Star Wars: Fight of the Seperatists(IC)

[Marsisian]

Viceroy Gunray's Palace
Cato Neimoidia

Archangel's next location to grab the wealth was at Viceroy Gunray's Palace. A heated battle was happening close to the palace between CIS and Imperial forces, but so far, the CIS troops managed to hold off the Imperials at a chokepoint on the bridge. He quickly ran into the palace and punched in the codes. The General ordered some nearby droids to pick up the chests of credits and bring it back to his shuttle. "Well, that's most of it. I suppose I could send Commando droids to pick up the rest of the wealth. I'll contact the Council."

In the shuttle, he contacted Viceroy Gunray and the rest of the present Council. "Gentlemen, I have most of the wealth, and I shall send Commando teams to pick up the rest and bring it back to Raxus. I have a cunning idea I would like to say to you when I get back to Hypori."

"General," Gunray said, still on a heavily secured Providence destroyer, moving to Raxus Secundus, "Transport that wealth to the Raxus system immediately. Also, Hypori is not where we are anymore. I will not say here because the Imperials have the capability to intercept communication. However, I will say this, I want that fleet out of there and sent to these following coordinates right away." He said, he immediately punched in a few coordinates and sended it to Archangel over a very, very high encrypted code that only he could decipher. They were coordinates to both Hypori and Raxus Secundus, however, it seemed Gunray wanted him to go to Secunudus,
"I will see you soon, General," He said, waiting to see if he had any questions.

"Roger that, sir. I'll move out to the Raxus system immediately." Archangel ended the transmission and went back to his Providence destroyer, under heavy fire from TIE Fighters and Imperial ships. "Sir, we don't have a chance of winning this!" The Commander droid said. "That's right, commander! Tell the fleet to retreat away from the Imperials to the planet Hoth! Lure them there so we can ambush them when they come out of hyperspace. I must go to the Council in the Raxus system." Some moments later, the fleet and Archangel's ship jumped out of battle into hyperspace.

[Nation of cool guys]

As the Seperatist fleet vanished into Hyperspace, Thrawn suppressed a yell of rage.

"Sir...?" a lieutenant haltingly questioned. "Do you have any orders?"

"Yes." Thrawn said, the frustration evident in his voice. "Recharge the shields and call in all fighter squadrons. We're leaving."

Then he turned to Alpha-15, who had been waiting patiently the course of the battle. "Now, Alpha-15. I have another mission for you."

Thrawn sat down and lowered his voice so only Alpha-15 could hear him. "I want you to take your squad and go to Rakata Prime. In orbit over the planet, you will find the wreckage of a massive space station. I want you to take three cargo shuttles and bring as much of the least damaged debris that you can. Especially any control panels or databanks. Those are most important."

[Pantorrum]

Vader's Fleet arrived just as the Separatist Fleet was fleeing. Vader, being able to see the fleet escape towards Hoth, temporarily confused him...Hoth had absolutely nothing on it, a desolate Ice World...

He looked towards the ships Captain and spoke solemnly...
"We are going to Coruscaunt soon. Order 7 Victory Class Star Destroyers ready for our arrival. First, I am going to Thrawn's ship to speak with him..."

Vader boarded Thrawns ship rather quickly, and made an immediate approach to the bridge...
When he arrived on the bridge Vader starred at Thrawn before speaking quite seriously...

"Admiral, tell me, what was the enemies last known communication? To whom was it?"

He sensed a plot, but he was unsure as to what exactly it was...

[Nation of cool guys]

Vader's Fleet arrived just as the Separatist Fleet was fleeing. Vader, being able to see the fleet escape towards Hoth, temporarily confused him...Hoth had absolutely nothing on it, a desolate Ice World...

He looked towards the ships Captain and spoke solemnly...
"We are going to Coruscaunt soon. Order 7 Victory Class Star Destroyers ready for our arrival. First, I am going to Thrawn's ship to speak with him..."

Vader boarded Thrawns ship rather quickly, and made an immediate approach to the bridge...
When he arrived on the bridge Vader starred at Thrawn before speaking quite seriously...

"Admiral, tell me, what was the enemies last known communication? To whom was it?"

He sensed a plot, but he was unsure as to what exactly it was...

Thrawn started when Lord Vader himself walked onto the bridge.
Taking a moment to absorb the question, Thrawn then answered;
"Lord, Gunray said to the enemy general that the wealth they rescued from the planet be taken to the Raxus system, and that the Seperatist leaders are no longer on Hypori. He did not say where, and before he signed off he transmitted a extremely heavily encrypted file. We are unable to crack it."

[Pantorrum]

"You've done very well here Admiral. I am impressed by you, something that no other commander has ever done. Consider yourself a favorite. I sense a plot of some kind at Hoth, possibly a trap to destroy us. You will not follow him there. Instead, I am sending you to the Muunilst System where the Separatist have recently taken the Banking Clan Vaults. You will be receiving 2 Imperial Star Destroyers and a dozen Victory Cruisers, as well as an Interdictor Star Destroyer, as reward for your victory today. They await your arrival in Coruscaunt before heading to Muunilst. Do not allow the Separatist to escape. Wipe them all out. The Interdictor Star Destroyer will prevent their hyperspace retreat. I have full confidence you will take the system, Admiral. I will follow the Separatist fleet to Hoth into their trap. I sense only two options in the Raxus system. Gunray made a fatal flaw by releasing even that. Raxus Prime and Raxus Secundus, one of which was the Separatist Capital, are the only two possibilities.
"I will have a fleet stay over this planet, so do not worry about the need to defend it. Is there any other information on the Separatist that may be of use at Hoth, Admiral?"

[Nation of cool guys]

"No my lord, other than that the Seperatist fleet is obviously lying in wait on Hoth. Perhaps we should leave them waiting for a fleet that never arrives whilst we smash targets in a series of hit-and-runs? And I thank you for the addition to my fleet."

[Marsisian]

Raxus

Sadly, Archangel did not realize the mistake Gunray had made until he was at the Raxus system. He contacted the Separatist Council. "Gentlemen, you must get away from Raxus immediately! Viceroy Gunray, you made the mistake of revealing where I would drop off the wealth, in the Raxus system! You revealed where the Council is! Escape to a planet in the Wild Space region, and do not come back until the Imperial presence is lowered!"

[Draica]

Raxus

Sadly, Archangel did not realize the mistake Gunray had made until he was at the Raxus system. He contacted the Separatist Council. "Gentlemen, you must get away from Raxus immediately! Viceroy Gunray, you made the mistake of revealing where I would drop off the wealth, in the Raxus system! You revealed where the Council is! Escape to a planet in the Wild Space region, and do not come back until the Imperial presence is lowered!"

Gunray immediately nodded. The fleet came out of hyperspace 5 parsecs from Raxus Secundus. Within a few seconds, coordinates were set to wild space and the fleet went off towards there. Wat Tambor was also notified of this change and his shuttle headed towards there, too. Raxus Secunudus was already very heavily foritified and was prepared to the Imperial fleet, wherever and whenever it was to come.. Gunray then decided to open up an encrpyted, hidden, secure communication which would be near impossible to read or crack with General Archangel. The entire Council was in observance,
"So General, what is this plan of yours?" He asked,.

[Marsisian]

Raxus

Sadly, Archangel did not realize the mistake Gunray had made until he was at the Raxus system. He contacted the Separatist Council. "Gentlemen, you must get away from Raxus immediately! Viceroy Gunray, you made the mistake of revealing where I would drop off the wealth, in the Raxus system! You revealed where the Council is! Escape to a planet in the Wild Space region, and do not come back until the Imperial presence is lowered!"

Gunray immediately nodded. The fleet came out of hyperspace 5 parsecs from Raxus Secundus. Within a few seconds, coordinates were set to wild space and the fleet went off towards there. Wat Tambor was also notified of this change and his shuttle headed towards there, too. Raxus Secunudus was already very heavily foritified and was prepared to the Imperial fleet, wherever and whenever it was to come.. Gunray then decided to open up an encrpyted, hidden, secure communication which would be near impossible to read or crack with General Archangel. The entire Council was in observance,
"So General, what is this plan of yours?" He asked,.

"As you know, the Kaminoans made the former Clone troopers of the Republic's military forces. I can imagine they wouldn't be too happy making clones for the Imperials. I am going to try and sway the Kaminoans to the Confederate side with the promise of liberation from the Empire. Of course, it will have to be secret. They can't just announce they're going to be making clones for the CIS."

[Need a Name]

"Sir, we will find the wreckage and bring it to the Empire. I will make every precaution to make sure that the CIS does not find this wreckage,"Alpha-15 said. He saluted Admiral Thrawn and Lord Vader, then took the elevator back down to the hanger. After the door opened he walked down the now fire-free corridor and back to the hanger. His entire squad was there and alive but eight storm troopers did not share the same fate. The battle appeared to be hard fought, with a CIS drop ship, forty B1 Battle Droids, and ten B2 Super Battle Droids destroyed by the Imperial defense force. "Squad,"Alpha-15 yelled,"we have new orders. I want three stealth shuttles capable of carrying heavy cargo readied as soon as possible."

"Sir, they will be readied ASAP. But there aren't enough stealth shuttles aboard this star destroyer. I will call some in,"Alpha-2 replied immediately.

"Good, Admiral Thrawn wants this done soon and quickly."

[Draica]

Gunray immediately nodded. The fleet came out of hyperspace 5 parsecs from Raxus Secundus. Within a few seconds, coordinates were set to wild space and the fleet went off towards there. Wat Tambor was also notified of this change and his shuttle headed towards there, too. Raxus Secunudus was already very heavily foritified and was prepared to the Imperial fleet, wherever and whenever it was to come.. Gunray then decided to open up an encrpyted, hidden, secure communication which would be near impossible to read or crack with General Archangel. The entire Council was in observance,
"So General, what is this plan of yours?" He asked,.

"As you know, the Kaminoans made the former Clone troopers of the Republic's military forces. I can imagine they wouldn't be too happy making clones for the Imperials. I am going to try and sway the Kaminoans to the Confederate side with the promise of liberation from the Empire. Of course, it will have to be secret. They can't just announce they're going to be making clones for the CIS."

"And if there's an Imperial garrison,?" Gunray asks curiously. "I doubt the Imperials would leave Kamino unguarded.."

[Marsisian]

"As you know, the Kaminoans made the former Clone troopers of the Republic's military forces. I can imagine they wouldn't be too happy making clones for the Imperials. I am going to try and sway the Kaminoans to the Confederate side with the promise of liberation from the Empire. Of course, it will have to be secret. They can't just announce they're going to be making clones for the CIS."

"And if there's an Imperial garrison,?" Gunray asks curiously. "I doubt the Imperials would leave Kamino unguarded.."

"My Commando droids will take care of them. They shall be disguised as Imperial Stormtroopers and quietly assassinate the garrison's leaders and important officers, then assassinate the rest of them. I will send more commandos to the planet, they will act as the garrison."

[Draica]

"And if there's an Imperial garrison,?" Gunray asks curiously. "I doubt the Imperials would leave Kamino unguarded.."

"My Commando droids will take care of them. They shall be disguised as Imperial Stormtroopers and quietly assassinate the garrison's leaders and important officers, then assassinate the rest of them. I will send more commandos to the planet, they will act as the garrison."

Gunray nods along with the rest of the Council, clasping both of his hands together and twitching one of his eyes towards the hologram, adjusting himself,
"Then it is finished," He said, spreading his hands wide, "Execute this operation immediately. Ensure it goes off without a hitch. Make sure you do this undetected and stealthy, do not give the Empire any reason or suspiscision to believe something's going on. I want these commando droid's voices to be disgused like Imperial troopers, I want this entire operation to happen all out and consistently. Get to it, General,' Gunray said, cutting off the communication.

[Marsisian]

The Hammer of Geonosis
Hangar Bay

When Gunray cut off the communication, he informed the commander that he needed 20 Commando droids in the hangar bay ASAP. After that, the general went down to the bay and waited. Later, Archangel looked at the Commando droids while their voices were being changed to speak fluently and match the accents of Imperial Stormtroopers. Finally, they were given names and serial numbers based on the Imperial code. Their objectives were outlined by Archangel, then he put on a Stormtrooper uniform himself.

Finally, they went into their respective shuttles and headed towards Kamino.

[Our Governator]

As the separatist fleet hyperspaced away, Tarkin looked out the observation deck with surprise. "And so they flee to die another die," he remarked, turning to the officers readily waiting for orders on either side of the deck of the bridge. "Have we any leads on where they could have gone?"

"Sir," one officer said, standing. "We intercepted a communication from out of the system. We are attempting to un-scramble it, but so far to no avail."

"I see." Tarkin said, slowly moving his hand to his chin. "Perhaps they were giving him the coordinates to a rebel base of some-sort? Perhaps the source of these blasted battle droids?" he moved down the deck, walking toward the conference room.

Tarkin called each of the captains of the star destroyers to his ship, the Executrix. In the conference room, he went over several options for the next strike. "This General Archangel," Tarkin said, "Must be stopped. There must be some reason he brought his fleet here, only to run away moments later."

One captain stood. "Grand Moff Tarkin, I believe that there must be some sort of banking clan headquarters they each hacked into. According to some on the Senate, several million credits were brought into circulation into the Empire."

Tarkin tented his hands. "Interesting. Perhaps this is it. Muunilinst, being the homeworld of the Banking Clan, will provide more spoils to observe. Send a message to Grand Admiral Thrawn instructing him to execute any remaining members of the Intergalactic Banking Clan that are present on Muunilinst."

Comm to Grand Admiral Thrawn

By command of the Council of Moffs, all of the members of the Intergalactic Banking Clan present on Muunilinst are to be considered fugitives and are to be shot on sight.

[Nation of cool guys]

Thrawn wasted no time, after Vader left his ship he turned his fleet about and entered hyperspace, headed for Coruscant to pick up the new additions to his fleet.

He turned to Alpha-15 and said "Whatever amount of shuttles and supplies you require shall be yours for this mission. Understand trooper, this mission is of absolute importance to the Empire. Bring back as much debris as possible, and again, remember to bring back as many technological debris that you can. Panels, databanks, no matter what condition."

[Nation of cool guys]

Not long after he entered hyperspace, Thrawn's fleet emerged over Coruscant. Awaiting him there were 12 Victory-class Star Destroyers, 2 Imperial-Class Star Destroyers, and an Interdictor-Class Star Destroyer, new additions to his fleet, given to him by Darth Vader.

After a brief meeting with their captains, Thrawn ordered four heavy cargo shuttles with cloaking devices be loaded onto the Chimaera, his flagship (Which is also the first prototype Imperial-II class Star Destroyer.)

As the shuttles were being loaded, Thrawn said to Alpha-15; "These shuttles are for your mission. You have exactly five ours to ready your squad and depart."

[Nation of cool guys]

Exactly five hours later, Alpha-15 and his men exited the Imperial-II-class Star Destroyer, bound for their objective.

Shortly after, Thrawn's newly reinforced fleet entered hyperspace, bound for Muunilinst

[Our Governator]

Tarkin, sitting in his conference room, told the captains his intent to return to the Maw Installation. "We have a need for a larger fleet. We will bring to use several of the Star Destroyers that haven't seen battle yet. Remember, keep your galaxy maps clear. We do not want the rebels knowing of our installation."

Tarkin dismissed the captains, and after appointing a local to be Military Governor of Cato Neimoidia, they hyperspaced to the Maw Cluster. After winding down their difficult path, they returned to the installation. Tarkin ordered that three victory-class cruisers join their fleet, as well as two more class-I star destroyers. Looking over several older frigates, he also ordered that one of his Captains, Captain Hindane Darcc, lead a fleet led by a Victory-class frigate accompanied by a group of 4 retired Acclamator-class frigates.

"Captain Darcc." said Tarkin, standing on an elevated platform in front of the overlook of the Death Star, still under construction. Next to him, in a white Admiral's uniform, was Admiral Dalaa. "I have a very... special... mission for you. You will be leading this fleet of ragtag frigates deep into the outer rim to distract separatist forces."

Admiral Dalaa, having stood silent to this point, walked over to a console. She pressed a button, and a map of the galaxy appeared. She cleared her throat. "You will begin by travelling to Nal Hutta, and begin heading toward the Abrion sector." she pointed out a few planets. "You will begin by waiting by the planet of Kamino. We will send your orders from there."

Captain Darcc nodded, moving off to carry out the orders. His fleet moved out hours later.

Tarkin, after spending the night in his quarters, moved his new fleet out of the Maw, carefully and safely. The fleet went to Hyperspace, targeting the heart of the separatist movement: Neimoidia.

[The Royally United Provinces]

Jako sat meditating. He was trying to summon the surviving Jedi. He stopped meditating hoping someone got the message. He stood up and went to town on his speeder. He was careful not to alarm anyone that he was a Jedi. With this he went to the hangars where star ships were parked. He walked over to one of the captains. "I need your ship sir." Jako asked calmly.

"No, beat it." Answered the man.

"This is for more than you could imagine." He raise his hand to do a mind trick but the captain pulled out a blaster and pointed it at Master Jako. Jako used the force to move the mans arm away but he kept shooting and was hitting random items. Jako quickly pulled out his light saber and cut the blaster in two parts. Only to then use his mind trick to get the ship. With success he boarded and took off for space. Something was bothering him though. A Jedi was in trouble. He couldn't tell who or where but he felt a disturbance. He followed the way to where the feeling was getting stronger. Towards Corisant. This had something to do with the empire.

[Rhinocera]

Over Kuat

Jackson had returned to the bridge from his chamber, and watched as Kuat rushed into the view screen when the Basilisk surged out of hyperspace. "Prepare a shuttle from the Reclaimer, I need to go to the surface." The order was quickly followed, and in a matter of minutes (after clearing himself with the planetary authorities) Valoran was on Kuati soil, moving on foot towards his destination, alone. As he walked, he recognized the area, it was one of the less wealthy on Kuat, actually, it was a shit hole. Poverty had overtaken the area decades before the Valoran had been born, and not much had changed. Even with the planets booming economy from it's shipyards business, no golden eggs had trickled down to this area.

After walking for several miles, he reached a residence which was in shambles. He walked up the stairs, nervous, and knocked. The woman who opened the door was the only person in the entire galaxy who scared Valoran, and standing at 7'11'', literally dwarfing almost every human ever to live, it was hilarious to people that had seen him shake in the presence of the elderly woman who stood at a massive 5'2''. "Jackson, what brings you home now, it's been a long time. I was starting to wonder if you had forgotten about your roots" said the elderly woman. "I'm sorry grandmother, I should visit more often. I'd never forget about my family." Valoran could have defended himself and said that he was busy providing for his entire family, which consisted of his grandmother and his two sisters, but he knew that would only irritate the old lady. Jackson's family had grown up poor, with his father being the first one to make enough money to move up in the world, and Jackson being the second. However, his father had been killed by mercenaries hired by the Banking Clan, in a failed attempt to assassinate a rival businessman who happened to be overlooking the construction of a ship he purchased, of which Jacksons father had been working on. This had left their family broke once more, and it wasn't until Jackson rose up in the structure of Kuat Drive Yards that he had been able to move everyone to a more acceptable residence. His grandmother had refused to leave, however, and still lived here. "Grandmother, I need to get something I stored here, I promise I'll come back soon, but this is important business." The old woman began to ramble on about respecting the elders and "Damn Kids" but Jackson slipped by and proceeded to his old room. He then began to look around the floor, for a mark, which he found. It was a little x chipped into the hard wood.

Jackson looked at his arms, both robotic due to war injuries. He then looked at the ground, and punched his fist through the hardwood floor, smashing through the wooden panel as if it were a twig. When he pulled his arm from the floor, his hand clutched a small datapad, which was what he had been looking for. He activated it quickly, to see if it was still functional, and smiled when the blue hologram projected above the pad. He deactivated the device, and left the house. When he reached the shuttle, he ordered the pilot to return him to the Basilisk, then to return to the Reclaimer. He then began to look over the device he had retrieved, thinking about the possibilities it unlocked. The device contained in it a design which would allow Jackson to create a generator, which would generate the necessary power to operate the Executor. This was the most important part, for the remains of the designers of the generator had been killed by Separatists during the war. This was the key to the Executor's success as a warship, which in turn Jackson believed would propel him to greatness in the Empire. After stashing the device away in a safe place, Jackson then contacted Lord Vader, sending the following transmission under heavy encryption, as such that if he were to intercept the transmission, Jackson himself couldn't translate it again. Only Vader and Palpatine had the code to unencrypt this message. "Lord Vader, this is Captain Jackson Valoran. As you already know, I have been tasked with the development of a new warship for service in the Imperial Navy. My design, while not yet having reached the point where construction may begin, has however reached a point where I believe that we should begin preparations for a suitable dockyard for the massive vessel. The required dimensions for such a dockyard are specified in a file, which has been attached to this transmission. If the design process proceeds as planned, the vessel will be ready to begin construction upon the dockyards completed construction, Lord Vader."

[Nation of cool guys]

Thrawn's fleet emerged over Muunilinst in a flash of light. Seconds after the fleet appeared, hundreds of TIE-fighters swarmed out to the planet.

"Sir the planet is below" said a Lieutenant. "Shall we open fire?"

"Target the orbiting spaceport with our turbolasers." Thrawn said. "And send seven of our Victory-class Star Destroyers into the atmosphere assault the citedal. Leave the Banking Clan Headquarters alone, we can't risk destroying the galaxies economy"

Soon after the orders were given, green turbolaser bolts lanced out from the Star Destroyers, the first volley crippling the spaceports meager shields, and the rest heavily damaging the spaceport.

Meanwhile in the atmosphere, the Victory-class Star Destroyers made easy work of the target city. Waves of bombers leveled portions of the city, and TIE-fighters made certain no ships escaped.

[Nation of cool guys]

Thrawn nearly kicked the command console when he realized he had not ordered the jamming of planetwide communications.
"I WANT ALL COMMS JAMMED NOW!" Thrawn roared, startling his bridge crew

"All communications jammed sir" replied the comms officer.

On the surface below, the Victory-class Star Destroyers had unloaded their battalions of Stormtroopers, a complement of nearly 5000 soldiers.

An order to surrender was sent to the Banking Clan headquarters, and one planet-to-ship communications channel was left open for the Banking Clan to surrender through.

In space, the combined firepower of the remaining 12 Victory-class and 8 Victory-class Star Destroyers easily finished destroying the orbiting spaceport.

"Sir, the spaceport has been destroyed. What target shall we fire on next?"
Thrawn smiled grimly and said; "Start destroying sectors of the Banking Clan Headquarters. When their credit vaults start going up in flames they'll have to listen."

"Yes sir." replied the weapons officer

"Target the northern sector first." Thrawn said.

The order was given, and green bolts of energy streaked through the atmosphere to wreak havoc on the city

[Pantorrum]

Vader and his forces had returned to Coruscaunt by now with their prisoner, and were in orbit as the transmission came in...

Vader read it, and smiled decisively before sending a heavily encrypted reply.

"Captain Valoran, I permit you to use whatever necessary resources you require to build this vessel. The dockyard will begin construction immediately. If you succeed, you will be placed as the captain of the vessel. If you fail, the consequences will be disastrous for you."

Vader turned and walked down to the detainment area...

"Jedi, you are to be taken to the surface where you will meet your fate. I will be taking you to the Senate where you will be tried for your crimes."

Vader opened the door and had a Stormtrooper place energy binders on him. A squadron of 18 Stormtroopers escorted the jedi to a shuttle and departed for Coruscaunt's surface, leaving Vader on the ship to proceed to Kuat where he wuld be picking up an array of reinforcements for a full scale invasion of Geonosis. He planned on acquiring about 10 Victory Cruisers and 2 more Star Destroyers.

His current 3 star Destroyer's jumped to Kuat for retrieve the fresh force before jumping to Geonosis. In all, about 200,000 ground troops, some in transports, would be heading an invasion of Geonosis, planning to strike only the key factories...

[Nation of cool guys]

On Muunilinst, Stormtroopers marched in perfect unison through the capital streets. The Banking Clan had surrendered.

A legion of 10,000 Stormtroopers and eleven high-ranking officers would be left to restore order.

Thrawn quickly opened a communication channel with Vader:

"Lord Vader, Muunilinst has been conquered for the Empire. The Banking Clan is now under our control. I would like to request to move against the Seperatists on initiative, as I believe random strikes would further demoralize and confuse the enemy."