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The Bridge was relatively calm as Jake stared out into space and at the planet below, over a hundred miles away from the actual battle being fought on the surface. Observing in his book was seeing the battle from afar but enough to see the action with his own eyes, to watch how they performed strategies, tactics and how they put their weapons to use.
Instead the marine was 'observing' fighter craft and transports coming and going out of the cruiser he was told was named, Resolute,. A part of him was grateful he was away from the battlefield and not having the high chance of being killed in a war between two disagreeing alien governments. Then there was that niggle called curiosity common in his kind, always wanting to see the end result, to witness their machines of war in action and their enemy up close.
The chatter emitting out of the speakers on the consoles beneath his trail of vision was the closest he got to knowing of the situation groundside. It was mostly from clone units directing and identifying targets and the odd whine of lasers. His mind was set on the cloned human soldiers and the Ahsoka kid engaged down there fighting against robots of all things.
It still bugged him the Republic military allowed those considering underage in the British Armed Forces and that of many on Earth to be involved in a war, as he had stated to her before it would of been seen as a war crime. Obviously they had different rules and regulations but he still didn't like it.
"Admiral, we're getting a transmission from the science lab's coordinates" A sailor called out below him in the gap of the walkway.
"Put it through"
"This is Doctor Eruiq Telar, the prototype is ready for extraction"
"Dropships are on their way Doctor, they should be with you shortly" Jake kept his eyes on the outside through the exchange, hearing the footsteps of the Admiral walk up behind.
"The battle should be over soon. With General Skywalker's troops backing General Secura's, Nubia should be back under Republic control by the end of the day"
"Are all your battles so short Admiral?"
"If only" The old man sighed before continuing "This is one of the rare occasions Skywalker's plans seems to be going off without a hitch"
"With respect sir but don't you think he's a bit young to be a General?. He doesn't look that much older than I am"
"Normally I would agree with you Corporal. However as he and Commander Tano are members of the Jedi Order, they are given high rank in the Grand Army of the Republic" His explanation made Jake frown and give a quizzical raised brow to Admiral Yularen "As much as I complain of General Skywalker's lack of procedure and reckless behaviour, he does produce results. The troops under his command would follow him through the jaws of the seven hells without hesitation"
The marine knew it to be the dream of any officer to have such soldiers under his command, to following anywhere at anytime without the need to order them to do so. Despite his hidden annoyance of the Jedi Jake could hear the hint of respect from Admiral Yularen. It still baffled him how because you're part of some religious order you were automatically given command of an army.
He remembered his discussion with Ahsoka about the role of the Jedi and what exactly they did for the galaxy as a whole. She had told him they were peacekeeping organisation dedicated to the learning and observing the Force and acted as the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. Alarm bells rang in his head at the idea of a religious order in charge of carrying out a judicial role but his fears were allayed after she had told they don't arrest or persecute people for their beliefs, unless they endangered the lives of other people.
His focus was brought back to a small convoy of consisting of one dropship carry a fairly large walking tank in its grapple clamps and two ARC-170 space fighters escorting into to the open hangar bay of the cruiser. The distance and the speedy arrival meant Jake only got a quick glimpse of the walker but enough to see it had more turrets to the AT-TE walkers currently deployed on the world below.
"Package is safely secured sir"
"Excellent, have the Doctor-"
"Admiral we got contacts coming in at Sector 6!" A clone sailor warned from his console. On cue new ships filled the void of space to the starboard side of the cruiser, counting to around eight newcomers. Jake noted the stark contrast between the Republic vessels and the new arrivals bearing down on their position. Five of the them looked the same as some of the drifting wrecked hulks outside, the front sections were semi circular and had a tall spine sticking out at the back and what he could best describe as wings poking out of the side.
The next two were longer and bulky at the front but slimmer at the back, connecting to three big cylinder shaped engines. The last one centred in the middle was a few hundred metres shorter than the cruiser he was aboard and cylindrical shaped, it front end coming out like a beak and a thin tower structure at the back.
"Friends of yours?"
"Battlestations!. Charge all batteries and bring up the forward shields. Recall squadrons from the surface, ground units will have to do without fighter support for the time being" He ordered his crew. Jake watched the sailors go to work getting the starship battle ready against the enemy fleet making a beeline for the Republic ships, going about it in a calm professional manner. For him he was going to witness first hand a type of battle only seen in films and video games many producers could only dream up in their cinematic creations.
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Hiding behind cover of a fallen wall from the repeating twin blasts of a pair droideka, Ahsoka took a peeked over her spot to the column of droids bearing down on her position. A shot clipped a piece of masonry mere inches from her face forced her back into cover, looking over at Anakin and the troopers all around keeping their heads down from the sea of red pouring down on them.
The smog that said to blanket the Nubian capital, Nubus most of the time was thankfully thin enough to see who was shooting at who but the sulphuring, polluting smell remained, clogging up her nostrils with the unpleasant odour. The two shielded rolling droids had held back their speedy advance and now rows of B1s and B2s marched toward them firing in their usual aimless fashion, managing to hit a few troopers in light cover.
"What's the plan Master?"
"I'll call in bomber support, just hang on" He replied back tapping on comm link "Admiral we need air support, I'm sending you the coordinates for a bombing run"
"Sorry General, all fighters and bombers are currently engaged against the Separatist reinforcements who have just entered the system. Once they have been dealt with, all air units will return to the ground campaign"
"Copy that Admiral, Skywalker out" He ended the transmission not looking too pleased "Looks like we're on our own for now"
"Can't we call in the gunships for help sir?" She heard Rex ask firing off his DC-17s at a group of tinnies coming too close for comfort.
"They were sent to pick up the scientists and the prototype from the lab outside the city. None of them contacted they've returned yet"
"So it's the old fashion way, hey Master?"
"Looks that way Ahsoka" He popped out of cover and deflected away a few crimson rounds of plasma back to their owners, bringing the droids down crashing to the ground.
The problem still remained about the two droidekas halting their progress. The clones continued to lay down heavy fire on the approaching droids but like in their typical brainless nature she saw them carry on walking in the open ignoring the blue blaster fire of Republic troopers striking down their mechanical brethren all around them.
With another glance at her Master Ahsoka saw the familiar thinking expression on his face momentarily then change as an idea finally came.
"Ahsoka, you take the destroyer on the left and I'll distract the one on the right. Troopers once we've got their attention you roll thermal detonators over at them. On my mark" Ahsoka waited along with the clones for Anakin's signal, gripping tightly onto her lightsabers and feeling her heart pound in her chest for the call to come.
"Now!" She jumped over the wall rubble and immediately gained the attention of the droideka Anakin tasked her to distract, bringing up her sabers in reversed style grip in time as the first rounds headed her way. Each blast was deflected away or sent back to the blue shielded droid, only for the blasts to be either absorbed or pinged away into another direction.
The troopers laid down covering fire cutting down swathes of droids whilst she heard Anakin mirroring her actions with the other droideka. Two clones moved quickly forward under friendly fire holding thermal detonators firmly in their hands doing their best to avoid getting hit by the Separatist tinnies. Both successfully rolled the grenades slow enough for them to enter through the destroyer droids shields, spinning across the floor beneath the droid until they stopped right under the droids
"Move now!" Anakin shouted to her as he ran back bating the stray shots from the soon to be doomed droid. Ahsoka summoned the force to assist back flipping behind the wrecked wall. Three seconds later the droidekas' fire ceased by the detonators reducing them to shattered pieces of scrap.
"Push forward. Go, go, go!" Rex commanded waving the troopers ahead, behind her Master who was already slicing through droids unfortunate enough to stand in his way.
Ahsoka rushed forward decapitating two B1s then kicked away another behind the headless duo, sending it colliding into the crumbled road below. With the droideka obstacle out of the way she was certain Nubia will be back in safe hands again, so long as Yularen could fend off the Seppies reinforcements.
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Unbelievable, Jake summoned what he was seeing before his eyes. The only ship to ship fighting he ever saw was in films or old war footage during history lessons in school and even then they were sea faring vessels battering each other until the other was sinking or rendered immobile. Never in a million years would he thought to in a naval battle in space.
Crimson and light blue lasers exchanged back and forth between the Republic ships and their enemy counterparts, starfighters battling it out with each other in dogfights. Admiral Yularen and his second in command, a clone officer he forgot the name of, were by a table at the back of the Bridge looking over an interactive board highlighting the dueling fleets positionings outside. The sailors once in a while called out reports of the conditionings of the cruiser's systems, the other Republic warships and the Separatists'.
The huge turrets of the star destroyer spat long streams of blue laser at two smaller enemy ships attacking one of it's sister ships on the port side. He couldn't help but notice that all enemy fire seemed to be more concentrated on the other cruisers than the one he was currently boarded on. The semi circular ships bombarded the Republic warships on both flanks while the jumbled, bulky ones target the ones closer to the Resolute, like they were trying to separate the cruiser from the others. The cylindrical beaked starship was the only ship firing on them but not as much as the Resolute was blasting at it.
Something suddenly caught his attention amongst the swarms of skirmishing fighters and laser blasts coming from the lead ship. Three pointed objects were racing right in the middle of the raging battle ignoring everything them.
"Uh, Admiral"
"Not now Corporal" He yelled back returning to the board.
They drew closer and closer at high speed, giving Jake a better view on the mysterious three objects heading toward the star destroyer. They were all a mix of brown and silver and shaped like giant thumbtacks with very pointed ends like pin. Not once did they shift trajectory or dodge any fire being exchanged around them and still carried on coursing their way over to the ship.
"Admiral!" He spun from the window and pointed out to the scene behind "What the hell are these things?". Without another word Yularen walked over to him looking peeved considering he had a battle to command. Once he glanced outside to where Jake was pointed out at his eyes widened in shock at the new threat.
"Boarding craft" He saw Yularen hurriedly turn to the sailors below giving them new orders "Target batteries 1, 4 and 7 to intercept those breach pods"
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The inside of the rear Droch class boarding ship was silent apart from one occupant who had happened to be the sole organic being of the raiding party. Behind the clamped up rows of B2 battle droids stood a darkly hooded figure talking with two lightsabers attached to her belt, talking to a mini hologram of a white bearded man.
"The Republic have something aboard that they have yet to disclose to the public. Your mission is to extract this 'package' for our use. It could open a great deal of possibilities in our fight against the Jedi"
"It will be done, my Master" She bowed to the old man, keeping her hood from falling over her face.
"This is a chance to prove your worth Laika, do not disappoint me" The cold voice and steely eyes of the man warned her, sending a slight chill down her spine.
"I shall not Master Dooku" His hologram projection gone, Laika awaited for the pod to reach it's target. The Dathomiri witch thought on this mission as a chance to show Count Dooku she was a capable apprentice, unlike her fellow Dathomiri Ventress who failed incessantly on her task to destroy the Jedi. She had no memory of her former Clan which Dooku had told her was wiped out by the Jedi filth she longed to eradicate from the universe.
Laika hoped there was a chance of a Jedi aboard though that was unlikely with the battle on Nubia. However, collecting this package would definitely bring the prospect of ending the Jedi Order for good, enough for to risk everything to make it happen.
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He kept his eyes on the lasers attempt to bring down these breach pods things, to not a great deal of success as most of the blue energy blasts missed because they moved faster than the guns could track them. One glancing blow hit the front pod knocking it off it's path and into a couple more laser rounds, turning it into space dust but it still left two more.
"Where is the force forsaken fighter support?" Yularen demanded next to him.
"On the way sir, droid fighters are hampering their efforts" A volley of red laser from the flanking cruisers of the Separatists crashed into the now closed hangar bay, right before the breach pods slammed straight into the same spot of the ships had just targeted. The thumbtack shaped boarding craft smashed right into the hull piercing into the red line of the hanger bay doors.
"Blast!" Yularen cursed beside him "Send our remaining troops down to repel the boarders"
From Jake's understanding there wasn't many clone soldiers left since majority of the Legion was down fighting in the ground campaign. Without so much as a second thought he ran down to the lift dodging past a clone sailor on his way down.
"Corporal Matthews where are you going?!"
"To give your lads a hand Admiral, they need every able body to get rid of these robotic pests" He called back pressing on the lift button, waiting on a few seconds for it to arrive "Hey which one is it to the armoury?" He asked a passing clone for the direction.
The clone looked back at the Admiral unsure whether or not to allow him to go. For what must of been the longest 10 seconds of his life waiting for Yularen's confirmation the Admiral finally nodded to the clone to let him proceed.
"The last button at the bottom"
"Thanks" He backed into the lift, pressing on the last square shaped button closing the door and dropping down fast to his destination "So much for non combatant observation" He said aloud to himself.
The trip down to the armoury was to his satisfaction short, the curved door opening up to a squad of clone soldiers grabbing weapons off the wall surprised by his appearance.
"What are you doing down here?" One of them asked loading a clip into the gun which he remembered correctly from Hardcase's tutorial as a DC-15.
"I've come to help you guys out. Don't worry the Admiral has given me permission" The marine was sure they all had a look of uncertainty behind their hidden faces as they exchanged glances with each other. Moving past them he picked up his SA80 still laying on the table in the middle of the armoury where he last left it, gladly still intact. Placing all the full 5.56mm bullet magazine in the webbing pockets he next put the four 40mm grenades into the pockets, loading one of them into the AG36 launcher.
"Are you sure that'll be of any use?" Another one of the clones quizzed sceptically at his assault rifle.
"We'll find out won't we" He said cocking the rifle ready waiting for anymore needless questions from the gathered squad.
"Let's get going then" The first clone who question his presence said indicating to the lift. The marine followed the blue and white armoured clones back into the lift, the space now a lot more cramped with a bunch of armed troops clogging it up. No words were said on the journey there until they all rushed out to the wide open space of the hangar bay.
"Spread out, surround the pods" A clone soldier ordered from another part of the bay. Jake couldn't help but wince at the lack of numbers tasked with repelling the untold numbers of invaders from before the counter invasion the clone force numbered over 200 plus to only now less than 40, himself included.
All around the hangar he saw the small clone unit take cover behind various places behind crates, spacecraft or the very few remaining tanks, including that of the prototype walker standing metres from the pincers of the breach pods. So far nothing had come out as he kneeled behind a metal crate alongside a pit crewman armed with a laser rifle. Everything was quiet for another minute waiting for the unwelcome guests to make an appearance until the screeching of a metal door came from the pods.
Jake eyed down his ELCAN scope with one hand resting on the grip at the front his SA80 with the other curled around the handle, his right index finger pressing on the trigger. Something fell out of the left pod on it's feet with an echoing bang then another and another until dozens of robots dropped out of the breaching craft, stomping over his way and the clones.
Two types of robots started firing at them, one was a tall, silverish/blue headless machine with a thick torso and a face in it's chest blasting out red lasers from their wrists. The other was smaller and skeletal in design with a head that Jake thought resembled a clanger from the old kids tv programme when he was little. Both moved slowly blasting at will at him and the clones, in turn they all returned fire taking down a couple of the stick thin ones and causing one the big robots to stumble back.
One of the boney machines crossed into his scope firing off it's short length gun in his direction, it's lasers going over his head or well wide of the mark. Switching the SA80's settings to semi-automatic mode he tightened the hold on the trigger and pulled, sending a three round burst into the offending robot. Half expecting the clones sneering at his kinetic weapon to be correct and just harmlessly bounce off the machine he was pleasantly surprised and relieved when the robot fell dead to floor, it's chest riddled with bullet holes.
The marine smiled now he had demonstrated his weapon's' effectiveness against these droids and went onto his next target which was another boney bot.
"Pretty strong for a slugthrower" The crewman comment next to him firing his laser gun at the approaching invaders. A sudden cry of somebody getting hit brought his attention to a clone further down from his position being struck by two laser bolts in his stomach and chest, his body no longer moving. He saw more of the skinnies were being taken down than the bulky ones, despite combined fire from several clones rendering a few inert from action.
As he brought down a trios worth of robots in quick succession a blast of red zoomed past him and hit the crewman next to him without so much as a yelp. Looking down Jake could see why, his face was nothing more than scorched hole.
"You brainless pieces of shit!" He shouted at the machines, turning the switch to full automatic. One robot had a 5.56mm round straight into it's head and dropped like a rock to the steely floor of the hangar bay and another had it's limbs blow off then finally fell down dead with a couple more rounds in it's torso. Replacing the empty mag with a fresh clip Jake slapped the new mag in the feed then saw the thicker armoured droids making headway to a group of clones taking cover behind a dropship, their wrist mounted cannons blasting at them without so much as a pause.
Switching his index finger to the smaller trigger of the attached grenade launcher he pointed it at the right range before giving a quick warning to his new comrades.
"Grenade!" The familiar dull thunk of it leaving the barrel sounded in his ears then was met by the explosion of it hitting the middle of a group of taller ones. The resulting explosion sent two of them flying and the rest had chunks missing off their now destroyed bodies.
"Good shooting Corporal!"
"Keep firing, we've almost got the blighters" The marine counted all but four of the skinnies machines remained but a lot more of the large ones were still mobile and unleashing a great rate of fire on them. The room suddenly felt cold as a new presence enter the battle. Jake looked down his scope and saw somebody jump out from the left pod dressed in a jet black robe and hood staring at him and the clones for a second.
They then threw off the robe and revealed a bald woman with pale white skin, wearing a black and red bodysuit holding a silver object in each hand that looked remarkably like lightsabers the Jedi carried. His assumption was correct when a buzzing hiss from the metallic tubes unsheathed two red plasma blades from the hilts, the woman changing her stance into a fighting one as she deflected away a blue laser bolt.
"Kriff,it's one of Dooku's assassins!" A clone nearby called out in worry. The woman shrieked out a cry that didn't at all sound human as she ran at an unbelievable speed before jumping incredible high over the robots, pointing her blood red plasma swords downward and straight through an unlucky clone soldier's sternum.
All the clones fire was suddenly and swiftly directed at the woman, his included. She danced around the mix of laser and bullets bearing down on her then slashed her energy blade on another clone and pushed another into a support beam using the same power the Jedi used. Jake could see none of them had a chance attacking her in the open with machine support so he called out an order he never liked hearing.
"Fall back, fall back to elevator, go!" He moved backwards from his cover still letting off concentrated fire at the remaining droids, unloading an entire clip into a headless one who eventually went down after the last bullet left the barrel. Beside him the clone troops fell back with him, their number reduced to only a mere handful thanks to the pale skin assassin slicing through as many as she can.
He was the first to reach the lift but he waited for the surviving clones to get in first, covering them as they legged it inside the only way out of the hangar bay. The last clone running over was shot in the leg and fell down crying in pain causing the marine to curse under his breath, before turning to the clones standing by in the lift
"Cover me" Jake commanded jogging over to injured soldier, picking him off the floor and dragged him towards the lift. Once he placed the last of the defending soldier into the over cramped elevator he punched a button at random, catching a breather now they were safe for the moment.
"Who in God's name was that?" He asked leaning against the lift wall, checking the number of troops residing in the fast moving elevator with him. From a force of 40 and counting himself they were down to eight with one down injured.
"I don't know, but it's another one of Count Dooku's assassins that's for sure" A clone opposite him said with a heavy sigh.
"It looked like Ventress, maybe it was her"
"No, Captain Rex said Generals Skywalker and Kenobi told him she's no longer a part of the Separatists. Its just another Dathomiri witch" The others began arguing over the identity of the assailant until the one sitting awkwardly on the floor with the bad leg wrist device started beeping.
"Trooper what's the situation down there?"
"We're down to squad strength sir and currently coming up in a turbolift. I can confirm a Sith presence on the ship" The clone reported, his voice sounding strained from the pain of his injury.
"Sith?!. Is Corporal Matthews with you?"
"Yes Admiral, he's with us now" The lift stopped and opened up to a level of an empty corridor. Jake helped the wounded soldier up supporting him out along with the rest of the outgoing troops.
"I'll contact the Generals for assistance, hold tight until help arrives"
"Copy that Admiral" The green light on his device flickered off and left him with the nervous troops.
"What floor are we on?"
"Crew cabins. Alright men, set up defensive positions and see about holding off these clankers 'till help arrives"
"We need General Skywalker, there's no way we can fight that assassin without Jedi assistance" Whilst he let the clones squabble amongst themselves the marine scanned the surrounding area. The whole corridor was cut like a T junction, the whole floor with cabins similar to that of naval and cruise ships stretching down to other parts of the cruiser. Trudging along holding up the leader of the clone squad a plan started to form in his head of a possible way to catch this assassin or Sith, whatever they kept calling the screaming banshee down below off guard.
"Hang about" He stopped halting the others who all turned around to see what was up.
"What's wrong?" One of the clones asked.
"Nothing. I think I've got an idea"
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A crab droid came running in her direction knocking over a couple of clones in the way, making Ahsoka shift her focus on the rampaging six legged machines. Jumping in time avoiding it's twin blaster cannons she landed on it's back the Padawan sliced the tops of it's legs then drove both sabers into it's eyes, permanently disabling it.
All across the ruined street leading to the centre of Nubus city troopers of the 501st and the amber striped 327th were taking out the last remnants of the droid army, her Master and Aayla Secura cutting down all droids in their paths. An AT-TE to her right crushed a B1 battle droid by dropping one of it's rounded durasteel feet down on the tinny, shooting at the last stronghold the Separatists have on Nubia. She sensed victory was soon at hand when in the corner of her eye she saw Anakin kneel behind a wrecked AAT, pulling out his holopad projecting an image of Yularen.
"Admiral Nubia has nearly fallen, we have no need for air support"
"General we have been boarded-"
"I'm sure you can fight off a few droids Admiral"
"No General Skywalker, our units have reported a Sith has joined the boarding party" Swatting away blaster bolts heading her way Ahsoka joined him behind the disabled tank.
"Where's Corporal Matthews?" She asked before her Master could get another word in.
"He joined the troopers in repelling the Separatist raiders"
"What!" Anakin exclaimed in shock, her own eyes widened at the Admiral's words.
"He volunteered, I was not going to stop him when we have an understrength garrison aboard. He's currently with the remainder of the troops who survived the encounter with this Sith assassin" Yularen defended his decision without regret. Pinching his nose in displeasure Ahsoka waited for her Master's response.
"Get a dropship down to our location, I'll deal with it" Cutting the link he turned to her "Snips I'm giving you temporary command of Torrent Company until I get back"
"Wait Master, let me come with you"
"No Ahsoka you stay here and lead the troopers with Aayla" Behind them an LAAT gunship hovered over them, it's ball turrets unleashing green beams of energy at the droids. He ran to the open crew compartment and jumped aboard, leaving her to mop up the rest of the clankers.
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After ordering what was left of the boarding party to secure the prototype walker for pick up Laika entered into the turbolift, punching the button that lead up to the ship's Bridge. Seeing off the pitiful attempt by the clone troops she was confident of completing her mission without any real trouble. What puzzled her was the ballistic projectiles being fired at her during the brief skirmish.
Amongst the white and blue soldiers of the Republic was a human dressed in some strange pale green and brown clothing with light armour. His weapon was not that of Republic design, it was the one shooting primitive slugs that still took out much of the droid force accompanying her.
The lift took a sudden stop, jolting her slightly but it was of no matter she was not going to let this pathetic attempt to stop her change their doomed fate. Turning on her lightsabers she drove them into the turbolift door and cut through, forming an almost perfect circle then kicked the loose patch out. Diving through the gap she quickly stood up and set herself into a fighting stance, only to find nobody was there.
She sensed the presence of beings on this level so proceeded to hunt them down for daring to stand against her when somebody appeared at the end of the split junction. A bark rang out rather than the whine of a blaster as a solid, fast moving projectile raced toward her, side stepping in the closest of seconds before it could embed itself into her.
"Oi you bald headed bitch, over here!" It was the unknown human soldier, taunting her at the other end holding his primitive slugthrower. With a wail of a war cry Laika gathered the strength of the dark side of the Force to enhance her speed as she gave chase to the foolish human. He ran left checking over his shoulder with a look of shock as she moved like lightening, closing the distance with her blades pointed behind.
"Now!" He shouted just as she heard the sound of opening doors and several figures in white and blue plastoid armour popped out of the walls and starting firing at her. Caught off guard the assassin tried regaining her balance and brought her lightsabers up to deflect the oncoming storm of blue being shot at her when a burning, painful sensation coursed through her right shoulder, causing her to drop one saber.
Another equal inflaming sensation ran through her left hand making her drop the other and screamed out a painful yelp.
"Pick 'em up, quick!" The stomping of armoured boots filled her ears as she clenched her eyes shut, staring down at the floor with shut eyes. Laika could almost physically feel the blasters pointing down at her, the sense of hatred emitting from the clones.
"Now" The voice of the mysterious human soldier spoke down to her. She peered up with her eyes full of rage, trying to not to show fear and pain despite the shearing burns into her limbs making it difficult to do so "Unless you wish for an early appointment with Satan himself, I suggest you come quietly with us down to the brig"
She snarled at him, infuriated by his cockiness and overconfidence. What troubled her was when she tried sensing him through the force she felt nothing, a cold and dark patch that felt completely devoid of life. Seeing they were all surrounding her she saw an opportunity to break free. Clenching her uninjured hand she went to send all of them flying into the wall when a brief tingling shot through her body, followed by darkness blackening her vision and her consciousness fading away.
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Jake saw the stun ring hit the woman as she tried getting up, rendering no longer a threat to him, the clone and the rest of the ship.
"Good job lads" He congratulated the troops, patting the back of the soldier next to him.
"I can't believed that actually worked" One of them commented in astonishment.
"Come on, let's get some restraints on this crazy bitch before wakes up and see about taking care of the unwelcome buggers below" He indicated to the still form of the assassin, receiving a round of cheers from the morale boosted soldiers.