Don't Trust The Force Anakin! By fvdv123

Chapter 12

Disclaimer:

Mr. G, forgive this old fool for his hobby, I don't have a private jet filled with Play-Boy Bunnies… although I wish I had. Nope, an old PC and a free Libre Office program mixed with improper humor is my thing. For free even, can you believe it?

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I smiled: "We are done catching up with the big guys, now we are equal, our fleet is smaller, but our firepower outmatches them completely. The rules of the Coalition are clear, we will defend ourselves when attacked, and kick their ass completely."

Eirtaé said: "The purpose of this meeting is the news of the Jedi moving into Geonosis, the capital planet of the Federation, and that Obi-wan Kenobi located the Planet Kamino. Isn't this the start of what you call the Clone Wars, Ani?"

12 Fools we are, hmm?

I answered: "Yep, it finally started, Padme, there are some choices to make. Does the Coalition want to get involved or not, is the first choice. If we do, what side do we take or do we form a faction of our own? That is a second choice. In how far are we going to take it if we do get involved? That is a third choice. And finally, what are the Coalition's plans involving our family and me?"

Those are important questions, especially the last one, the only time I allow to be used as a play-toy is when we are in bed role-playing. The Amazon tribe and the lone explorer, or the janitor in an all girl-school are my favorites, the Coven Master and his witches are fun too. Where was I… ah, Padme is up next.

Padme studied my expression closely; my lightly tilted head and raised left eyebrow, that, along with my innocent smile and doe-eyes made her realize that I am full of it. It also told her I don't care either way.

She carefully answered: "The Coalition prefers to stay in the background, Ani, our territory is too small, we are easily found if they have it in for us, tell me Ani, can we fend them off?"

I gathered my thoughts: "If I change our first Magic Shipyard to produce enough Defense Platforms to service the new members of the Coalition, then we can hold our own."

General Panaka added: "We are monitoring the Traffic on the Hyperspace Lanes in our region, by any sign of trouble, our fleet can reach each planet in a matter of hours, and arrive way ahead of the invaders. We have Gundams stationed on choke points in the Hyperlanes to monitor troop movements, with this, we have the element of surprise on our side."

Mum commented: "Why did we go through the effort to present the Jedi with a planet if we are going to let them die? The Padawans we taught your way of the Force are the seeds of the new Jedi movement, Ani. A movement you started, with some nourishment from us, it will change their ways."

Crap! I am getting guilt-tripped by Mum. She has a point though, I have to find a balance of what I can do without the Republic and the Trade Federation ganging up on me and the Jedi.

I looked at Rabé and Saché and asked: "Both of you have monitored Geonosis and Kamino, what are the troop movements?"

Rabé answered: "The Trade Federation is setting a trap for the Jedi at Geonosis, their plan is to lure the Jedi onto the planet and to block their air support ships at the asteroid belt. Those new B2 Battle droids are all deployed on strategic positions, so are the rest of the defenses, the B2s are going to be the major headache. We can have two thousand N2 Interceptors and a thousand Gundams there in a few hours, and ten Frigates are already there in stealth mode. Twenty Battle cruisers are on standby ten minutes away."