Mistaken Identity || Star Wars Fanfic

Casualties of War

Master Norcuna stood in the senate embassy that was in the centre of the once bustling city of Jabiim. He stood before a great glass window watching as the nationalist forces bombarded the city shield with artillery, the battle had begun, but with his stratagem in mind, he would not lose. He had covered every exit to the city, the enemies could not get in without taking heavy fire from them. He brought his communications device up to his face and turned it on "Captain Duster do you read me," he spoke. He got nothing but static in return which made him fear the worst for the men, he tried to reach out into the force to sense the lives of his men but he quickly drew back in. There was so much pain and suffering in the city, that it was difficult to move through it to find what he was looking for.

"Commander Dex, can you reach any of the men stationed on the northern front?" He asked, the clone commander in question stood by a holographic table of the city that had all the troop placements.

"I'm afraid not General, I'm not sure why, the enemy isn't jamming our short-range communication and the signal booster is stable," Dex replied.

"Which means they have all perished or they are not responding to our communication," Master Norcuna finished. Their positions were still marked on the holo map, but that wasn't entirely accurate, with the storms raging overhead they'd only be able to detect mass movement. The lag between each update also made it unreliable. 

"Sir! A large number of our forces are moving from their positions and heading towards the Northern Sector," Dex informed him as multiple dots were moving from the eastern, western and southern fronts.

Norcuna whipped his head around and approached the table "What is the meaning of this, they know their orders, what reason have they to move," he said. 

"Contact them immediately," Norcuna commanded.

Dex tried but they didn't answer "Sir there is no answer, I can only imagine they have turned off all communication equipment," he theorised.

Norcuna stroked his chin as he tried to come up with some sort of explanation for what was happening, he then brought up his communicator "Companies Beta, Psi and Gamma, explain your movement," he instructed, however like before he got nothing in return.

"Padawan Enwandung-Esterhazy respond, give me your coordinates," Norcuna tried again. His frustration bubbled deep within him, but he wouldn't allow his emotions to run free. 'Only peace,' he thought to himself as he closed his eyes. Once he opened them he turned to Commander Dex.

"Take a squad to the northern front, scout and report back, if you can make contact with the one in charge and find out what's going on, we need to—"

*BOOM*

Norcuna turned and saw blaster fire and large explosions occurring north of the city, it was easy to ascertain what was happening 'The enemy has broken through into the city.' He turned to Dex.

"Go."

"Right away Sir!" Commander Dex responded.

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"Blast them!" Duster shouted as they took cover behind large pieces of rubble, they shot at the droids as soon as they came into the bubble but that didn't stop them, they fired back and they kept coming. Scout with her lightsaber ignited deflected as many bolts as she could back at the droids but even she had to take cover at certain points lest she be overwhelmed.

"Squads 2, 4 and 8 retreat another 20 metres!!!" Duster shouted and the clones made haste the follow his orders while the remaining squad provided suppressing fire. Further down the road, the main force was setting up the main fortification; Jaden, Aubrie and Zule all helped move the rubble into strategic locations, they covered the tanks as much as they could to prevent them from being destroyed —they were their lifeline at the moment and they couldn't afford to lose them until reinforcements came.