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Bastila stood on board the bridge of the Republic Hammerhead-class warship named Daragon, surrounded by Republic soldiers manned at their respective stations. The commander of the warship-a green-skinned Twi'lek-was standing near one of the bridge's personnel, looking over the status of the ship. As for Bastila herself, her eyes carefully watched the number of Republic shuttles decrease as they entered hyperspace.
Ever since the transmission from Kashykk, the Jedi Grandmaster ordered the Republic officials and troopers to evacuate the premise of the space station. Everyone complied with the order, and soon, soldiers began escorting any technicians and other workers to the shuttles that would take them away from Korriban. The five Hammerhead-class warships nearby was guarding the safe passage of the shuttles, and Bastila personally boarded one of them to make sure everything went smoothly.
She was not sure how long it was since she gave the order, but her main concern was focusing on the safety of everyone on board. More than seventy-five percent of the total crew already left system, but it was a slow process as the Republic soldiers tried to bring weapons and technology onto the shuttles. Bastila could only wonder how long it will take before this new threat would arrive at the Sith home world.
The Jedi Master's eyes remained on another group of shuttles leaving the Korriban system via hyperspace, until she heard one of Republic troopers at the computer terminals announced, "Master Jedi, ships are dropping out of hyperspace and entering the system!"
Looking at the said Republic trooper, Bastila questioned, "Are they ours?"
"Negative, their design isn't like anything I've seen," he replied.
Wondering about what the soldier meant, Bastila looked back towards the void of space to see the hyperspace tunnels with a strange ship emerging. It had a wedge shape, a shape seen in some of the other Republic warships, but Bastila noticed its design differed from any Republic ships. Before she had the time to contemplate about the design, more ships of the same design exited hyperspace, joining the lone ship and forming into a large fleet.
Her mind immediately went back to the telepathic message Revan sent her, and the Jedi Grandmaster gave out the orders. "Raise shields!"
The Jedi Master's words rang out across the bridge of the Daragon as every Republic soldier manned their respective stations. While the personnel attended to the ship, the Daragon's Twi'lek commanding officer approached Bastila with a quizzical look on his face. "Are these ships a threat, Master Jedi?" the Twi'lek asked in Basic as he was taught in the military.
Bastila opened her mouth to respond, but before she could, one of the Republic troopers on board the bridge called out to the Twi'lek commander, "Sir, the mysterious ships are deploying starfighters!"
Both Jedi Master and Republic commander looked at each other before looking back at the mysterious ships. Much like everyone on the bridge, their eyes widen upon seeing something else emerging from the wedge-shaped ships. What she saw was a swarm of starfighters, each one with two flat wings on each side of its spherical cockpit.
A small section of the starfighters broke off from the swarm that approached the station, and they instead turned their attention towards the Republic ships. The starfighters were closing in fast, and everyone knew what was going to happen. The Twi'lek commander whipped his head towards everyone else on the bridge, his head tails sliding off his shoulders and dangling. "All troops to their stations! Prepare for battle!" he shouted.
As soon as the commander's voice reached the other personnel, lasers emerged from the starfighters' turrets and struck the hull of the Daragon. The bridge shook violently, and the infrared lights of the red alert sirens covered the entire bridge. Those that were already sitting held onto the controls tightly, while everyone staggered and stumbled, trying their best to keep their footing. This included Bastila as she and the Republic commander ended up falling on their stomachs.
Raising themselves from the cold floor, the two saw the wave of starfighters returning to the main swarm that was assaulting the station. The mysterious ships joined in as they fired their turrets on the station, blowing off chunks of platting off of the station's outer hull.
The Twi'lek commander's attention was brought towards another Republic soldier sitting near one of the computer terminals. "Sir, the attackers are focusing their attention towards the station!" the soldier announced.
"I can see that, soldier!" the Twi'lek commander growled before looking at everyone else on the bridge. "Order all ships to defend the station!"
As for Bastila, the Jedi Grandmaster could see the other Republic warships, including the Daragon, approaching the station to defend it. As for the attacking starfighters, the Republic warships launched their own starfighters to engage the enemy. It did not take long for colorful lasers cover the blackness of space above Korriban's atmosphere.
Bastila prepared herself to use her Battle Meditation, but was stopped when the Twi'lek commander approached her. "Master Jedi, we're receiving a transmission from the station," the Republic commander announced.
Immediately, Bastila ordered, "Patch it through!" as she turned towards the communication console placed on one of the computer terminals.
The screen was first filled with static before the face of the Nautolan Jedi Knight appeared before Bastila. In the background, Bastila noticed pieces of wire and destroying all over the console room, but she tried to pay no attention towards that, focusing on the person in front of her.
The Jedi Master could see urgency in her large amphibious eyes when she shouted "Master Shan!"
Through the Force, Bastila could sense there was more to what was going on than she thought. "Leeha, what's the situation?" Bastila asked, raising her voice over the sound of battle.
"Not good," was Leeha's answer. "Half of the station is being overrun. Jomar and I were lucky enough to find refuge in here."
The bridge of the Daragon rocked again, and the Jedi Master's legs did move a little, but she was able to keep her balance as she held on tightly to the console. When the bridge stopped shaking, Bastila could see the Twi'lek commander approaching her, his face remained stern as ever throughout the entire battle.
"Master Jedi, our sensors indicate the attackers are launching shuttles," he quickly explained. "They're planning to board the station."
A wave of fear and concern momentarily overcame Bastila, but she kept it contained when looking back at the screen with Leeha's face on it. "Listen, you'll be boarded soon," Bastila summed the commander's words. "Can you get to the docking bays?"
"No, all the ways to docking bays have been blocked!" Leeha explained, her own voice raised over the sound of explosions and lasers. "I'm not sure we can hold out much longer! We've..." The Nautolan's sentence was cut off by the sound of lasers striking the station before the screen replaced Leeha's face with static.
Bastila's calm mask was removed as her found herself shouting into the screen. "Leeha! Leeha!" she shouted only to be met with silence.
Since she received no response, Bastila slowly backed away from the screen. Leeha and Jomar were alone now and they had no help. Bastila could only hope they were alright.
AN: That's all I have for now. Please leave your thoughts in the reviews and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive. Also, this is NOT up for adoption. Thank you.
Raika out!