CLONE WARS BATTLES
Month 36 after the Battle of Geonosis
Second Mission to Felucia | Climactic Battle of Coruscant
Key Characters
General Aayla Secura, Barriss Offee, Clone Commander Bly, Ekria, Zonder
Setting the Stage
Aayla and Bly are en route to Felucia aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Intrepid to chase down Shu Mai.
Bly is doing pull-ups. Aayla asks him if he is having trouble sleeping. He tells her they rest only when their mission is done, and the last was not complete. Aayla tells him that orders change, and adds, “You still obey orders, right?” Bly asks rhetorically, isn’t it natural to want to see things through to the end? She says she supposes so. Bly asks her if she wants to talk about General Vos. Talk? Aayla says no, she came for a workout! Swinging from the pull-up bar, she knocks Bly down with her feet to his torso. They commence kicking each other’s butts.
As they spar, Aayla remarks that besides, she has her own full command now. Bly wryly congratulates her. Bly questions the need for all this firepower just to chase down one bureaucrat. Aayla replies that Shu Mai is now a priority target, but Bly insists that Mai is nothing more than Dooku’s puppet. Aayla remarks that that’s starting to sound like independent thought. She adds that Barriss hasn’t been heard from in days and may need their help. Then she Force-slams Bly into a wall. “Cheater!” Bly cries.
Picking himself up from a pile of equipment, Bly spots someone sitting at a nearby computer console--a humanoid girl with diamond-shaped tattoos encircling her face. He asks Aayla who she is. The general explains she’s Padawan Ekria, she came aboard with the troops, and Aayla didn’t even notice her for the first few hours. Bly makes a crack about bringing rookies along for the ride.
Aayla introduces Bly to Ekria. Ekria is muttering to herself about increases in debris removal, structural repair, droid reclamation, fire retardant, and that it’s conclusive. Bly asks what’s conclusive. Looking up, Ekria says hello to Bly and says she’s found Master Offee. Bly tells the “rookie” that’s his job. Aayla asks how Ekria found her. She explains that the communications blackout excludes financial data but the Commerce Guild practices nano-accounting and only industrial-level encryption. 24 seconds after Barriss’ transmission to the Jedi Council, the local authorities performed a “destructive capture” of two beings, necessitating massive repair requisitions. She produces a hologram of the nearest detention facility and says that 17 minutes later, wardens tripled the magnetic containment on the third floor; she calculates a 71% possibility that Barriss is there. “OK, slicer,” Bly says, and adds if she’s good in a fight, they’ll keep her. Studying the holo, he says they can take the third floor by ground or by air.
Suddenly Aayla’s beacon goes off. Ekria asks if they can trust the clone with this. Aayla responds that Bly is more loyal than she herself, and that Bly shall stay. Removing the beacon from her belt, Aayla explains that each Jedi has an encoded subspace receiver beacon. The signal means HoloNet channels have been compromised. Master Yoda’s voice comes out of the device: Coruscant is under attack, and all Jedi in range should return.
Crying “No!” Aayla rips a console up off the floor and fumes that they are wasting their time going to “fungus world” when the Republic’s heart is under attack. Bly observes that Dooku obviously placed bait in the Outer Rim to draw the Jedi away from the Core. Aayla orders Bly to return them to the capital--now! Bly replies that they are too far out of range to assist, and that General Windu’s original orders remain their primary mission. Aayla points out that Bly himself just said it’s a sham mission. Not necessarily, Ekria says. If captured, Shu Mai would have information useful to Coruscant’s defenders. Bly says he doesn’t want another incomplete mission on his record. Aayla says fine, but she doesn’t care about Shu Mai and that they’ll go get Barriss. She has a feeling that before the war’s end, they’ll need all the Jedi they can get.
The Mission
On Coruscant, the Jedi and Senators look for Chancellor Palpatine. On Felucia, Aayla, Bly, and Ekria scope out the Nigkoe Detention Facility where they believe Barriss is being held. Aayla tells Ekria to open the shields now. Weapons blazing, the two Jedi and the clone commander engage battle droids at the facility’s entrance. Aayla blasts open the door with a grenade. The three stride through the smoke-filled doorway; a lone Gossam stands inside. Staring down with lightsaber in hand, Aayla tells the little being to take them to the Jedi prisoners. The Gossam replies, “Of course. This way,” and starts walking. “Jedi trick?” Bly asks Aayla. Aayla retorts that not all her influence is Force-based. The four run down the hall. Aayla telepathically tells Barriss to create a diversion, a la Luke to Leia after his duel with Vader on Cloud City.
Elsewhere, Barriss and Zonder are stuck back-to-back in a circle of battle droids. Looking up, Barriss blurts out Aayla’s name.
Outcome
To be continued.
Sources
Hyperspace Webstrip: Reversal of Fortune
Days 40-54, 60-65 (Summarized by Valin Kenobi)
The Climactic Battle of Coruscant
Key Characters
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious, Mace Windu, Master Yoda, Shaak Ti, Stass Allie, Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, General Grievous, Count Dooku, Kit Fisto, Padmé Amidala, Stass Allie***
Setting the Stage
Part 1
A Confederacy armada appears in orbit over Coruscant.
Mace Windu sends Stass Allie to the Senate building to help Shaak Ti protect Chancellor Palpatine. Shaak tells Stass she was just at Palpatine’s residence, but he wasn’t there; she says she hopes someone in the Senate knows where he is. Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma are conversing with an ARC trooper--the clone won’t let them leave. Bail calls out to the Jedi, asking why the clones won’t let them leave, and would the Jedi please tell the troopers.... Interrupting, one of the Jedi asks if they’ve seen the Chancellor. Mon Mothma says no, why? Shaak replies that they’re his protectors and no one has seen him since the attack. Bail asks how they can help.
He spots Padmé Amidala and C-3PO conversing with a Gran delegate. Bail asks if she’s seen the Chancellor; Padre opines he’s probably in the holding office. Shaak says they were just there; the office is empty and even the guards are gone. Padre says they must have escorted the Chancellor into the shelters. Shaak says she and Stass will check the Senate office and 500 Republica (Palpatine’s apartment seen in The Phantom Menace). She asks the Senators where they’re going. Wherever they’re directed to go, Bail responds. Stass tells them it will be hours before the Senate is evacuated, and she offers them her skimmer to pilot directly to the shelters.
The group walks off but is blocked by a clone. Holding up her lightsaber to identify herself as a Jedi, Shaak says the senators are with them (meaning her and Stass). She tells the Senators to get themselves to safety. Looking back, Stass says, “May the Force be with you.” Laying a hand on her stomach, Padmé says, “May the Force be with us all.”
Part 2
Following the trail of clues that have come from the original discovery of Gunray’s Mechno-chair, Master Windu and Shaak Ti have tracked Darth Sidious to The Works. They discovered that he recently took a tunnel that led right under 500 Republica, home of the wealthiest Senators. Meanwhile, Darth Sidious was worried that the Jedi were getting close to him and ordered Grievous to execute “the plan they discussed”. Hearing a noise, Mace and Shaak left the ARCs they had been with and headed to the surface.
General Grievous and his flotilla of Separatist Battleships arrived above Coruscant from secret Deep Core routes known only to Jedi. They destroyed many Republic Cruisers before they can get their shields down but made no real effort to engage them.
Yoda realized that this was Sidious’ response to being chased and tried to activate the beacon summoning Jedi home to defend the Capital, only to find himself jammed. Meanwhile, Grievous ordered those of his fighters which had penetrated the shield on to attack civilian targets and sow panic. On the planet, Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and Padme met Shaak Ti and Stass Allie who were searching for the Chancellor. The Jedi headed for Palpatine’s private residence. The three Senators then came under attack from Vulture Fighters.
On the Invisible Hand, General Grievous discovered that already Republic reinforcements were arriving. He told his crew to “Consider every Republic vessel a target of opportunity” and then left for his gunboat with several MagnaDroids and fifty Battle Droids aboard.
On Coruscant, Yoda was attempting to sense what was going on, when he realized that the whole battle was a diversion. Concentrating, he suddenly felt the Force turn cold and for the first time, he sensed Sidious. Sensed him on Coruscant! Meanwhile, the ARC Troopers who had searched the tunnel with Windu found a new tunnel with life forms there. They went on but were all killed by Geonosian Sonic Blasters. Their leader blearily saw Darth Sidious himself walk by and had only time to think about how deeply into the government the Sith had infiltrated before he died.
Meanwhile, Shaak Ti and Stass Allie discovered Palpatine at his private residence. They found him with his 6 Red Guards refusing to leave. He said he would not be seen to be cowering before the attack. Shaak Ti saw a gunship explode in the distance and she grabbed Palpatine and tackled him to the floor. As he was protesting, the window erupted and a gunboat burst in. Grievous’gunboat. His battle droids attacked, but Stass Allie fended them off and as Republic Gunships arrived, Grievous’ gunboat fled.
Palpatine, the two Jedi and the Red Guards left the office. Rather than take Palpatine’s private Gunship, they headed for the Mag-lev train which would take them near the bunker. Shaak spoke to Mace through com-link and he and Kit Fisto joined them. They realized that the Shield was down over that sector.
Meanwhile, Padme and the other Senators tricked the Vulture Droids and destroyed several of them. They then saw the other 2 turn and begin pursuing the mag-lev train. On the train, Mace was wondering how Grievous had known where Palpatine’s private residence was when battle droids dropped in and attacked. He and Kit Fisto destroyed them, and realized that the Separatists wanted Palpatine alive.
A metallic thud on the roof of the mag-lev car signaled the arrival of General Grievous. Mace dueled Grievous while Kit destroyed the MagnaGuards. Mace tricked the cyborg, who fell from the train. He then saw the gunboat descend to where Grievous had plummeted and concluded that the General escaped.
He and Fisto took a gunship in pursuit of the gunboat while Stass Allie and Shaak Ti took the Chancellor to his bunker. When Palpatine was in, a Republic Gunship suddenly attacked them- hijacked by Grievous, who had deceived them. Whle the two Jedi fought Battle Droids, Grievous and his MagnaGuards slaughtered their way through the corridor leading to the Bunker, killing more than 40 Clone Troopers.
Grievous used codes provided by Dooku to open the Blast Doors. He then dueled 4 Jedi while his Guards attacked the Clones and Red Guards within. The Droid General slew the 4 Jedi, killed the remaining guards and then informed the Chancellor that “You’re coming with me!” He activated a beacon recalling the Jedi to Coruscant and, ignoring Palpatine’s taunts, he took Palpatine and fled on a ship.
Mace arrived too late, finding that Grievous had stolen his victim’s lightsabres, but he and Kit took cruisers to try and catch Grievous. The General eluded them and landed on the Invisible Hand. Two Jedi landed at the same time and tried to rescue the Chancellor, but Grievous killed them both and bound Palpatine to a chair in the General’s Quarters. He ejected the Jedi’s bodies where they could be seen by the Holo-Net cameras.
Grievous then made a Holo-Net announcement showing the people of Coruscant the captive Chancellor and proclaiming the downfall of the Republic. Across the Galaxy, people were stunned and horrified. On Coruscant, master Yoda sensed that Sidious had escaped the planet. It seemed that it was truly the end for the Republic.***
The Battle
To be continued.***
Outcome
To be continued.***
Sources
Hyperspace Webstrip: Reversal of Fortune
Days 55-59, and Labyrinth of Evil***
(Summarized by Valin Kenobi and Kevin Feeney)
***NOTE: This entry will not be complete for a while, as we have to summarize Revenge of the Sith and all of it's adaptations, as well as all other sources that describe the Battle of Coruscant before we can get a complete and clear picture of the Battle.
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