Star Wars: Clones in Equestria

by The Dark Soul

Chapter 11: The Assault on Rhen Var

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General Liam, looking very smug, has, not only General Obi-wan Kenobi and Captain Rex aboard, but 4 Acclamator I-class assault ship with over 20,000 troopers following behind, is on his way to attack Rhen Var, and take it back from the CIS. Rhen Var is in sight, and a CIS fleet is holding position over the planet, small transports coming and going from the ships.

"Sir, Rhen Var is in sight, shall we commence the attack?" General Liam asks Obi-wan Kenobi.

"Well, I think so. Launch the Star Fighters and Landing Parties." Obi-wan Commands.

General Liam salutes and gets on the communications to tell the other 4 Acclamator I-class assault ship, in addition to his ship, to launch their landing parties and star fighters.

"All ships, launch your star fighters and landing parties. The star fighters have to protect the LAATs. When the all landing parties are clear, star fighter pilots must focus on keep reinforcements from the CIS ships at bay." General Liam orders.

The launching bays open, star fighters and LAATs carrying Clone Troopers launch into space. The battle has just begun.

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"Sir." A droid says, trying to get the attention of General Grievous.

"What is it?" General Grievous asks.

"We have detected star fighters and LAATs launching from five different Republic assault ships. Shall we prep our star fighters for launch?"

"Yes, we shall crush this retaliation!" Grievous commands.

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"Blue Squadron, Check in!" The Blue Squadron Leader commands.

"Blue two checking in."

"Blue three checking in."

"Blue four checking in."

"Blue five checking in."

"Blue six checking in."

"Blue seven checking in."

"Blue Eight checking in!"

"Alright, our job, along with the other star fighter squadrons, is to protect the LAATs, you know what to do boys!"

"STAR FIGHTERS INCOMING!" Yells Blue 2.

"LETS DO THIS LADS! SPREAD OUT! GO GO GO!" Commands Blue Leader.

The star fighters collide into a dogfight, while Blue 7 was kamikazied by one of the vulture droids, the rest of the squadron fights on. Another Republic squadron joins in on the dogfight, then another CIS squadron joins, then another Republic, then another CIS, then more and more Republic fighters join in, then more and more CIS fighters join in. Now there are about 160 fighters, from both sides,  in the fight. The LAATs are going right over the dogfighter frenzy.

"This is Blue Leader, Blue two, and Blue three, protect the LAAT Squadrons, they don't have many fighters protecting them."

"Yes sir!"

"Gladly!"

Blues 2 & 3 join Yellow Squadron as they escort 5 LAAT Squadrons. More fighters are incoming.

"Incoming, Yellow Squadron, Defend us! Blues two and three, destroy any stragglers!"

"Ha ha, we are the best, lets go Yellows!"

"Blues, you heard Green Squadron!"

The Yellows engage in a dogfight with 15 vulture droids. 3 vulture droids have already been destroyed. The LAATs are about few minutes from the atmosphere, and already 3 LAATs have been destroyed, Blues 2 & 3 are doing their best trying to keep the stragglers at bay, but 1 was able to get 2. Turning back to the dogfight that is now down to Republic with 90 ships, and the CIS with 110 ships. Red Squadron from the "Triple Blaster" was already destroyed, Eagle Squadron was maimed, with only 4 ships left and 6 ships destroyed, Blue was nicked, with Blue 7 down, and Blues 2 & 3 off protecting the LAATs. The rest of the squadrons was at full strength. Explosions and Proton Torpedoes going through spaces where star fighters were, star fighter remains smashing into unwary pilots and droids.  Every second a ship is hit, and either is destroyed or fights on. Turning back to the LAATs, they are not having a pretty day, they are going through heavy fire from stragglers as Blues 2 & 3 helps the LAATs tank through the battle, Yellow squadron is still at full strength, having destroyed 8 fighters already. LAAT squadrons have already lost 4 ships as stragglers continues to come through, reinforcements arrive to assist the vulture droids who are fighting Yellow Squadron.

"This is Green Leader, we are nearing the objective, ETA 20 minutes!" Green Leader reports, they are now in the atmosphere, Yellow and Blue have done their job.

General Liam looks at the battle before him, the LAATs have already reached their objective, and the rest of the deployed star fighters are battling to keep the reinforcements at bay. The rest of the star fighters under his command waiting to be deployed.

"Sir, the battle is going well." General Liam tells Obi-wan.

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The LAATs land, or at least, what's left of them. 20 troopers from each LAAT jump out, including Captain Rex. The Outpost is now Fortified with 500 droids, this battle will be a tough one.

"GO GO GO!" Yells Captain Rex.

The 200 clones find cover behind crates, barrels, and some just charge. The droids, having been alerted about the attack before the LAATs, have already 60 droids defending the doors to the Outpost. Blaster fire rings out, killing 20 clones immediately, and only 10 droids as well.  1 droid and 1 clone are engaged in a melee battle. Trying to smack each other with their blasters, the clone is able to break the guard of the droid and smacks him with the butt of his rifle, then blasts him. He finds cover behind a crate next to Captain Rex.

"Good Job trooper!" Captain Rex manages to say over mega blaster battle.

"Thank you sir." The clone responds.

Destroyer droids arrive on the battle scene, killing 25 more clones. The clones have received 80 casualties while the droids, being dug in where they are, have received 30 casualties. Some clones toss EMP detonators at the Rollies, disabling their shields, the clones with blaster repeaters step out of cover and start blasting, killing 2 Destroyer droids, in 2 short bursts. The clones cheer as the remaining droids are cleared up from the outside. With 120 Clones left, they blow open the doors to the Outpost, killing 20 droids immediately.

"Alright boys, split up and kill any droid you come across! FOR THE REPUBLIC!"

"FOR THE REPUBLIC!" Every clone yells at the top of their lungs.

The 120 clones split up into 4 squads, Card 1, Card 2, Card 3 and Card 4. Captain Rex leading Card 4.

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"This is Blue Leader to the "Rancor", we are suffering too many casualties, Eagle, Red, and Company squadrons are destroyed and we need reinforcements!" Blue Leader asks.

"Roger that, Incoming Reinforcements." General Liam replies.

General Liam, passing Obi-wan as he watches the battle unfold, walks towards the coms, ready to launch the last of the star fighters. He speaks into it, with a smug voice.

"All remaining fighters launch immediately, win this battle." General Liam orders.

All the remaining Fighters launch, reinforcing Blue, Grey, Wild, and Yellow squadrons, now the ratio for the star fighter battle is Republic 250, CIS 80. The Launching bays open for the CIS ships...

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"Sir." The droid says.

"What is status of the battle?" General Grievous asks, with anger in his voice. Obviously expecting bad news as the LAATs has landed.

"We have detected more Republic star fighters entering the battle, our droid are outnumbered, shall we send reinforcements?"

"YES, YES SEND THE REINFORCEMENTS!" Grievous commands angrily. After sighing angrily he speaks up.

"What is the status of the outpost?" He asks calmly.

"Uhh, we actually just received a holographic message, here ill play it." The droid plays the holographic message, a Commander droid appears in front of Grievous.

"Keep firing! Sir, we need reinforcements! The clones have breached the outpost and--" The holographic droid reports, blaster rounds flying behind him. The droid gets cut off by a detonator blowing up by his legs.

"MY LEGS!....My legs!" The holographic droid whines off screen. The holoporjector shuts off.

General Grievous boils with rage, smashing the droid next to him. He gets up and looks towards the destroyed droid next to him, and gives another order.

"FIRE ALL CANNONS AT THE REPUBLIC SHIPS!" Grievous orders.

"Roger Roger.".

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General Liam and Obi-wan watches the battle before them, with 230 Republic fighters left, and now 202 CIS fighters engaged in dogfighting, the battle is going well. As commands from different Squad Leaders come in on the coms, more and more ships explode in space, from Obi-wan's view, for every 10 droids destroyed, they lose 3 fighters. More and more explo-. *RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE*Obi-wan and General Liam, with the other clones on the bridge, stumble around as the ship is hit with heavy lasers.

"Sirs, The CIS ships are firing at us, shall we return fire?" A clone asks, panicked.

"Raise the shields and open fire on the opposing force." General Liam orders.

General Liam walks over to the coms, the coms clone is still on the floor. General Liam begins his orders for the other ships under his command.

"Raise your shields and fire at the CIS ships." General Liam barks into the coms. Immediately after the order, the Republic ships are open fire with all their heavy cannons. General Liam frowns, this battle is getting worse by the second.

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Captain Rex, being followed by 25 clones, 5 of them being killed in a battle with 50 droids, is walking down a corridor, with clone bodies filling it. They already lost communications with Card 2.

"This must be Card Two." Captain Rex says.

"What a waste." A clone next to Rex says. Rex remembers this clone being the one that was in a melee fight with a droid back when they landed.

The clones hear Cards 3 & 1 on the coms, obviously cheering. Captain Rex sighs, down to 65 clones left in the outpost. 85 droids were still running about. Captain Rex is tackled by a clone, a rocket soars over where Rex was at.

"SUPER BATTLE DROIDS, TAKE COVER!" Yells a clone.

"Thanks." Captain Rex says to the clone that tackled him. No response.

The 25 clones that are still standing, including Rex himself, open fire behind some crates. The Super Battle Droids as advancing slowly, firing Wrist Rockets and blaster rounds. The Supers fire a wrist rocket that hits a crate dead on, it explodes, killing 5 clones immediately. After 5 more minutes of exchanging fire and advancing, a loud noise is heard, the clones and the droids stop firing to listen. It gets closer and closer and closer until it hits. A clone star fighter from the battle in space crashes into the building corridor, smashing and killing the Supers. A clone pilot, bloodied and torn from the crash, gets out and limps towards the clones by the crates, he collapses and the star fighter explodes.

"You, check to see if he is alive!" Rex orders.

"Yes sir."

A clone steps out of cover to check on the Pilot, he is alive. The clone looks towards Rex and gives a thumbs up. The captain sighs with relief.

"Pick him up and lets go, the other Squads should almost be done wiping out the droids." Rex says.

The clone picks up the Pilot and carries him down the corridor with the others. This clone, is a lucky clone.

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The battle has been raging for  2 hours now, so many pilots and droids have died. The battle is becoming hopeless for both sides.

"Sir."

"What now?" Grievous asks with anger.

"We are receiving a holographic message. Shall I play it?"

"Why not?" The general says sarcastically.

The Holo Projector shows a Commander droid, unlike the one from earlier. But this one is missing an Arm.

"Sir, me and my droids are all that are left. There are twenty of us, and-!" The droid gets interrupted by a droid in the background.

"Here they come! *BAM* Noooo!"

"We need help! Please send-!" The last thing the holo projector shows Is the commander getting hit in the head with a blaster round. It shuts off. General Grievous gets up and smashes the droid next to him again.

"RAAAGH! THATS IT, PULL OUT! ORDER OUR SHIPS TO PULL OUT AND TAKE US SOMEWHERE THATS NOT HERE!" General Grievous angrily orders.

"Roger roger."

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The CIS ships warp into Hyperspace, leaving their remaining Vulture droids to be destroyed by the Republic Fighters. Sounds of victory emanate from many clones on deck. Captain Rex barks from the coms "We have taken the Outpost, mission accomplished.". The star fighters return to their respective ships. The battle has been won. But now its time to chase down Grievous.....

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