Star Wars The Clone Wars: A Galaxy Of War

Chapter 14: Leven

"How much longer till the blizzard stops?" Arc asks, who is looking at a hologram map that displays Lance and Jelia's coordinates. A naval officer checks his monitor before answering the captain's question.
       "Not long, sir. Approximately twenty or thirty minutes." The clone officer replies after checking the size of the storm and how fasts it's moving. Lance looks at the map in front of him again. 'Hang in there general.' He thinks. "Sir! One separatist cruiser coming out of hyperspace!" A naval officer informs Arc while typing a few things. "What! How!?" The clone captain asks in surprise. This should be republic territory, right? So how did the separatist manage to pass by the republic defenses? Arc shakes his head quickly before giving orders to the clones.
"All pilots! Man your starfighters! We are under attack!" Arc commands, his order being transmitted across the Jedi Cruiser. A naval officer clocks the alarm and a loud noise screams through the cruiser, alerting every clone about the situation. "What's our battle plan, Arc?" Tech says, who just stepped out of the elevator. "Well. Assuming the separatist cruiser is jumping out of light speed here," arc points on the 3D hologram map, and his finger directs a location ahead of the republic hologram cruiser, "then we will move our cruiser on a broadside position and hail them with everything we got. Our starfighters will simply be Anti-Starfighter defense. We need all cannons firing away at the enemy cruiser." Arc explains the plan, moving several hologram pieces on the map to demonstrate his plan. Tech nods and looks at the map. "Why would the droids simply send one cruiser? Something doesn't add up." Tech says, not understanding the droid's plan. If they think one cruiser can destroy the Cosmo 3, then they are in for a surprise. The clones rush out of the barracks and towards the hanger bay. Many clone pilots climb on their fighters and sit down in the cockpit, pressing multiple buttons to start the ship.

"Hanger bay doors, open. All fighters, begin your attack." A clone says, and the command is heard throughout the hangers. The V-19's rise from the floor and exit the hanger bay. The fighters enter the darkness of space and form up into squads.
"Separatist cruiser incoming." Arc alerts the pilots about the enemy, who should be exiting hyperspace. "I see it!"
A pilot says, confirming that the separatist cruiser has just jumped out of light speed. "Wait! Wait! The cruiser seems harmed! It doesn't look like it's in an attack position." A pilot informs the clone Captain.
"And what do you think that means?" Tech asks his commanding officer. "I'm not sure." Is all the Captain replies. Arc was surprised when he heard an abrupt static noise coming from the transmitter. "H-hello? Anyone? This is Clone Trooper Levin. I've taken over this cruiser and I need some help. It would be great if you can come....now!" Arc and Tech hear.
       "It's a clone!" A pilot says, who also heard the transmission that came from the enemy ship. "Wait! It can be a Commando droid. We know what they can do, especially after Rishi Moon." Arc says, being skeptical about the transmission. "Well, it's not firing, so I think it's ok." Tech says. Arc thinks about what to do next. If it really is a clone, then they should go save him. But if it's a trap, what would happen? It's a risk that Arc doesn't want to make it. 'What would the general do?' Arc thinks. The answer to the question is as easy as one plus one.
      "Breakfall Squad! Grab your gear, we are boarding the separatist cruiser. Meet up on hanger bay 2." Arc commands. He grabs his A.R.C helmet and puts it on his head. "Tech, let's move!" Arc commands, who dashes out of the command room. The clone engineer snatches his helmet and puts it on before while chasing after the captain.
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"Light gear everyone. We aren't going to raid it. This is a simple search and retrieve mission." Arc says. Domino groans as he drops his Z6 cannon, his backpack of explosives, and his belt of detonation packs. "Anything else?" Domino asks, not pleased that he had to come along with a simple DC-15S carbine blaster. "That is all. Domino. Everyone! On the gunship!" Arc orders as Breakfall squad get aboard the LAAT transport ship.
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"I'll be waiting for you here, Captain." The pilot says, who opened the doors of the LAAT ship. "Alright. Alert is if any clankers get near you." Arc says. "Copy that." The clone pilot says.
       "Sir, I've traced the signal and it's coming from the bridge. Encryption has changed from separatist to republic, so it has to be one of ours." Tech informs the A.R.C captain. The clone captain nods. "Alright. Is there any deepest sit droid's appearing on your mini-map?" Arc asks his team. "Negative sir, it looks all clear." Recon says, looking at the bottom left of his visor screen. "Stay alert, the enemy could be anywhere." Arc says, drawing his pistols and walks towards the elevator.
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"Freeze!" Waypoint shouts as he enters the bridge of the cruiser. "Well. No one is here captain." Pinpoint says as he lowers his sniper. Arc walks towards the center of the bridge and scans the room. There are several dysfunctional droids on the cold metal ground. "Fresh blast marks. Someone is here." Arc says. As if on cue, a commando droid's jumps up from the ground and aims his weapon at the clone captain. Arc draws his pistol, but before anyone can do anything, a clone with blue armor markings flies up and sends multiple rounds to the commando droid's head, killing the enemy. "Alright! One down! Who's next!" The clone says. He is obviously from the 501st legion, but isn't anywhere near his platoon. The clone has brown hair and has a small scar on his right eyebrow, showing that he's been through some things. He's also not wearing a helmet, which reminds Arc. "Domino! Where is your damn helmet!" Arc days as he turns towards the heavy gunner. Domino shrugs. "Fell off?" He says. Arc sighs. "The day you get headshot is the day you'll never leave your helmet."
       "And who are you?" The clone says. "I'm Captain Arc of the 720th legion, under the command of Jedi General Lance Axel," arc answers the question, "who might you be?" The captain asks. "CT-Five Eleven Eleven, or Leven for short. I have been transferred to the 720th legion as of last week, sir! The Corvette I was in was captured and destroyed. I managed to take over this entire ship in about three days. I then traced your ship and followed you here!" Leven says, explaining his situation and answering the question. "A transferred clone? I never received news of this!" Recon says, not believing what Leven is saying. "I never got a memo about this." Tech says. Arc simply nods upon hearing the news. "Well. Welcome to the 720th legion, Leven. Right now, we need to take any info this ship might have and send it to the republic." Arc says, given Leven a quick brief over the mission. "Already have everything on me. Just hook me up on a republic holo-table and it'll be transferred." Leven says.
       "Good. Everyone! Move out! We need to go help the general!" Arc says, and the clones follow Arc down to the hanger.
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Attention! Attention! For all those who were part of my Star Wars role play, if you allowed me to use your OC's, they will most likely appear in the next few chapters. Here are the people I got permission from.
XxVickyTheEpicxX
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And I would like to thank my friend SurgeonDoctor for letting me use his OC Leven.