New Emphillon wrote:Gotengo wrote:
Cadro was alarmed as the Scanners lit up like fireworks with all the Imperial Ships that had entered the system. Cadro could sense a Jedi commanding the Droid Blockade and that set his mind that he had to help. Cadro turned around. "Captain! Bring our ships in close behind the enemy fleet and launch all Fighters! We'll hit them hard from behind! Also I want Boarding Craft ready to board their Command Ship! Full Craft containing Fifteen Commando Droids each! I want at least twenty Boarding Craft hitting that ship in the first moments of our ambush!" The Captain nodded. "Roger, Roger."
The three Droid Ships came in behind the Imperial Fleet and opened fire on the rear of their fleet. Where their defenses wouldn't be as strong. Hyena Bombers and Vulture Droids zoomed away from the Ships and fired away at the enemy ships. Meanwhile the Boarding Craft were being prepared for launch.
"Sir, we have enemy vessels approaching from the fleet's rear. We also have multiple enemy fighter and bomber squadrons converging on our location," called an officer from the crew pit of the Executrix.
"Have the point-defense lasers powered up to their highest settings and alert the closest Tartan cruisers," the captain ordered.
"What about the enemy capital ships?"
"How many and what class?"
The officer looked back at the scanner readouts briefly. "Two Munificent frigates and one possible Providence carrier."
"Possible," the captain echoed questioningly.
"Yes, sir. The readouts show a vessel similar to the Providence class carrier, but it is heavily modified if it is the correct class."
The captain thought that over for a moment.He had already calculated for the enemy's response with enemy fighters to overwhelm the anti-fighter screen and the fighter escorts, but he had forgotten to think about a possible attack from the rear. It was a stupid mistake, considering the Executrix was in the rear of the fleet. And it was too early in the fight to reveal the first surprise on to the rebels.
"What do we have to defend the rear," the captain asked.
"Just the battleship Vanguard and a couple Carrack cruisers for anti-fighter defense," the officer replied.
It isn't a lot, but it would do, the captain thought.
"Have the Vanguard hit those enemy capital ships with everything it has and bring the Executrix parallel to both enemy battlegroups."
"Yes, sir," the officer replied.
The Executrix and the Vanguard turned to deal with the threat behind the fleet. The battleship was able to bring its guns up first and fired its turbolasers and proton torpedoes at the closest Munificent frigate. Spare V-Wing and ARC-170 fighter squadrons were diverted to the battle at the rear. As the Executrix was parallel to the enemy fleets, it raised its heavy turbolaser cannons and hit the enemy Providence carrier with everything it had.
Elsewhere in the fight, the front vessels took hits to their shields and returned the favor five times over. The shields took beatings from the enemy fire, but held, each one at differing levels of strength. The Tartan and Carrack cruisers in the front and middle of the fleet hit the oncoming fighters and bombers from Kite's fleet with high-level accuracy, thanks to the Tartan's advanced targeting system. The Carracks mainly spat up flak, which was less efficient than the Tartans' efforts, but it was still effective. The Dreadnaught heavy cruisers, Venators and Rothana battleships continued to hit the enemy fleet with every turbolaser cannon, concussion or proton missile, and ion cannon the fleet had. The Acclamators held back to held provide close support for the fleet. Finally, the Imperial fighters and bombers did a little trouble of their own among the enemy fleet. A couple of Tartan cruisers pushed past the front lines of the fleet and provided cover for the agile V-Wings and TIE/Ln fighters, along with the new TIE/gt bombers. The fighters then took the role of providing cover for the bombers, while the latter hit any weakened warship.
Kite held onto a railing as the Providence Flagship took blow after blow to its thankfully strong shields. Kite's regular Droid Fighters were being slaughtered. So maybe it was time for some elite Troops. Kite turned to TX-47. "I want the Magnaguards and Commando Droids to take off in their Starfighters now! Hit those enemy Fighter Squadrons as hard as they can. All power to forward Deflectors! Open fire on the Anti-Fighter Vessels! I want the Lulhurks to concentrate all their many guns on those Anti-Fighter Vessels! I want our Frigates and Destroyers to concentrate their attacks on the Dreadnaught's and Venators! Due to my experience in the Republic I know the Dreadnaught's are weakest in their very center where the Reactor is located and the Venators are weakest from below since the majority of their guns are topside! Send the Trident Droids to board that enemy Command Ship! Target the enemy Command Ship! Maximum Firepower! Contact the Geonosian Fighter Platforms and tell them to get those Fighters lifted off now!"
About a hundred Magnaguards and two hundred Commando Droids lifted off in Magnaguard Starfighters and began to hit the enemy fighters hard. Forty Trident Assault Craft Droids detached from the Command Ship and sailed through the Battlefield towards the enemy Command Ship. The Providence Flagship concentrated all its many guns on the Executrix and fired on its shields with maximum fire power.




