Sth - Clone Wars Ch.5

Chapter 5 - Assault on Raxus Prime

Some time after the Freedom Fighters & the Jedi boarded a space station platform near Coruscant, Sally was called with the Council to discuss the next mission while Sonic, Tails, & Uncle Chuck waited in another room watching podracing on the Holonet. "They call this 'podracing'?" Sonic asked, not pleased with the pods racing by the cameras. "I can easily beat all those juicin' backwards with my eyes closed!" "Yeah!" Tails agreed. "Uncle Chuck, how did you get your free will back so quickly?" "Well I dunno." Uncle Chuck answered. "I was working on something when I noticed there was this strange vortex. When I got near it, the energy readings somehow got my senses back & here I am. Very hard to explain."

Just then Sally walked in the room. "Sonic, we got a new mission from the Council." "What is it?" Sonic asked. "What is RoButtnik up to this time?" "Well it's actually Count Dooku." Sally answered. "We are to go to Raxus Prime to see what are the Separatists doing there." "I heard that place is just like Robotropolis only as a whole planet." Sonic frowned. "Just a junk planet. What could they possibly get besides a load of oil?" "Nicole, can you get all the reports of all Separatist activity at Raxus Prime?" Sally asked Nicole. "Certainly, Sally." Nicole answered. She then uploaded a hologram list of all the recent activity at Raxus Prime. "Doesn't sound like drilling for oil to me." Uncle Chuck spoke. "Sounds like they're trying to dig for something but what we'll have to find out once we get there.

After a Republic fleet arrived at Raxus Prime, Sonic, Obi-Wan, Anakin, & Sally decided to go ahead first to scout the planet to keep the element of surprise. Sonic looked around the while flying around in his Jedi Starfighter. "All this junk & debris is scrambling our sensors." Anakin spoke to Obi-Wan. They landed & jumped on a few speeder bikes. "Ewwww. I smell RoButtnik!" Sonic growled, holding his nose. "What could the Separatists be doing out here?" Anakin asked as they sped around on their speeder bikes. "I dunno." Obi-Wan answered. "But I'm sure they're going to great lanes to make sure we don't find out." They stopped when they heard the sounds of STAPs approaching. There were a few STAPs ridden by battle droids while the rest were being piloted by SwatBots. "Intruders!" One of the battle droids announced. "Report back to base!" "Anakin, we can't let them get away!" Obi-Wan exclaimed, pointing at the STAPs. "If they get back to their base, we'll lose the element of surprise!"

"We'll take these guys!" Sally announced, speeding away on her speeder bike at full speed. "We'll handle these bot brains!" Sonic exclaimed as he & Obi-Wan zoomed away, pursuing the other STAPs. Obi-Wan managed to shoot down the first one while Sonic managed to quickly catch up to the second one & shot it down quickly. As they pursued at full throttle, they saw the STAPs increasing in speed. "We'll never catch them in time!" Obi-Wan shouted. "Don't count on it!" Sonic refused, pulling out a Power Ring. Once he held it, he zoomed off of the speeder bike & caught up to the STAPs far faster than any speeder bike can move. He was ahead of the remaining STAPs & they tried firing at him. "Nice try, SwatButt!" Sonic chuckled. "Let's see you try this!" He then moved to create a tornado in front of them & they spun out of control. The STAPs zoomed out in all directions, exploding on impact.

"That takes care of the 'bots." Sonic said. "Now to get back to Obi-Wan! Juice time!" He zoomed & found Obi-Wan standing at a junk pile & looking through a hole. "Master, Sally & I took out the remaining STAPs before they could return to the base." Anakin announced as he & Sally approached Obi-Wan. "Good job." Obi-Wan smiled. "I found some kind of an excavation site. Whatever they're digging up, we can't allow them to get it." "Maybe we can contact Uncle Chuck to see if we can find what they're looking for?" Sally asked. "We'll need to assemble an assault force as well." Sonic added. They then ran off to the rendezvous point via gunships.

"Yo, Sal, check it out!" Sonic pointed at Nicole's holo. "I see it." Sally nodded. "Three convoys are moving to the excavation site." "Why can't we just take them out?!" Sonic asked. "I'm with Sonic on this one." Anakin agreed. "Patience." Obi-Wan suggested. "We'll have to wait until more reinforcements arrive." "Alright." Sonic sighed. "Patience is up!" Sally sighed, rolling her eyes when four TX-130 Saber-class fighter tanks finally landed. "About time!" Anakin added while the four Jedi got into their fighter tanks & zoomed ahead. "I'm picking up the remains of a starship just ahead that might make a good ambush point." Nicole explained. "Then let's juice!" Sonic ordered, taking out a satellite dish just ahead. Taking out the enemies nearby was easy, too easy for Sonic. "OK, let's stay put & wait for the first convoy to arrive." Anakin suggested. They waited & waited while the first convoy to arrive. "C'mon, convoy." Sonic impatiently waited. "What are you tryin' to do? Bore us to death?"

Just then the first convoy just started to pass them. "They have no idea we're here! We can strike now!" Anakin exclaimed. Just instantly, the four fighter tanks, accompanied with a few more controlled by Clone Troopers, began bombarding on the convoy with ease. "Nice going, Master! We caught them off-guard!" Anakin cheered. After that convoy was destroyed, Anakin got a new signal. "Master, the other convoys are splitting up; they know about us." "Let's split up." Sally suggested. "You & Obi-Wan take care of that nearby convoy while Sonic & I take care of the other one. That'll save us some time." Obi-Wan & Anakin's fighter tanks zoomed off to the second convoy while Sonic & Sally's zoomed off to take care of the third. On the way, Sonic blasted another satellite dish. "Did you two see a satellite dish like the one we saw on the way to the ambush point?" Sonic asked Obi-Wan on the comm. "Yeah. We took care of it." Obi-Wan answered.

Sally then spotted the third convoy approaching. "There they are!" "Juice & jam time!" Sonic yelled as he had his fighter tank moved full throttle towards the third convoy with Sally behind him. Sonic fired at the forces protecting the tankers while Sally fired at the tankers. Within a few moments, the convoy was nothing but a burning pile of junk. "Obi-Wan, we took care of the convoy." "We just took out the second convoy." Obi-Wan announced. "Now let's head over to the excavation site!"

A short time later, AT-XE & AT-TE walkers were making through to head to the excavation site. "Anakin, whatever the Separatists are looking for, we can't allow them to get it." Obi-Wan reminded. They both talked about the plan with Sonic & Sally helping to escort the convoy to take out the outer defenses protecting the excavation site. In case the convoy & the ground forces are starting to get overwhelmed, the rest of the Freedom Fighters & the Clone Forces will use the Republic Gunships to assist them. They moved ahead, only to have Separatist fighter tanks start to attack them.

Anakin announced more fighter tanks moving from right, to left, then right again. Then Hailfire droids appeared from both directions, including from behind. "Man don't these bot brains ever give up?!" Sonic shouted, frustrated. The Hailfire droids behind them were blown to bits by the Freedom Fighters' gunship. "Thanks, Rote!" Sonic congratulated, giving him a "thumbs up". "Don't mention it, Sonic." Rotor waved back. "Now how are we goin' to take care of those snail tanks up there?" Bunnie asked, pointing ahead. "A snail?" Antoine asked, confused. The convoy finally reached the outer wall, with Sonic & Obi-Wan destroying the turbolaser towers in the process.

"Master, the opening is too narrow for the convoy so we'll have to go in single file." Anakin explained. "There could be additional enemies hiding. What should we do?" "Sally & I will head in first & clear out any enemies." Obi-Wan answered, heading right inside with Sally following. "Good idea. Sonic & I will keep an eye on the convoy." "Nicole, are there any additional enemy units in this area?" Sally asked. "Accessing, Sally." Nicole started. "There are a few fighter tanks, AAT's, & Spider Walkers nearby Sally. Proceed with caution." Just then a blast from an AAT just barely missed Sally's fighter tank. She screamed in surprise. But before the AAT could charge up its cannon again, Sally fired on the cannon to completely destroy it.

Obi-Wan was having a little trouble with a couple Spider Walkers. But a few missiles fired at its "eye" & it collapsed. Sally helped Obi-Wan with the other walker by firing more missiles at it. After eliminating more AAT's the way was finally clear. Sonic & Anakin finally approached with the rest of the convoy. "That was way past cool, Sal!" Sonic congratulated. "Thanks, Sonic." Sally smiled. "The other half of the convoy is on the other side at the Force Field." Anakin explained. "We'll have to take it out, along with the two fuel bays; there are two fuel bays. One on each side. Once the fuel bays are destroyed, the crane will be too." The convoy fired at the wall & it collapsed to dust, allowing the Republic forces inside.

When they zoomed in, the Separatist forces immediately started firing on the fighter tanks. "Sonic, take out that shield generator so reinforcements can arrive!" Sally ordered. Sonic, without a word, fired on the shield generator & just when it seemed like forever, it finally burst into flames. The other half of the convoy of Republic walkers wasted no time on getting inside & firing on the Separatist Spider Walkers & AAT's. Obi-Wan took care of one fuel bay while Sally took out the other. "Scratch one crane!" Sonic cheered. "Now to take care of the rest of the bot butts!" With the Separatists overwhelmed & the exits blocked, they couldn't retreat. The only thing they could do is just allowed themselves to be destroyed.

Everyone got out of their fighter tanks to see the burning remains of all SwatBots & other tanks. Anakin looked around to see a Techno Union ship just sitting there. He looked closer to see a lone figure dressed in black. Sonic looked again & saw another man who was shorter. Both were escorted by Battle Droids & SwatBots. "Dooku! He's here!" Anakin exclaimed. "Snively too!" Sonic added. Both zoomed out to get on the Techno Union ship before it takes off. "Anakin, Sonic, wait!!!" Obi-Wan protested but it was too late. Sally got a strange feeling. "Obi-Wan, do you think that this mission was easy?" "Yeah." Obi-Wan answered, nodding. "This was a bit too easy. It feels like...." Just then from behind, a wall collapsed to reveal a huge droid-like tank started to fire on the Republic walkers. "A trap!!" both Sally & Obi-Wan finished. They quickly got into their fighter tanks & zoomed away before this new threat could annihilate them.

"What is that thing?!" Sally shouted. From above Rotor was trying to tap into the Separatist logs for other info. "Downloaded info into Nicole now." Rotor announced. "Thank you, Rotor." Nicole thanked. "The droid tank you see ahead is called a Protodeka. Its weaponry is similar to that of the Separatist AAT's & Hailfire Droids, but its firepower is five times greater than both units." "Then we have to take it out NOW!!" Obi-Wan announced. While they fired on it, it proceeded to destroy what was left of the crane. "Now's our chance!" Sally announced. "Fire on it while it's distracted! Use everything we got!!" They both used all of their missiles &, with the help of the Freedom Fighters' gunship, managed to finally destroy the Protodeka.

After getting out of their fighter tanks, a few gunships landed & they inspected the area. "Sir." one of the Clone Troopers approached Obi-Wan. "We inspected the area & whatever the Separatists were looking for, it looks like they already found it." "I sense something." Obi-Wan started, with the rest of the Freedom Fighters approaching. "They knew we were coming!" "What?" Sally asked, shocked. "So much for the element of surprise." "Why would Dooku & Snively reveal themselves to Anakin & Sonic....unless they expected Sonic & Anakin to follow them?" Obi-Wan asked. "I have a bad feeling about this." Sally whispered, now worried about Sonic & hoping he will return alive & in one piece.