The Defense Of Elser

On Our Doorstep

     Thyph stood in the Command Room of the base, overlooking the now familiar courtyard that he has walked through many times from his many patrols he has conducted. The Command Room was quiet except for the low whispers of the Clone troopers conducting their normal everyday duties. He was just thinking about how he liked it quiet on the planet when a Clone Guardsman ran into the room approaching Thyph and saluting and saying, "Sir, one of our patrols has spotted three CIS Dropships touching down in Sector 42, 1 mile away from here". "Alright," Thyph responds, trying to keep his voice calm. "Alert the men, get the gunners to their positions, we cannot lose this base, get me Jinx and Zados up here now". "Yes sir!" The trooper responds and runs off to do Thyph's bidding.

     A few minutes later Jinx and Zados arrive, fully armored up, helmets in their hands, guns in their holsters. As they approach Zados asks, "What should we do sir?". "We need all our troops in their battlements, Gunners at their cannons, Snipers in the guard towers. The rest will be stationed at the Front Gates to hold off the bulk of the droids". "Understood" Zados responds and heads off to organize the troops while Jinx stays behind. "Sir, each of those three droid Dropships can hold three MTT's equipped with at least 60 B-1 Battledroids each, there is only 50 of us sir, are you sure we can hold them off?" The Captain takes a minute to ponder the question, then responds with, "Honestly, I am not sure, our troops can do great things, there is a reason they are in the elite company of CG. But we are vastly outnumbered and most likely out-gunned. It will be put to fate im afraid.." "Yes, sir" Jinx replies softly.

     "Now lets get down to the courtyard, it is time to fight." Thyph states and heads off out of the Command Room, thinking if he will survive this battle of not.