Saturday, 24 December 2011

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 133: Planetary War

Characters: Count Dooku, General Grievous, Battle Droids, Commando Droids, Mother Talzin, Talia, Karis, Naa'leth, Nightsisters, Viscus, Nightbrothers, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, ARC Trooper Rex, Commander Appo, Commander Cody, Clone Trooper Boil, 212th Clones, 501st Clones, ARC Trooper Wolffe.


Narration: "Revenge on several sides! The Nightbrothers want revenge on the Nightsisters for taking Savage Opress away from their kin! However, the Separatists also want revenge on the Nightsisters, for Asajj Ventress's actions! Count Dooku plans to create a gigantic war on Dathomir, but what will happen in this soon to be terrible event!?"


The massive Separatist droid army stands ahead of Count Dooku and General Grievous. Dooku says to Grievous "You must start a decimating war on Dathomir. I want revenge on the planet's inhabitant's for tricking us" and Grievous replies "It shall be done, Count. We will leave no survivors." Dooku marches off, but turns to give the order to Grievous "Kill them all." Dooku walks off, and Grievous barks to his army "You heard the count. Get your weapons ready, and prepare for battle." Battle droids and commando droids march into Separatist landing craft's ready to leave Sullust for Dathomir. Once the droids, along with Dooku and Grievous are on board, the many Separatist ships head for Dathomir. 


Unknown to the Separatists, there is also anger against the nightsisters on the planet too. Viscus steps in front of many nightbrother warriors, and gives a speech to his people, saying "It is time we stood up to the witches that rule over us. We must fight, and put the nightsisters in their rightful place. And, we must avenge our fallen brothers, Savage & Feral Opress. The time has come, to rid Dathomir, of the nightsister clan." The rest of the nightbrothers yell out in agreement, and get into a formation, with weapons such as spears and spikes prepped. As the nightbrothers move towards the nightsister village, they are spied upon by several nightsisters, including Talia. Talia signals, and they bring up their bows and open fire. Several nightbrothers are hit and killed immediately. The nightbrothers soon recover, with a strong leader in Viscus, who yells "Take 'em." Nightbrothers immediately rush the nightsisters cover, and it becomes a bitter struggle to stay alive. Talia calls "Buy me some time!" and she attempts to head back and tell Talzin what is happening, but Viscus spots her, and yells "Oh no you don't." Viscus doesn't have time to aim, and swiftly tosses his metal pike at Talia. Luckily for Viscus, it buries itself in the side of Talia's ribs, sending her into a tree, and down, mortally wounded. Viscus looms over Talia, and snarls "Tell me any information you have on the nightsister defense plans" but Talia replies "I*cough* refuse to tell you anything. I would sooner *cough* die, than give in to your demands." Viscus bends down, and puts his hand on the pike impaled in Talia's ribs. Viscus says "That can be arranged, you know." Talia gasps "I refuse." Viscus prepares to tweak the pike a little bit to give Talia excruciating pain, but before Viscus can torture Talia, a roar comes from behind him, and his fellow nightbrothers launch themselves at Talia. Viscus can only watch in horror as a number of pikes and spears are stabbed by his brothers into the wounded Talia. In the blink of an eye, Talia is mercilessly slaughtered. Viscus grumbles "We could have got some intel out of her" but one brother replies "Look, all we want is revenge like you said. We don't want any of this strategic planning garbage." Viscus glares angrily after his brothers, feeling a lack of planning could lead to their downfall...


The Separatists make their arrival just then, landing their landing craft on the surface of Dathomir. Grievous steps out first, immediately stops and says "What the-?" as the nightsister and nightbrother sides recklessly charge each other, with plenty of killing and screaming. Dooku joins Grievous, and says "This is a most unexpected turn. But perhaps we can turn this to our advantage." Grievous asks "How?" and Dooku replies "While they are distracted, we can eliminate Talzin." As Grievous prepares to move his troops out, more ships land on the surface nearby. Dooku says "The Republic is here." Republic tanks move out of the venator-class star destroyers, and many clone troopers walk onto the surface, followed by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. "There's a terrible conflict here, all right" says Anakin. Obi-Wan replies "Indeed. This is definitly a battle we should not be involved in" and Anakin replies "This is where the fun begins." Cody steps up to Obi-Wan and Anakin, and says "Generals. It seems both the Separatists and nightbrothers want revenge on the nightsisters, they could well join each other" and Anakin says "We cannot allow that. I'll lead an attack on the Separatists now." As Anakin and the 501st move out, Cody joins clone trooper Boil by the AT-RT's. Cody asks "You okay, Boil?" and Boil replies "Sir, yes sir. Just thinking about Waxer, that's all. He was a great brother, and an even greater friend." Cody nods in agreement, but as Cody prepares to move on, he notices something different about Boil's helmet, and asks "What is this, Boil?" and Boil replies "I had Waxer's drawing of Numa imprinted from his helmet to mine, in order to remember both Numa and Waxer. I know it's against orders, but I felt it was something I had to do." Cody takes off his helmet, sighs, and says "It is against orders, but I won't tell, as I know why you did it, and how much Waxer meant to you." Cody and Boil join Obi-Wan, as they watch the major battle between the nightbrothers and nightsisters...


Grievous and Dooku move off to an observation post to overwatch the battle. Squads of battle droids head for the major conflict between the nightbrothers and nightsisters. At the sound of a crack, one battle droid says "What was that?" as the droids stop. There is silence for a moment, before Anakin jumps in front of the crowd of droids, and ignites his lightsaber. Anakin swings at the droids, slicing several of them apart. Before the droids can react, they come under attack as Appo, Rex, Wolffe and the 501st join Anakin in taking out the droids. The attack is so swift, the droids don't even manage to kill any clones. At the nightsister camp, Mother Talzin is joined by Karis and Naa'leth in overlooking the fighting. Karis says to Talzin "The nightbrothers have retreated for now, but they'll be back." Talzin says "Yes, they shall. It is only a matter of time, not debate, until they come here." Karis and Naa'leth turn around to rally up a nightsister army, while Talzin watches the other forces from above...







Saturday, 17 December 2011

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 132: Promotions

Characters: Lama Su, Bric, Plo Koon, Commander Wolffe, Wolfpack Troopers, Kendal Ozzel, ARC Trooper Rex, Commander Appo, ARC Trooper Fives, Anakin Skywalker, Roblio Darte, General Grievous, Aqua Droids, Corporal Comet, Shaak Ti, Count Dooku, Darth Sidious.


Narration: "Kaleesh peril! General Grievous, the Separatist leader that strikes fear across the galaxy, is close to taking the Clone homeworld of Kamino! With the Republic desperate to stop him, will Grievous prevail?"


Underwater on Kamino, aqua droids race for the surface to join the battle above water. However, several blaster bolts head their way and distract the droids. From the other side, several aqua droids are sliced up by Shaak Ti. "Hit 'em!" yells Fives, and he tosses a thermal detonator which blows up the aqua droids, creating lots of bubbles. As a trident drill zooms past, Shaak Ti says "We need to get on that" and she grabs onto the trident drill. Appo says "This may not be such a good plan" and Rex replies "Come on, Appo. Let's get moving." Rex, Appo, Fives, Wolffe and Comet grab onto the trident drill, which jumps onto a Tipoca City platform. With the trident drill landed, Comet plants explosives over the trident drill. With the explosives planted, Comet joins the others well clear from the trident drill. The trident drill begins to unload aqua droids, just as Rex detonates the explosives, blowing up the trident drill and decimating the aqua droids. Elsewhere, Plo Koon stands alone outside a hangar with Republic gunship's and V-wing's. A noise of large feet sounds above Plo, and Plo ignites his lightsaber, just as General Grievous jumps down in front of him. Grievous says "Well hello. Welcome to your doom, Jedi!" and Plo retorts "You will not kill me, Grievous." Grievous ignites his four lightsabers and charges at Plo Koon, sending Plo flying. Grievous knocks the lightsaber away from Plo's clutches, and into the cockpit of a prone V-wing. Plo hops into the V-wing, but before he can fly away, Grievous grabs on and the V-wing smashes into a wall, blowing it up, sending Plo and Grievous flying in opposite directions. Both wounded, they draw their lightsabers, and attack...


Lama Su turns around, and to his horror finds aqua droids attacking the analysis center. Several Wolfpack clones defending it are killed. With only Lama Su left standing, the aqua droids easily shoot him down. Oblivious to Lama Su's death, Anakin Skywalker, Roblio Darte and Bric come under fire from aqua droids in the hallways and try to repel them. Anakin and Darte slice up several droids, while Bric shoots down droids with his pistol. Shaak Ti comes across Plo Koon and Grievous dueling. Shaak Ti force pushes Grievous, and she draws her lightsaber. Shaak Ti and Plo Koon join together to duel Grievous, who struggles to block their attacks. Rex, Fives, Appo, Wolffe and Comet help Anakin, Darte and Bric. Rex says to Darte "We can handle this, sir. You go help master's Ti and Plo." Darte races off, as Anakin and the clones handle the droids.   Grievous, with a lucky swipe of his feet, tears Plo Koon's breathing mask off. As Plo struggles for breath, Shaak Ti struggles to hold Grievous off. As Grievous attacks, Darte arrives and slices off to of Grievous's arms. Grievous is forced to flee, escaping in a trident drill. Darte helps Plo get his breathing mask back on, and Plo gasps "That... was not good." In the hallways, Anakin, Wolffe, Comet, Rex, Appo and Fives finish the last of the aqua droids...


ARC trooper Rex goes to Plo Koon, having been summoned by Plo Koon, Rex says to Plo "You asked for me, sir?" Plo beckons Rex forward, and whispers something in Rex's ear. As Rex pulls away, Plo adds "Tell them." Rex joins the clones in the hangar. Wolffe asks "What did Master Plo want, sir?" and Rex replies "You are not going to believe this, Wolffe." Wolffe asks "What is it? A demotion?", causing Rex to chuckle and say "No. Quite the opposite. You, ARC-3636, are now officially an ARC trooper." Wolffe asks "You are not serious? Who is going to be the Wolfpack commander?" Rex turns to Comet and says "Commander Comet, think you are up for the challenge?" and Comet replies "You can count on it, Rex." Wolffe says to Comet "You will do a great job, Comet." Nearby, Ozzel is grumbling, saying "Come on! Why do those expendable men get a promotion, and I don't." Roblio Darte, who is also neaby, snaps at Ozzel "Why should you get a promotion? These men showed courage and loyalty, while you just cowered as good men died for you! Your atrocious plan for the underwater mission would have failed, if not for the brave actions of ARC-3636 and the other clones, we would have lost." Ozzel mumbles his innocence, but even he isn't fooled by his poor tactical decisions. The news of Wolffe's promotion has gone around all the clones, and the Wolfpack yell out for their past commander "All hail ARC-3636! Long live ARC trooper Wolffe."


Unknown to everyone except the two of them, Count Dooku and Darth Sidious hold a urgent meeting. Sidious says "This battle was all wrong. Grievous should not have acted without orders" and Dooku replies "I know, my lord. Apparently, his actions were to win favour back from us." Sidious says "Still. Should General Grievous fail to win another battle, I am afraid he will need to be disposed of. You would be better off planning Grievous's death immediately" and Dooku replies "Yes, my lord." Once Sidious's hologram has faded, Dooku mutters to himself "I will be better off planning Sidious's death rather than Grievous's death. He has also been the reason for the death of one of my accomplices, not another. And the fact is, the Sith usually end up betraying one another anyway." Dooku leans forward in his chair and begins to think, about the future of this war...


Next-up: "A four way conflict on Dathomir? This should get interesting! The Nightsisters and Nightbrothers return for battle! How does Boil feel about Waxer's death? Find out in the "Battle of Dathomir" arc!"

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 131: Main City

Characters: Lama Su, Bric, El-Les, Plo Koon, Commander Wolffe, Corporal Comet, Wolfpack Troopers, Kendal Ozzel, ARC Trooper Rex, Commander Appo, ARC Trooper Fives, Anakin Skywalker, Roblio Darte, ARC Trooper Drowne, General Grievous, Aqua Droids, Shaak Ti.


Narration: "Kamino under threat! General Grievous, looking to seek favour from Count Dooku alone, lays siege to Kamino! However now that the Republic has regrouped, Grievous has a tough task on his hands!"


Fives walks into a Clone barrack, where he finds Appo, Rex and several clones slipping into scuba gear. Rex points Fives to his gear. As Fives pulls his scuba gear on, he says "This is really not my kind of gear" and Rex replies "Nor mine, Fives. But you heard Wolffe, we are the best men here, we must take this mission." Wolffe and Comet join them. Wolffe says "We know what we have to do. Not just defeat the clankers, but show Ozzel we clones are better than cowards like him." As Wolffe moves away, Appo whispers to Fives and Rex "Wolffe definitly wants to put Ozzel in his place." As they talk, Shaak Ti walks in on them, already in her scuba gear. Shaak Ti says "Now that you are all ready. Let us begin." Once Shaak Ti walks out and the clones follow her, Comet jokes to Wolffe "I thought the best men were being chosen for the mission, sir?" and Wolffe replies "General Ti was the only available Jedi, masters Plo and Skywalker are busy with the main invasion." Shaak Ti is joined at a platform by the clones, and she says "Follow me, clones." Shaak Ti jumps over the platform and straight into the water. "This is it" says Rex, and he jumps next. Fives, Appo, Wolffe and Comet swiftly jump too, and they join Shaak Ti underwater. As they prepare to make a plan, trident drills swoop towards them and attack. Shaak Ti lands on a trident drill, and breaks her way through with the lightsaber, and destroying it from the inside. Appo, Rex, Fives, Wolffe and Comet open fire on more trident drills, but the majority of the trident drills begin to break through. The trident drills begin to leap onto the Tipoca City platforms, and unload aqua droids. Grievous climbs out of a trident drill, and he is confronted by ARC trooper Drowne and several clones. "Hold it right there, clanker!" yells Drowne, and Grievous retorts "I am a cyborg." Grievous ignites all four of his lightsabers and attacks. One Clone charges Grievous, but the Clone is casually sliced across the chest and across the platform. Drowne pulls out two DC-17 blaster pistols and attacks, but Grievous grabs Drowne by the helmet with his foot, crushing the helmet, before knocking the pistols out of Drowne's hands. As Drowne tries to catch his breath, Grievous gives Drowne a big kick, sending Drowne over the platform and into the water, as Grievous finishes the clones, before moving on...


As Shaak Ti, Rex, Appo, Fives, Wolffe and Comet look for droids underwater, Wolffe spots a body and calls "I've spotted something." They all crowd around the body, and Wolffe says "It's Drowne. He is dead." Fives adds "Based on the marks. Grievous probably killed him." Shaak Ti says "We must make sure his death will not be in vain." On the platforms, Anakin Skywalker and Plo Koon watch through binoculars as more aqua droids advance on the Clone positions. Plo says "The droids are advancing. It's time to launch the attack." Anakin says "Indeed. We must not allow the Separatists to get at Lama Su." Anakin and Plo Koon ignite their lightsabers, and join the clones defending the factories. Aqua droids open fire on the clones, Anakin and Plo. Anakin and Plo Koon deflect blaster bolts right back at the aqua droids, while clones return fire. The aqua droids retreat for now. Inside the factories, Kendal Ozzel says to Roblio Darte "This is mad. The battle is going badly. We must leave this system." Darte says "Is all you ever do whine and complain? Zip it, we don't need no chatter from you" and Bric adds "Cut out the uneccessary chatter, Ozzel." As Bric turns away from Ozzel, El-Les whispers to him "I thought you didn't care for clones, Bric?" and Bric replies "That Domino squad changed me, there can be good clones around. We need to be able to give them a chance to show whether they are good or not." Before El-Les can reply, General Grievous bursts through a neaby doorway, killing two Clone sentry's. Roblio Darte ignites his lightsaber, while El-Les and Bric draw pistols. As for Ozzel, he chooses to cower behind them. Grievous attacks Darte first, but Darte blocks the attack. Grievous kicks Darte into El-Les. As they tumble, Grievous slices down and strikes El-Les dead, leaving the Arconan bounty hunter down by his feet. Grievous grabs Darte by the throat and chokes him, forcing Bric to bring his pistol up and shoot Grievous in the eye. Grievous groans in pain, relieving his grasp of Darte. Roblio Darte takes his chance, force pushing Grievous far away with major power. Roblio Darte looks at the dead body of El-Les, and says "Bounty hunters. They're one in a million." Bric, who had been loading his pistol, says "And yet it was a bounty hunter that saved you, Jedi." Darte says "Grievous was distracted, it was a shot you couldn't miss." As Darte walks off, Bric furiously follows him, leaving Ozzel to tremble at the sound of firefighting around...

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 130: Kamino Bombarded

Characters: Lama Su, Bric, El-Les, Clone Cadets, Plo Koon, Commander Wolffe, Corporal Comet, Wolfpack Troopers, Scuba Clones, Kendal Ozzel, Anakin Skywalker, Commander Appo, ARC Trooper Rex, ARC Trooper Fives, Roblio Darte, ARC Trooper Drowne, General Grievous, Aqua Droids, Shaak Ti.

Narration: "Grievous plots! Having already failed to take Kamino, and having suffered many losses since, General Grievous plans to win back favour by capturing Kamino by his own hands!"

General Grievous says to his aqua droids "Prepare for plan A. Let's get those landing craft prepared." As the trident drills lie underwater on Kamino. In Tipoca City, a squad of young clone cadets is going through a tough training excercise, when Shaak Ti's voice booms out and says "Attention, everyone! This is an urgent announcement. The Separatists are here, we must cut short this excercise. Get yourselves to the barracks." As the disgruntled cadets head for the barracks, Shaak Ti walks down a hallway, followed by Bric and El-Les, El-Les says "We are in trouble, what do we do?" and Bric says "Trust El-Les to worry about a mission that requires brave men." Shaak Ti interrupts their argument, and says "El-Les is a bounty hunter too, Bric. As for what we do, I have contacted Master Skywalker. His forces will be here soon." As Shaak Ti finishes, a large rumbling sound echo's, and Shaak Ti says "They are here." El-Les and Bric aren't so sure though, and a giant drill pummels into the hallway. Around Tipoca City, the same thing happens to other parts of the city, aqua droids are able to kill clone cadets without weapons, who are forced to flee to the armoury. Kamino is under heavy threat, and the Separatists have caught the Republic out...


General Grievous steps out of the trident drill in front of Shaak Ti, El-Les and Bric, and says "Hello there." Shaak Ti ignites her lightsaber, as Bric and El-Les draw pistols. Grievous draws out two lightsabers, and attacks. Shaak Ti holds off Grievous long enough, and a big explosion hits the Kamino waters. Republic gunship's race to Tipoca City, and begin unloading forces. With Grievous distracted, Shaak Ti force pushes Grievous back into his trident drill, as Shaak Ti, Bric and El-Les flee. Grievous growls and starts to chase after them, but decides against it and heads another way. Aqua droids pour out of trident drills, but the Republic is ready for them, ARC trooper Drowne leading a Clone counter-attack against the droids. "Push them back so the gunship's can land!" yells Drowne, as he smashes up a aqua droid. The doors to a gunship open, and Anakin Skywalker force jumps onto the platform, slicing up a couple of droids that were advancing on Drowne. Rex, Appo and Fives use jetpacks to join Anakin. Fives tosses a thermal detonator into a squad of aqua droids, blowing them over the platform and into the water. Elsewhere, a gunship lands on another platform. Plo Koon, Wolffe, Comet and the Wolfpack charge into the facilities, and attack aqua droids already inside. With one squad of aqua droids defeated, they are joined by Kendal Ozzel and Roblio Darte. Ozzel barks out orders to anyone listening, saying "Round up all the troopers, send them into the waters. Let the clones sacrifice themselves against Grievous, these men are expendable after all." When Ozzel finishes, he finds himself smashed against the wall, with someone holding him by the throat, and a hard pistol pressed against his head. Commander Wolffe had reacted angrily to Ozzel's orders, and decided to take action. Wolffe pulls his helmet off, and yells angrily into Ozzel's face, saying "Us clones are not expendable. We are loyal soldiers, we follow orders, but we will not follow orders from someone who does not know what they are doing, we will follow orders from Plo Koon, any Jedi, not YOU! I haven't forgotten how you cost us the lives of MANY good men on Khorm. You will not be the death of any more of my men. We will not do as you say. After what you've done to my legion, I would rather die than follow your orders." Ozzel looks downright frigtened, and Wolffe is sorely tempted to execute the trembling officer on the spot, but knows he can't in front of Plo Koon, Roblio Darte and his men. Wolffe let's go of Ozzel, and puts his pistol away. Roblio Darte says to Wolffe and Ozzel "You two need to put past differences aside, and help win this battle. Ozzel is correct, we need to send some clones down there. Some will be doomed, but we must do it." Wolffe is aghast at this, and walks off angrily, joined by Comet. Wolffe says to Comet "Make sure we only send our best men down. Any less and we could have some very needless deaths." Comet says "Yes, sir." Comet runs off to look for Rex, Fives and Appo. Lama Su, Shaak Ti, Bric and El-Les join Roblio Darte in preparing a plan. Wolffe looks down into the waters from a platform, knowing of how suicide this mission could be...

Friday, 2 December 2011

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 129: Maridun Turmoil

Characters: Wag-Too, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Aayla Secura, Commander Bly, 327th Clones, Commander Appo, 501st Clones, Lurmen Villagers, Nuvo Vindi, Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids.

Narration: "Turmoil upon the planet Maridun! hAving just seen their leader, Tee-Watt-Kaa die, the Lurmen people of Maridun struggle to hold back the Separatists. To make matters worse, Nuvo Vindi prepares to kill everyone with his blue shadow virus..."

Commander Bly joins Anakin Skywalker and Aayla Secura by the AT-RT walkers. Aayla tells Bly "Hold them off while we are gone, Commander Bly. The village must remain intact" and Bly replies "Don't worry, master Secura. My men will handle our part of the job." Anakin and Aayla ride the AT-RT's away from the village. Bly watches them go, before going to round up some clones. Inside the labratory, Ahsoka Tano and Appo spot Nuvo Vindi as he heads towards the hangar. "We have to stop him!" says Appo, and Ahsoka replies "Let's do this." Ahsoka takes out her lightsabers, while Appo brings out his DC-15 blaster rifle, and they appear behind Nuvo Vindi. Vindi says "I've been expecting you. Droids, take them" and Vindi runs into the hangar, as five super battle droids appear in front of Ahsoka and Appo. "We have to get past 'em" Ahsoka tells Appo, and she attacks. Appo shoots a super battle droid several times, knocking it down, while Ahsoka easily slices up the rest. The hangar doors start to close, but Appo holds them open long enough for Ahsoka to run in. Appo let's go of the doors, and joins Ahsoka inside the hangar. Nuvo Vindi takes out a blue shadow virus container and says "If this spills, you both, along with the planet, will die. HAHA!"...

"Here they come, Get ready" Bly whispers to several 327th clones, as Droid forces walk by their cover. "Now!" Bly shouts, and they rise from the cover, and shoot at the droids. Battle droids crumple, and fall. Once all the droids are dealt with, Bly says "It's up to the Jedi now." At the village, Lurmen villagers tie up attacking droids, allowing the 501st clones to easily take care of the downed droids. With the droids turned away from the village, all the village forces, including Wag-Too, head for the labratory. Back in the labratory, Ahsoka and Appo scaramble up the platform and confront Nuvo Vindi. As Vindi prepares to chuck the blue shadow virus he is holding away, Appo charges into Vindi, sending them both over the platform. Ahsoka grabs the other container of blue shadow virus's, just as the bombs start ticking. "This isn't good" Ahsoka mumbles. Over the platform, Appo and Vindi fall towards the ground. Appo attempts to kick Vindi, who screams "Help MEEEE!" but Appo succeeds in punching Vindi in the stomach, grabs the virus and says "No, it's the virus I want." Vindi plummets to the ground, and dies upon impact. Appo lands on his feet however, just as the platform arrives beside him. Ahsoka hands the bombs to Appo and asks "Know anything about this?" and Appo replies "I did a bit of work on bomb-workings, I'll give it a shot." Within a few minutes, Appo succeeds in defusing the few bombs Vindi had prepared. Once Appo is done, Ahsoka says "I'm glad that ordeal is over" and Appo asks "Was it pretty bad on Naboo?" and Ahsoka tells Appo "It was more than pretty bad. I could never forget that moment. The blue shadow virus almost killed me on Naboo." Appo notes how Ahsoka looks downcast at the story, and doesn't pursue the subject...

Ahsoka and Appo place explosives all over the labratory, before heading outside. Anakin and Aayla arrive on their AT-RT's. Anakin tells Ahsoka "We've mopped up all the droids now. Just need to detonate this labratory." Bly hands Anakin the detonator, but as Anakin clicks the detonator, Wag-Too jumps into the labratory. "Wag-Too? NO!" shouts Ahsoka, and Wag-Too shouts back "I want to be with my father. bye!" and the labratory explodes, blowing up the labratory and killing Wag-Too. Ahsoka, Anakin and all the other Republic forces, as well as the Lurmen, look sad at this uneccessary death. The Republic leave in gunship's soon after...

Next-up: Another battle of Kamino? Commander Wolffe has anger issues? And, what's this about another ARC Trooper death? Ozzel is on the Clone Wars? Find it all revealed, in the "4th Battle of Kamino" arc!

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 128: Labratory

Characters: Wag-Too, Tee-Watt-Kaa, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Aayla Secura, Commander Bly, 327th Clones, Commander Appo, 501st Clones, Lurmen Villagers, Nuvo Vindi, Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids, Jedi General Cay Xaxu.

Narration: "Skywalker plan! During a fierce Droid siefe on the planet Maridun, Anakin Skywalker has come up with a solution to save the planet for peace, send Ahsoka Tano and Commander Appo, to take out Nuvo Vindi's labratory on the planet!"

Nuvo Vindi watches as more Droid forces head for the Lurmen village. Vindi takes his eyes off the droids, and heads for his labratory. Ahsoka Tano and Appo watch as the droids move past. Once the droids are out of ear-shot, Ahsoka says "Let's go", and they head for the labratory. Having reached the hatch, Ahsoka says "Allow me", and once she ignites her lightsabers, she slices through the hatch and jumps into the labratory. Appo mutters "That's a Jedi for ya" before jumping in as well. Aayla Secura and Anakin Skywalker watch as Cay Xaxu leads Bly, accompanied by the 501st legion into battle. A Republic gunship lands, and 327th clones march forward to join Cay Xaxu and Bly. "I hope they can get through this. Xaxu could be the death of some very good men" Aayla tells Anakin nervously. Anakin nods, worried how Appo would take the loss of many 501st men. During the battle, Bly whispers to some men "I have a plan. We're going to show Xaxu what he is missing without any Clone support." The clones of the 501st and 327th nod their agreement, as they are disgsted by Xaxu's methods. As Cay Xaxu marches forward, he realizes no clones are following him. The Droid army bears down on him, and Xaxu mutters "The least I can do, is take out as many droids as possible to help Skywalker and Secura." Cay Xaxu recklessly charges into the Droid army, but having sliced up about a dozen droids, Xaxu is overpowered and killed. His body left among the many advancing droids. Bly and the clones are joined by Lurmen villagers in ambushing the Droid forces. However, Bly had not counted on the Separatist tanks, and many clones and Lurmen are blown up AAT's. Bly calls "Follow me!" and several 327th clones follow Bly, who uses cover, before chucking a thermal detonator into the cannon on an AAT. When the droids attempt to fire the cannon, it explodes the AAT, leaving a lot of rubble. One Clone says "That showed 'em!" to Bly. Bly says "There's still more to go." Bly continues leading the clones against the Droid forces...

Inside the labratory, Ahsoka says to Appo "I don't like it here, it's too creepy. It reminds me too much of labratory Vindi had on Naboo." Appo says to Ahsoka "I heard it was pretty bad their" and Ahsoka replies "You don't know the half of it, Appo." As Ahsoka and Appo turn the corner, they are spotted by battle droids and super battle droids. "My first Jedi kill!" says a excited battle droid, but Ahsoka retorts "Not quite", before chopping up the droid. Appo takes out his DC-15 blaster rifle, and covers Ahsoka as she chops up the droids. More droids appear behind Appo, forcing him to cover himself as Ahsoka struggles against the droids. Appo takes out a couple of droid poppers, and chucks one to his left, while the other takes out the droids to his right. With the droids taken care of, Ahsoka and Appo head deeper into the labratory. As droids advance on the village, Anakin, Aayla and Bly defend valiantly against the village. However, a AAT targets the village, but when it fires, aiming for Aayla Secura, Tee-Watt-Kaa knocks her aside with his cane, and sacrifices himself. As Tee-Watt-Kaa breathes his last breath's, he gasps to Aayla "I... wanted to be remembered here..., as... a hero..." Tee-Watt-Kaa dies before all his people, and Wag-Too is forced to hold back tears as Separatist forces bear down upon the village. Nuvo Vindi contacts the Republic and says "Defenders of Maridun, you have fought bravely. I wish to commend you on this. However, I grow impatient. My latest batch of the blue shadow virus is ready, and I am absolutely prepared to use this to achieve victory. You do not have long Jedi. I'm taking this planet." Vindi's hologram vanishes, leaving Anakin to desperately hope Ahsoka and Appo can stop Nuvo Vindi...

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 127: Peace Keepers Attacked

Characters: Wag-Too, Tee-Watt-Kaa, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Aayla Secura, Commander Bly, 327th Clones, Commander Appo, 501st Clones, Lurmen Villagers, Nuvo Vindi, Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids, Jedi General Cay Xaxu.

Narration: "Separatist invasion! Determined to take revenge on the helpless Lurmen people, Count Dooku orders an invasion of Maridun. With attack imminent, the Lurmen people must make a difficult choice!"

Lurmen villagers gather around the outside of the village, as Separatist landing craft looms above Maridun. Tee-Watt-Kaa and Wag-Too join the many villagers outside, and watch in despair as the landing craft lands on the surface. Tee-Watt-Kaa sighs, before saying to Wag-Too "We have no hope. Make the immediate arrangements to contact the Jedi." Wag-Too nods, before heading back into the village. Wag-Too starts up a communicator, and contacts the Jedi. At Coruscant, Aayla Secura is the only Jedi in the control room, and she answers. Wag-Too says "We need your help. Maridun is coming under an attack from the Separatists. We need the Jedi from before to come and help us again" and Aayla replies "Do not worry, Wag-Too. It will be done" and Wag-Too says "Ah, master Secura. So good to hear your voice again." Wag-Too cuts the transmission, leaving Aayla to go and find help. Aayla finds just who she is looking for, finding Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano coming down the hallway. Aayla says "There you are. The Lurmen on Maridun are under attack, and need our help." Anakin says "I'm surprised they want our help this time, given their stubbornness before." Ahsoka tells Anakin "But this time they want our help. We have to go and help Wag-Too and his people." Aayla nods her agreement, and they head for the hangar to board a ship...

Anakin joins Ahsoka on the bridge, and tells her "Tell General Xaxu to assemble the men for action" and Ahsoka replies "Appo won't like this. Given Cay Xaxu's brash methods." Meanwhile, down in the hangar, Appo and his men are hanging around, when a shout calls "All men, assemble into line. On the double! Come on, this isn't some training drill. We are about to enter a physical combat." The source of the shot appears, as Cay Xaxu gruffly appears in front of them. Xaxu points angrily at Appo, and says "You're the commander, are you not? Why aren't these men assembled? hurry it up!" as Xaxu walks on. Appo watches as the 501st clones assemble, but this calls out more of Cay Xaxu's wrath, as he snarls at the clones "These guns are filthy. Always keep your weapons nice and shiny, it can provide a good distraction on the enemy." When Xaxu is gone, Bly asks Appo "Any idea how it provides a distraction, Appo?" and Appo replies "No, Bly, I do not." Anakin, Ahsoka and Aayla walk through the hangar doors, and Aayla calls out "Assemble into your squads. This is it." Appo and the 501st join Anakin and Ahsoka in one gunship, while Aayla, Bly and more 501st get into another gunship. Nuvo Vindi watches from far off as the two Republic gunship's land on Maridun. Vindi calls out to his droids "All units. Move out!" and Vindi watches as his Droid forces head for the village. As Anakin, Ahsoka and Aayla head for the village to meet up with the Lurmen, explosions hit around them, and one of the gunship's is blown sky-high. Anakin contacts Cay Xaxu and says "General Xaxu, you and the clones have got to defend this position, as we need to get into the village" and Xaxu replies "Copy that, Skywalker. I will see that the clones do their job to the letter." Xaxu turns to the clones, all of whom staring at him. "What are you waiting for?! You heard Skywalker, open fire!" and Xaxu watches as Appo and Bly lead a 501st charge. Cay Xaxu ignites his lightsabers and joins the fray. Cay Xaxu watches out of the corner of his eye as Lurmen villagers head for the Droid lines, intent on using their previous method to stop the enemy. Xaxu calls "Stop. We can handle this!" and he slices up a super battle droid. The Lurmen stare at him in shock, forcing Bly to snap at Xaxu "With respect, sir. The Lurmen know what they are doing, they have used this tactic successfully before." Xaxu looks Bly dead-on, creeping Bly out a little, and Xaxu snarls "If I want your opinion, I will ask it, CC-5052." The Lurmen continue watching as Cay Xaxu recklessly leads his men into battle, causing the 501st casualties. As Anakin, Ahsoka and Aayla arrive in the village, Tee-Watt-Kaa tells them "Your new general does not wish our support. He has ordered our villagers to back off." Anakin tells Tee-Watt-Kaa "Cay Xaxu doesn't trust other species, tell the Lurmen to ignore him." Tee-Watt-Kaa does this, and to Xaxu's shock and horror, he sees the Lurmen villagers rolling towards the droids, tieing them up and allowing the clones to pick targets more easily. "We have 'em now!" Bly yells gleefully, as he and Appo pick off the last desperate Droid surge for now. Nuvo Vindi contacts his droids from a tower to the north of the village, and says "Retreat now, we must reserve our forces." Appo watches as the droids retreat, before looking up and sighting Nuvo Vindi on the tower. Vindi realizes his mistake too late, and having left the tower, Appo tells Bly "I spotted the enemy leader. It's Nuvo Vindi" and Bly replies "Vindi? I thought that mad one was in prison?" Appo says "I dunno, but let's go and take the tower." As Appo prepares to move, he is shoved roughly backwards and finds Cay Xaxu standing above him. Cay Xaxu says "You stupid imbeciles. You beat some droids thanks to me, and now you think you can take a well-fortified tower?" Bly has had enough of Xaxu's brash tactics, and angrily confronts Xaxu by saying "General Xaxu, in case you didn't notice, we won thanks to the Lurmen arrival. Your weak, flawed tactics almost resulted in our deaths. You had nothing to do with our success!" and Xaxu retorts "Why, you little-" before igniting his lightsaber behind Bly's neck. It looks like Xaxu might just behead Bly, but Anakin contacts Xaxu and says "Congratulations on this victory, general Xaxu- *Anakin pauses, having noticed what is going on* are you and Bly feeling okay, Xaxu?" and Xaxu replies "Fine. I guess I got a little over the top." Anakin nods as his hologram fades. Cay Xaxu walks towards the village, leaving Bly smarting with anger...

Upon arrival back in the village, Appo joins Anakin, Ahsoka and Aayla. Aayla tells them "Nuvo Vindi did indeed escape recently, using some sort of bomb. This bomb, led to the escape of every prisoner we had" and Anakin asks "It wasn't the blue shadow virus, was it?" and Aayla says "No, but on that topic, we have found out Vindi has a labratory set up here. It is possible he is making more blue shadow virus there." As Aayla leaves to talk to the Lurmen, Anakin turns to Ahsoka and Appo, telling them "Here's how it is. You both must sneak into that labratory, and stop Nuvo Vindi at all costs. After his escape, he has been given the death warrant, so fight to kill, if neccessary. Disable the labratory." Ahsoka says "It shall be done, master Skywalker" and Appo adds "Whether we come back alive or not, general." Anakin says "Hopefully it won't come to that, Appo." Anakin watches as his two most trusted colluagues in this battle, leave to complete their mission...