Alright everyone. I finally got through my exams and I can finally post this chapter after so long. I would personally like to apologize for taking this long to post. I know I have filled much of your time of anxiety or must have forgotten about this. But know that I have returned and will post whenever possible. And Have A Good Day!

Chapter 14: Ambria Evacuation

Third Person

Approaching the desert planet of Ambria are two destroyers, A Necessary Eviland The Emerald Sword. The planet already has Republic and Confederate navies already engaging each other. While Conradin agrees to engage the navy, Mason is preparing to start the landings. He is already in one of the three landing crafts heading towards the surface. Most specifically, a small port city.

Mason's POV

Here we go. Off to battle once again. Overall the landings were smooth. Once we landed, the doors opened and I ordered all the tanks into position and the MTT's to unload 1/2 of the troops. I also had the STAP's to do reconnaissance. I looked back to the small port I landed in and saw the masses of fatigue Onderon troops. This doesn't make sense. The sight of reinforcements for a weary-army would be a rejuvenating experience. I asked the troops where is their officer. they told me that he is in the town square. I made my way to the command centre to investigate. The guards refused entrance though. So I told them "I am General Rommel of the 7th armoured division. I came to help with 50,000 troops at my disposal." That didn't convince them, more so they decided to manhandle me out.

Personally it was an uncomfortable experience. As I was getting dragged out I heard "Stop." They released me and I turned around to see the general. He was a very old gentlemen. His grey mustache and grey short-cropped hair tells me he has been in this far longer than I have. I assume he is about 1.77 metres. He has a boxy face and presents himself as a model soldier. Sounds like my kind of guy. I marched up to him and saluted "General Mason Rommel, 7th armoured division." He saluted back "General Tandin, Onderon Expeditionary force. Seems to me you have at least 3 divisions under your disposal." I shrugged "Command insisted." He nodded before going towards the tent "Come, we have to discuss something." I entered the tent and looked at the holomap.

The situation is much worse than I thought. The line is barely holding and Republic forces outnumber ours by... a whole lot. Lucky for me, I might actually turn the situation in my favor. "Tell me general, where are your troops?" I raised my eyebrows "In formation, near the main entrance into town." He looks absolutely shocked as he shouted "Get those troops away from the port now!" I suddenly realized my error as I immediately holocomed Pike. I had him be my eyes-in-the-skies monitoring my movements and reporting any Republic movement. I said urgently "Pike, order the troops away from the city and hidden away." He replied "Why?" I yelled "Just do it!" He nodded profusely "Roger, roger."

"Stupid droid. Anyways so I can send those troops to the front and hold the line." He shook his head no. "No. My troops are weary, we are running out of ammunition as is. We have no other choice but a full scale evacuation." I was about to argue but I looked back at the holomap and the "weary" troops. I pondered on as to why it was such the case. But ignored it as time was of the essence. "Understood general. Pull your men out of there and let me cover your retreat." He replied gladly "Thank you general. The clone troopers kept on coming en masse to our positions. In terms of ammunition, we would run out if we tried to fight even further." He patted my shoulder before heading out to make the order. "By the way, Onderon is sending ships for the evacuation. It would be best if you came along." I nodded in agreement. "I will hold out as long as I can to give you time to escape. I would like a ship to leave on too." He saluted "Farewell general, I hope we meet again. And thank you for coming." I returned the salute "Likewise."

At the front, 45 minutes of fighting

-BOOM- "C'mon, hold the line. Hold. The. Line." I looked around me as the droids left and right were being shot. Another explosion went behind me. I turned around to see the MTT took a direct hit. The entire war machine was now nothing more than a burning heap of rubble. A robotic voice said "Sir, the repeating blaster gunners are down and we are slowly running out of reinforcements." -BOOM- I looked behind the droid to see that shot obliterated the droids I ordered to fix the mini cannon.

-BOOM- I yelled "Tell the troops to spread out. The first line of defense has fallen. Order all remaining troops to head towards the second." The droid nodded and carried out its orders. I was a nine hundred metres from the fighting and already my uniform was sandy. All I had was a small holomap that I carried to monitor the fighting via Pike's destroyer acting eyes-in-the-sky. I saw my troops running towards the second line of defense. They were all running towards the second line of defense as I walked back. The second line has more repeating blasters and foxholes of B2 super battle droids and entrenched B1 battle droids. I had the BX commando droids act as sniper support a few hundred metres from the line.

From where I am, the line was 100 metres away from me. I heard the remaining droids rushing towards the already crowded defenses. I stopped them at 300 metres from the line, 200 metres, and 100 metres. The B1s were ordered into a straight line kneeling and the B2s were in a straight line standing. I placed them 4 metres apart in hopes that would be enough to avoid the blast.

I placed myself behind the line with the snipers. The clones are charging the defenses head on. They seem to be in small fireteams but still in relative formation. I ordered the snipers to pick their targets.

I just hope the evacuation would happen sooner.

Conradin's POV

The space battle is over for now. The Republic destroyers managed to escape though many received extensive damage. There was only one that didn't and I felt a dark force around that. I never felt it before but there was something evil here. My own forces suffered losses as well. I lost many of my fighters and the ship took some hits. The generals ship however is on the verge of collapse. The droid in command of that ship is incredibly... stupid. Honestly, the droid sent out all the fighter and bombers at once with little to no effect and he started shooting from the bow instead of the stern where the ship would be able to bring about its full arsenal.

I noticed many ships large and small arriving on the planetside below. They all bore Confederacy and Onderon markings so I allowed them passage.

That reminds me I have to contact the general. I started holocoming the general. There was no reply for a while until a statically hologram of the general taking cover is found. I asked "General, what's the situation on the surface." He answered "Situation: terrible. Many of the troops destroyed: estimated 30%. Holding off Republic forces for now. Fear of being overrunned." I answered him "Do not worry general the evacuation progress is still going smoothly. The Onderon navy is still active and the Republic fleet in full retreat." He smiled "Excellent -BOOM- Good luck up there." I replied "You too." He then suddenly said "By the way, how's my ship?"

I stuttered "Ah well... your ship has seen better days... wait... now it's ripping itself apart... and there are escape pods leaving the ship... Your ship's destroyed." He looks at me in shock. "Are you kidding me!" I shook my head no. Mason started jittering a bit before saying "General... Tell Pike... He's stupid." And the transmission cut off there.