UlicHorn

OOC: Go for it, I think we lost Jess on this end.

OOC: Sorry guys this be a long one. "Down!" A-23 shouted as the rocks began flying towards them. "Sir!" A clone shouted. "Our forward lines have been cut in half." "Fall back then, we've no other choice!" A-23 responded. They rest of the surviving clones started running back into the network of caves. A-23 opened his scrambled comm channel. "This is Arc Commander A-23 to rear forces, what are we dealing with back there?" The sounds of blaster fire could be heard in the background, "We've got a tiny problem up here, sir." The remaining forces that had moved back into the caverns had run into problems, a group of Tuskin Raiders to be exact. The battle was brief but intense and the clones had been ambushed, luckily Master Si'dant had been present and had managed to cut the battle short. For the time being the clones were safe and able to rest. It wasn't long before 23 and the others showed up with a few wounded at the Tuskin camp, from the looks off it and the feel of the march, they were fairly deep underground and there were two opening to the large cave. One leading to the first cave in the canyon and the other to a smaller cave that lead to the middle of the dune sea. As long as the enemy only knew about the first they'd be fine...A-23 knew they couldn't take that chance. After setting up a place to rest the wounded the rest of the troops repaired armor and weapons while setting up a small scout group on both sides of the entrance tunnels. A-23 attempted again to hail any republic forces nearby but none could be raised and they didn't have anything that could leave the planet. A-23 ordered all other comm units to be switched off so they wouldn't be picked up over an enemy frequnecy, they'd have to wait. A combat plan was organized using the makeshift buildings the tuskins had set up and the ridges in the caves. With what they had they could last a little while but the forward tunnel needed to be blocked as well.

OOC: ..... wow, dead in here already. What happened to the flow of posts!?

OOC: ..... wow, dead in here already. What happened to the flow of posts!?

"We hold it for as long as possible. If they break through we open fire. We have to buy enough time for the others to move back. So that's what we do too. As soon as the other squads are farther back then we drop back too. That is all, soldier." He said as he moved to check on the others and doubled his efforts.

OOC: Yeah, I'm out here T'char. Jump in whenever theres a lot to choose from. Clones, Droids, Mercenaries, Farmers... hop in!

A-23 snapped back into command. "All clones form into their squadrons if you no longer have a squad merge with another. Try to push some of the those rocks in towards the front of the cave. If we can block them we may have a chance. Master Jedi, any way you could push some of those boulders or the debris towards the mouth of the cave? The rest of you, move towards the back of the cave, with some luck this one might connect to somewhere else." Master Si'Dant moved what she could but the mouth was still fairly open as the clones moved back awaiting fire from the droids.

Ulic set down his mug. "Not long, I'm just here for a bit while my ship resupplies and refuels and I get a new contract."

"That's good news, from what I saw in orbit it looked like less. All right, take your forces and try to contact the troops. Hopefully we can save some of this mission. Any news on where most of the Sepratist encampments are here? Without air servallance we can't be to hasty about out movements and we can risk raising the gunships."

From the gunship outside of the Crusier A-23 sighed. The fighters hadn't been enough and the republic had lost a ship. Hopefully reinforcements would be sent but it was a lot to ask for even out here. "So much for a blue milk run," he said to himself. "Alright!" he said loudly so that everyone nearby could hear. "We've lost a lot of good men so far and we're going to lose more before we're done. Right now we need to make the best of this. Pilot, take this thing to the designated LZ and we can set a temporary base. On second thought, notify me once we reach a canyon wide enough to land in, we can set up in the canyon." he sat down to plot further.

OOC: One of the big pre-star destroyers, gun ships and land units travel in them, the offical name eludes me. "Battle stations!" Someone shouted. They were going to need immeadiate cover from the droids if they were to launch. Unfortunetly A-23's plan had failed and the attempt to come around the opposite side of the planet wasn't going to work. The group of clones and Jedi again followed 23 into the Turbolift, they'd have to launch their own small fighters and man the turbolasers long enough for the rest of the Clones to reach the planet and begin the mission. A-23 gathered a small selection of clones who were highest in rank and sent them in his personal landing craft along with the jedi. Either they got down to the planet fast or this would be one short mission.

OOC: Awesome, Stellar! Glad to have someone aboard to play the antagonist I'll leave more of the outer rim goings up to you then." Si'Dant smiled at the young jedi. "Don't be too concerned, it may indeed seem odd but the clones are alive. Living things do have feelings even if they are only clones. No Offense, 23." she said looking over. "None taken, Master, I've been trained to tune comments out." A-23 said with a shrug. "Hopefully this mission will go smoothly but," he said as the doors opened and he stepped aside with the Jedi, "Watch out for the young jedi, if this mission goes south we could face a serious threat." Si'Dant smiled, "Don't worry A-23, I was thinking the same but it's been brought to my attention that one of your clones seems..unique." she finished.

A-23 took the lead and headed to the turbo lift. As everyone got on he activated the lift and it sped away towards the bridge level. "Now for the formal introductions, Master this is Comet the Jedi that the council sent to us. I'm hoping you'll be able to give him a little insight." Master Si'Dant nodded her head in thought as 23 Spoke.

OOC:Did anyone get a hold of Jess yet?

OOC: Theres a ton of faceless clones, so knock yourself out, Kry, and 7 days is not abandoning an RP. Hows this for a post! As the turbolift travled down through the ship towards the docking bay A-23 sighed. The doors opened and he stepped out along side of Comet and the clone trooper escort. A small republic landing craft had made its way over from the other Commandship and from it came a small sqaud of troopers followed by Master Si'Dant. A-23 smiled when he saw a firmilar face and bowed to the Jedi. "Master Si'Dant, it's a pleasure to work with you again." (IC: Si'Dant) Master Si'Dant stood in front of the Clone. "Good to see you again, A-23. It's too bad that it's not under better circumstances." She smiled. Si'Dant was average height but still looked rather short compared to A-23, she was a blue skinned Twi'lek woman and her eyes were orange, this wasn't the first time she'd worked with A-23 before. "I'm sorry I can't give you much help, the crusier has to stay in orbit around Ryloth and we can only spare a few dozen squadrons. I'm afriad the rest of the rim still isn't stable after the Geonosis backlash." A-23 nodded. "Now, I'll need to see your captain and then we can get back to this mission."

OOC: Ok, someone PM that girl, stat!

Ulic sighed and put his hands on his head. "If this was a smaller ship, I could get out of this, but with a ship this size and given the amount of time we have." he sighed again. "We're done, I've got nothing, maybe we could...I don't know broadcast that we're an Imperial ship or something and then make the jump and set up a hot zone for the Destoryer."

The warning alarm sounded. "Looks like we're coming out of lightspeed early, I'll head to the docking bay, I'd like to personally see Master Si'Dant to the ship." He pulled out a comm, "This is ARC trooper CT-A 23 to bridge, has Master Si'Dant been notifyed of our arrival. Good send a shuttle down now and I'll be in the docking bay in a moment. You, you and...you," he said pointing to a random selection of troopers as he started off. "Coming?" he asked Comet.

"Oh great, I seem to work better under extreme pressure." He groaned. "Ok, I need to know a few things. What's our shield status, how fast can this thing scramble back into lightspeed and how long is it gonna take for those Star Destroyers to emerge behind us?" ;

"We ought to be coming out of hyperspace within a few minutes. Disperse to your designated squads!" A-23 shouted to the clones. "I'll send a shuttle down to pick up Master Si'Dant and whatever Clones she can send as backup, after that we're heading back to Tatooine, this mission has been delayed long enough."

Ulic ended up on the bridge being shoved in by two troopers. "What's the big idea, shoving me in here? I got work to do on my ship!"

A-23 shook his head, "May the force be with us, we're going to need it." He steped out into the practing arena. "Alright troopers! Fall in!" He shouted.

A-23 held the turbolift door for Comet and pressed a button. "Since we'll be travling for an extra hour or so we've got a bit of time to ourselves. You can eat if you need too but I'm taking my squadron down to the training area to room some drills. Now if you have any questions about the rest of the mission, our new plan or Master Si'Dant please ask." he said as the turbolift speed down.

"Well I'm a Smug- I'm a pilot." he said. "But right now I'm also working for the Rebellion and since my ship's in need of repairs I decided to stop by for a nice drink. Yourself?" OOC: Sure! Feel free to jump in, we can always use more clones or other Republic military figures and heck maybe even someone still on Tatooine, and if you wanna play a couple of characters feel free. We look forward to you joining.

"Captain?" A-23 asked. "We've taken a major hit from one of the Sepratist crusiers and those droid fighters out there are doing us some fairly lethal damage as well. Evasive manuvers! I want us around and out of the system immeaditly! We'll bring the ship around to Ryloth, we have an extra squadron stationed there under Master.." The Calamari thought for a moment. "Master Si'Dant." A-23 supplied. "Yes, Master Si'Dant, we'll have acess to quick repairs and another fleet. ARC-Trooper, you have been to Ryloth?" "Yes, my last tour in the outer rim was with Master Si'Dant, if Ryloth is stable then she'll be able to lend us a hand, but for now I'll take the Commander to the training room, I could use some exercise." The ship rocked again as A-23 walked towards the turbolift. The Captain spoke again, "Before you go, tell me Commander, did the council send only you? Perhaps this is your right of passage for the jedi order." he asked