we saved your asses, we're heading for the capital to clear some of the enemy defenses. Even with the mech's Ahsoka and I can't take them all on. You guys up for some action?" Robert asked.

No sooner had he did, Surky walked over to Robert and Ahsoka. "We want to liberate our planet from these droids. We will gladly lend you our support Master Jedi." The yellow skinned Togruta combat engineer/mechanic said while the rest of his allies prepped their tanks.

"The more firepower the better. Let's roll out." Robert said in agreement and headed for the Blood Asp while the others went to their tanks and walkers. "I hope I wasn't to hard in my knot tying, that's something I had a bit of trouble when I was a boy scout." He said to Ahsoka who had the rope and cloth that was her gag in her hands. "Actually, it wasn't that bad. I kind of liked it…kidding." Ahsoka joked and the two burst into laughter.

Once they returned to their mechs and got through the barrier, they proceeded towards the capital. The tanks and walkers were faster than the mechs, but their speed made them the excellent for lighting fast attacks. Which was precisely what Robert and Ahsoka ordered them perform, while the AAC-1's where also good for anti-air defense.

Mechs and walkers with heavy fire-power and armor combined with fast tanks that were perfect for hit and run attacks and anti-armor assaults. The droids were in for a surprise.

Soon after three hours, the platoon of armor arrived at the edge of the city. "Looks like this place was abandoned when the droids attacked. We don't have to worry civilians, but check your fire. We don't want to wreck the homes of these people." Robert called out. Suddenly, the Blood Asp was hit by a heavy laser cannon round, but its shields held strong.

Turning towards the direction of the shot, Robert spotted a large armored column consisting of AAT's, Spider Droids, GAT's, NR-N99's and two unknown droid flyers of unknown make and model with a single Protedeka for support heading their way. "All units engage the enemy." Robert said before charging up the Mech's Alpha Strike system and fired four dark purple balls of plasma flew towards the weapon platform, destroying it before it even got close to their position.

(Gladiator Battle, Mech Assault 2 Lone Wolf OST begins)

Moving his mech carefully through the town, Robert fired his four machine guns at two approaching GAT's destroying them before he crushed a third one with his mech. "You know the drill Ahsoka, guns and lasers only. Fire your rockets and Autocannons at any targets heading towards us." Robert called out to his friend. "Roger that." Ahsoka replied before she fired four of her remaining Javelins at two approaching AAT's from the North east.

The Togruta AAC-1's acquired target locks on the unknown droid flyers and fired four rockets each destroying the flyers and sent them crashing into the wreck of the Protodeka. "Whatever those tin cans are, their scrap metal now." Kazo said before firing his tanks particle cannons at one of the NR-N99's before firing the tanks twin cannons at the enemy tank destroying it and before maneuvering his tank out of the line of fire from one spider droids homing laser.

"That spider's tougher than the usual models, must have some kind of shielding." Kazo said as Cokor fired more rockets towards a group of incoming Hailfires from the west. "Rockets aren't going to cut it. Master Jedi, we need some plasma on that over grown walker." The green skin Togruta shouted over the commlink.

"Copy that. One plasma special coming right up." Ahsoka quipped before charging her PPC's and hurled two projectiles at spiders knocking out its shields. Kano and five other TX-130s charged in and circled the walker firing their tanks dual heavy laser cannons at the tank before they finally downed it. "Nice work boys." Kano said.

No sooner had he said that two of the tanks that were with him were destroyed. "Blast it. We got artillery. Boomer, use those Mortars and hit the artillery. Check your fire for any buildings." Kano shouted.

"Targets acquired. Firing mortars. All units be advised the enemy is sending out three more Protedeka's and they have air support." Boomer called out as his walker squad fired a salvo of plasma mortars into the city with great accuracy. "Enemy artillery in this sector is neutralized." Bomber called out as five of the six walkers were slammed with concussion missiles knocking down the shields and killing the pilots.

"Its official, I FUCKING HATE PROTEDEKA'S!" Robert cursed firing his remaining Javelins at one of the Protedeka's damaging it sufficiently before charging his PPC's which finished the weapons platform. "Scratch one platform, but we still have two more and we already lost more than half your platoon Sergeant." Robert called out as Ahsoka fired her four Autocannons at another Protedeka.

Eight 120mm high-explosive shells impacted the droid tanks right side damaging part of the droid's brain and causing it to short-circuit and target the incoming Hailfires rolling in from the west over the Maglev tracks. Eight big wheeled tanks were reduced to scrap metal by eight concussion missiles.

"We got fighters coming in from ten 'clock high." Tokok shouted as he moved the turret of his tank and fired six rockets downing the incoming fighters which skidded across the ground. "Really wish you brought some air support." Kukyon stated as another squad of vultures came in from the city. No sooner had they did, they destroyed by a barrage of laser fire.

"Where the hell did that come from!?" Kazo asked. He soon had his answer. Flying towards the city was the Havoc, Freefall, The Zoomer, Guardian Mantis and six Sigil starfighters. "Thought you could use a little help kid." Nym said over the commlink as he dropped a payload of energy bomblets onto several approaching AAT's coming from the city, destroying the tanks and the infantry that was with them.

"Jinkins, Sixxa, Kola. Take three of our boys and find where the enemy armor is coming from. Vana, Reti and I can handle these scrapheads." Nym ordered his allies before firing six concussion missiles which downed six oncoming T.I.E fighters. "Roger." The pilots called out over the comm and separated going for their designated targets.

"Looks like I owe you a lot more credits." Robert said as he crushed a GAT with one step. "Keep the credits. I got my own reasons for taking on the Trade Federation." Nym responded. "If you say so." Robert said before firing his machine guns at several more incoming tanks.

Gunning his one of a kind fighter-bomber to full speed, Nym was able catch up with a squad of six vulture droids and blasted them to pieces before pulling away and launching a volley of concussion missiles at a dozen Scarab fighters destroying them as well. "These droids hardly make for a decent challenge." The Feeorin pirate stated before firing a cruise missile at an orbiting Banking Clan frigate which upon impact destroyed the frigate.

"It doesn't matter, we need to get into the city before we run out of .50 and 120mm rounds." Robert stated, noting that he had only sixteen hundred rounds left before he would have to rely on his lasers and PPC's.

"We can't break through and protect the rest of Kano's men." Ahsoka reminded him.

"Don't worry about us sirs, you two get into the city and knock out the remaining artillery and anti-air defenses, we'll secure an area where we can set up a staging area for the rest of troops. We just heard the droids have been pushed back and our boys are heading our way, we just need to knockout the big guns." Kano said firing the last four of his missiles.

"We aren't going too…" Robert began before Duo interrupted him. "Don't worry, we're soldiers this is what we were born to do." Duo said peppering a spider droid with his tanks dual cannons destroying it. "You guys. I'll see you're awarded a medal for your bravery. Ahsoka, lets move in." Robert said complimenting the bravery of three veteran clones, before turning towards Sukry and his allies. "You six help them out." He added before he and his fellow mech warrior moved into the city.

(OST ends)

Back at the palace, Gunray was starting to sweet.

The Republic had managed to break through the cities defenses and was now making their way towards his position. He normally would have left the moment things went south but Vana Sage, the mercenary that his corporation hired twelve years ago to test the combat capabilities of the Scarab fighters before she discovered her that the Federation tried to have mercenaries abduct then Queen Amidala and force her to sign the treaty, had destroyed his shuttle and the Lok Revenants had begun to decimate his air forces.

"You said you would take care of the situation. But so far you have done nothing. Dark Star what are you waiting for?" Gunray demanded from the assassin.

"I have done something. Those two mech pilots have no idea that they are walking into a trap. The moment they destroy the artillery and anti-air guns, they will be attacked by the remaining Protedeka's will destroy the mechs and capture Tano. I have a score to settle with her." Dark Star snarled.

Speaking of mech's, Robert and Ahsoka continued their way towards the city center. Any tanks and infantry they encountered were destroyed by machine gun, pulse laser and autocannon fire. "These guys can't stop ninety tons of pure badass armor. We'll get Gunray yet." Robert chuckled as he fired his machine guns at a platoon of battle droids while crushing an AAT.

Ahsoka rotated the Star Adders upper torso towards the left and fired her autocannons down the street taking out two Hailfires with six shells. "I am starting to get the hang of this, but I am running out of rounds. I got twenty-four 120mm rounds left." She stated.

"Save the cannon rounds. Use the lasers and PPC's." Robert called to her. "Roger." She responded and increased her pulse lasers power to level two and fired off a volley of blood red laser rounds at a GAT before directing her fire towards another Spider Walker. She destroyed them both with little effort.

They continued further into the city until they reached the city center and saw the guns. "Targets acquired. Let's give them some plasma to chew on." Robert declared and soon the two mechs had fired their PPC's at the guns several times, destroying the anti-air and artillery in a matter of seconds.

"Targets are down. General Skywalker city defenses are clear, there should be only a few infantry and tank platoons left but the bigger threats are neutralized." Robert said contacting Anakin over the commlink.

"Copy that. We just finished holding off the droid's assault. We'll gather the men that are still able to fight and head for the capital. You two get to the palace and capture Gunray." Anakin responded. "Copy that Master." Ahsoka added.

They were about to leave when several buildings collapsed suddenly. "Tell me that wasn't us?" Robert asked turning his head towards the wrecked buildings. "It wasn't us, we got four Protodeka's coming towards us." Ahsoks exclaimed as all four weapon platforms launched their concussion missiles at the two of them. "ACTIVATE AMS, NOW!" Robert shouted as the missiles headed towards them.

They activated the defense system just in time, vaporizing several of the missiles but the remaining missiles missed them and hit a few of the buildings behind them. "Damn it, we already got collateral damage to Corvala and it isn't because of us." Robert cursed.

"Well those things used up their missiles but we need to be cautious, those things have seismic wave emitters and those things could knock out shields down." Ahsoka advised before firing twelve of her remaining autocannon rounds at one Protedeka which was sent crashing to the ground after she fired the rest of her rounds. "I'M OUT!" She cried maneuvering her mech as quickly as she could avoiding the lasers from the second weapon platform.

"Charge up the Alpha Strike. We'll take these tin-cans down with one shot." Robert shouted. Ahsoka followed suit and charged up her own Alpha Strike and once they were fully charged up eight dark balls of plasma energy launched towards two of the Protedeka's destroying them and sending the platforms crashing down to the ground.

The second the projectiles hit their targets, the systems in both assault mechs beeped. "Alpha strike systems are down for the Blood Asp." Robert said. "Same thing for the Star Adder." Ahsoka added before firing her pulse lasers at the last weapon platform.

"PPC's are the only weapon we have left that can take those monsters down. Charge them up, four direct hits and this thing will be reduced to scrap metal." Robert said. The two friends increased their weapons to full power and then charged up their plasma weapons and fired. Four plasma bolts exited the plasma cannons and impacted the weapon platform and sent it down just like the others.

"Protedeka's are down, but my mech's down. The use of the Alpha strike and PPC's must have overloaded the systems." Robert said after trying to move the mech for several minutes.

"Same thing for the Star Adder. But we won't need to worry about them. we're close to the palace. We can get there by foot." Ahsoka said, exiting her own mech.

"Then let's get going." Robert said as he exited his own mech. "Lead the way." He added and the two headed towards the palace.

Sorry for the long wait for this chapter. My aunts first dog had to be put down a few days ago and it really affected me hardly. Sky was the first dog I ever had in my home to take care of for someone else and I will miss her greatly.

Anyways, Erik proposed to Barriss, Tarkin fucks things up again, Robert and Ahsoka prove to be quiet the team, Dark Star seems to hold a grudge against Ahsoka and the battle is coming to an end. One more battle chapter to go before we reach the end of the third chapter of the Lone Wolf series.

This chapter is dedicated to Sky, my aunts' dog and the dog that helped me realize I love dogs. Please read and review.