Chapter 1: Meeting on Christophsis
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A Nu-Class Attack Transport Shuttle flew overhead on the planet of Christophsis. Moments prior to it's arrival, one of many brutal battles had taken place between the clone troopers that were bred to fight for Grand Army of the Republic, and the droid armies that were manufactured by the Separatist Alliance. This particular skirmish had ended with a Republic victory, as the Droid army had retreated from the battle, due to the might of the heavy cannons that the clones had as artillery against their tanks and grouped up droids.
The Jedi generals who not only were commanding the Republic side of the battle, but who had also taken part in it, were Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Knight who was prophesied to be The Chosen One, destined to destroy the dark side wielding Sith Lords and bring balance to the force. And Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master and the one who had trained Skywalker as his Padawan, until the latter's promotion to Knight. Both of these men were very skilled warriors on their own, but together, they are considered to be nearly unstoppable...when they think on the same page that is.
The pair of Jedi generals, as well as some clone troopers walked over to the shuttle as it was making it's landing and Obi-Wan spoke up. "Our cruiser must be back."
"Which means we'll be able to get our reinforcements." Anakin said.
"Then it looks like our problems are solved. Fresh troops, new supplies, and perhaps they've brought my new Padawan with them." Kenobi listed off what they should be receiving.
"You really think it's a good idea to bring a Padawan learner into all of this?" Skywalker questioned his former master.
"I spoke to Master Yoda about it." Obi-Wan replied. "You should put in a request for one. You'd make a good teacher."
Anakin chuckled at that before saying "No thanks."
Inside the shuttle, one person was getting ready to exit the shuttle while another was near the back section of it. Both of these people were sent here for a reason, and it involved the two Jedi that were on this planet.
The first person was a young female Torgruta with orange skin that had white markings on her head and blue eyes. Her lekku, also known as head tails, were white in color, with blue stripes. She wore a dark red bandeau top and skirt with a purple sash in the front part of it. She also wore white tights, along with dark red boots, and fingerless gloves with lightweight armor on her forearms. She had a beaded headdress on her lekku with a braid made of silka beads behind her right front lekku.
The second person was a male human that was at least a year or two older, with dirty blonde hair that was medium in length, but didn't grow past his ears, except for one small part that was done in a thin braid on his right side. He also had blue eyes and light colored skin. He wore a brown sleeveless robe over a grey sleeved top that stopped just past his elbows and had grey pants that went down to his brown boots, as well as brown arm wrappings that covered his forearms, and a grey wrapping around his waist and grey gloves on his hands. His right sleeve was pulled up while the brown wrapping on his right arm was undone and the glove was taken off too. This revealed a prosthetic arm that was connected to the base of his shoulder that he was still getting used to, as he recently acquired it.
While the Torgruta was waiting for the hatch to open, the human was sitting in the back, checking on his prosthetic appendage. This was his dominant arm. The one he favored using. If it was slow on its response, then he needed to know. Thankfully it wasn't. The two could feel the shuttle make contact with the ground, and the human pulled his sleeve back down, put the glove back on. and began to rewrap his right forearm in the brown wrapping.
Outside of the shuttle, the two Jedi generals reached the front of it as it touched the ground. "Anakin. Teaching is a privilege." Kenobi explained to his former apprentice. "And it's part of a Jedi's responsibility to help train the next generation."
"A Padawan would just slow me down." Skywalker told him.
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The shuttle hatch opened and out came the Togruta, while the human stayed inside, still wrapping up his forearm. The two Jedi noticed the female first and Obi-Wan spoke up first. "A youngling?"
"And, who are you supposed to be?" Anakin asked her, while an astromech droid by the designation of R2-D2 had beeped a few times next to him.
"I'm Ahsoka." She answered. "Master Yoda sent me. I was told to tell both of you that you must get back to the Jedi Temple immediately. There's an emergency."
"Well, I don't know if you've noticed, but we're in a bit of an emergency right here." Skywalker told her.
"Yes. Our communications have been a bit unreliable, but we've been calling for help." Kenobi informed her.
"Master Yoda hadn't heard from you, so he sent us to deliver the message." Ahsoka said to them.
Anakin sighed then said "Oh great. They don't even know we're in trouble."
"Maybe you can relay a signal through the cruizer that just dropped us off." Ahsoka suggested, which wasn't a bad idea. However, one word there needed to be questioned.
"Us?" Obi-Wan repeated.
"Yes. Someone else was on board the shuttle with me." Ahsoka told the pair. "He's checking his equipment, but should be out shortly."
"Let's save the meet and greet for after we make contact with the cruizer." Skywalker pointed out.
"Hmm. Agreed. Let's get to that first." Kenobi said.
Far above the planet's atmosphere, there were multiple Separatist Cruisers in a skirmish with a Venator class Republic Cruiser. On the bridge of the Venator stood Admiral Wullf Yularen, who was assessing the situation. "We need to go back and pick up our reinforcements. We've got to get out of here."
In an adjacent room on a holotable, one of the clone navy troopers had received a transmission from the surface of the planet and patched it through. "We're under attack by Separatist warships, but I'll try to make contact with the Jedi Temple for you. Stand by."
On the surface of the planet, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka waited for the trooper to make contact. After a few seconds, Master Yoda appeared on the holotable and said "Master Kenobi. Glad the padawans found you, I am."
"Master Yoda, we are trapped here and vastly outnumbered. We are in no position to go anywhere or do anything. Our support ships have all been destroyed." Obi-Wan relayed their situation to him.
"Send reinforcement to you, we will." Yoda told them, but as he was saying something else, the holotransmittion was losing its connection and soon enough the transmission cut out before Yoda could finish what he needed to relay to the Jedi Generals.
"Master Yoda? Master Yoda?" Kenobi repeated.
The navy clone from before came onto the holotransmittion. "We've lost the transmission sir."
Another navy clone entered the room and said "We have to leave orbit immediately. More enemy ships have just arrived."
"We'll get back to you as soon as we can." The first navy clone said before the transmission ended.
"Well, I guess we'll have to hold out a little longer." Skywalker commented.
At this point, Ahsoka was starting to feel like she wasn't supposed to be here, thankfully though, Obi-Wan noticed this. "My apologies, young one. It's time for a proper introduction."
"I'm a new Padawan learner. I'm Ahsoka Tano." She said her full name.
"I am Obi-Wan Kenobi, your new master." He said to her.
"I'm at your service Master Kenobi, but I'm afraid I've actually been assigned to Master Skywalker." Ashoka pointed to the Jedi she was assigned to.
"What?" Anakin replied. "No. N No no no no. There must be some mistake. He's the one who wanted the Padawan." He pointed to Obi-Wan.
"He does have one. He's the other person on the shuttle." She pointed towards the shuttle's hatch door and the pair saw what was apparently Kenobi's new Padawan finally step out of it and notice them. "Master Yoda was very specific. He's been assigned to Obi-Wan Kenobi. I'm assigned to Anakin Skywalker. And they are to supervise our Jedi training."
The Jedi Master of this group looked fine with this, while Skywalker was confused. "But that doesn't make any sense."
"We'll have to sort this out later. It won't be long before those droids figure out a way around our cannons." Kenobi pointed out.
"I'll check on Rex at the lookout post." Anakin said.
"You'd better take her with you." Obi-Wan suggested.
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Skywalker motioned for Ahsoka to follow him, which she did. And as the two left for the lookout post, the other Padawan had reached Kenobi. "Master Kenobi?" He asked.
"That is me." He answered.
"I'm sorry that I took so long." The Padawan apologized.
"Don't be." Obi-Wan told his new Padawan. "It actually made the reveal quite surprising."
"Um...reveal?" The Padawan was a bit confused.
"That Anakin would receive a Padawan as well." Kenobi said.
"Oh. Well...isn't that what Master Skywalker wanted?" The Padawan questioned. "You need to put in a request in order to get one."
"That is true." Obi-Wan stated. "However, sometimes the person who wishes to have a Padawan can't personally request one, because they're too busy dealing with their Jedi duties. That is when someone, like say...the former master of said Jedi, could request one for them."
The Padawan was able to put two and two together. "Wait...did you...?"
Kenobi had a slightly smug look on his face as he didn't deny it. "I think that's enough about Anakin and Ahsoka." He said. "I have yet to know of your name, my new Padawan."
"Oh. Right. I have yet to introduce myself." The Padawan realized before he bowed. "My name is Orion Dusk. It is an honor for me to be chosen as your Padawan."
Obi-Wan noticed his formality and it reminded him of how he was when he was under the tutelage of Master Qui-Gon. He motioned for Orion to rise, and the Padawan did so. "Well then, Orion. It is a pleasure to meet you, though I do apologize that it wasn't under more civilized circumstances."
"It's understandable." Dusk replied to his new master. "As we are currently living in a time or war, calm and civil moments will be scarce."
"Indeed." Kenobi agreed with that. He then noticed Clone Commander Cody nearby and motioned for him to come to his location. "Speaking of which, while we still have the time to, I believe you should make yourself acquainted with our men."
"You mean the clone troopers?" Orion realized. "I suppose that would be wise, seeing as I'll be working with them. Ok. Where should I start?"
"What is it, General?" Cody reached the pair.
"Let's start with him." Obi-Wan gestured to the Commander. "This is Clone Commander Cody. He leads the 212th Attack Battalion, the clone battalion that I am a part of." He then pointed to the Padawan. "Cody, this is Orion Dusk. He's my new Padawan learner. He just arrived today."
"I remember you mentioning something about that." Cody replied before he took off his helmet and offered to shake hands with Orion. "Glad to have you with us, Commander."
Dusk then took Cody's hand and they shook them. "Glad to be serving." He replied. "Although being called Commander is going to be a bit weird, seeing as this is my first time being part of a military operation."
"General Kenobi had the same reaction to his rank as well." Cody mentioned. "It'll grow on you."
"Well, until it does, I think I'll leave the commanding to the more experienced Commander." Orion said.
Cody then turned his attention back to Obi-Wan. "Is that all, sir?"
"Actually, if you don't mind. I'd like for you to have Commander Dusk accompany you for a while." Kenobi requested. "He'll need to get acquainted with how we operate, now that he's part of our battalion."
"Understood, sir." Cody replied. "Follow me, Commander."
"Um...understood, Commander." Orion replied before he began to follow Cody around the current territory that the Republic had on Christophsis. He had some knowledge of the clone troopers and how they operated before he had arrived, but it was still a good idea to see these things in person, rather than just believing in reports.
During his tour of the place, he noticed the occasional clone trooper stop what they were doing, because they would notice him. They wouldn't stray from their task for too long however, nor would any outright leave their task. It showed that these troopers had discipline. Either that or they weren't very social. Both of those honestly made sense, since they were bred only to fight this war for the Republic.
The pair of commanders walked down the main road and Cody explained how the 212th operated. As an attack battalion, they were usually tasked to partake in large scale battles, be they on the ground or in space. They're the best when it comes to fortifying locations and mounting defenses against multiple droid waves and counterattacks. Whenever they go on the offensive, General Kenobi would often have a plan that would deceive the enemy into thinking that he is doing one thing, when he is actually doing something else.
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Meanwhile, Ahsoka Tano was accompanying Captain Rex, of the 501st Attack Battalion. After she and Anakin had reached the lookout post, Skywalker had Tano accompany Rex as he gave her the basics on how their battalion worked. Unlike most attack battalions, the 501st specialized in adaptability and thinking outside the box. Most of their plans involved tactics that would border between reckless and downright suicidal. However, since General Skywalker would lead his men up in the front, he would often increase his clones' survivability rate, in spite of the unorthodox plans he comes up with.
The two of them were walking through the section where the heavy cannons were positioned and Ahsoka suggested something. "Have you thought about moving that line back, Captain? They'd better cover that way."
"Thanks for the suggestion, but General Skywalker thinks they're fine where they are." Rex informed her.
Young Tano then realized something. "So, if you're a captain, and I'm a Jedi, then technically I outrank you, right?"
"In my book, experience outranks everything." The clone captain told her.
"Well, if experience outranks everything, I guess I better start getting some." She then heard the sound of something in the distance and noticed a red dome of some kind. "What's that?"
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Rex looked to where she was looking and knew what she was looking at. "Not good. They've got an energy shield. That's gonna make things damn near impossible. If you wanted experience, little one, it looks like you're about to get plenty."
Inside the red energy shield, a battalion of droids marched forward, while Armored Assault Tanks, also known as AATs, Armored Tank Droids, also known as ATDs, and Tripod Walkers accompanied the B1s, super battle droids, and spider droids on the ground.
Out from one of the AATs came Whorm Loathsom, the Separatist General in charge of this army. He was a blue skinned, male Kerkoidan who wore typical Separatist attire for the wealthy. As he watched his army advance, an LEP servant droid came over to him and beeped a few times. "What is it?" The General questioned.
The servant droid then held up a halo device and it showed a B1 commander on the hologram. "The clones are pulling back, and the lead tanks are now approaching the city cencer."
"Get to those heavy cannons as quickly as you can." Loathsom relayed his orders to the droid commander.
Back on the Republic's territory, the Jedi Generals, their Padawans and the clones they were accompanying were standing around a holotable that gave them an overview of the city, as well as the shield dome. "The shield Generator is somewhere in this area." Obi-Wan pointed near the center spot of the dome. "They're slowly increasing the diameter and keeping it just ahead of their troops."
"Heavy cannons are gonna be useless against that." Rex stated.
"As they get closer, I suppose we could try to draw them into the buildings." Kenobi suggested. "That might level the playing field a bit."
"If that shield's gonna be such a problem, why don't we just take it out?" Ahsoka asked.
"Easier said than done." Rex replied.
"Well I, for one, agree with her." Anakin said. "Someone has to get to that shield generator and destroy it. That's the key."
"Right then. Maybe you two can tiptoe through the enemy lines and solve this particular problem together." Obi-Wan gave the position of saboteur to those two, since it was their idea.
"Can do, Master Kenobi." Tano accepted the task.
"I'll decide what we do." Skywalker told her.
"If Rex, Orion and I can engage them here," He pointed towards one section of buildings that has yet to be encompassed by the shield. "You two might have a chance to get through their lines undetected, here." He pointed to a road that had yet to be encompassed by the shield.
"They won't have much time. The droids far outnumber us, so our ability to street fight is limited without the use of heavy cannons." Captain Rex pointed out. "They will march forward under the protection of their shield until they are right on top of our cannons, then they'll blow them away."
"Given the shield's current expansion rate, I'd say that Master Skywalker and Padawan Tano will have about an hour before the shield reaches the cannons." Dusk noted. "They have until then to disable it."
"We'll figure out a way." Ahsoka assured her fellow Padawan. "Come on, Master, let's go."
As she and Anakin left, he said "If we survive this, Snips, you and I are gonna have a talk."
"They make...quite a pair, don't they sir?" Rex commented. "You think they have a chance?"
"They better." Obi-Wan replied. "If they can't turn off that shield generator before it reaches the heavy cannons, there'll be no escape for any of us."
"I have faith." Orion said. "So, should we get into position, Master?"
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"I suppose we should." Kenobi then turned to Cody. "Before we do though, let's just check to see if the shield really can hold up. Set the heavy cannons to full power and have them fire a volley at the shield. If it doesn't work, then we'll go with plan A."
"Yes, General." Cody responded before he, Rex, and the two Jedi made their way back to the heavy cannons.
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Anakin and Ahsoka made their way to the top of a building, with backpacks full of charges, and the Jedi Knight was looking through a pair of macrobinoculars to see that the section of the shield that they were going to infiltrate had a small platoon of droids and a few tanks behind it.
"So, what's the plan?" Tano asked.
Skywalked scoffed. "I thought you were the one with the plan."
"No, I'm the one with enthusiasm. You're the one with the experience, which I'm looking forward to learning from." Ahsoka told him.
"Well first, we need to get behind that shield, then get past their tank lines." Anakin explained.
"Why don't we just go around? Outflank them?" Tano suggested.
"That'd take too long." Skywalker told her.
"Sneak through the middle then?" The Padawan made another suggestion.
"Impossible." The Jedi Knight replied, before he began to think. "...unless you can turn yourself into a droid."
"All right. You win." Ahsoka was out of ideas. "My first lesson will be to wait until you come up with the answer."
"Well, the wait's over. I've got a plan." Anakin said immediately after she said that.
Back with Obi-Wan and Orion, they stood in front of the heavy cannons as they were set to full power and fired on the shield dome. The loud booms of the cannons ringed through the Padawan's ears, forcing him to cover them, while Obi-Wan and Rex looked through their pairs of macrobinoculars. Cody was preparing the troops for plan A, should this full power barrage not succeed.
"That shield is certainly putting a crimp in my day!" Kenobi spoke up.
"It's no use sir!" Rex informed the general. "Even at full power, the cannon doesn't affect it!"
"All right, Rex! It was worth a try! Tell the men to fall back!" Obi-Wan ordered. "Orion, link up with Cody and prepare for battle!"
"Yes, Master!" Dusk then ran off to follow his Master's orders.
Back with Anakin and Ahsoka, the two were directly outside the shield, on the main road. However, they were not seen by the droids or tanks marching inside it. That was because they were inside a hollow metal box that was big enough for them both to fit in, as long as they stayed kneeling down. The two of them could hear the sound of the shield passing over them and the box itself was ignored by the droids walking by it.
"This is a stupid plan." Tano whispered. "We should fight these guys instead of just sneaking around."
"Except for the fact that their deflective energy shield just passed over us." Skywalker quietly pointed out. "If you can't cross their lines, let their lines cross you."
"If you say so." The Padawan silently replied before the pair began to slowly crawl forward, staying inside the box.
Back over on the main road, near the section where Obi-Wan, and Orion were positioned to engage the droids. The shield dome was just about to reach them. The two teams were positioned on adjacent buildings and planned a pincer attack. Kenobi and Rex's team was on the right side, while Orion and Cody's team was on the left.
As the shield passed over both teams, Obi-Wan spoke up. "We're inside the shield. Just stay away from those tanks." He ignited his blue lightsaber.
Orion spoke to Cody on his side. "Ok. We're in. Master Kenobi said to keep clear of the tanks." He ignited his lightsaber, which was also blue in the color of it's blade.
The Separatist Tripod Droids began to open fire in front of them, as makeshift barriers of rubble from the prior battles had obstructed the main road, and needed to be removed for the armor to keep advancing. As the Tripod Droids were occupied with that, the two Jedi took advantage of the situation and leapt out from the top of the buildings they were on. The pair then each landed on a super battle droid and disabled them with their sabers before they began destroying the droids around them as well.
Rex and Cody's teams weren't far behind, as they fired cables to the ground and then ziplined down while firing their weapons, taking out multiple droids as they reached the ground and began to support their Jedi comrades. Dusk and Kenobi focused on destroying the droids that were shooting the clones that were still coming down, reducing the flack that those troops were getting.
By the time that Rex and Cody reached the ground, the droids had begun to force the pair of Jedi away from the clones. "Where's the general?!" Rex questioned one of his troops as they were being pushed back into a building.
"I don't know sir!" The clone trooper replied as he and the others were trying to keep the droids from getting too close. Once an AAT was making their way to the clones however, they had to get inside.
"Fall back!" Rex ordered his men.
"Where's Commander Dusk?!" Cody questioned his men.
"The droids separated us!" One of Cody's men informed him.
"Get inside the buildings! Find and cover him from the windows!" The 212th clone commander ordered his team.
Meanwhile, outside, Orion and Obi-Wan were fighting the droids that opened fire on them, however Dusk was struggling, due to the sheer amount of blaster fire coming towards him.
Back with Anakin and Ahsoka, the two kept crawling in their box. "I think we made it past all of them, Master. We may pull this off yet." Tano said.
"We still have a ways to go before we get to the generator station." Skywalker told her.
"Do we still need this thing?" Ahsoka didn;t see the point of this now. "I can't take it anymore. I have to stand up."
She did so and her master followed suit, though he did not agree with this. "You have got to be careful!" He whispered. "You never know what you're gonna run into."
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As Anakin said that, the pair then hit something in front of them and fell back, losing the box over their heads. The thing that they bumped into happened to be a Separatist Destroyer Droid, also known as a Droideka. "You see what I mean!?"
The Droideka opened fire on the pair of Jedi, forcing them to defend themselves with their lightsabers. However, they couldn't deflect the bolts back at the droid to destroy it, due to it having a small shield dome around itself. "We can't beat it's shield." Tano realized.
"Run." Skywalker ordered.
"What? Jedi don't run!" Ahsoka was against that.
"I said run!" Anakin repeated. The Padawan begrudgingly did as she was told and turned around and ran away. Her master covered her retreat before turning around and running away as well. This prompted the Droideka to retract it's shields and pursue them in its wheel mode. The Jedi Knight noticed this."Ahsoka, stop!"
"Make up your mind!" Tano replied to him.
"I said stop!" Skywalker repeated. When she did so, she noticed the Droideka no longer had it's shield and used the opportunity to cut it in two as it rolled to her. Her master then cut one of the pieces that flew towards him and just like that, the droid was taken care of. "Good. You take direction well."
Ahsoka didn't really appreciate that compliment but she didn't say anything, instead, she just followed Anakin.
Meanwhile, back with Obi-Wan and Orion, Kenobi had cleared out the front line of droids and linked up with his Padawan, who was still taking on a lot of droids, but was receiving help from Cody's unit in the buildings. Rex then linked up with the two Jedi. "They're right behind us sir! They wiped out most of my unit. We had to pull out of there."
A tank blast soon hit the ground nearby, prompting the three to take cover. "The shield has almost reached the heavy cannons!" Obi-Wan said.
An AAT as well as multiple droids were soon approaching the group on the ground, while in the buildings, the droids managed to force Cody's men out of them, and to the main road with the others. "We're about to be surrounded!" Dusk realized.
"We're not gonna be able to stop them sir." Rex stated.
"Move our troops back to the heavy cannons. Do everything you can to protect them." Kenobi ordered. "I'll delay the droids."
"Master?" Orion was concerned about this.
"But..." Rex tried to debate.
"That is an order, you two!" Obi-Wan told them.
The two then did as they were ordered and began to retreat from the area, while Kenobi held off the droids for a while. Rex and Orion linked up with Cody and the groups retreated out of the shield and made their way to the rubble that was in the road, and did their best to fortify it while Rex and Cody called in every available clone to assist them.
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Back with Anakin and Ahsoka, the pair climbed over some debris in front of them and they could now see the shield generator. "There it is. Come on." The Padawan said. The path looked clear for now, but The Jedi Knight was still alert for any potential traps nearby.
Back with Obi-Wan, the droids surrounded him and an AAT reached his position. The Jedi Master deactivated his lightsaber and put it away on his belt. Out from the top hatch of the AAT came Whorm Loathsom himself. "You must be the infamous General Kenobi."
"I surrender." Obi-Wan said.
A super battle droid approached him and took his lightsaber from his belt before backing away into the group of droids. "Now, Master Kenobi, order your troops to stand down." Whorm ordered.
Obi-Wan however used the force and moved some debris to him, making a makeshift table and seats. "General, have a seat."
"Have you gone mad?" Loathsom questioned.
"I've conceded the battle, now we simply have to negotiate the terms of surrender." Kenobi pointed out.
Whorm was skeptical of this, but accepted the offer. "Don't try any of your tricks, Jedi."
"Surely there's no reason we can't be civilized about this." The Jedi Master stated. Loathsom then exited through the rear hatch of the AAT, along with the LEP servant droid. Both generals took a seat and began their negotiations. " 'Tis a rare honor to be able to meet one's opponent, cafe to face. You're a legend throughout the Inner Core."
"Thank you. The honor is all mine." Whorm appreciated the compliment. "I'm so glad you decided to surrender."
"Well, at some point, one must accept the reality of the situation." He then briefly cleared his throat before asking. "Might we have some refreshments?"
Loathsome turned to the LEP servant droid. "You. Bring us something liquid."
As the droid left to get something to drink for them, Obi-Wan spoke up. "Thank you. This shouldn't take long."
As the battle on the surface raged on. Another battle in the orbit of the planet was about to take place, as a Venator and six Acclamator class Republic ships came out of hyperspace, just outside of the Separatist blockade's turbolaser range.
Inside the Venator, Admiral Wullf Yularen was on the bridge when a navy clone approached him. "We are approaching Christophsis, sir. The Separatist blockade is holding position."
"Deploy the fleet. Have the cruisers protect the transports." Wullf ordered.
"Yes sir." The navy clone replied.
Master Yoda then approached them. "Admiral, hurry we must, if we are to aid General Kenobi."
"It will not be easy to breach the blockade, Master Yoda." Yularen told him. "It's what stopped our relief ships before."
"Last time, not as many ships did you have." Yoda pointed out. "Get past it, we must. Get past it, we will."
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Back on the ground near the shield generator, Anakin and Ahsoka were about to reach it. The Jedi Knight was still on the lookout for any traps. "Stay close. We've gotta be careful."
"Come on." Tano said as she ran forward.
"Wait!" Skywalker tried to stop her.
"Why? We're almost there. It's right..." She felt something activate under her foot and the ground cracked below her.
"I said wait." Anakin repeated as he then ran towards her. He saw Ahsoka lose her balance and fall on an antenna on the ground. The floor below her broke apart and out from under it came multiple LR-57 combat droids. The Jedi Knight sprung into action, activating his lightsaber and cutting through them as he yelled out. "Forget about the droids! Set those charges!"
Tano did as instructed and was linking the charges to her wrist com device, until one of the droids attempted to attack her. She rolled out of the way and ignited her blade. Then in one swift strike, she cut the droid in half. She used the force to push it away from her, but in doing so, the droid's body rolled onto many more antennas. As Skywalker had just finished dealing with the ones in front of him, the rest came online and trained their guns on him. The Padawan realized her mistake. "Sorry!"
"Who's side are you on anyway!?" Anakin replied.
"Setting the charges." Ahsoka took the thermal charges inside her backpack and began to place them on the generator.
Outside the shield generator, Rex, Cody, Orion and every clone trooper they had were desperately trying to fight off the droid advance. The droid army's first platoon of infantry units and dwarf spider droids were outside the shield and began to gun down every clone in their sights. They were pushed back to the last barricade of rubble that was between the droids and the heavy cannons.
Orion had to tap into the force to increase all his senses just to keep up with the rain of red blaster fire in front of him, while the clones were trying to take out as many clankers as possible. Then one trooper got to Rex and told him. "Sir, General Kenobi's been captured. There's no one else left."
"We've got to hold out!" The close captain ordered. "We can't let that shield reach the cannons! Keep fighting!" The
Back at the shield generator, Anakin had his back to a wall and was surrounded by the remaining LR-57s. "I could use a little help!" He called out to his Padawan.
Ahsoka noticed a hole in the wall that was behind him and saw that he was incidentally in position for him to go through it should it topple forward. "Skyguy! Don't move!" She ordered as she then used the force on the wall.
Skywalker noticed the wall coming down behind him and was extremely concerned. "What? No no no NO NO!" He covered his head and braced himself, expecting to get injured from this, but instead the wall crushed all the droids around him while he was fine, due to the hole that was present in it. Even though he was fine, he was not happy. "You could have gotten me killed!"
Tano ran over to him and replied. "I know what I'm doing."
"I had everything under control!" Anakin was not having it as he walked past her and away from the toppled wall.
"I just saved your life!" Ahsoka pointed out.
Back outside the shield, the droids reached the last barricade and were walking over it. "There's too many of them!" A clone trooper yelled out as the droids began to shoot everyone defending the barrier, until they abandoned their posts and ran back. "Fall back, fall back!" A super battle droid with a rocket launcher arm took a shot and managed to hit a group of clones falling back. "Man down!" "Medic! We need a medic here!"
Orion wasn't a medic, but he went to the wounded clones anyway and did his best to keep them protected while other troopers carried or dragged them down the road to receive help from a medic.
Back inside the shield, Obi-Wan and Whorm Loathsom had received their drinks and each took one, but while Whorm drank all in his cup, Kenobi just took a sip before he continued his negotiations. "And of course, once you've taken custody of my troops, arrangements will need to be made for their food and shelter. Tell me, do you have enough supplies to..."
"Enough of this!" Loathsom interrupted him. "You're stalling."
"Nonsense." Obi-Wan replied. "General, there are numerous details to be discussed."
Whorm wasn't buying it and threw the rubble that was used as a table for their 'chat' to the side. "Seize him!" Two super battle droids grabbed Kenobi by the arms and held him up. "Unless you call off your troops right now, I will have no choice but to destroy you!"
Kenobi then cut the act. "Truthfully, I was hoping your shield would be knocked out by now."
Back at the shield generator, Anakin looked to Ahsoka. "Did you get the charges set?"
"Yes." She answered.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Skywalker questioned, before Tano pressed a button on her wrist com and remotely detonated the charges, blowing up the shield generator.
Outside the shield dome, Orion and the clones were on their last legs before they and the battle droids behind the shield saw the dome begin to retract, confusing the droids, and giving the clones and Padawan the fighting chance they desperately needed.
Back with Obi-Wan, he and Loathsom saw the shield dome retract from where they were too. "Oh, well." Kenobi said before he broke free of the super battle droids' grips, used the force to smash them into each other, jump over to behind Whorm and get him in a standing headlock.
The droids tried to shoot the Jedi Master, but he moved himself out of the way and the blaster fire hit the LEP servant droid instead, destroying it. "Don't fire!" Loathsom ordered, as the droids had a high risk of shooting him too, since Kenobi had him in the headlock.
"Huh. Something appears to have happened to your shield, General." Obi-Wan commented.
Back outside the shield, Rex gave out the order. "All cannons! Fire on those tanks!"
[Play Star Wars The Clone Wars (2008) OST General Loathsom/Ahsoka 0:00 - 3:29]
The clones manning the cannons followed their orders and shot at the exposed droid army in front of them with full power blasts. That, combined with the blaster fire from the clone infantry, and the extra bit of support from Orion's lightsaber, completely decimated the droid army.
Back with Obi-Wan, he received a message on his hold device and hailed it. "General Kenobi." Admiral Yularen spoke through the holo device. "If you can hear me, we're through the blockade. The Seperatist armada is in retreat. Your reinforcements should be landing in a moment."
Just then, multiple Republic LAAT Gunships flew overhead. Most went to support the front lines while a few saw Obi-Wan and landed at his position. One of those gunships had Jedi Grandmaster Yoda inside it. "Your timing is perfect, Master Yoda." Kenobi said as he had Loathsom in cuffs, while the droids behind him surrendered.
Back with Anakin and Ahsoka, the Padawan sat down, looking unaccomplished. She was dissatisfied with her performance, and Skywalker noticed this. He sat next to her. "You're reckless, little one. You never would have made it as Obi-Wan's Padawan." She knew that was true. "But you might make it as mine." Tano raised her head and noticed her master's change in tone. Now, he was willing to take her as his apprentice. "Come on."
The pair stood up and Anakin hailed an LAAT for them. On it was Captain Rex who said "Great job, General Skywalker. You too, kid." Ahsoka was happy to hear that she did a good job on her first official mission in the clone wars.
Over with Orion, Commander Cody had hailed an LAAT for him to take to Obi-Wan's position. But as the Padawan boarded the gunship, the clone commander spoke to him. "Good job out there, Commander. General Kenobi will be proud."
Dusk smiled at that before saying "Thank you, Commander. I'll do my best to keep it that way." The two commanders nodded at each other before the gunship took off and made its way to his master's location.
The two gunships reached the exiting ramp of one of the Acclamator class assault ships and the three Jedi left their transports to convene with the two Masters,, who were in the middle of a discussion. "Master Obi-Wan, Master Yoda." Anakin greeted them formally.
"Hmm. Trouble you have, with your new Padawan, I hear." Yoda replied.
Skywalker looked at Kenobi, who said "I was explaining the situation to Master Yoda."
"Really?" Anakin said.
"If not ready for a Padawan, you are, then perhaps, we can..." Yoda began.
"No. Wait a minute." Skywalker spoke up. "I admit, Ahsoka is a little rough around the edges, but with a little training, and patience, she might amount to something." Tano was glad to hear that her master was willing to keep her.
"Then go with you, she will, to the Teth System." Yoda stated.
"Teth?" Anakin questioned. "That's Wild Space. The droid army isn't even in that sector."
"Kidnapped, Jabba the Hutt's son has been." The Grandmaster informed him.
"You want me to rescue Jabba's son?" Skywalker was not pleased to hear that.
"Anakin." Obi-Wan spoke up. "We'll need the Hutts' allegiance to give us an advantage over Dooku."
Yoda hummed before he relayed his orders to the four Jedi with him. "Negotiate the treaty with Jabba, Obi-Wan and Orion will. Find the renegades that hold Jabba's son, your mission will be, Skywalker."
"Come on, Master. It doesn't sound that hard." Ahsoka figured. "I'll find Rex and get the troops organized."
As Tano left, Kenobi spoke to his former apprentice. "Don't worry, Anakin. Just teach her everything I taught you and she'll turn out fine."
"You know, something makes me think this was your idea from the start." Skywalker said before he went to join his new Padawan.
Obi-Wan then told his current apprentice. "Go get your starfighter warmed up, and meet me up in orbit."
"Yes, Master." Padawan Dusk replied before he left to acquire the Jedi Starfighter that was issued to him.
Kenobi then spoke to Yoda. "Let's just hope Anakin is ready for this responsibility."
"Ready, he is, to teach an apprentice." Yoda assured. "To let go of his pupil, a greater challenge, it will be. Master this, Skywalker must."
"If my Padawan and I have got to make a deal with Jabba the Hutt, I'd best be on my way." Obi-Wan then went to his Jedi starfighter, which was already ready for him. He entered his spacecraft and took to the skies. "Orion, I'll be in orbit. Don't keep me waiting too long."
Here we go. I'm starting a new story. As a Star Wars fan, I've always wanted to try my mettle at a Star Wars Story, but I didn't want to start small. I want to go big. How much bigger can I go beyond giving Obi-Wan a Padawan during the clone wars? Before anyone asks about my other (much more popular) fic. I'm not done writing it. I'm just not in the mood to write that one right now. I's still in the mood to write, but it was more of a Star Wars mood now, so now I'm doing this too. And before any diehard and downright toxic know it all SW fans come at me in future chapters, I'm a fan, but I'm not an expert, so please don't berate me if I don't know every single thing about SW before writing this. I hope you guys enjoy this new beginning and until I decide to upload again. ;)
