Stellar_Magic

Stellar just smiled at the Mandalorian, "Only when the opponent doesn't cheat."

The Raporan walkers suddenly stopped as the Mandalorians advanced from cover. Darth Avarice smiled at the sight of the thousands of armed troopers, "Let us show them what it means to go to war with the Rapora, contact the Aklasp cruiser, they may fire at will." With a flash the port batteries of the Aklasp cruiser opened fire into the advancing infantry, shot exploded ripping holes in the battle line, yet the Mandalorians came on, heedless of the firepower arrayed against them. Their infantry kept closing and Avarice knew that it was about to become even more brutal, "Activate the droids, have them make up the first battle line." From the bottom surfaces of the first line of walkers Droideka'kars dropped to the ground and rolled forward before unfurling into attack position. From supporting vehicles whole legions of these droids rolled out and prepared for combat, their missile launchers loading and plasma cannons charging. But these were not the only war droids the Rapora had brought to the field, two full regiments of Kar Vanel’kar security droids were deployed in a long skirmish line before the Droideka'kar war droids. The Kar Vanel'kar war droids were the most advanced, complex, and effective battle droid ever created, designed to perfectly mimic the capabilities of a fully trained and disciplined Rapora Warrior, the droids were even feared by Rapora warriors due to their capabilities. They were even equipped with weapons that a mandalorian would envy. A built in flamethrower, posion injectors in the claws, dual emergency blasters in the hands, a plasma rifle, and two lightsabers. Behind the droids was another battle line, half the size and just as effective, a line of Raporan assault infantry. The Mandalorians had just bitten off more then they could chew and Avarice still had a reserve formation of Rapora Warriors, not to mention the Aklasp. * * * Han Solo leaned over the holo projector, "This isn't looking good, the Rapora have hit the Mandalorians and Imperials, only the GFFA still has room to maneuver." He frowned as he straightened up over the map, "Artillery, you may commence firing on the Raporan forces engaging the Mandalorians, they need our help." Leia sighed, "What about the UDA? Zekk? Lowbacca?" "There's nothing I can do right now hone, the Rapora have me boxed in."

Commander Veran Krummel frowned as the Republic Venator class Destroyer began launching assault ships, "Order the weapons to pace their fire, bring us alongside that ship." Smiling Coldly he leaned back in the command chair of the vessel, "Launch drop ships, have them head to Anchorhead, they have the best facilities to support our forces. Be sure to keep the enemy starfighters from penetrating our defenses, make sure all our fighters engage the enemy starfighter screen at maximum range." The droids swiftly moved to obey his orders and Veran Krummel waited for his prey's next move.

Its still wrong, you're not suppose to engage yet, right now its just an artillery duel between the Imps and you, and there is only one Jedi among the Imperials, Kyp. You do realize that you're talking about formations of over 1,000 personnel easily on each side, it would be kind of difficult to pick out a single jedi.

Please edit your post... I'd like to keep the Order of battle as I had posted it in the RPG. Tuvax vs Imps. Avarice vs Mandalores and GFFA. Fury vs UDA.

ARRRRGGGGHHHH! I just reread a couple posts and... DARTH TUVAX IS NOT ENAGING THE UDA, DARTH FURY SHOULD BE!

OOC: No need to worry guys, I won't have them drop in for a visit...for now at least. With a flash of motion the Confederate Dreadnaught Calous Heart dropped out of hyperspace above the Barren world of Tatooiene. It's dark hull blocking out the stars behind it as it slid through space. Commander Veran Krummel frowned as he walked the bridge, "AA-9B, are the troops ready?" "Yes sir, we have four companies of Trade Federation Battle Droids, three companies of Seperatist Super Battle Droids, and one company of Trade Federation Droidekas standing by." Suddenly one of the crew battle droids turned toward him, "Sir, we've detected a Republic ship."

You need to become bogged down, make it tought going.

Well I haven't emailed them yet, I was waiting to get a list of requests from the SWR community.

Mad will move in and become heavily engaged and bogged down by the force of enemy commandos, UDA remnants, and the two Jedi Zekk and Lowbacca. BS, Trej, and myself will have to fend off the next and final wave of Rapora fighters that are targeting our artillery. Once they pull back the Rapora will begin a broad advance on our forces. The battle quickly becomes a delaying action as GFFA ships, under Mad's command, arrive and attempt to hold off the Raporan onslaught as long as possible. Hold on BS, you're not even heavily engaged yet!

Avarice felt anger flow across her like a wave as smoke began to slowly rise from the battered UDA lines. The Mandalorians had decieded to eliminate their shields with a weapon she had heard of but never seen deployed. Destructive Electromagnetic Shield Pulse or DESP rockets. Each one focused on the frequency of the shields nearest it and brought them down. Now her forces were exposed to hostile fire, this she could not allow, "Artillery open fire on hostile antistarfighter batteries, launch the second attack wave!" On her orders another legion of Raporan starfighters rose from their bases and shot toward the battle, their targets, the hostile artillery. As they moved to engage an enormous Aklasp vessel swooped down from space, its grav shielding expanding outward to protect the area just above her headquarters. It's Polaron Beam cannon powered down as it lost nearly all of its range in atmosphere. The Positron cannons however were well withing their capablities as the ship began to systematically remove GFFA starfighters from the sky. * * * Lieutenant Melina Thompson scrambled over the barren ground with her blastech held taunt to her shoulder. Behind her Zekk and Lowbacca moved forward in a low crouch. More commandos scrambled across the hellen landscape. Only a few UDA vehicles remained functional and as Melina saw many of the troops that had once guarded the area were now gone, utterly destroyed by the antimatter bursts with less then a scorched piece of ground to left where they stood. Still there were survivors, some saved by fate or blind luck stood in the field utterly undscaved while others were huddled in trenches with battered and scored equipment. Melina nodded as she watched the UDA troops try to reform themselves into a defensible position, "This isn't going to be good." Glancing over toward the enemy she could see their walkers and transports plooding toward them, no it wouldn't be good at all.

Darth Avarice smiled as she watched the enemy begin to redploy, "Confirm the status of their artillery?" "Mounted, they won't be able to deliver accurate counterbattery fire." Avarice felt a pulsing urge flow through her, "I want a TOT mission on the UDA brigade, all our artillery." "Sir?" Avarice spun on the communications officer, "Follow my orders...await my signal to commence firing." At her command over a hundred Raporan Antimatter Batteries targeted an area of less then twelve square kilometers centered on the UDA's command center. Avarice smiled before issuing the command. Suddenly with a brillaint series of flashes that lasted less then a second a volley of antimatter shells shot through the sky at a low trajectory. One round caught a Raporan starfighter before reaching its target but all the rest found their mark. In less then ten seconds the fighting capacity of the UDA Brigade was cut in half as the area it had been deployed in evaporated from the detonation of so many shells. Their commander killed and most of their heavy equipment destroyed, the survivors dug into the ground desperate to get under cover before another volley of shells came in. None came. * * * In the GFFA command center Han felt his heart stop as the report came in. The once impossing force the UDA had deployed was now all but destroyed, and his flank was wide open to attack. Furthermore he knew he'd made an error, "Order all artillery units to hold their position and stand by for counterbattery fire." Han sighed, "Lieutenant Thompson redeploy your commandos to support the UDA get them organized and make sure they can fight again, you've got Zekk and Lowbacca with you?" "Yes sir." "Be sure to use them," Han answered coldly. * * * Smiling at the results of her ammendment to the plan Avarice turned to the communications officer, "Inform Darth Fury that he may commence his advance ahead of schedule. He will march on the shattered formation and destroy it turning their flank." "Yes sir." * * * Corran Horn watched another Raporan fighter die under his guns, suddenly a pair of Interceptors screamed past, their green lasers blasting at a distant target, "Never thought I'd be this glad to see imperials." Suddenly a squid shaped craft unlike anything Corran had ever seen shot past him after the squints. With a single shot at each target it destroyed the two before Corran could issue a warning. Then the fighter spun around and pulled upward. As he watched it joined its wingmates, twelve of the craft circled overhead, hunting. With a cry of resignation he turned toward the fighters, "Control, this is Spear One, are you showing a squadron of twelve unknowns?" "Yes lead, we're showing two more squadrons as well as the one nearest you." "Designate them as enemies and hope they aren't as deadly as they look," Corran answered.

Be quick Mad, we're going to need you to open the way for GFFA, Mandalorian, UDA, and Imperial forces to evacuate Ord Mantell.

Hovering just above the battlefield and just short of space the Mandalorian Cruiser Warrior's Heart recieved the information. Hidden beneath its cloak and yslamiri it began to fire down onto the Rapora positions from They'd only get a few shots before the Rapora would triangulate their position and force them to move. Those few shots would have been enough if the Rapora hadn't anticipated the possibility of such an assault. Down on the ground the field Shield Generators the Rapora had deployed activated creating an enormous bubble of energy under which their troops were safe. The shields had been switched on after the first shot had hit the ground just in front of Avarice's Headquarters. Now the Rapora fighters were nearly on their targets. Squadron after squadron swooped down on their targets focusing on the center of the volleys of enemy Anti-starfighter fire. As they approached tree top level they loosed their plasma bombs. Boba Fett swore as plasma bomb blew apart one of the anti-starfighter tracks, "Keep up your fire, were are you fighters?" One of the communications officers spun to him, "Sir, the enemy have deployed shields over their positions the Warrior's Heart reports they cannot penetrate their defenses." Fett shook his head in disgust, "They went turtle, so be it..." * * * Corran Horn smiled as he dropped his starfighter in behind a squadron of enemy fighters, "Alright boys, I can see you, can you see me?" The Rapora began to maneuver but kept on the same course. Suddenly as they flew over the UDA's primary Anti-starfighter batteries they formed a line and broke to swoop down on their targets. Corran swore, he wasn't yet in a good firing position, "This is Horn they're wild weasels! We'll need to nail them before they destroy our defenses." As he spoke he matched words to action as he squezzed the trigger and sent a volley of laser fire into the enemy.

Or you could hold off having Seryk blow up until after Ord Mantell.. Avarice will survive this battle Okay. I'll send Katarn and Seryk on a mission to Vagaari Space and have Kyle get badly wounded there, then Seryk can blow up. Would that work?

Unfortunately I need Katarn for a commando mission that'll be coming up.

Darth Avarice smiled coldly as she paced the command center and stepped out into the sunlight, "Begin the countdown!" "Yes sir!" The communications officer answered as a timer started up before the holomap, "All squadrons you are mission go..." The roar of over a thousand sublight drives descending from altitude rocked the air. Avarice smiled, "Let the battle begin." * * * Han Solo felt his jaw drop open as thousands of red blips appeared on the holographic map. They were descending straight for his forces from the enemy starships orbiting high above. As he watched an additional wave of starfighters lifted off from the enemy's positions, "Sound the air raid sirens, everyone to the bunkers! Launch all fighters, Horn hold them off as best you can I know some will get through!" The rising green blips of GFFA, UDA, and Imperial fighters sped toward the enemy. They were dwarfed by the storm of red blips that were descending toward his formations. Gripping Leia's hand he turned to her, "This will not be good." * * * Horn felt himself being sucked into the heavy grey cushions of the command couch of his X-wing. His fighter rose upward as the rest of the squadron formed up behind him, "Golden Spears, check your weapons, and let us hope the force is with us." Rolling Horn pulled toward the bank of rolling white clouds that hung two kilometers beyond the Rapora's lines. As he pushed the throttle forward the golden blast of antistarfighter cannon blazed up toward him. Gritting his teeth he switched to proton torpedoes, "Alright, go to torpedoes, lets get as many as we can at maximum range." "Roger lead," Corran's wingman answered as he rolled into guard position. Corran glanced at his sensor monitor and swore before glancing back up at the enemy formations, "Pick your targets, fire on my mark..." As he spoke a beeping tone filled his cockpit, "Fire, evasive action!" Twelve blue torpedoes lanced out from the GFFA fighters toward the unseen foes over six kilometers away. A Raporan Tornclaw fighter squadron ripped through the cloud bank, with a flash the cluster missile launcher beneath the crafts' noses loosed a volley of eight missiles from each starfighter. As the missiles shot toward their target and the launcher dropped from its mount, its missiles expended. Horn cursed as he broke hard and glanced at his displays. Over sixteen missiles were chasing him, each one independently targeted on his craft. He threw his starfighter into an impossible turn as the torpedoes found their marks, but the Rapora had taken evasive action and only four of their fighters fell from the barrage. The X-wings weren't as lucky, chased by eight missiles almost half of Corran's squadron were vaporized from the volley. With the cries of his dieing wingmates horn watched the missiles detonate short of his craft, "Control, they've got Tornclaws leading their formation. I can see Vagaari fighters...wait. I can see a squadron of Kar Asps, they're loaded with plasma bombs it looks like. I guess the Tornclaws and Vagaari are flying cover, those Asps are the threat." Frowning he glanced at his wingman, "Stay with me Two, we're going to get em, follow me close and cover me." * * * The UDA Brigade was deployed along a slight ravine, their ground troops filling the banks of the ravine as the walkers waited crouched behind what cover was available. The antistarfighter batteries were well back surrounding the field artillery. It was the perfect deployment the Brigadier General thought as he looked up to see a storm of dots above him headed his way, "So now it begins."

With Kyle right there? How? It would give Kann an interesting role for a return...

Fett wins hands down.. you said he catches criminals, isn't he a criminal? Sort of anyway.

Thats funny Mad... So all we have to do to land a job at those places is email em?

I don't but I think that the TIE/rc has a spec forces card in the downloads. TIE/gt I'm not sure where you can find one of them... Rememeber guys what I'm saying isn't written in stone, its basically an educated guess from the materials I've read.

I think it depended on their mission. Before Yavin an ISD didn't carry bombers, just TIE/Ins, TIE/gts, and TIE/rcs. The TIE/In is the TIE Fighter in case your wondering and the other two are modified versions of th fighter, ones a bomber, the other a recon craft. So... Pre-yavin ISD: Combat mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 1 TIE/gt squadron 1 TIE/rc squadron Pre-yavin ISD: Patrol mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 1 TIE/rc squadron 1 TIE Boarding Craft squadron Pre-hoth ISD: Combat mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 1 TIE Interceptor squadron 1 TIE Bomber squadron Pre-hoth ISD: Patrol mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 1 TIE Boarding Craft squadron 1 TIE Bomber squadron Post-hoth ISD: Combat mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 2 TIE Interceptor squadrons 1 TIE Bomber squadron Post-hoth ISD: Patrol mission 4 TIE/In squadrons 1 TIE Interceptor squadron 1 TIE Bomber squadron Boarding duty no longer given to TIEs instead Assault Transports and similar vessels perform nearly all boarding operations. At least thats what I think

There will be three Jedi deaths at Ord Mantell, Kyp, Lowbacca, and Zekk. I'm also going to put some UDA characters on the chopping block soon. Lieutenant Thompson will probably die...probably that character still has potential. Avarice will remain for now, I don't like posting directly as the Timeless One there should be some form of chain of command, if I can muster up another character to slip between your people and him she'll die. Karyn Kann will return soon... Seryk should remember her. Shren will meet her death pretty soon as well. (Along with a prominent member of the UDA)

An ISD carries 72 fighters, strange that the AI you're playing against doesn't put more then six flights in an ISD. When I played with that change it did on my machine.

That would probably help them piece together the history of the Rapora. It would also be fun...Artoo and Threepio shall bicker once again. Which Jedi should I kill off after... I know! After Chewie the wookie lovers are going to hate me. Isn't someone going to post?