STAR WARS THE JEDI RESISTANCE(IC)

[Pantorrum]

At the temple the guards finally found and sealed the security breaches. 3 tunnels were found entering into the lower under ground levels of the temple, deep in the back of an unused storage roon. The guards entered the tunnel and 90 of them made their way into it to discover its origins.

In space, Admiral Gates sat thinking. The Imperial commander and several star destroyers were destroyed at Kashyyyk. However, it took the sacrifice of 4 ships to do so. The battle howeveer was more costly for the Empire. He contacted the ship yards at Mon Calamari and Neimodia, wheree Master Dy'lan had negotiated an agreemeent. He mainly wanted to get ships from Mon Calamari. He requested the construction of 2 Nebulon-B frigates. He also wanted 5 more scrap ships built. He requested that they be based off of simple cargo frigate designs. He would have them completely filled with explosives, and they would be unmanned. Though small, each would take out a star destroyer from lightspeed. The Kamikazi attack would be difficult to counter, even with gravity well generators. The ships would be moving so fast it would be to late. If nothing else, most of an Imperial ship would be destroyed. If this first plan worked, he would order more. He had a simple ideology, if he could destroy star destroyers faster than they could build them, he'd be in good shape. He smiled at his simple logic...

Master Dy'lan sensed that Master Cosmos would be arriving soon. He would've given them a ride, but the gunships were already full. It at least gave him a chance to think about this plan. By now, the sun was just barely gleaming over the mountain sides. By nightfall, he wanted to take the jedi back. He was still working on a plan though...

Meanwhile, a small scout frigate launched to Alderran. A few jedi padawans had surfaced there. The ship would then go to Felucia where a jedi Knight was expected to be...

[Draica]

Laf Daunch would sit in his luxurious apartment overlooking the beautiful Imperial city of Coruscant. He held a clean glass of red wine in his hand as he drunk it to his pleasure, observing the structure he wished to bring down. His apartment was in view of Emperor Palpatine's Imperial Palace, which in his eyes, was a disgusting symbol of this opressing system.

His personal protocol droid walked into his room. Laf jerked his head sideways, "What is it, AR-540?" He spat in a disgusted tone.

"Not to disturb you, sir, I'm simply here to bring you the latest news from the Se-."

Laf held out his hand, interrupting him. "Another time, AR." Laf went over to grab his luxurious scarf-like coat which went from his neck down to the upper-half aera of his spine. He also put on the traditional three-pointed Trade Federation hat simillar to the one his boss used to wear.

"Ready my shuttle, AR. I'm taking a visit to the Jedi Temple."

The protocol droid nodded, hurriedly walking towards Laf's shuttle. Laf followed, eventually boarding it and sitting down as the ramp closed up and the doors shot, going off to the aera of the Jedi Temple.

"I hope the guards don't kill me..We'll just have to wait and see.." he sighed, knowing that this could be quite dangerous, but he was curious. He wanted /anything/ that could help him in his plans, and also he naively thought he could possibly find some surviving Jedi lingering around in the aera, not aware that there were none.

[New Emphillon]

"Alright then," Sabre Leader said. "Looks like we're going in through the air, boys."
"And the droids," Sabre Three asked.
"They can be used as backup, should things go south," Sabre Leader stated. The others nodded in agreement.
Sabre Leader turned to Master Cosmos. "Sir, we need a map of the target area so that we know what to expect for the mission. And we're going to need a ride."

Master Cosmos nodded.
"Master Dy'lan has the schematics for the Flesh Raider Camp. You'll be given a copy once were done finalizing the plan. Since he's already left I'll call us another gunship."
Within a few minutes another gunship came for them. Master Cosmos got into the vehicle. He then spoke to the pilot.
"Land outside of the base of Operations. You'll be taking us in and out of the Camp."
"Yes sir."
He then called out to the clones.
"Get your weapons and equipment together. We don't want to keep Master Dy'lan waiting."

The clone commando squad switched the safeties off their DC-17 blaster rifles. "We're set, sir," Sabre Leader said.
Meanwhile, the droidekas and the Annihilator droid proceeded towards the base of operations on their own, though the difficulty had a little more trouble than the formers because, unlike the droidekas, the Annihilator droid was not built to curl into a ball and roll to its destination. However, its legs were larger than those of a droideka, so it was able to keep up a good pace. It would be some time before they would arrive, though.

[New Emphillon]

The stormtroopers near the armory saw the grenades being thrown and those with fast enough reflexes ran as soon as the grenades hit the deck. Most of the troopers were caught in the resulting explosion and incinerated. The few troopers that managed to survive moved away from the armory and tried to join up with other squads. One objective down, several more to go.
In the hangar, the stormtroopers' progress came to a halt as they took fire from the enemy fighter turrets. The troopers moved to cover and held their own, but they couldn't push forward until the enemy turrets were taken down. A few stormtroopers within a few meters of the starfighters primed their timed explosive charges and tossed them towards the Y-Wings and took cover. Within 5 seconds, the charges detonated, giving the stormtroopers the signal to move up and secure the rest of the hangar.
As the boarding parties continued to make progress onboard the Venator, Palpatine was not all that impressed by the results. True, the battle meditation was working, but Palpatine felt the progress was too slow. To solve that, the Emperor had a solution.
"Is everything prepared, captain," Palpatine asked.
"Yes, your Majesty," the captain replied. "Everything is prepared for the next phase."
"Excellent," the Emperor said. "Begin the next phase."
Three TIE Boarding Craft were launched from the Majestic's hangar and proceeded towards the Venator, followed by several TIE fighters and TIE bombers. The latter craft began their assault on the Venator, hitting the vessel's vital systems and engines while the TIE Boarding Craft landed near the bow hangar of the Venator. Each TIE Boarding Craft contained several Imperial Storm Commandos, who sprang into action upon entering the ship, rushing to join their stormtrooper colleagues in securing the hangar.
The troopers were also accompanied by one Inquisitor, a Force-wielder used by the Empire to hunt down and eliminate Jedi. This Inquisitor and her squad of Storm Commandos proceeded towards the bridge of the vessel, cutting down any resistance in their path, especially those trying to alert the bridge of their presence. Phase Two was in full swing.

However the Inquisitor and her squad received a surprise on their way to the bridge. Kite, Commander Striker, and the 15 heavily armed and elite ARC Troopers of Peito Company had been on their way to the Hanger to secure it again when they came across her. Kite whipped out his Lightsababers and stared down the dark assailant. "Commander, take care of her friends. I'll handle the Sith." Striker and the ARC's whipped out their weapons and began to lay down heavy fire on the Storm Commando's. One ARC had a Chain Gun, another a Quad Cannon, four more had Grenade Launchers, five had Repeating Blasters, three had Blaster Rifles and Captain Argus had his trusty DC-17's.
Kite approached the Inquisitor waiting for his opponent to strike.


Meanwhile Admiral Cillian and his squadron were not but an hour out from Naboo

The storm commandos retaliated against the clone troopers, firing their DC-15 and E-11 blaster carbines down the hall towards their targets. The leader of the squad motioned for grenades to be prepared in case things got bad. A couple of commandos acknowledged the order and had their grenades in hand as they fired away.
Inquisitor Darys eyed Kite for a moment then her surroundings, looking for any weaknesses that she could exploit. Finding a few, she readied herself for combat, igniting her lightsaber and proceeded to attack Kite.

[Draica]

Zaf continued to look out of his shuttle window. As his shuttle landed and docked infront of the former Jedi Temple, he'd prepare to unboard his shuttle. Once his shuttle's ramp came down onto the ground, he walked off of it, escorted by his protocol droid.

Assuming there were any imperial guards around the temple, Zaf would stop and attempt to dialogue with them if they didn't let him pass.

[New Emphillon]

Zaf continued to look out of his shuttle window. As his shuttle landed and docked infront of the former Jedi Temple, he'd prepare to unboard his shuttle. Once his shuttle's ramp came down onto the ground, he walked off of it, escorted by his protocol droid.

Assuming there were any imperial guards around the temple, Zaf would stop and attempt to dialogue with them if they didn't let him pass.

Imperial security around the Jedi Temple had decreased somewhat during the time since Operation Knightfall in late 19 BBY, but there were still guards just in the event there was anyone trying to get inside. As was the case when one of the guards saw a Neimoidian and its service droid approaching towards the temple. The guard motioned towards his partner and proceeded towards the alien.
"This is a restricted area," he stated flatly. "Turn around now or you will be shot as a traitor of the Empire."

[Draica]

Zaf continued to look out of his shuttle window. As his shuttle landed and docked infront of the former Jedi Temple, he'd prepare to unboard his shuttle. Once his shuttle's ramp came down onto the ground, he walked off of it, escorted by his protocol droid.

Assuming there were any imperial guards around the temple, Zaf would stop and attempt to dialogue with them if they didn't let him pass.

Imperial security around the Jedi Temple had decreased somewhat during the time since Operation Knightfall in late 19 BBY, but there were still guards just in the event there was anyone trying to get inside. As was the case when one of the guards saw a Neimoidian and its service droid approaching towards the temple. The guard motioned towards his partner and proceeded towards the alien.
"This is a restricted area," he stated flatly. "Turn around now or you will be shot as a traitor of the Empire."

Laf blinked thrice. He said in a somewhat nervous voice as he backed away "I am Imperial Senator Laf Daunch, am I not authorized to be here?"
His protocol droid looked around, it's nervousness appearent on it's face. It was clear it wanted to get out of there as quickly as it could

[New Emphillon]

Imperial security around the Jedi Temple had decreased somewhat during the time since Operation Knightfall in late 19 BBY, but there were still guards just in the event there was anyone trying to get inside. As was the case when one of the guards saw a Neimoidian and its service droid approaching towards the temple. The guard motioned towards his partner and proceeded towards the alien.
"This is a restricted area," he stated flatly. "Turn around now or you will be shot as a traitor of the Empire."

Laf blinked thrice. He said in a somewhat nervous voice as he backed away "I am Imperial Senator Laf Daunch, am I not authorized to be here?"
His protocol droid looked around, it's nervousness appearent on it's face. It was clear it wanted to get out of there as quickly as it could

"A senator," one of the troopers said mockingly. "I didn't know the Imperial Senate still allowed you greedy bug-eyes to be in it. Still, it doesn't change a thing. Leave now, or we're going to have a... weapon malfunction." The second stormtrooper raised his E-11 blaster carbine and flipped off the safety.

[The United Empire of Exucular]

Master Cosmos nodded.
"Master Dy'lan has the schematics for the Flesh Raider Camp. You'll be given a copy once were done finalizing the plan. Since he's already left I'll call us another gunship."
Within a few minutes another gunship came for them. Master Cosmos got into the vehicle. He then spoke to the pilot.
"Land outside of the base of Operations. You'll be taking us in and out of the Camp."
"Yes sir."
He then called out to the clones.
"Get your weapons and equipment together. We don't want to keep Master Dy'lan waiting."

The clone commando squad switched the safeties off their DC-17 blaster rifles. "We're set, sir," Sabre Leader said.
Meanwhile, the droidekas and the Annihilator droid proceeded towards the base of operations on their own, though the difficulty had a little more trouble than the formers because, unlike the droidekas, the Annihilator droid was not built to curl into a ball and roll to its destination. However, its legs were larger than those of a droideka, so it was able to keep up a good pace. It would be some time before they would arrive, though.

With everyone on board Master Cosmos called Master Vos telling him they were ready to go.
Within a few minutes after his arrival the transport was in the air heading in the direction of the other gunships. Within about twenty or so minutes the transport reached the others and gently landed a few yards away. Master Cosmos and Master Vos were the first to get off the vehicle. They walked the short distance and entered the base of operations.
"Hello Master Dy'lan. Hope we didn't keep you waiting."

[Decius]

However the Inquisitor and her squad received a surprise on their way to the bridge. Kite, Commander Striker, and the 15 heavily armed and elite ARC Troopers of Peito Company had been on their way to the Hanger to secure it again when they came across her. Kite whipped out his Lightsababers and stared down the dark assailant. "Commander, take care of her friends. I'll handle the Sith." Striker and the ARC's whipped out their weapons and began to lay down heavy fire on the Storm Commando's. One ARC had a Chain Gun, another a Quad Cannon, four more had Grenade Launchers, five had Repeating Blasters, three had Blaster Rifles and Captain Argus had his trusty DC-17's.
Kite approached the Inquisitor waiting for his opponent to strike.


Meanwhile Admiral Cillian and his squadron were not but an hour out from Naboo

The storm commandos retaliated against the clone troopers, firing their DC-15 and E-11 blaster carbines down the hall towards their targets. The leader of the squad motioned for grenades to be prepared in case things got bad. A couple of commandos acknowledged the order and had their grenades in hand as they fired away.
Inquisitor Darys eyed Kite for a moment then her surroundings, looking for any weaknesses that she could exploit. Finding a few, she readied herself for combat, igniting her lightsaber and proceeded to attack Kite.

Kite blocked the blow and then struck one of his own as he pushed his blades against hers. "You have strength yes dark one! But you get it from the dark which is nothing but an imitation of ones true strength! The dark only taints and corrupts its followers until there is nothing left!" He kicked her back and then came at her with his lightsabers again.

Outside, Admiral Cillians BattleSquadron arrived behind Kite's crippled Cruiser. Three Venator Cruisers and two Arquiten Light Cruisers stared down the Imperial Ships. On Cillians command cruiser, the Valiant, he gave out orders. "Prepare the Gunships to get our boys aboard the Generals cruiser and get them out of there! Launch the Fighters and Bombers! I want the V-19's, ARC-170's, Delta-7's, and V-Wings used for Fighter Roles and the Y-Wings for Bomber Roles! Commence long range firing!" The Five Warships began to open fire as Fighters and Bombers streamed out at the Imperial Fleet which would soon start firing.

And Kite's Cruiser would be caught in the crossfire.

[Draica]

Laf blinked thrice. He said in a somewhat nervous voice as he backed away "I am Imperial Senator Laf Daunch, am I not authorized to be here?"
His protocol droid looked around, it's nervousness appearent on it's face. It was clear it wanted to get out of there as quickly as it could

"A senator," one of the troopers said mockingly. "I didn't know the Imperial Senate still allowed you greedy bug-eyes to be in it. Still, it doesn't change a thing. Leave now, or we're going to have a... weapon malfunction." The second stormtrooper raised his E-11 blaster carbine and flipped off the safety.

Laf glared at him with his reptilian like optics before turning away. His lizard-like hands slapped the back of his humanoid silverized servant. "This is why the empire must go" he muttered under his breath, looking back at the men as he walked back into his shuttle. "This is why we must fight against them. Imagine the common Neimodian boy who walks the streets of Corucsant trying to get food and the wicked Imperial guards opening fire on him."

He sat down in his seat. The shuttle's lifted off the ground and zipped off. "AR!" Laf shouted loudly.

"Yes sir?" AR said, turning his mechanical head towards his master.

"Set a course for Serenno. We have a few counts to visit." He smirked, resting his green reptile chin on his two conjoined hands.

"Yes, sir." He nodded, proceeding back to the cockpit at a quick pace.

Laf looked outside the shuttle window, his reptile-like eyes gazing at the voidless space as his Shuttle exited the atmosphere of Corucsant.

"Coordinates locked in" AR-560 said.

"Jumping to hyperspace in 5...4..3...2....."

Within a second the shuttle was gone, it zipped into hyperspace en route to Serenno

[Pantorrum]

Master Dylan smiled.
"Of course not my friend. You are just in time actually."
As he said this, the sun disappeared behind the mountains. The last glimpses of light were fading away.

"Please, look here."

He brought them to the holoprojector. The troops sat around, all 30 of them.

"I have identified the enemy positions inside the camp. The Padawan is in the very center, in the tent of the Flesh Raider leader. The outside of the camp is surrounded by a crude, and thick, wooden wall. It is very high, and in order to get across we will have to use grappling hooks. It is gaurded by over 100 Flesh Raiders on each side, and its a pentagon..." He let them relect on the number of guards.
"The camp holds over 1000 Flesh Raiders, and the gate is currently open but well guarded. We will need a way to enter the base unnoticed. Scans show that the Padawan is surrounded by 20 Flesh Raiders in that single crude building. The camp is dark, and we may be able to use it for cover. Tthe only problem is getting past that wall without being noticed. I had hoped to keep casualties at 0 on both sides, but that may be more difficult then expected." He took a deep breath before revealing the scariest factor.
"The camp has a landing pad, and a Black Sun ship on it. That means the Flesh Raiders are not alone. A deeper meaning may be behind this kidnapping then we though. My men are goingg to serve as reserve. The clone troops brought by Master Cosmos and Vos will enter with us. We need to ensure this padawan is rescued, not killed. We don't want to draw to much attention. These flesh raiders are not above killing a jedi. It wouldn't be the first time."

He paused and let that fact sink in.

"Now, I hoped Master Cosmos might have an idea. Or maybe Master Vos knows of some way. You both are very experienced and I am confident we can think of something."

The 90 men had entered deep into the tunnels and were nearing the end. Suddenly, a light could be seen. Then, an ambush occured. From the sides of the dark tunnel, dozens of Flesh Raiders attacked and surrounded the men. They blasted in the dark and many Flesh Raiders fell. Then, some began comming from above. The Flesh Raiders wuickly took the upper hand. To the guards suprise, a different alien species was here as well. The guards were forced to retreat after lossing 40 men. Currently, an estimated 90 hostiles are advancing down the tunnel. The guards ran back in panic. Finally they reached the exit and gave the signal to the other guards in the supply room. They had rigged the tunnel to explode. Then, the temple shook as the tunnel calapsed sealing itself off and likely killing many of the enemy. For now, the atttack was thwarted.

[New Emphillon]

The storm commandos retaliated against the clone troopers, firing their DC-15 and E-11 blaster carbines down the hall towards their targets. The leader of the squad motioned for grenades to be prepared in case things got bad. A couple of commandos acknowledged the order and had their grenades in hand as they fired away.
Inquisitor Darys eyed Kite for a moment then her surroundings, looking for any weaknesses that she could exploit. Finding a few, she readied herself for combat, igniting her lightsaber and proceeded to attack Kite.

Kite blocked the blow and then struck one of his own as he pushed his blades against hers. "You have strength yes dark one! But you get it from the dark which is nothing but an imitation of ones true strength! The dark only taints and corrupts its followers until there is nothing left!" He kicked her back and then came at her with his lightsabers again.

Outside, Admiral Cillians BattleSquadron arrived behind Kite's crippled Cruiser. Three Venator Cruisers and two Arquiten Light Cruisers stared down the Imperial Ships. On Cillians command cruiser, the Valiant, he gave out orders. "Prepare the Gunships to get our boys aboard the Generals cruiser and get them out of there! Launch the Fighters and Bombers! I want the V-19's, ARC-170's, Delta-7's, and V-Wings used for Fighter Roles and the Y-Wings for Bomber Roles! Commence long range firing!" The Five Warships began to open fire as Fighters and Bombers streamed out at the Imperial Fleet which would soon start firing.

And Kite's Cruiser would be caught in the crossfire.

The Emperor was not pleased at the sight of the new arrivals, though he knew some force or other would have come to the aid of the Jedi aboard the Venator; it was typical for a Jedi or allies of a Jedi to attempt to rescue their colleague. Foolish and narrow-minded, but admirable nonetheless.
The captain of the Majestic approached the Emperor and was about to give a report of the situation, when the Emperor stated, "I care little for military tactics and numbers, captain. What I'm most interested in is what we have to counter this little rescue attempt."
The captain nodded in agreement. "With your Majesty's presence in-system, we have a number of security measures in place for just this sort of situation."
"Such as?"
"There are several Star Destroyers around the planet at this moment, plenty enough to destroy this pitiful force. The Naboo have surrendered their pilots and starfighters to the Imperial Royal Guard during your stay and there are some ships towards the edge of the system that could be of some use, including Victory-class Star Destroyers and a Praetor-class battlecruiser en route for the supply stations at Eriadu. Which of these would you prefer to use, your Majesty?"
The answer was firm and unquestionable. "All of them," the Emperor stated.
The captain nodded and proceeded to give the orders. A couple of Imperial Star Destroyers maneuvered away from Naboo and proceeded towards the battle, their fighters and bombers swarming around them in giant balls. The Naboo were notified of the battle taking place and sent out three squadrons of their N-1 starfighters to respond to the Imperial request, much to the pilots' chagrin. Lastly, a Victory Star Destroyer was called to participate in the battle, while the Praetor battlecruiser was notified of the battle, but told to hold until needed. The Victory Star Destroyer entered hyperspace and would arrive at the battle within ten minutes.

Ameesa blocked the attack with her lightsaber and held the lightsaber lock that followed.
"You have no chance if you stay on the Path of the Light, Jedi," she stated. "You and your kind will be eradicated for your ignorance of the power of the Dark Side."
The Inquisitor broke the lock and went on the offensive.

[The United Empire of Exucular]

Both Jedi Masters thought about their options. Master Vos spoke first.
"We know that they use smoke signals to call for reinforcements. Perhaps we could lure a good portion of their warriors away with a fake signal. But then how would we get passed the remaining forces."
Master Cosmos had an idea.
"Perhaps if we use knock out/sleeping gas on the remaining Flesh Raiders. Our Padawan would be unconscious but she would nonetheless be alive. The troopers can use their helmets to filter out the gas and quickly move into the camp and rescue the padawan."
Master Vos spoke. "We may not even have to lure them away with the smoke signal. If the gas can render them unconscious they would wake up and believe they just had a nap."

[New Emphillon]

Both Jedi Masters thought about their options. Master Vos spoke first.
"We know that they use smoke signals to call for reinforcements. Perhaps we could lure a good portion of their warriors away with a fake signal. But then how would we get passed the remaining forces."
Master Cosmos had an idea.
"Perhaps if we use knock out/sleeping gas on the remaining Flesh Raiders. Our Padawan would be unconscious but she would nonetheless be alive. The troopers can use their helmets to filter out the gas and quickly move into the camp and rescue the padawan."
Master Vos spoke. "We may not even have to lure them away with the smoke signal. If the gas can render them unconscious they would wake up and believe they just had a nap."

"If I could add something," Sabre Leader interjected. "My squad and I have armor that has a stealth feature that makes us virtually invisible. We could slip in unnoticed while the vast majority of the Flesh Raiders are away. The only trick would be getting the padawan out without any Flesh Raiders being killed."
"I got it," Sabre Three said. "When the majority of the Flesh Raider forces leave, why don't we lure them into a trap? We could use these battle droids we brought with us to keep the Flesh Raiders pinned down for a while. If anything is done to the padawan because of this, we'll be right there and we'll just take out all of the guards and Black Sun in the hut. It's that simple."
"Three's got a point, sirs," Sabre Leader said. "There is no way we could complete this mission without any deaths. If there is an alternative, I would like to hear it."

[Pantorrum]

Master Dy'lan thought. The knock out gas would put them to sleep, but they would have to wait a while longer for them to arrive either from the temple or from orbit. The smoke signal could lure them away, but then they would still need to deal with who is left. The guards could enter and free the padawan, but if they wernt quick enough there might be a limp body or two on the way back to the temple.

"What if we do all three. We can lure some of the Flesh Raiders away, and use some sleeping gas on the guards on the wall. Then, we can send the clones in and only has the men in the hut left. That way, half of them are elswhere and all the guards at the walls are knocked out. That way, we don't have as much at risk and we don't have to wait to much longer for more gas. We wouldn't require as much. Of it to only put to sleep the remaining wall guards. To be frank, the budget is kind of slim at the current moment. Our suppliers aren't always low cost." He hoped the combined idea was a good one.

[Draica]

Laf's Shuttle, the Esquitier, came out of hyperspace over the planet of Serenno.

"Ah, Serenno." He said as he breathed a sigh of relief, happy to be away from the core worlds. "Count Dooku is it's former Count. I'm more than positive I will find wealthy individuals here willing to fund my project."
AR, land it" he spatted in a spiteful tone as his hand pointed to the ground.
"Yes, sir." The shuttle zipped southward towards o Serenno, pacing itself at a good 250 MPH as it entered the atmosphere. AR-530 pressed a green button, accessing the loud in-shuttle speakers, then speaking into them, stating: "Ladies and gentlemen, we shall we landing on the luish plains of Serenno in about a good 13 minutes.

The archives and my database state that Serenno is the home planet of the now deceased Seperatist leader Count Dooku. It is believed many wealthy citizens here supported the Seperatist movement. Weather this planet is watched by the Imperials is unknown to my database, however, I personally believe that this planet is under some sort of leesh by the imperials, but I'm not sure."

"Tell me, AR, who could possible help us here?" he asked in a curious tone.

"Hmm..My calculations indicate that there are multiple great noble houses of Serenno on this planet. I'd look there."

The shuttle dispersed it's 4 legs from it's covers once 8 feet away from the ground, slowly setting itself down onto the lushish terrain of this planet.

"Welcome to Serenno, Senator Laf." AR said in the utmost enthusiastic voice. Once the shuttle's ramp unfolded and hit the ground, Laf departed down onto Serenno. Laf ocasionally hopped on and off his shuttle as it went all across the planet, meeting multiple members of the Great Noble houses of Serenno, including patriachs. Laf could only hope that the imperials hadn't tracked him all the way out here and weren't watching him.


Imperial Senate building, Office 409, Imperial city Corucsant

Laf's office, it was quiet, smelled of roses and contained some of Laf's legislative agenda for the senate. His unknowing Neimodian Assistant rushed into the office, "Laf! Laf" she yelled, in quite a nervous tone. Laf was away for days and no one had heard from him. His assistant assumed the worse before pulling out her communications device and trying to contact him...

"Laf, laf, can you hear me.."

Just then, a holographic projection of Laf popped up. "Yes? What is it?" he said in quite a bland tone. "Laf, you're okay!" she said in an excited tone.

"Ah...Yes..I was just back in Cato Neimodia for a few days. Apologies for not telling you. Do something for me, will you? Take my legislative agenda and put it in my folder, once I am back in about 3 days time, I will be speaking to the chamber."

She nodded. "Yes sir."

He nodded, the holographic projection of him shutting off.

Carannia Spaceport, Carannia, Serenno.

After gaining the support of all of them, save House Dooku, to give him funding in bringing back the Droid armies and the confederacy, Laf hopped back on his shuttle and prepared to depart from Serenno. "Wow.." he let out a sigh before slumping down into his chair in the shuttle. "If I would've known that so many wealthy, influential people on Serenno despised of the Emperor, I would've done this sooner." Laf would sit up. "Next stop, AR, geonosis."

"Uhh..Sir..." AR said in a slightly concerned tone.

"Yes?" He said.

"The shuttle is almost to empty on fuel, and the spaceport is closed. We will need to wait until tomorrow before we are able to leave.."

Laf gasped. "D-..I certainly hope that there are no imperials in this city. This isn't Corucsant, they will kill /indiscriminantly/ here...Let us just hope we can find a place to stay."

"False alarm, sir."

Laf shook his head "I'm going to need to replace you soon, AR. Get me to geneosis, now."

AR nodded, punching random buttons on the Shuttle's mainframe. The shuttle lifted off and once into space zipped into hyperspeed, heading not that far out towards Geneosis.

[New Emphillon]

Master Dy'lan thought. The knock out gas would put them to sleep, but they would have to wait a while longer for them to arrive either from the temple or from orbit. The smoke signal could lure them away, but then they would still need to deal with who is left. The guards could enter and free the padawan, but if they wernt quick enough there might be a limp body or two on the way back to the temple.

"What if we do all three. We can lure some of the Flesh Raiders away, and use some sleeping gas on the guards on the wall. Then, we can send the clones in and only has the men in the hut left. That way, half of them are elswhere and all the guards at the walls are knocked out. That way, we don't have as much at risk and we don't have to wait to much longer for more gas. We wouldn't require as much. Of it to only put to sleep the remaining wall guards. To be frank, the budget is kind of slim at the current moment. Our suppliers aren't always low cost." He hoped the combined idea was a good one.

"Sounds good to me, sir," Sabre Leader said. "Now, when do we start the mission?"

[Decius]

Kite blocked the blow and then struck one of his own as he pushed his blades against hers. "You have strength yes dark one! But you get it from the dark which is nothing but an imitation of ones true strength! The dark only taints and corrupts its followers until there is nothing left!" He kicked her back and then came at her with his lightsabers again.

Outside, Admiral Cillians BattleSquadron arrived behind Kite's crippled Cruiser. Three Venator Cruisers and two Arquiten Light Cruisers stared down the Imperial Ships. On Cillians command cruiser, the Valiant, he gave out orders. "Prepare the Gunships to get our boys aboard the Generals cruiser and get them out of there! Launch the Fighters and Bombers! I want the V-19's, ARC-170's, Delta-7's, and V-Wings used for Fighter Roles and the Y-Wings for Bomber Roles! Commence long range firing!" The Five Warships began to open fire as Fighters and Bombers streamed out at the Imperial Fleet which would soon start firing.

And Kite's Cruiser would be caught in the crossfire.

The Emperor was not pleased at the sight of the new arrivals, though he knew some force or other would have come to the aid of the Jedi aboard the Venator; it was typical for a Jedi or allies of a Jedi to attempt to rescue their colleague. Foolish and narrow-minded, but admirable nonetheless.
The captain of the Majestic approached the Emperor and was about to give a report of the situation, when the Emperor stated, "I care little for military tactics and numbers, captain. What I'm most interested in is what we have to counter this little rescue attempt."
The captain nodded in agreement. "With your Majesty's presence in-system, we have a number of security measures in place for just this sort of situation."
"Such as?"
"There are several Star Destroyers around the planet at this moment, plenty enough to destroy this pitiful force. The Naboo have surrendered their pilots and starfighters to the Imperial Royal Guard during your stay and there are some ships towards the edge of the system that could be of some use, including Victory-class Star Destroyers and a Praetor-class battlecruiser en route for the supply stations at Eriadu. Which of these would you prefer to use, your Majesty?"
The answer was firm and unquestionable. "All of them," the Emperor stated.
The captain nodded and proceeded to give the orders. A couple of Imperial Star Destroyers maneuvered away from Naboo and proceeded towards the battle, their fighters and bombers swarming around them in giant balls. The Naboo were notified of the battle taking place and sent out three squadrons of their N-1 starfighters to respond to the Imperial request, much to the pilots' chagrin. Lastly, a Victory Star Destroyer was called to participate in the battle, while the Praetor battlecruiser was notified of the battle, but told to hold until needed. The Victory Star Destroyer entered hyperspace and would arrive at the battle within ten minutes.

Ameesa blocked the attack with her lightsaber and held the lightsaber lock that followed.
"You have no chance if you stay on the Path of the Light, Jedi," she stated. "You and your kind will be eradicated for your ignorance of the power of the Dark Side."
The Inquisitor broke the lock and went on the offensive.

Kite dodged and then arced her legs out from under her as he struck again at her Lightsaber. "Then explain to me why there has never been another Sith Empire for three thousand years. Your order is only a slowly decaying wound. Eventually it will collapse around you." Just then the ship rocked from the crossfire.

Admiral Cillian was nervous at the sight of the enemy reinforcements but not discouraged. "Captain get the General off the ship now!" The five LAAT Gunships dispatched from the Rescue Fleet rushed for the Hanger of Kites Cruiser carrying a host of Clones and ARC's. Meanwhile several Y-Wing Squadrons banked towards the Detainer Cruiser.

[Draica]

Geonosis, Arkanis Sector, Geonosis system


The exquister rocketed out of hyperspace, just right outside of Geonosis's floating belt of asteroids. The shuttle was prompted to go as high over the asteroid belt as it could have by AR-560, then he prompted it to boost power to it's forward engines go to directly towards Geonosis. The shuttle sped towards the atmosphere, bypassing all of the asteroids and eventually landing safely near the War room of the former Confederacy. Laf spent atleast 3 Geonosian days, 30 hours, traveling around the planet, speaking to Geonosians in their own tounge which had been graced upon him when he entered the confederacy. On the third day, Laf came upon a large, ruined, hive-like building
"Sir," AR said as his mechanical gaze swept over the building. "My readings indicate that this is the ruins of Stalgasian's hive's base of operations. I can't believe we just caught sight of this."
"Hrmm..." Said Laf, with a deep growl. "Their archduke, he is dead, correct?"
Ar nods. "Yes sir, this hive collapsed on itself it appears..So they're all dead."
"Right..Perhaps I should look through the rubble then, hm?"
Ar nodded, both him and his master walking into the onto the ruins of the hive. A group of former hive guardians would approach them, their weapons fixed until Laf communicated something in the Geonosian tounge. This prompted them to lower their weapons, although still suspicious. After a few hours of deliberations with members of the hive, Laf and AR walked away from the ruins. Laf grinned.. "AR... Ready the shuttle."
"WHy so happy, sir?"
"Because, most of the surviving geonosians and former hive dwellershave agreed to support us once more. And they have also agreed to restoring the last remaining 2 droid factories, including on more building operations, so soon we shall have more than an army of droids."
Then, at that moment, thousands of Geonosians can be seen throughout the skies of geonosis, collectively working on building a few more foundaries and also working to get the last remaining 2 factories operational again.

Once both were aboard, the Shuttle lifted into the atmosphere, once more blasting off.

"Cato Neimodia, AR." Laf said as he put his safety on. "Cato Neimodians should be quite keen to getting imperial influence off their planet."

The shuttle then jets into hyperspace, away to Cato Neimodia.

[Decius]

Geonosis, Arkanis Sector, Geonosis system


The exquister rocketed out of hyperspace, just right outside of Geonosis's floating belt of asteroids. The shuttle was prompted to go as high over the asteroid belt as it could have by AR-560, then he prompted it to boost power to it's forward engines go to directly towards Geonosis. The shuttle sped towards the atmosphere, bypassing all of the asteroids and eventually landing safely near the War room of the former Confederacy. Laf spent atleast 3 Geonosian days, 30 hours, traveling around the planet, speaking to Geonosians in their own tounge which had been graced upon him when he entered the confederacy. On the third day, Laf came upon a large hive-like building.
"Sir," AR said as his mechanical gaze swept over the building. "My readings indicate that this is the Stalgasin hive's base of operations. I can't believe we just caught sight of this."
"Hrmm..." Said Laf, with a deep growl. "Their archduke, he is dead, correct?"
Ar nods
"Right..Perhaps I should express my case to them, then.."
Ar nodded, both him and his master walking into the halls of the hive. A group of hive guardians would approach them, their weapons fixed until Laf communicated something in the Geonosian tounge. This prompted them to lower their weapons, although still suspicious. After a few hours of deliberations with members of the hive, Laf and AR walked out of the building. Laf grinned.. "AR... Ready the shuttle."
"WHy so happy, sir?"
"Because, most of the hives have agreed to support us once more. And they have also agreed to work on the old droid factory and get it optional again.."
Then, at that moment, black smoke could be seen throughout the atmosphere of Geonosis, and the churning wills of the droid factory c could also be heard.

Once both were aboard, the Shuttle lifted into the atmosphere, once more blasting off.

"Cato Neimodia, AR." Laf said as he put his safety on. "Cato Neimodians should be quite keen to getting imperial influence off their planet."

The shuttle then jets into hyperspace, away to Cato Neimodia.

OOC: Not to be a stickler but the Empire took Geonosis already and basically destroyed the droid foundries when I was using them in the beginning. So the droid factories were destroyed in the orbital bombardment. Though I tried to hold out for a while.

[The United Empire of Exucular]

Master Dy'lan thought. The knock out gas would put them to sleep, but they would have to wait a while longer for them to arrive either from the temple or from orbit. The smoke signal could lure them away, but then they would still need to deal with who is left. The guards could enter and free the padawan, but if they wernt quick enough there might be a limp body or two on the way back to the temple.

"What if we do all three. We can lure some of the Flesh Raiders away, and use some sleeping gas on the guards on the wall. Then, we can send the clones in and only has the men in the hut left. That way, half of them are elswhere and all the guards at the walls are knocked out. That way, we don't have as much at risk and we don't have to wait to much longer for more gas. We wouldn't require as much. Of it to only put to sleep the remaining wall guards. To be frank, the budget is kind of slim at the current moment. Our suppliers aren't always low cost." He hoped the combined idea was a good one.

"Sounds good to me, sir," Sabre Leader said. "Now, when do we start the mission?"

Master Cosmos and Master Vos gave their approval of the plan.
"Does anyone have an idea of when we should begin? Sabre Leader? Master Dy'lan?

[New Emphillon]

"Sounds good to me, sir," Sabre Leader said. "Now, when do we start the mission?"

Master Cosmos and Master Vos gave their approval of the plan.
"Does anyone have an idea of when we should begin? Sabre Leader? Master Dy'lan?

"I say wait until it gets dark," Sabre Leader suggested. "Darkness has always been the ally of those attempting a stealth mission. It allows those to get in and get out without the enemy knowing until it is too late. What do you think?"

[New Emphillon]

The Emperor was not pleased at the sight of the new arrivals, though he knew some force or other would have come to the aid of the Jedi aboard the Venator; it was typical for a Jedi or allies of a Jedi to attempt to rescue their colleague. Foolish and narrow-minded, but admirable nonetheless.
The captain of the Majestic approached the Emperor and was about to give a report of the situation, when the Emperor stated, "I care little for military tactics and numbers, captain. What I'm most interested in is what we have to counter this little rescue attempt."
The captain nodded in agreement. "With your Majesty's presence in-system, we have a number of security measures in place for just this sort of situation."
"Such as?"
"There are several Star Destroyers around the planet at this moment, plenty enough to destroy this pitiful force. The Naboo have surrendered their pilots and starfighters to the Imperial Royal Guard during your stay and there are some ships towards the edge of the system that could be of some use, including Victory-class Star Destroyers and a Praetor-class battlecruiser en route for the supply stations at Eriadu. Which of these would you prefer to use, your Majesty?"
The answer was firm and unquestionable. "All of them," the Emperor stated.
The captain nodded and proceeded to give the orders. A couple of Imperial Star Destroyers maneuvered away from Naboo and proceeded towards the battle, their fighters and bombers swarming around them in giant balls. The Naboo were notified of the battle taking place and sent out three squadrons of their N-1 starfighters to respond to the Imperial request, much to the pilots' chagrin. Lastly, a Victory Star Destroyer was called to participate in the battle, while the Praetor battlecruiser was notified of the battle, but told to hold until needed. The Victory Star Destroyer entered hyperspace and would arrive at the battle within ten minutes.

Ameesa blocked the attack with her lightsaber and held the lightsaber lock that followed.
"You have no chance if you stay on the Path of the Light, Jedi," she stated. "You and your kind will be eradicated for your ignorance of the power of the Dark Side."
The Inquisitor broke the lock and went on the offensive.

Kite dodged and then arced her legs out from under her as he struck again at her Lightsaber. "Then explain to me why there has never been another Sith Empire for three thousand years. Your order is only a slowly decaying wound. Eventually it will collapse around you." Just then the ship rocked from the crossfire.

Admiral Cillian was nervous at the sight of the enemy reinforcements but not discouraged. "Captain get the General off the ship now!" The five LAAT Gunships dispatched from the Rescue Fleet rushed for the Hanger of Kites Cruiser carrying a host of Clones and ARC's. Meanwhile several Y-Wing Squadrons banked towards the Detainer Cruiser.

The Star Destroyers surrounding Kite's Venator pelted the ship and Admiral Cillian's ships with turbolaser and ion cannon fire, all in the hopes of taking out as many foes as possible. TIE fighters swarmed around the Y-wing bombers, pelting them with their laser cannons. The N-1 starfighters proceeded to protect the CC-2200 Detainer cruiser for as long as they could, hitting any Y-wings that got too close. The Victory I-class Star Destroyer came out of hyperspace just behind Cillian's forces and began to pelt his ships with its concussion missiles, while it launched its compliment of TIE fighters and bombers.
As the Venator rocked under the bombardment, Ameesa knew that it was best to withdraw than continue to fight this Jedi. It wasn't like he was going to survive the next few minutes anyway, as the ship began to deteriorate around them.
"I believe this is where I take my leave, Jedi," Ameesa said and motioned for her soldiers to retreat towards the hangar.
She followed close behind them and used the Force to shut the exit she had used. It wouldn't stop the Jedi from getting to the hangar, but it would hopefully delay him long enough for the fleet to destroy the ship.
The remaining boarding soldiers were ordered to abandon ship and returned to their TIE Boarding Craft. The ships detached from the Venator's hull and retreated back to the Majestic. Ameesa and her boarding party arrived at their craft and followed the rest back to the Emperor's flagship. For her and her soldiers, the battle was over.

[Pantorrum]

Master Dy'lan agreed. "It is getting very dark out, and I say we start now. Master Vos could take some troops and set off the smoke signals about 3 clicks that way," he pointed off in a direction,"while I and Master Cosmos set the knock ouut gas around the walls. Then, after they depart and the guards are sleeping well move in on the main hut, that probably has Black Sun in it as well." He grabbed on of the large containers and lifted it up with the force. He was slowly moving it to its position by the wall, under the cover of night and tall grass. Once in place, Master Cosmos would need to place his on the other side. Master Dy'lan quickly set the timer and then left to go back with the others.