The Invasion of Mygeeto

[Sith Lord 999]

Circa 3917 BBY

Mygeeto[/center]


The Sith assassin grinned evilly as he cut down the last Federation trooper in the communications room. He stood alone in the center of a veritable rug of bodies and body parts, the smoke wafting up from their corpses and clothing filling the air with a tangy scent. The lightsaber in his hands hissed as he deactivated it before attaching it back onto his belt. His boots made no sound as he stalked to the main console, eyes flicking to both entrances before plugging in coordinates for a com channel.

"My Lord, it is time."

"Excellent; my forces should be landing in less than five minutes."

"Understood. I am jamming all communication off-world...now."

With the Federation's forces drawn thin throughout the galaxy, it would be relatively easy to punch through Mygeeto's defenses and take it over completely. Such thoughts gave cause for the assassin to chuckle softly to himself as he planted proximity charges on the console and departed.

*****

"Strange...I'd think the Sith would have made a move on Mygeeto by now." The Jedi contact on almost the other side of the galaxy said to Narik Vaan, the current leader of the Federation forces on the frozen planet. "In any case, don't let your guard down--"

The holographic image blurred, flickered, then cut. Narik swore as he tried to reestablish the connection, teeth clenching angrily. When nothing happened, he kicked the base of the holotank, then pressed a key on the side of the device.

Flashing red lights lit up the hallways of the main city, alerting all personnel to imminent danger. Shortly afterwords, the scanners still working picked up several large contacts heading towards Mygeeto rapidly. They pinged hostile, and judging by how many there were, it was an invasion force--one that was more than large enough to take the planet out of Federation control.

*****

The Jedi contact blinked when the connected ended abruptly, and immediately he knew something was wrong. He tried another source on Mygeeto, but none of the communication stations on the planet were responding. He contacted General Laernitas hij Sheelal, the closest leader of Federation forces to Mygeeto.

"General Sheelal, speaking." The Kaleesh said, typical bone mask covering most of his facial features. Kandosii, a large Taung and apprentice to Laernitas stood on the Jedi Master's right side, arms crossed behind his back as his yellow eyes stared at the hologram projecting in front of them.

"General, I have reason to believe Mygeeto is under attack." The Jedi contact explained rapidly, brow furrowing as he spoke. "All communications seem to be jammed, and since you are the closest Federation leader to Mygeeto, I wish you to gather your forces and head there. Preferably with Mandalorian support, if you can get any."

"Very well." Laernitas replied, bowing his head slightly. "With some luck, we should be there by tomorrow afternoon. May the Force be with you."

"And you as well."

The Next Day

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Narik Vaan panted heavily, blaster rifle clutched tightly in his hands as he crouched behind cover on the long bridge. Red bolts sung as they flew through the snow, impacting against the pavement or barricades the Federation troops had deployed. An explosion rent the air on the other side of the bridge, tossing Sith soldiers about like rag dolls. Several shuttles came in low to deploy the new reinforcements, including two Jedi, a Kaleesh and Taung.

"On your feet, Commander!" Master Laernitas said, green lightsaber out and deflecting blaster bolts back at their source. His apprentice did the same, his orange blade moving in time to deflect most incoming attacks. The General raised his voice while brandishing his weapon. "Press forward! Push these Sith scum back into the abyss!"

High in orbit, the the Federation and Mandalorian ships faced off against Sith Empire ones, the space in between filled with a swarm of fighters seeking to destroy one another.

[Jace]

Sitting on the bridge of the Prossicuter a Federation warship General Lucas O'Connell reviewed the orders sent by his Superiors Admiral Jace buckman to bolster the defense of the outpost on Mygeeto. Lucas didn't understand why a planet like Mygeeto needed refreshments. Just as Lucas was finishing reading the report his wife to be Jedi Master Taldeer Rekanis walked onto the bridge. Reviewing the report Lucas Taldeer said gleefully as she walked up beside his chair. Yea just about to contact the outpost on our ETA. Lucas send out a transmission to the Mygeeto base this is General Lucas O'Connell of the Federation cruiser Prosicuter. A dead silence came from the other end Taldeer felt a disturbance in the force and Lucas say it in her he gave the order to raise shields and arm weapons if this was a trap he would want to be prepared.

Only five minuets out till the reach Mygeeto

[Roku]

A human Jedi was on guard of the primary federation complex. General Farik stood watch with his Padawan, Yunahka Fenrir. Farik was one of the most renowned jedi swordsman in the galaxy. Tall, with perfectly white hair, he'd seen his fair share of stories. His bright blue eyes locked on to the Togruta to his left with a smile. The smile faded as the Togruta was lifted up into the air, gagging.

The clones began to fire on the mysterious lady who was orchestrating this, but she spun them around in circles and made them all fire at each other. She claped several of their heads together, and tossed them all off the bridge effortlessly, before turning back to the padawan, who was still floating. She was lifted over the side of the bridge, and a smirk formed on the lips of the puppeteer.

"Release her at once you Sith beast!"

"Zat iz a poor choice ov verds, General." called a female voice, with a heavy accent. She did as instructed by the good jedi, letting his padawan fall six hundred feet to her death. She was outcold from the choking, and she splattered against countless boulders on her way down.

As Ariana lifted down her hood, a scarf wrapped around her face showed her obvious blindness. But as Farik went into a vengeful rage with both lightsabers, Ariana parried him mindlessly, and even let go of her lightsabers. Two lightsabers floated around the sith lady, and she activated two more in her hands.

Her telekinetic lightsaber torpedoes launched themselves at his midsection, and as he diverted them with the force, he left himself open to a thunderstorm of force lightning, which catapulted him into the large steel doors he was charged with defending. The jedi master was easily 40 years her senior, but it didn't matter. Ariana opened the large doors by simply activating the gates with the force. Then, she electrocuted him again, and threw him back into the complex.

Four Jedi all swarmed out at her, and she threw her lightsabers like the spears of Achilles, right into two of their midsections. Using the two in her hands, she dueled two Master Jedi at once, and blasted them off the bridge without much effort. Giving them an electric care package on the way down so they'd be too out of breath to break their own falls.

Walking into the complex calmly, she called Farik's lightsaber to her, and clipped it on her belt, which could hold up to seven. She picked up the man by his aging throat and threw him against the wall.

"Vere...iz... General Laernitaz?"

"Y-you think I'd help you...sith?" He gasped. She waved her hand over the mind of the Jedi Master, a man with at least solid knowedge of the force, and defense against mind tricks.

"You VILL tell me where ze General IZ" She hissed.

Farik paused for a second, before succumbing to the lady's prodigal overpowering telepathy.

"I...I will tell you where the General is..."

"Vell?" She asked.

After he told her, she beheaded him with two crimson blades, and marched off into the bowels of the complex.

[Sith Lord 999]

As Laernitas and Kandosii lead the charge, snow hissing when it touched blaster bolts or their lightsabers, the Sith Commander on the other side of the bridge rallied his own soldiers. Rockets swarmed through the air from both factions, creating large craters in the pavement and hurling scorched bodies through the air.

General Sheelal caught one with the Force before it could get past him, then reversed its direction at a Sith throwing his lightsaber towards Kandosii. The Padawan nimbly blocked the lightsaber, knocking it away and off the bridge. The Sith barely had time to raise his hands in the air in a feeble attempt to ward off the rocket before it reduced him to carbonized ash.

Narik pulled a thermal detonator out, primed it, then tossed it high into the air. It fell down right next to the Sith Commander and detonated a split-second later. The opposing Force user managed to raise a protective barrier around himself before it exploded, though it still knocked him onto his back. He stood and steadied himself against a barricade, then pulled his lightsaber out when Laernitas neared.

The Kaleesh Jedi brought his lightsaber down in a powerful overhead slash, staggering the Sith. He swung the weapon around and knocked his opponent's lightsaber to the side, then used his momentum to spin and hit the back of the Sith's head with the pommel of his lightsaber. The man grunted in pain and stumbled, then screamed when a blast of Force power knocked him off the bridge.

Meanwhile, Kandosii took care of the Sith troops nearby, nimbly spinning and shifting position to blocks blaster bolts and cut down the enemies. He telekinetically pushed an enemy off the bridge, then went to work on those nearest.

Laernitas blinked, then stepped back, lightsaber in a defensive position. An aura of malevolence seemed to have appeared on a bridge not too far away, and two shining pinpoints of Light had been smothered by it. He bared his teeth, then signaled to Kandosii. The Padawan nodded, then retreated along with his master.

"Commander, I trust you can take care of the enemy here?" The Jedi said to Narik, who nodded once.

"Yes sir, we should be able to push them back now."

"May the Force be with you."

The two Jedi moved side-by-side back towards the Federation side of the bridge, focused on what was ahead.

***

As Ariana walked further into the smaller complex, a small team of four Federation soldiers appeared on a level above her and fired down at the Sith. One had a heavy blaster chaingun, another had a rocket launcher, a third had a grenade launcher, while the other three had fully automatic rifles.

[Jace]

The Prosicuter drops out of hyperspace, two Sith Indicator ships came into view one appears to be engaged in surface activity as the other closed the gap on the Prosicuter. The helmsman pulled the Prosicuter so it's port side guns were in line of sight of the target, the weapons officer opened fire on the Sith ship Omega team prep a shuttle I want you support the Federation outpost. Lucas said over the comms, Omega squad consisted of a single platoon the finest under General O'Connell's command. Taldeer I want you accompany them Taldeer gave a slight node and head for the hanger bay.


Lucas stared at the Sith ship as it opened fire, ALL POWER TO PORT SHIELDS Lucas shouted, the barrage slammed into the port shields Were away give ups cover until we enter the atmosphere Taldeer reported Keep the Prosicuter close to the shuttle keep them safe. The helmsman steered the ship to hide the shuttle they launched keeping their port side to the enemy ship. The Prosictuer kept taking hit after hit but the shields appeared to holding. Once the shuttle they passed the ship by Omega team are on their own, I want the enemy ship out my sight The weapons officer loaded a volley of missiles and constrained fire on their weapon systems, once the shield was down he launched the volley of missiles. Sir enemy weapon systems are offline. Good now lets finish them off. Concentrate all fire on the enemy command bridge All port side weapons aimed at the bridge of the enemy ship bringing down it's shields, the sith ship began to brake up as the Prosicuter moved onto the second ship.

ON THE GROUND
Omega teams shuttle landed and began to pour out with Taldeer behind them with her lightsaber ignited

[Roku]

The rocket exploded while it was still in the launcher, obviously controlled by the Sith lady. The blaster shots were negated and thrown at a wall instead. Instead of firing them back at them, she decided to construct a security force that the federation could trust.

"Hello Comrades...It vould be shame if your arteries expanded and bursted, like an ant underneath my boot..." She said with a smirk. Without making so much as a move, they could all feel their hearts constricting, threatening to implode and splatter inside them.

"You all vork for me now. Resistanze is futile..."

"Y-yes...milady..." One of them gasped, going down on one knee, and clutching his chest with every fiber of power still available to him. One of the others turned and shot him though, before succumbing to an extremely painful explosion inside his body, his liver and bladder. He was left alive for a few minutes to contemplate his poor decision, but he wouldn't be picking up his blaster any time soon. Not in his kind of agony.

"Az you see I'm blind. But I can find your organs easily enough...Peniss..." She hissed.

One of the few men left alive gasped and grabbed his crotch as it was constricted.

"And Scrotum..." She told the other man, as he rolled on the floor in agony, holding his balls. She clenched her fist, and he gasped horribly, just writhing in terror.

"I can kill a man a thousand vays vithout batting eyelash...and I can make very painful... so just follow fucking orders..."

She released them, and they seemed to get the point.

[Gamov]

Janus' steely grey eyes scanned the battlefield in front of him from the bridge of his command ship, Tempest. The space above Mygeeto was ablaze with red and green flashes of laser fire as Federation and Sith warships exchanged volley after volley with one another. Fighters twirled through the battle, flitting in between capital ships as they engaged in pitched dogfights. Flak bursts and missile trails transformed the normally placid orbit of the planet into a graveyard littered with the wrecked hulls of dozens of warships.

Captain Kine had anticipated far less resistance than what the Federation was putting up. The plan had called for ground forces to cripple planetary communications in order to prevent the Federation from calling in reinforcements. It seemed something had gone wrong in the stratagem. Nevertheless, his fleet was doing an admirable job holding the line.

Turning away from the battle momentarily, Janus walked back to the large transparisteel command screen situated behind him. His gaze poured over the data being streamed on the screen, showing him a real time representation of the battlefield. All across the screen he could see the positions of his ships and those of the enemy's, or at least the best possible estimation that his fleet's scanners could give him.

"Captain, new contact. She just slipped out of hyperspace. Our scanners peg her as the Prossicutor."

The familiar sound of Rain's voice drew Janus' attention as he spun to face the Lieutenant. "Where?"

Rain glanced back to the console in front of her, "grid Kilo-Two Three. She's moving with speed towards the planet, sir."

"They're trying to reinforce their ground forces," Janus thought momentarily. "Lieutenant, set intercept course and hail the Hydra and Manticore to provide supporting fire."

"Yes, sir." Rain turned back to her duties, sending the orders out to the other ships of the command group to coordinate their attack.

Janus turned back to his post at the front of the command deck, his eyes once again turning to the battle as his ship began moving inexorably towards the Prossicutor. Each minute seemed like an eternity as his ship slipped through the chaos of battle to stalk its prey. The hunt was always the most thrilling part for the Captain as it gave him a taste of his opponent's skill. Fight or flight, defense or offense, stealth or bravery. Janus kept his senses aware to all of these things to give himself an edge over his adversary.

"Hydra and Manticore report they are closing on our coordinates, sir."

Janus took the Lieutenant's report to mind as the Prossicutor came into view through the battle, her port side turned towards them as they approached through the debris field of a broken Interdictor cruiser. The Captain's eyes flashed with a glimmer of excitement for a moment. The Federation ship had already claimed its first kill, now it was time to see how good they really were.

Approaching the enemy ship's flank was nearly a godsend as the natural profiles of the Sith's Interdictors made them difficult to fight head on. Their triangular shape made them slim targets and also allowed them to focus more guns into the forward firing arc for great effect.

"Full power to forward weapons. Hold for my mark." The order was nearly as simple as they came. Naval warfare 101 really. Open strong with a big punch to throw your enemy off their balance.

As the Tempest closed to within firing distance, Janus gave the order. "Fire!"

In an instant the prow of the Tempest lit up in a blaze of red lasers that streaked towards the Prossicutor. Simultaneously, the reports came in that both the Hydra and the Manticore had arrived to provide backup. the hunt was over, now the battle of skill had begun....

[Sith Lord 999]

A trio of Sith attacked Laernitas and Kandosii from above, one sending lightning cascading down at the Jedi while the other two jumped down to flank the Kaleesh. The Taung stumbled back as the lightning assaulted him, but he quickly regained a defensive stance and fully reflected the malevolent energy back at the Sith.

Laernitas efficiently spun to counter each attack with ease, rapidly managing to drive both of his opponents back so he was able to push one into the wall and disarm the other before cutting him in half. He then threw his lightsaber at the first stunned Sith, impaling her.

The Sith above drew his lightsaber when Kandosii jumped up to his level. Their weapons clashed, but with General Sheelal joining the duel moments later, the Dark Side user didn't stand a chance. He fell into three pieces after a combined slash.

Laernitas payed the smoking corpse none of his attention as he walked forward, fixated on the dark presence that they were nearing.

***

Just after Ariana had finished threatening the Federation troops, a quartet of Jedi came in from around a corner to face her. The Masters would prove to be far more resistant to her Force powers than the troopers had been, but the other two would be relatively easy to kill.

[Jace]

General three contacts approaching our rear scanners report that one of then is the Tempest. Port to starboard. Lucas yelled out, the Prosicuter made it's turn having it's port shields face the enemy barrage, Lucas knew that he could't take three ships in a straight out fight. As a hail of red lasers bombarded the port side the ship began to rock Statues report Shields are holding at thirty percent, the shields will not take another hit like that. Transfer all power from our weapons to our shields and circle the planet Once they are out of weapon range transfer all shields to starboard engines. Have we located the source of the jamming signal yet. We have sir, telemetry computers report that the source of the jamming signal is originating from the central spire. How close are Omega Squad? About three clicks away. The Prosicuter made it's charge circling the planet.

Planet-side Mygeeto
Taldeer's lightsaber hummed as it's green blade sizzled the snow that fell in the blade. Omega team caught a Sith assault squad unprepared and massacred them. The spire that's where the jamming signal is likely to be. Taldeer ordered as she made the charge towards the spire. Blaster fire bounced back and fourth between Omega team and the Sith, Taldeer being at the front lines deflected pretty much anything that came her way. Using the force she brought down a weakened pillar as cover for her men.

[Gamov]

The Tempest's barrage found its mark on the Prosicutor, her laser blasts flaring against the ship's shields as they absorbed the brunt of the attack. Unexpectedly though, rather than turn to face the attack, the Prosicutor began to make its retreat towards the far side of the planet.

"Target is disengaging, sir." Rain commented from her post in the tac/com center.

"How long before the Hydra and Manticore can have a firing solution?" Janus asked, his eyes never leaving the fleeing Federation ship as his own kept up the pursuit, bursts of turbolaser fire continuing to pound away at his adversary.

"Hydra reports they have acquired a solid lock on the target. Manticore is still en route."

"Order Hydra to fire at will, Manticore will change course and disengage target. Reroute them to rally point Zeta and hold for my mark."

"Sir." Rain confirmed the orders, relaying them to the ship's communications teams.

Within moments of the command, the Hydra let loose on the Prosicutor's rear flank with a volley of its own, firing in unison with the Tempest as the pair continued to hound the Federation ship. Meanwhile, the Manticore broke off its own pursuit and made for a safe location away from the battle before making a hyperspace jump out of system to the prearranged rally point coordinates.

"We're approaching the far side of the planet now, sir." Rain said as the Tempest and Hydra were drawn farther and farther from the main battle in pursuit of the Prosicutor.

"Maintain course heading." Janus calmly instructed, watching the laser bursts against the distant enemy ship as he kept pace with them, chasing them as far as they were willing to go.

[Roku]

Ariana smirked at the Jedi around her, before activating three lightsabers and making them float, swirling around her. Two, including Master Jedi Farik's lightsaber, were activated for use in her hands.

"You planning to kill me?" She asked them.

"Come now boyz...you outnumber me. I'm just young lady..." She told them.

"How bout zis...you tell me where your illustriouss leader iz... and I go. I go, far far away, and leave ze complex behinds."

The two federation soldiers at her side knew not to cross her again, and stood as human shields. She was monitoring their thoughts anyway, and her voice called at their nerves.

-Don't fire...not yet...let's see what zay do first..."

[Jace]

Volley after volley pounded the starboard shields, surprisingly only two of the ships seemed to be following them as the third one made it's retreatSir third enemy ship leaving the system. What are they planning, is our hyperdrive still funcaning? It is general but with the beating were taking we would need power down out starboard engines to make a jump. Maneuver the Prosicuter so it's dorsal is taking the brunt of the attack then head to rally point sigma

With that said the Prosicuter turned having it's dorsal structure facing the Hydra and Tempest, with it's shields lowered the Prosicuter took some serious hit's but was able to make the jump to hyperspace and away from the battle.

Planet-Side
I just have one thing to say to you. Taldeer cleared her throat and then preceded to speak. Look at your men, then back to me, then back to your men, then back to me, I am not your men, I'm flipping you off, then look at the ground, then back to me, where's my lightsaber, I throw it at your men. Taldeer's lightsaber caught the two traitor federation troops off guard, as her saber whirled through the air back to her hand her men opened fire on the sith lady.

[Gamov]

High Orbit: Mygeeto:

The pursuit of the Tempest and Hydra seemed to be having an effect on the Prosicutor and its crew. As one side of her defenses collapsed, the Captain turned her port side to them to keep up the defensive. The continual evasion maneuvers of the Prosicutor vexed Janus as his ships had yet to receive any return fire from the enemy. It seemed that his enemy had lost the stomach for a fight.

Maintaining her post at the Tempest's tac/com center, Rain had been observing the battle through the ship's sensors and scanners when she noticed the tell tale sign that the enemy was starting to spin up for a hyperspace jump as the Prosicutor's energy readings spiked momentarily.

"Sir, target is trying to jump to hyperspace." She commented as she looked towards the Captain.

Janus spun to face the Lieutenant, a curious expression etched into his features. What was their game, he wondered. Had he been herding them, or had they been leading him? Caution now became Kine's priority as the actions of his enemy weren't adding up.... at least not to anything good.

"Hold pursuit and maintain position." He ordered, walking back to the tac/com center. "Trace their trajectory when they jump out of system and send a priority signal to the Manticore."

Janus leaned in over the shoulder of one of his sensor operators as the Prosicutor made its jump out of the system. "Where are you going?" He asked quietly as he stroked his chin in thought.

Manticore Command Bridge: Fringe of Mygeeto System:

"All systems check as nominal, Captain." The Lieutenant said.

Captain Stahl nodded quietly to the report as he stood at the viewport on the command deck, his hands clasped neatly behind his back as he scanned the inky depths of space before him.

"Keep the engines warm. Be prepared to jump back into the system at any moment." Stahl added, realizing the trap that Captain Kine was attempting to lay for their enemy.

He had worked with the Captain before on numerous operations and had managed to get a feel for how he operated. Janus seemed to prefer quick hit and run tactics designed around feints and deception rather than straight up brute force. They were tactics that Stahl could admire, and already added to the vast respect he had for Kine.

As the bridge crew went about their business though, a priority message suddenly flashed across the Manticore's long range comms. Sent on an encrypted channel, the message was tagged as having originated from the Tempest, warranting immediate attention.

"Sir, priority hail from the Tempest."

Stahl smiled a bit as he anticipated the order, but his expression quickly faded when the Lieutenant read the message back to him.

"Target has disengaged and jumped out of system. Be prepared for counter attack." The Lieutenant said, reading the brief to the Captain.

Stahl turned to face the officer, a stunned look on his face. "Bring the ship back up to combat alert Alpha and activate interdiction field. Scramble fighters and conduct an active scan of the immediate area. If anything comes out of hyperspace near us, I want it on my targeting screens."

The Lieutenant nodded as the bridge crew suddenly came to life in a flurry of activity while Stahl's attention returned to the space outside his ship. Alone they were almost certainly a target of opportunity for a marauding Federation warship. The Captain only hoped that the combination of his fighters and the interdiction field would give him enough lead time to identify the enemy's position and hold them until reinforcements could be brought up to assist.

[Sith Lord 999]

In reply to Ariana's offer, two of the Jedi sent powerful telekinetic blasts at her while the other two activated their lightsabers and vaulted high into the air. At the same time, the Federation troopers, inspired by the sight of the Jedi, fired at Ariana, while one actually threw a thermal detonator her way.

***

Laernitas grunted as he cut down the last Sith acolyte attacking him, the hiss of flesh parting beneath his lightsaber blade whispering into the now silent hallway. The Kaleesh Jedi Master paused and looked in the direction of a large doorway. Outside, there was a major bridge, with Federation and Sith forces fighting for control of it.

"The darkness will have to go across the bridge." He said to Kandosii, nodding at the structure in question. "That's where we will meet it."

[Jace]

Planet-Side Mygeeto

As blaster fire rained down on the dark Jedi Ariana, Taldeer took her chances and slipped inside the spire. With speed Taldeer cuts her way through waves of Sith troops, once at the top she encountered to what to be the Sith leading the assault, the woman draped in a pitch black cloak her back facing Taldeer hiding her features. The woman chuckles but not like anything was funny but acting like a que. Out from the shadows comes a small man with scars all over his face wielding two curved daggers. He plunges both daggers into the sides of Taldeer, Taldeer drops to the ground riving in pain.

Rally Point Sigma: Far side of the Mygeeto system

Statues report Two hull breaches on the lower decks but nothing too serious, Shields are powering back up to sixty six percent. Evacuate the lower decks, and diverete life support of this decks that suffered hull breaches and and bring them to shield strength and power up our port guns.

The Prosicuter's port guns come online and lower decks are evacuated. Lucas prepares a distress message to Federation high command and awaited word from Taldeer that the jamming device was shut down. A pit in his stomach felt that she was in danger but his better judgment and training knew better to reenter the system.