The Rebel Faction

Kamon smiled again as the enemy fell into his ploy. The Starfire seemd unprotected, but lurking just outside the scanner range of the enemy vessels were nine more of his ships.

Kamon turned to his captain.

"Call the rest of the ships. Engines to full. Cluster bombs explode when the enemy is within range."

"Yes, sir."

The Starfire lurched toward the enemy vessels. It opened fire on the lead ship taking out its shields in a matter of moments. The it moved close and launched a cluster bomb.

The nine TDY vessels moved into range on the enemy vessels, and opened fire from maximum range. Kamon used the Force to draw back his other vessels and they headed toward the new battle zone.

You lose this small skirmish Commander. And, you will lose the war.


New TDY Vessels
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer
Defender-class Star Destroyer

Pandemonium II


“Admiral, no response from the planet,” Lieutenant Lithium, aide to Captain Tulok and unofficial advisor to Osiaric, informed the pair of commanders. “It’s been a full ten minutes, sir, and still no sign of military activity, or any kind of response, from either planet. The Shrouds have completed their scanning runs, and their report is negative, as well.”

Osiaric stood in silence for a moment, while Tulok looked over the tactical readout Lithium had just handed him.


“The Rear Guard have deployed successfully,” Tulok informed the Admiral, when it became apparent he wasn’t going to answer Lithium.

“And the 6th?” Osiaric asked.

“Coming into formation around the planets now. They will be activating their hyperspace fields shortly, and this area of space will be blockaded.”


“Good.”

Osiaric turned and walked back to his command chair, glancing every so often at the displays on either side of him, taking note of the continuing deployment of his forces. Soon, his ships would be in a prime position to begin the assault. When the command was sure that the planet would offer no resistance, the ground assault would begin. General Ming, assigned to Osiaric’s division as usual, was eager to begin landing his troops.


Bringing up a display which encompassed the space immediately in front of his chair, Osiaric observed the three-dimensional representation of the fleet and the Double Worlds. The Destroyer Legion was very near the planet now, while Osiaric’s own Sentinel Division hung back, as an exaggerated rear guard and command group.


Fighters, with no enemy to engage, were scouting ahead and acting as escorts for the larger ships. There were thousands of them, swarming around outside in the dead of space. At the moment they were no more than a distraction, so Osiaric switched their signals off.


As Osiaric had been watching the display, Tulok and Lithium had taken up positions next to him.

“Admiral, sensors indicate that the 6th has activated. Nothing else is going to come through.”

Trachta watched the battle through his emotionless photoceptors. The enemy commander was honestly bent on making him do things he shouldn't. But since he wasn't sure what the enemy was trying to him manipulate into doing. He watched as everything continued. The Barbarossa was taking damge, but it didn't matter. He could always get a new command ship. Now was the time to strike.

"TIE Devils focus on the enemy fighters. I want them vaporized. Scimitars and Defenders focus on the enemy capitals attacking the Barbarossa," Trachta said as looked at the action. Then he saw it. The spear going into the fleet. He simply let out a small laugh.

"Squadrons focusing on the spear, focus fire on the left side of the spear only and then push in from that side," Trachta said evily as he watched. If his tactic worked the spearhead would collapse and it would not only shatter the spearhead, but turn it into a deathtrap for those ships that were part of it.

Trachta watched with amusment as his ships moved to carry out his order. The spearhead's left side came under heavy fire as ships clsoed in from that side. It would collapse soon and that would be the end of those ships. Trachta then noticed explosions. It was the Scimitars and Defenders making their runs on the ships attacking the Barbarossa. Sections of them were going up in fireballs as their shileds were dropped from ion blasts and proton bombs shattered the hulls.

Starfire Battle

The shrouds continued pouring their weapons fire into the Starfire as it focused on the Abolisher. The enemy commander was trying to ruin it's abolisher field, but from the bombardment it was taking from it's invisible assilants it wouldn't matter if it knocked the field out of not. All nine Shrouds powered all their firepower into the ship as if their wills had been set to do nothing else but that. They raked the major sections of the ships including the blister containing the bridge. It was only a matter of time.

Trachta watched as the lasers were striking closer to the bridge. He didn't like it.

"Evacuate to the secondary bridge," Trachta ordered as he turned and walked into the turbolift, quickly followed by the main bridge staff. The door closed and the lift moved down. Above an explosion is heard as a blast pentrated and caused the vaccum of space to suck out anyone still on the bridge. Trachta hoped the enemy commander would think he was dead.

They soon arrived at the door to the secondary bridge. Trachta entered and assumed the central position immediately as the staff moved to the systems with the secondary bridge staff already there. Trachta watched the battle playing out. The spearhead was turning towards the left side attack force, opening up their right side and the back of the speahead o the rest of the fleet.

"Well, it looks like I'll be destroying that wedge afterall. Captain Fowl?"

"Sir?"

"Order non-essential personel to begin evacuating the Barbarossa and shut off the engines. I want them to think they got us," Trachta said as he watched the battle continuing.

Captain Fowl nodded and walked away. Soon the evacuation alarm was going off as non-essential personel were ordered to evacuate over the ship's intercom.

Barbarossa Battle Zone

The Barbarossa's engine's sputtered out and escape pods and shuttles began to lauch from it as it went into a dead float. The crew was abandoning ship, or so it would seem.

Barbarossa Secondary Bridge

Trachta watched as pods launched and shuttles flew away from the Barbarossa. He also orderd fire to slow to make it look like only mechanized weapons were stil running. If his plan succeeded the enemy would think he was dead and the command ship dying. Trachta then started to issue fleet orders.

"Right battle group close in on the enemy flanks they have jsut opened to us. Left group, continue battling and focusing on the left side," Trachta said as he continued to watch the false death be depicted by the fleeing non-essential personel who were picked up by nearby friendly ships.

Trachta then watched as orders were relayed and the right battle group closed in of the open flank as the spearhead kept turning towards the left battle gourp who were being tenacious. Trachta also noticed more explosions as Scimitars and Defender's continued their strike runs on the ships aroudn the Barbarossa attacking the bridges and weapons emplacments vicously with their missles, bombs, and ion cannons.

Trachta watched this and then had a new idea as he was already having the Barbarossa play dead.

"Push all available power into the ion cannons and prepare to fire proton torpedo and pulse bomb volleys after them. The enemy may try to move in and finish us off and I want to have a little surprise for them," Trachta said evily as his emotionless features looked out at the battle.

Starfire Battle

The Shrouds around the Starfire continued unloading on the vessel hitting the bridge blister again and again with their weapons. They ignored the arriving aid ships for they would not be easily detected by the enemy, no matter how hard they scanned. By the time they were found the Starfire would probably be out of commission permanent by then.

One of the Shrouds had now pulled up close to the bridge blister. It slowly manuevered and unleashed every last projectile in it's weapons hold right on the bridge. The bridge was now being smashed with Swarm missles, guided and unguided, and Defiant ion tropedoes. The Shroud then opened up with it's turbolasers. No bridge could take that kind of punishment for much longer.

Main Battle/Speahead

Trachta cursed as the enemy didn't close in on him. The enemy commander was more experienced than he had wanted. He watched though with glee as the ships were still being bombarded by the fighters. He even noticed several had actually gone dead and were being abandoned.

Trachta then turned his attention to the spearhead. It had split apart undoutably by the enemy commander's order.

"Perfect," Trachta said evily as he issued several orders.

The fleet forces started blasting away with their ion cannons atthe already damaged ships as they scattered. Ships were soon being disable as others continued to battle it out with Trachta's fleet. Trachta's forces was gaining the upper hand because they were still using focused fire tactics, but now with ion cannons. They would destroy the ships but the ships could be saved to be destroyed later.

Starfire Battle

The shrouds had knocked out the bridge and were now using their engines to dance around the Starfire so as to avoid it's blasts which were being directed at them. The othe eight shourds were now hammering the entire ship with the missle and ion torpedo volleys combined with their turbolaser bombardment. The command ship would go down soon.