A/N: Well this is it, the first full fleet battle with Federation Republic and CIS ships.

Chapter 11

Battle of Kamino

The Jedi starfighters arrived just before the Separatist fleet did. They had just enough time to land and top off their fuel tanks. Shaak Ti stayed on the planet to assist with the defense but the rest of the Jedi took off. They tried to keep the Confederacy from landing on the planet but there were too many landing ships. The CIS had a fleet consisting of two Lucrehulk-class battleships, three Recusant-class cruisers, one Providence-class cruiser, five Munificent-class frigates and several transports filled with droids.. Jedi Starfighters numbered in the hundreds but it was nowhere near the numbers needed. Several transports managed to land on the surface and penetrate the clone learning areas.

Then the main Republic fleet arrived.

Admiral Hayes stood on the bridge. "All ships, this is Admiral Hayes, prepare a tricobalt salvo, target large groups of enemy fighters. Cruiser Squadron 3 attack remaining droid transports. Frigate Squadron 2 attack any remaining fighters. All other ships target CIS capital ships, engage and fire at will. Republic ships, launch fighters but hold off on landing additional troops for now. We'll destroy this fleet first and cut off what droids are already on the surface then we can land reinforcements and catch them between two forces." he said

With his orders dozens of torpedoes flashed out and detonated in the middle of the CIS fighters. Jedi starfighters were tossed around but none destroyed. From his starfighter Anakin contacted Admiral Hayes.

"Admiral, the Trade Federation ships are the main source of droids invading Kamino, if you destroy them you'll cripple their forces." he said

"Agreed, Captain, have those Acclamators and one Venator attack them and have Frigate Squadron 3 and Jedi Squadron 2 support them." he said

The ships acknowledged the orders and one Venator, three Acclamators, four Mirandas and a dozen Jedi Starfighters swooped in on the Trade Federation ships. The Miranda let loose a salvo of mixed tricobalt and photon torpedoes, the Jedi held back until the torpedoes exploded then strafed the first Lucrehulk-class battleship. The Acclamators and the Venator then opened up with their turbolasers. After three salvos the port-side shields collapsed and a salvo of photon torpedoes ripped into the hull. Phaser strikes scored the hull and one strike managed to cripple the shield generator. The small group let loose with a full broadside of phasers, turbolasers and torpedoes, the Trade Federation ship started to come apart, but not before it blasted Miranda to pieces. The other three broke formation and continued evasive maneuvers. As the battleship broke apart, turbolasers continued to fire but the Mirandas were too quick and maneuverable. Then the impromptu battle group moved on to the second battleship and destroyed it too at the cost of a single Acclamator. Then that group fell on the transports like wolves and destroyed a dozen of them quickly.

Meanwhile the main fleet had destroyed all five Munificent-class frigates and one Recusant-class cruiser. The other two were losing shields as was the Providence. But the CIS had struck back hard destroying a number of Federation ships, the Republic had also lost five of their Consular-class Cruisers. In the smoke-filled bridge of the Crazy Horse the Admiral coughed hard. "Report!" he yelled

An ensign who had taken the helm reported back. "Sir, shields down to thirty percent, we're out of photon torpedoes and our phasers are down to twenty percent capacity."

"What about the fleet?"

"We've lost six ships, the Republic has lost five, but we've destroyed the majority of the enemy fleet. They're down to two Recusants and the Providence."

"That must be their flagship. Open a secure channel to all ships."

"Channel open."

"This is Admiral Hayes, all ships concentrate fire on the Providence-class cruiser. That's the flagship. If we can destroy it the other two ships won't pose a threat." as he said this however the other two Recusants exploded. "Well forget that last part just kill that Providence!"

The ensign grinned. It wasn't often there was humor on the bridge of a starship during a battle. I'll bet the monologue from the 'Tonight Show' will mention this he thought. Then the comm. beeped.

"Sir, communication from the surface. Audio only."

"Put it through."

"This is Master Shaak Ti, we need reinforcements!The droids have breached the training centers!"

"Master Shaak Ti, this is Admiral Hayes, hold tight, reinforcements are on the way." he said. Then, turning to the ensign, "Open a channel to the RAS Prosecutor have them follow us back to the planet. How are our transporters?" he asked

"Sir, the transporters are online. Most of our damage is to shields and weapons." the ensign replied

"We're going to transport what clones won't fit in the gunships ourselves. The gunships can come in behind the droids. We'll begin beaming troops into the training center itself. We have a detachment of MACOs onboard don't we?" he asked

"Yes sir, one of the first detachments activated."

"We'll beam them down to. Get an idea of how effective our troops are against droids. Inform all ships except the Prosecutor to continue the assault."

"Aye sir."

The Crazy Horse and Prosecutor broke away from the battle that was now centered around the single Providence-class cruiser fighting for its life. The Admiral could see it was on its death throes. Three Excelsiors made a run along both the sides and the top firing phasers continuously. Turbolasers flashed against shields. Then suddenly, the turbolaser fire stopped.

"Sir, communication from the Agamemnon. The CIS ship is offering to surrender." said the ensign

"Tell Captain Keller to accept the surrender and board the ship." ordered Hayes.

The two ships arrived at the planet and the Crazy Horse began beaming down squads of clone troopers who immediately joined the battle while dozens of LAAT gunships came down from orbit and shattered the droid landing zone. The LAATs landed and more troops jumped out. Then a squad of Federation MACOs beamed down near Shaak Ti's lines. and joined the battle on the right flank. Blue and red blaster fire mixed in the training center along with the occasional phaser strike. Sgt. Stevens, the leader of the MACO team saw that his phasers were effective against the droids but saw the Super Battle Droids doing most of the damage. "Team! concentrate on the Super Battle Droids, they're causing most of the damage to the clone lines."

The team shifted its fire to the Supers and they began to fall. After ten minutes of intense fire, the droids noticed they were caught between two forces, they continued to fight but their objective changed to simply killing as many clones as they could. Another twenty minutes was required to clear out Tipoca City. Admiral Hayes sent a message to Starfleet Command with a report of the battle. Command was pleased to hear of the capture of the Providence-class ship. They had an operation planned with that goal in mind but now it was put away. The Providence-class ship had its droids deactivated and a joint Federation-Republic prize crew was put aboard with Captain Keller in command. His orders were to take the ship back to the rift and jump to hyperspace to Starbase 82, where it would be studied, then refitted to serve the Federation as the Republic had no need of it.