Star Wars: Phantom Alliance

Episode 5: Daring Endeavor

Daring Endeavor

The night has ended and the sun has risen again. It is time to head for Coruscant. Maul's sources have informed him that Sidious has just entered his palace. Ahsoka, Maul, Yoda, and Obi-Wan enter their fighters then immediately set sail for Coruscant. Rex waits to move closer to Coruscant in his gunship but is not allowed to enter the Coruscant yet. He must wait to maintain the element of surprise.

Yoda descends into the Coruscant atmosphere in his tiny stealth interceptor, towards the southeast entrance of Palpatine's complex. It is a bright day. The complex is massive with bague paint and red stripes. The fifth-teen meter wide and fifty-meter long platform entrance has three clone shock trooper guards facing the entrance armed with long blaster rifles. One massive turbolaser is at the top of the building which is roughly 2 stories over the platform entrance.

Yoda decloaks his spacecraft as he hovers over them and fires a volley of green turbolaster fire into the defense turret. Suddenly there is a buzz and the shots are absorbed by the gun. Yoda says to himself, "Shielded it is!" Yoda takes evasive maneuvers as the turbolaser fires a volley of blue shots at him. Yoda does a backward loop as he avoids several shots. Then Yoda retreats.

Somewhere in the facility, there is a surveillance and data room that is ordinated by several flashing lights of a range of colors. Multiple clone officers in grey uniforms are reacting to the detection of Yoda's attack. A clone officer immediately relays the message to Commander Fox. As this is happening, Palpatine is sitting in a luxury chamber getting a massage by a beautiful woman.

There are two Red Guards standing across Palpatine's right and left side. Fox confronts Palpatine, "Sir we have noticed a stealth fighter attack the North East entrance. It retreated after failing to destroy the turbolaser."

Palpatine sighs, "It must be a team of Jedi. Prepare the defense mechanisms! I sense Yoda is near."

Yoda sends a report to the rest of the team, "Shielded the turbolasers are. Strong enough to destroy them, my turbolasers are not."

Maul responds, "I was not aware of this, but we can find a way to board the facility and deactivate the shields of the ship. Rex will still come to rescue us and he will have to deal with the turbolassers."

Ahsoka comments, "We all don't have to attack at once. Maul, you can go in first since Yoda was briefly detected. Then try to find the controls and disable them. Yoda can go next, but he can use the North West entrance instead of Kenobi. Then I can take the South East entrance instead, because Sidious will go where ever Yoda and Maul are first and I'm sure Obi wan can handle the heat from the clones and red guards."

Obi wan affirms, "I like that idea."

Maul: "No time to waste. I'm on my way."

Maul descends his fighter towards the North East entrance. It is 10 meters wide and 30 meter long, like all the other entrances (besides the South East). Maul immediately lands it while still cloaked and exits his fighter. There are two clones with long blaster rifles standing guard outside of the door. Though Maul has an invisible fighter, he himself does not have a stealth suit.

The two guards are having a conversation as Maul exists the fighter. Guard one: "What do you think about the jedi traitors finally meeting their demise?"

Guard two: "It's a terrible sight. I honestly wish people would just be loyal to the Republic and accept our great Empire. But there are always some trouble makers. Serves them right, but some are still alive. We lost a lot of 501st clones during that temple battle. We even lost Anakin!"

Guard one: "If only the other Jedi were like him. Its a real shame. Can you believe Rex betrayed us?"

Guard two: "This war is just nuts. I've heard so many great stories about the 501st and their heroic actions. Like the 327th, 91st, and the Galactic Marines. They are up there with the best. I put them over the 41st and 212th."