Hey folks. Grubkiller here.

So this'll be the end of the bad batch (with Delta Squad) section.

It's gonna be awesome.

Anyway, please enjoy.

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War rages on!

With ARC trooper Echo rescued from the Techno Union, the Republic returns its attention to the battle for Anaxes, where without Echo's strategic intel, Admiral Trench and the Separatists have lost the upper hand.

But the question remains: can Echo's newfound ability to access Separatist computers help the Republic regain control of their vital shipyards?

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Fort Anexes, planet Anexes, Axum system.

Dark clouds loomed over Anexes.

It was as if they were a metaphor for what has been happening on the planet for several weeks now.

All across the planet, Republic and Separatist forces had fought for control over the planet Anexes, one of the Republic's most important Naval production facilities. For the great battle over this important spot on the galactic map, it was all hands on deck. Numerous warships from both sides had hammered away at each other as they blocked out the sun. Fighters had swarmed each other and had took part in a dance of death. Large troop concentrations made of flesh and blood had faced off against those made of metal and fuel.

Back at Fort Anexes, the center of the Republic's operations, Republic artillery fired balls of plasma at unseen and distant targets. But the fighters weren't lifting off to join the fight. Everything was grounded.

The Gunships, the fighters, the speeders, everything.

Even the aforementioned warships and fighters weren't seeing any action.

But the base was still buzzing with activity.

Clones marched back and forth between the base and the front line, ships were being refueled and repaired, and the wounded were being carried to the medical center.

But deep in the middle of this well-oiled machine was a land speeder that was heading for the hanger at the base of a massive cliffside that overlooked the airfield. On board was the Republic's secret weapon: A Clone ARC trooper from the 501st Legion. He was CT-21-0408, aka Echo. This clone has been in enemy captivity for over a year, subject to brutal experimentations from a Separatist aligned "neutral planet". Because of Echo, the CIS had an advantage of the Republic. But he also knew everything about the CIS' operation. He was the key to any success that the Republic would have over their adversaries.

The speeder took him to the main hanger, which was packed to the brim with Republic fighters of all kinds, all being refit and refueled for the coming battle.

Echo jumped off of the speeder and walked up the stairs to the CIC (Combat Information Center). There was a holo-table in the center of the CIC, which was surrounded by Clone officers and Jedi Generals.

Jedi Master Mace Windu, the overall commander of the Republic's forces on Anexes, paced around the holo-table in the middle of a debriefing.

"We have more than a dozen active battlefronts here on Anexes..." Windu said as he walked behind Anakin. "...and we are losing nearly everyone".

As the General spoke, a hologram of the planet appeared on the holo-table. It showed up in red, showing that it was under Separatist control. But there were patches of Republic territory marked by several blue spots. It was getting desperate for the Republic.

"But..." Windu continued. "...if Admiral Trench can no longer anticipate our moves, we now have the opportunity to retake the planet". Mace then pressed a button that replaced the model of the planet, with a model of the Separatist headquarters, a dome-like structure that they captured at the beginning of the campaign. "That is why I am proposing we send everything we have left to the assembly complex," Mace said as holographic models of the Republic fleet swarmed over the complex.

"Hm. That complex is the Separatist's most fortified position," Obi-Wan said as he studied the hologram, whilst stroking his beard thoughtfully. "What is your strategy Master Windu?"

"Air drop," he responded simply as he enlarged the hologram of the assembly complex. "Into the center of the complex. It should be easier to fight our way out, than to fight our way in," Windu reasoned as holographic Republic transports landed around the antennae array at the top of the dome.

"I can improve your chances," said a new voice from behind them.

Everyone that was looking at the holo-table turned around to see Echo approaching. He was wearing a new set of clone armor. He had a Kamas skirt around his waist, and a new helmet with an antennae on it, which he had tucked underneath his arm. But he also had a hand painted on his armor over his right pectoral. It was a spray-painted copy of the one that Rex put on him during the Rishi base incident after he killed that giant eel.

Rex could see the three Jedi and their clone officers looking at Echo through his peripheral vision.

"Uhm, if you'll excuse me Generals..." he said as he walked over to Echo, who had a medical droid beside him, checking his person for anything wrong.

He walked over to Echo, who was walking towards the holo-table. He stopped him by placing his hand on his shoulder. Echo looked at him, confused.

"Echo...I'm sorry. But I just don't think that you're ready for battle yet," Rex said with concern.

The ARC trooper just looked at him.

"I am not a liability Rex. I'm the best chance we have to take back Anexes," Echo said, trying to reassure Rex, who simply stared at Echo.

But their conversation spiked the interest of someone nearby.

"If the trooper has a plan..." Windu interrupted. "...I'd like to here it".

Echo looked at Rex. "May I?"

Rex looked at him for a split second before he withdrew his hand from Echo's shoulder and then stepped aside.

Echo then walked up to the holo-table. He had a new robot hand that replaced his interface. But one of his robotic fingers turned into an interface and he used it to plug into the holo-table. The large dome became a small dome in the center of the holo-table. He had zoomed out of the image of the assembly complex, as if to show the scale of the plan which he concocted.

"While Master Windu leads a team to retake the assembly complex, Delta Squad will escort me into Trench's new comm vault, which...according to new intel...is now located on this Separatist Dreadnought above Anexes," Echo said while everyone looked at a Providence class dreadnought model hanging above the holographic map.

Anakin and Mace shared a look as to gage what the other was thinking of Echo's proposal so far.

"Once I'm plugged in..." Echo continued, recapturing everyone's undivided attention. "...I can feed Trench strategies. But this time you'll know every move before he makes it."

With Echo finished, Obi-Wan...who had is arms crossed as he stroked his beard...decided to voice his concern

"You're assuming Wat Tambor and the Techno Union won't inform Trench that they no longer hold you or the algorithm," Obi-Wan said with concern.

"Tambor will be looking out for himself. If he divulges his failure..." Echo reasoned. "...It won't just mean a profit loss. Trench will have his head".

"And you're certain that if we get you on board that ship..." Windu cut in. "...that you can convince Trench's army to do what you want?"

"Absolutely," Echo said with confidence. "Unforetunately, I've been doing this for a while". There was regret in Echo's eyes. The entire time he was hooked into a computer, he was indirectly helping the Separatists kill his brothers on the battlefield. "But this time ... I can help bring about a Republic victory, instead of a defeat".

Windu and Kenobi both nodded in approval.

It was time to get to work.

Later on, in the hanger after the briefing, Echo walked over to Rex, to speak with him. "Uh, Captain... can I have a word?"

"Sure... what's on your mind, Echo? Is it the mission, because-"

"No..." Echo interupted, "...It's about Fives."

Rex's eyes bugged out of his head, and his heart rate began to spike up. His mouth hung open, but couldn't form any words.

"I just... want to know." Echo said, before he lowered his head.

Rex just stared at the trooper for several long heartbeats, each feeling like an eternity. But then he sighed, and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"Look... Fives may no longer be with us. But do you know what is with us?" He asked, "His courage. He died doing what he thought was right. He was doing his duty... for his brothers. And with your help, you and I are going do our duty, to honor his legacy. Understood, trooper?"

Echo looked up, and nodded.

"Good," Rex said. "Now let's get to it."

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Fort Anexes, airfield tarmac.

Outside of the hanger, on the tarmac, Delta Squad was loading their shuttle with equipment.

Delta-42, the pilot that saved them on Skako Minor and who usually flew Delta Squad on their missions, boarded their shuttle to prep the engines for take off.

The commandoes were gathered around a hover cart that was filled to the brim with their equipment. There were anti-armor grenades, tibanna gas cartridges for their rifle variations and pistols, along four different types of grenades and some provisions.

As three other troopers, the co-pilot, the crew chief and the squad's advisor, looked over a manifest with the ship's equipment, each of the four commandoes grabbed a little bit of everything, but they grabbed an excess amount of their preferred weapons.

Sev grabbed more sniper rifle magazines and an extra wrist vambrace with a retractable blade.

Scorch grabbed more anti-armor grenades and thermal detonators to feed his lust for all things that go boom.

Fixer, like Sev, grabbed a second retractable blade for his wrist armor.

Boss grabbed a second sidearm to go along with the one he already had. he also grabbed some more mags for his DC-17m rifle.

As they finished gearing up, Anakin, Echo, and Rex were walking by, because they were apart of the mission. As Anakin and Echo boarded the ship, Sev, Scorch, and Fixer all went aboard when they were finished loading up.

Boss walked up to the advisor as Rex was walking up.

"Sir, are we all set to go?" Boss asked.

"Affirmative three-eight. Get aboard and get your men sorted out," Advisor said.

Boss nodded and went aboard, followed by the crew chief and the co-pilot. As the Advisor looked back at the manifest, Rex and the pilot, Delta 42, were conversing.

"I'm still not sure how we're gonna land on that ship," Four-Two said, voicing his concern.

"Don't worry," Rex said reassuringly. "Echo says he's got a plan".

"Right. That makes me feel so much better," Four-two said sarcastically as he turned towards the shuttle ramp. Rex shoved him playfully on the back to get him to move forward. Everyone got on board and the ship lifted off from the tarmac.

When it was far enough off the ground, the ship's wings unfolded and flew off into the air. It was soon in the middle of a large Republic task force. Everything from fighters and gunships, to frigates and Star-destroyers, flew up into the sky, heading towards the Assembly Complex, which was an important part of the Republic's Naval production, and the center of the Separatist's occupation of Anexes.

But Delta's shuttle wasn't joining them. They flew past the Republic assault force and flew up towards the atmosphere, which was where their mission was going to take place.

Up in orbit, the black colored Nu-class shuttle exited the relative safety of Republic controlled orbit, and soon flew into the section of the Anexes' orbit that was completely locked down by the Separatist Navy.

As the Shuttle approached, the passengers and crew could see Trench's Dreadnought, which was surrounded by Frigates, Destroyers, and supply ships that provided support for the Droid Army on the ground. Tri-fighter and Vulture droids flew back and forth, patrolling the air tight perimeter that the Separatist Fleet maintained. Anything that stepped inside of Naval perimeter that didn't have a CIS insignia was going to be reduced to atoms.

But that was the whole point of stealth ... and bringing Echo on the mission.

Anakin and Rex patted Echo on his shoulders to reassure him. "Alright Echo, you're up," Anakin said as Echo walked up to a computer terminal.

"Don't worry," he said as one of his robotic fingers turned into an interface. "As soon as I plug in, I'll send a signal to the command ship. As far as the droids are concerned..." Echo said as he plugged in and began interacting with the console. "...we're just gonna be another one of their shuttles coming in for a landing".

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Separatist Dreadnought, Flagship of Admiral Trench, command deck.

Overlooking the Separatist operations on Anexes was the bridge of Admiral Trench's dreadnought. It was full of droids that were sitting at their stations, ready to carry out whatever duty they were programmed to do.

Admiral Trench, the thing, the myth, and the legend himself, was sitting in his command chair, studying a holographic display that showed him the planet below.

At one of the control consoles near the front of the bridge, A battle droid was scanning the region for anything that was moving in or outside of Separatist controlled space. Another droid walked up to him with a data pad, which had an image of a dark gray colored Nu-class shuttle.

"We have an incoming ship. Is this one of ours?" The droid asked, showing the seated droid the display.

The seated droid leaned over to get a better look.

"It looks familiar, but we don't have it in our data base".

Back on the Republic shuttle, Echo was still plugged into the computer.

Everyone looked around, somewhat nervously, as they flew right through the mass of Separatist warships.

Rex and Anakin looked at Echo anxiously.

"Sending the signal..." Echo said with a pause. "...now".

On Trench's flagship, the two droids were still looking at the display.

The image of the Nu-class shuttle flickered out and turned into a Trade federation designed Sheathipede-class shuttle.

The droids looked at each other.

"Yup. It's one of ours".

"Roger Roger shuttle TC-159. You may approach and land".

"Roger Roger shuttle TC-159. You may approach and land".

Everyone on the Republic shuttle smiled at each other reassuringly.

Delta 42 flew the shuttle towards the Separatist dreadnought. It went underneath the ship and flipped upside down before folding up its wings.

Anakin turned to the troopers onboard. "Alright, Rex. You, Echo, and Delta Squad are with me. We'll go after the comm vault. Advisor, I want you to stay on this shuttle. You'll be our eyes and ears in here," Anakin said. Rex and the Advisor nodded. "We'll meet back here when the mission's over". Anakin finished, just as the landing gear attached to the hull magnetically with a loud thud.

The mission was now officially underway.

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Separatist-occupied Assembly complex.

On the surface of Anexes, the Droid Army had the Republic's Naval production facility completely locked down. Thousands of Battle droids patrolled the compound and the surrounding areas. They were supplemented by Dozens of Anti-ship batteries and turbo lasers. Swarms of Vulture Droids and Droid Gunships flew through the skies above, scanning the region for enemy activity.

The Separatist forces had the area so heavily locked down that the concept of a Republic attack seemed so foreign. A successful one even more so.

But just when everything seemed quiet, every Separatist cannon turned to face one direction. As they did so, Any Vulture droid that was on the ground jumped up into the air ad began to take flight.

A Battle Droid Commander looked through a pair of macro-binoculars just in time to see the full arsenal of the local Separatist forces being unleashed upon an approaching Republic task force, comprised of Republic Star-Destroyers, fast attack frigates, gunships, and fighters of all kinds.

In the sky, a heavy maelstrom of heavy cannon blasts surrounded the approaching Republic air and space craft. Heavy puffs of red-glowing smoke filled the sky. Swarms of Vulture droids sped towards the Republic fleet like bullets in the air, firing the blasters on the tips of their wings as they went. Several Republic gunships and fighters were shot down by the thick wall of fire that came from the air and the ground.

The escorting Z-95 Headhunters broke off to engage the Separatist Vultures and Gunships.

Inside one of the Gunships, Mace Windu watched as his assault force continued their coarse.

He activated his wrist comm.

"Rogue Leader," he said into his wrist unit. "You are clear for launch".

The lead Republic Attack Cruiser's main hanger opened up. As the door that ran the length of the ship opened up, a large flight of Y-wing bombers poured out of the ship.

"Copy that General," said the lead pilot. "We're going in".

As the lead bomber pilot said this, his fellow bombers descended until they hugged the top of the cloud cover. But when they were close enough, the Bombers dove straight down. They were right above the Assembly complex.

By the time the Droids figured out what was happening, it was too late. The Y-wings were right on top of them. They dropped their payload, carpet bombing the top of the dome structure. The orange puffy carpet of fire and shrapnel ripped right through the Separatist fortifications. Battle Droids, Vulture droid fighters, and heavy artillery pieces were blasted away.

All that remained were raging fires and piles of flaming droid wreckages.

With LZ clear, the Republic Gunships safely touched down on top of the Assembly complex's roof. Their hatches opened to reveal many heavily armed platoons of Clone Troopers. Obi-Wan and Mace jumped out of their respective ships and jumped straight down through the openings in the roof, their jetpack equipped subordinates close behind.

They fell down until they landed on top of several large storage containers. They also landed in the middle of a massive room which was filled to the brim with every type of Battle Droid model imaginable.

Every droid in the complex's interior turned towards the two Jedi, and the few clones that had followed them straight in.

They were all confused.

For a moment, nothing happened between the two opposing sides.

Until Mace broke the ice of coarse.

"My name is General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order," Mace said to a confused audience of droids, who continued to just stare at him. "At this point in the Clone War I have dismantled and destroyed over one hundred thousand of you, type-1 Battle droids," he continued, causing some droids to nervously shrug towards one another. "I am giving you an opportunity to peacefully lay down your weapons, so that you may be re-programmed to serve a better purpose than spreading the mindless violence and chaos ... which you've inflicted upon the galaxy".

Everyone...even Obi-Wan, Cody, and Ponds...looked at Windu like he was crazy.

The droids just stood there in utter confusion. That's when one of them hesitantly lifted his arm to point at the famed Jedi Master.

"Blast them!" He ordered.

Doing as they were told, every droid in the complex opened fire on the two Jedi.

The Two Jedi swiftly brought their sabers to bare, using to block and re-direct the oncoming laser bolts with expert swordsmanship. Cody, Ponds, and their men opened fire on the advancing droids.

"Well ... It was certainly worth a try," Obi-Wan said, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

High above the Two Jedi, dozens of more clones that were on the roof were rappelling down from the holes in the roof, caused by the bombings earlier. As they rappelled down the cables they set up, they fired their blaster rifles on the way down. A rainstorm of Republic blaster fire came down on the droid forces below the descending clones. Several droids were shot down.

But many more took their place as they continued to advance on the Jedi and their ever growing clone strike force.

Troopers from the 212th Attack Battalion, the 501st Legion, and the 7th Sky Corps, poured into the complex from above, surrounding their Jedi Generals.

The final battle for Anexes was in full swing.

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Trench's flagship, in orbit above Anexes production facility.

In orbit, Admiral Trench sat on the bridge of his dreadnought as he observed the operation that was before him. As the arachnid/cyborg tapped the top of his cane against one of his six arms, a gray colored Super Tactical Droid walked up to him.

"Admiral Trench, the Jedi are attacking the assembly plant with a large force".

The Admiral turned his half cyborg, half arachnid, turned to face the droid, while still tapping his cane.

"Yes...*Tck Tck Tck*...Now I'll use their arrogance and desperation..." the General paused as he leaned back into his chair. "...to our advantage".

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the ship, a Jedi and a squad of Clone Commandoes were sneaking through the dark colored corridors of the Separatist warship.

Fixer, the squad's tech and hacking expert, was slicing into a door's control panel. "Almost there..." Fixer said as the panel beeped and changed colors. "Got it. Door should be open now".

The dual doors opened with a hiss and the Squad moved through. Anakin, Rex, Echo, and the Deltas moved quickly and stealthily through the corridors, checking and double checking their corners with their weapons raised and ready.

They were trying to make their way to a comm vault deep in the bowels of the ship. From their, Echo would be able to use the console to send fake signals to the Separatist Army, and feed them false information and hopefully screw up their order of battle.

When the commandoes reached the vault room door, the Commandoes halted at the order of Anakin.

"Here's the vault Sirs," Fixer said.

"Are you sure forty? Maybe there's another one around the corner,' Scorch joked.

"Alright. Let's get to work," Anakin said as he looked at Boss.

Delta three eight nodded his head and looked over his shoulder at Fixer before he waved his hand at the vault door. Fixer nodded and moved towards the door panel. He took the device his wrist comm and began playing with the buttons, trying to hack into the door controls. A few seconds later, the door slid open to reveal a small room with a pair of column shaped conduits. One was on the ground pointed up. The other was on the ceiling pointed down. They were connected by a purple wave of electricity.

Echo stepped into the room first. He was followed by Rex, Anakin, and Fixer. Boss, Sev, and Scorch stood guard outside. The Arc Trooper studied the conduit. There didn't seem to be any computer terminals.

He turned to Fixer.

"Hey Fixer, can you rig an interface?" Echo asked, pointing at the conduits.

Fixer nodded and kneeled before the conduit and got to work on it.

"We should also make sure that this comm vault has no other entrances," Echo suggested while turning to face Anakin.

Anakin nodded. "I'm on it," he said as he walked out of the vault.

"You're all set Echo," Fixer said.

Echo turned around and prepared to plug into the interface.

Back on the command bridge, Admiral Trench was still studying the map of Anexes before him. He was also contemplating the new information that the tactical droid gave him earlier.

"Contact Skako Minor," Trench said as he stood from his chair and stood in the middle of the command bridge. "I want to use the algorithm to calculate the best possible counter-attack".

"By your command," the tactical droid acknowledged.

Fixer and Echo were back inside the comm vault, while everyone else held fast outside.

Echo plugged into the conduit's interface. He suddenly felt a jolt, which was followed by an onrush of data and information. The sensation felt like having a bucket of ice water being poured onto his brain. His eyes were wide open as he stared off into space for a moment.

"Alright, I have access to everything. And good timing," Echo said as he held his head. "I just scanned a strategy request Trench sent to the Techno Union".

Before he could acton it. Fixer held up his hand.

"Wait. Let me reroute your transmission, so that it looks like it's still coming from Skako Minor".

"Good thinking Sir," Echo said to Delta's second-in-command.

Back on the bridge, a battle droid handed the tactical droid a data pad. He took it and studied it before he walked over to where Trench was sitting.

"Here's the new strategy from Skako, Admiral," the droid said before he looked back at the data pad. "Mobilize all troops on Anexes to the Assembly Complex. The Republic will not send reinforcements. They will put all of their faith in the Jedi".

When the droid finished reading the report aloud, Trench stood up from his command chair and stopped in front of the holo-screen in front of him.

He then chuckled to himself before he clasped to of his hands behind his back.

"Give the order!"

"I'm intercepting a transmission!" Fixer said before he looked at Rex, Anakin, and Boss. "Trench is ordering all of his ground forces to the Assembly complex".

Everyone looked at each other in horror.

"Oh that's not good," Boss said as he shook his head.

"No, it's perfect," a smiling Echo said before he turned around. "It's what I told them to do".

"But Mace and Obi-Wan will be vastly outnumbered," Rex objected.

"Not when I send a feedback pulse that shuts down all of the droids in the area," Echo said casually.

Rex punched Echo on the shoulder. Everyone smiled.

"Heh heh heh! Good job Echo," Rex complimented.

Anakin, who's bee standing completely silent with his arms cross, cracked a smile before he walked off and activated his comm-link.

"Master Windu! It's about to get a little more crowded where you are".

"We have our hands full as it is!" Mace exclaimed. "What is your plan?"

"Echo's drawing all of the droids to your position so that he can neutralize them all at the same time," Anakin said as he turned to look at Echo, who was holding his head, as if communicating with the computer.

"It's hard to imagine more droids here than there already are."

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Assembly Complex. Anexes.

Back on the surface, Republic and Separatist forces were fighting tooth and nail for control of the Production facility.

Clone Troopers from three different legions were holding their positions. They stood on top of loading containers and rained down blaster fire on the endless waves of advancing droids.

Clone Jet Troopers and B1-A air Battle droids were flying back and forth in a vicious dogfight that was taking place in the interior of the facility.

Explosions ripped through the containers, taking out droids and clones alike.

Mace Windu was still on top of one of the containers, deflecting laser bolts with his purple saber as he directed his troopers.

He turned to see that Obi-Wan was behind him on the floor of the facility, between the crates. He and Cody, and their men from the 212th, were creating a bottleneck that the droid were forced to move through, at a high cost.

"Obi-Wan!" Mace called out. "Skywalker just contacted me. He said that we've got more droids headed our way".

As Obi-Wan's men pushed the droids back and moved to secure the corner, he turned to speak to Mace.

"I see Anakin is being as insightful as ever!" He called out sarcastically.

"I was told not to worry," Mace called back. "I was all part of their plan".

"Now that sounds like Anakin," Obi-Wan joked.

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Trench's flagship. In orbit above Anexes.

Admiral Trench sat back in his command chair as he watched the show. On the screens in front of him, he could see column after column of battle droids entering the facility in an attempt to surround, cut off, and exterminate the Republic aggressors.

"The droids are going to overrun the Jedi," Trench said, as he witnessed hundreds of B1 units entering the facility. "They don't stand a chance".

The arachnid cyborg chuckled to himself in triumph.

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Assembly Complex, Anexes.

A B1-A battle droids was making a strafing run on the surrounded Republic forces.

But before it could make it's attack run, Clone Marshal Commander Cody used his jet back to fly through the air with the rest of the Jet troopers. He landed on the back of the flying droid and unleashed a hail of blaster bolts into the droids rocket thrusters. It began to lose altitude. He jumped off just as it crashed into a Squad of dwarf spider droids on the ground.

Cody then joined Mace, Obi-Wan, and the rest of his brothers, who were in a circle that was being surrounded by droids.

Even though they were surrounded, there were only a few remaining droids. The clones gunned down many of them, while the Jedi chopped up what was left.

When they were done, the gray metal floor was covered in tan metal droids. The Jed and their remaining Clones were now in control of the facility.

"Well," Obi-Wan said as he looked around at their handy work. "That wasn't as many as I thought there was going to be".

But sense fate liked to shove it's middle finger in Obi-Wan's bearded face, A door that led into the facility opened to reveal a massive column of Battle droids. The Jedi and their troopers looked at the droids in horror.

That's when another door opened to reveal another massive column of droids.'

And another.

And then finally ... another.

Each column was about 5 droids wide, and about 30 Hutt-loads deep.

The remnants of the Republic strike team circled up to face the oncoming onslaught.

The Jedi stood back to back.

"Does this meet your expectations?" Mace asked.

"Uhhhm ... this exceeds my expectations," Obi-Wan said.

The sea of battle droids and the rhythm of clanking battle droids filled the facility, and it looked like the Jedi weren't making it out of this one.

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Comm vault, Separatist dreadnought.

Back on the dreadnought, the squad was gathered around Echo.

"Do it now Echo!" Anakin ordered somewhat frantically. "Shut them down!" As Echo continued working on the conduit, a wave on energy travelled up the reactor. It sent a signal to the surface that caused every droid on the surface to shut down.

Back on the surface, Obi-Wan, Mace, and their men, watched as every droid in the facility began to short circuit and shut down.

While still maintaining their fighting stances, the Jedi and clones watched as the droids fell apart and collapsed without so much of a fight.

"Hey-!"

"I'm shutting dowwwwwnnnn".

"Awaiting ordeeeerrrrrrrs".

"AAAAeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh".

The droids continued to fall on top of each other until there were no droids left to challenge the Jedi or their men.

On the bridge, Admiral Trench nearly fell forward out of his seat and looked in horror at the screen in front of him. The Jedi and their men stood over an entire army of deactivated droids. Trench swiftly turned to face the tactical droid.

"What..." Trench asked as he pointed back at the screen. "...was that?"

"We monitored a powerful energy surge..." the tactical droid explained, while pointing at the screen. "...Which has overloaded the droid circuitry". Trench turned back to watch the footage of his army shutting down on replay. "We're tracking the origin of this pulse now," the tactical droid finished as he turned back to study one of the monitors that a battle droid was looking at.

Trench continued studying the footage. He then lowered his head in thought. "The algorithm has never been wrong before. How could we have missed this?" Trench asked, looking back at his tactical droid.

"The source originated on this ship".

"Dispatch security droids. Find out exactly..." Trench said pointing his cane at the tactical droid. "...where on this ship the pulse came from".

The droid seemed confused.

"But what about our apparent defeat on Anexes?"

Trench turned around and chuckled as he walked back over to the screen.

"A wise leader does not rely completely on things such as algorithms," Trench said. "My personal strategy for victory ... is through total annihilation".

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Comm vault, Trench's dreadnought.

"I am pleased to report that we're in complete control of the Assembly complex," Windu said from Anakin's comm-link. "And all other fronts are falling to the Republic. All thanks Echo's plan".

Anakin smiled and looked at the rest of the team.

"That's good news Master Windu," Anakin said. "We're on our way back to base".

"May the force be with you," Windu said.

Anakin looked around to his men. Boss, Sev, and Scorch were still standing guard outside of the vault, while Rex, Fixer, and Echo were just about to pack up and get moving.

"Alright, let's get moving! We leave the way we came in: under the radar".

Just when the clones were just about to pack up and go home, Echo stopped them.

"Wait! I'm picking up a new order from Trench. "He's ... initiating some kind of countdown".

"For what?" Anakin asked.

"A bomb," Echo said, catching everybody completely off guard. "It's hidden in the assembly complex. And it's big enough to destroy most of Anexes".

"Can you defuse it?" Anakin asked.

Echo looked back and forth between Anakin and the terminal with an unsure look on his face.

"Well, I can try sir".

Anakin began to rush out of the vault and down the corridor.

"General! Where are you going?" Rex asked.

"If you can't stop the detonation, then perhaps Trench can," Anakin said as he continued to rush down the corridor.

"Wait, sir!" One of the commandoes called out. Anakin stopped to see that it was Sev. "When you get onto the bridge," he said, tossing an audio chip over to Anakin, who caught it, "be sure to plug that in, and activate the Ship's loudspeakers when you do."

Anakin was confused. But then he nodded in affirmation before running back in the direction of the bridge.

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Assembly Complex, on the surface of Anexes.

Back on the surface, the battle for Anexes was seemingly over. The production facility was back under Republic control, and because of that, they could launch a renewed offensive into the Outer rim.

But first, the Republic had to tie up loose ends on the surface.

All across the assembly complex's grounds, dead droids littered the floor. But their were also clones, both dead and injured, lying amongst the droid corpses. As medics came in with stretchers to evacuate the wounded, more clones combed through the piles of droid bodies to look for surviving clones. Clones knelt down next to their brothers for signs of life. But whether they were dead or alive, no one was going to be left behind.

Obi-wan and Mace were directing the available clones.

"Cody, I want you and Ponds to take your men and secure the facility, while Appo and Jesse continue to sweep the facility for survivors".

Each clone officer nodded before they went to join their respective units.

As the clones walked off, Mace's wrist comm chirped. He lifted the device to chest level so that he could speak into it.

"This is Mace Windu. Report!"

"General Windu, this is Delta Squadron Advisor, 01/425. We've discovered a bomb in the assembly complex's fusion reactor!" The advisor said, causing everyone around the Jedi to be alarmed. "We need someone to go down there and help defuse it".

"I'm on my way," Windu said.

The Jedi master rushed towards the elevator in the middle of the ground floor. He vaulted over it's railing and boarded the lift. Before he activated the lift, he turned to Obi-Wan and the clones. "Get the men out of here!" He said before he used the force to flip a switch, causing the elevator to descend to the lower levels.

Obi-Wan turned to the clones that were gathered around him.

"You heard General Windu. Organize your platoons and have them evacuate as soon as possible".

"SIR YES SIR!" The clones sounded off in unison before they rushed off to gather the other clones scattered across the facility.

The lift carrying General Windu continued to descend.

Mace looks behind him to see that he was being carried down to a massive chamber, which housed a massive fusion reactor. It was made of two conduits, one on the ceiling and one on the floor, that were joined by a wave of energy. It was an incredible sight.

Windu's lift eventually came to a complete stop on a platform that was about three stories high. When the lift's gate opened up Mace decided to rush off of the lift and vault over the railing, rather than taking the stairs. He landed on a catwalk that led to the base of the reactor. Mace then began to run around the reactor chamber, searching high and low, while checking every nook and cranny, trying to look for a planet-busting bomb.

He ran around the reactor along the railing, until a large object out the corner of his eye forced him to stop. Mace force jumped down there to get a closer look at the device in question.

It looked like a large power generator.

Mace Windu slowly walked up to the bomb. It looked like a large power generator. Upon closer inspection, the Jedi Council member noticed that there was a terminal in front of it. When he was close enough, he reached out to touch the terminal. But that's when an energy field appeared out of no where. Windu, recoiled in alarm and jumped back a little. That's when he noticed that it was a red transparent bubble shield that had been activated to block him off.

"A ray shield," he said to him self. That's when he turned his back to the bomb and activated his com-link. "Delta Advisor. I found the bomb. Tell me the sequence to shut it down".

Back in the comm vault on Trench's flagship, Echo and Fixer continued to inspect the computers, trying to dig up anything mentioning a large bomb. While Rex and the other commandoes stood guard outside.

"Echo's decrypting it now Sir," Delta's advisor said over the squad's comm. He was back inside the shuttle, providing tactical information to the commandoes, and providing a link between the Squad and the outside world.

Echo was still plugged into the computer.

"The first number in the sequence is..." Echo said before pausing, double-checking what the computer was telling him. "...one".

"Did you get that General?" Delta's advisor said.

Mace turned towards the bomb. "I did. Stand by".

He gently reached out with the force and concentrated on one of the switches on the terminal. When he flipped all the way to the left, a red light beneath it turned green, indicating that it was the correct number.

"The next is...three," Echo said through the Advisor's comm signal.

Windu reached out again, flipping the switch that was third from the right.

"Now eight," Echo said.

As Echo continued to feed Windu the sequence, he continued to flip switches with the force. But he had to do it quickly. The Separatists were getting closer and closer to solving the problem that they faced.

Back on the bridge of Trench's flagship, Battle droids continued to scan the ship for signs f the pulse that knocked out the droid army on the surface. One battle droid, who was manning a terminal on the bridge, turned to face Trench and his super tactical droid.

"Sirs. We have located the source of the signal".

As the B1 unit said this, the tactical droid walked over to check it out.

Windu continued to put in the code sequence that Echo was providing.

"Seven," Echo said over the comm.

The Jedi master flipped another switch.

The row of red lights were now mostly green. All he needed to do was flip another couple of switches correctly.

"Jam the signal at its source," the tactical droid ordered.

"Roger Roger," the droid acknowledged before he pressed a button on the terminal in front of him.

Back in the comm vault, Echo kept getting information from the computer that he was communicating with. But just as he gave another sequence number to the Advisor to transmit to Windu, a wave of energy came down from the ceiling, and travelled down the conduit until it enveloped Echo.

"AAAHHHH!" Echo screamed.

The squad was caught off guard and alarmed when they saw Echo convulsing and screaming. Reacting quickly, Rex swiftly pulled Echo away from the interface that he was plugged into. It worked. Echo stopped writhing. But the smoking trooper was totally unconscious.

"Echo? Echo! Echo come in. What is the last sequence?" The Advisor asked over the comm. "Deltas, what's Echo's status?"

"The server overloaded his neural system. The Separatists would've had to do it. That means Trench knows where we are," Fixer said.

"Advisor. It looks like the Seps know we're here," Three-eight said into the comm, responding to the advisor. "They've taken out Echo. He's breathing, but unconscious". Suddenly, the troopers could hear the sounds of blaster fire being heard outside in the corridor. "And that doesn't appear to be the only problem," Boss said as he saw Scorch rushing to help Sev out in the corridor.

"We got a droid situation boss!" Scorch yelled as he enterer the corridor, where Sev was using his sniper rifle to fire on a column of approaching SBDs.

The two commandoes fired back, taking down the from pair of SBDs. But as those two droids fell, the rest merely stepped over their fallen comrades carelessly, firing their heavy arm blasters as they did so.

"Don't worry about me Captain," Windu said through the Advisor's comm signal. "Just get your men out of there".

"Yes Sir," Rex answered back before he pulled Echo to his feet, propping him up on his shoulder. As Rex helped his old friend out of the vault, Boss and Fixer rushed ahead of them to help their teammates in the corridor.

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Trench's flagship, command deck.

Thanks to hidden holo-devices, Admiral Trench had eyes everywhere on Anexes. He could see clones mopping up the last of the droid resistance, and he could even see their wounded being carted off to some distant location. But he narrowed down one of the images. The image was that of Mace Windu standing aimlessly in front of a red bubble shield. The one that covered the bomb that he planned to detonate on Anexes.

"The Jedi lacks the final sequences to stop the detonation," Trench said as he looked at a display of the Assembly complex on the surface. "The loss of their clone army and the shipyards, will grind the Republic's invasion in the Outer Rim to a halt, thus destroying their will to fight, and any hope for a potential victory". He then got up and started pacing around the bridge with his tactical droid. "Dispatch more droids to deal with the infiltrators on the ship. And prepare our landing craft for our next assault".

"As you command," Trench's super tactical droid said.

As they walked passed the door to the bridge, it opened with a hiss, revealing a very pissed off Jedi who had his arms crossed.

"Huh!?" Trench recoiled in shock and confusion.

The droid turned to see what his admiral was alarmed by. That's when Anakin ignited his lightsaber and slashed it across the screaming droid's metal torso. The 'Hero with no Fear' then assumed an aggressive fighting stance, making ready to dash and slash his way into the fight.

Trench took several steps back until he bumped into the back of his command chair.

"Jedi Scum!" Trench exclaimed as a pair of commando droids rushed up to either side of Trench, pointing their rifle at Anakin. The two droids began to fire on the Jedi, but he merely deflected the rounds, letting the laser bolts bounce off of the blade and into several different parts of the bridge. That's when Anakin used the force to lift up one droid and throw it away. The droid flew over the heads of several droid crew members and hit the reinforced viewport that separated the bridge from the crushing vacuum of space.

The other droid charged at Anakin as that happened. Anakin slashed his blade to the side, but the remaining commando droid jumped to avoid the blade and arched over the Jedi. It then turned around and made a threatening pose in front of Anakin.

When the Jedi seemed distracted, Trench raised one of his three robot arms at Anakin. An electro net shot out of one of his hands and flew straight at Anakin. But the Jedi Knight jumped up to avoid the net, which instead pinned the droid to the bulkhead door, and short-circuited it. Anakin landed in front of Trench and put his sword across Trench's throat. The arachnid admiral leaned back to get away from the sword.

"Tell me the sequence to disarm the bomb!" Anakin ordered.

"Never," Trench said. "Dooku would kill me for losing Anexes".

"And you think I won't?" Anakin threatened.

"You're a Jedi," Trench said in a somewhat mocking tone. "Your nobility is a weakness".

For a few seconds, Anakin scowled at Trench. But then he raised his blade and used it to slice off all three of Trench's robotic left arms.

"GAH!" Trench exclaimed as he lost his artificial appendages.

"I don't have such weaknesses!" Anakin spat out as he pointed his lightsaber at Trench's throat. "Now let's try that again".

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Assembly Complex, Anexes.

Back on the surface, on the roof of the assembly complex, Republic gunships and light frigates were landing and taking off around the clock, shuttling Clone troopers away from the danger zone that the entire planet now inhabited.

Obi-Wan was directing the evacuation. As Commander Cody and troopers from his 212th Attack Battalion boarded their gunship, Obi-Wan reached for his com-link and spoke into it.

"Mace, if you cannot stop the detonation, you must leave now!"

At the site of where the bomb was, Mace spoke into his communicator.

"That is not an option. I still have a chance to stop this. Even if it's down to my best guess," Mace said as he looked back at the bomb, who's last key seemed to mock him defiantly.

"How 'bout I take the guess work out of it master?" Said a new voice.

It was Anakin, who still held his blade to Trench's throat.

"Admiral Trench was kind enough to give me the final sequence himself," Anakin said. "Try seven".

Mace got off of his com-link and closed his eyes as he reached out with the force again, concentrating on the final switch. It shifted down until the red light blinked green. When it did, the ray shield disappeared and everything on the bomb shut off.

Windu raised his wrist to speak into his com unit.

"Good work Skywalker. The bomb has been disarmed".

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Trench's flagship. Bridge.

"You both owe me one now," Anakin said to his Jedi companions.

However, unbeknownst to the young Jedi, his cyborg/arachnid hostage was reaching for his cane. Trench tapped it against the deck and its top began to crackle with electricity. Before Anakin could turn to face Trench, the Admiral used one of his three remaining arms (his flesh ones) to push Anakin's bladed hand away and then jabbed his electric cane into Anakin's side, causing electricity to course through Anakin.

Anakin groaned in pain as energy enveloped him. Trench was about to go and kill Anakin when the Jedi leaned back, and thrust his saber into Trench's torso. The blade cut right through Trench's vital organs and passed right through the back of the command chair behind them.

Trench was shocked. He looked up at the ceiling and was in deep pain. When Anakin withdrew his blade, Trench was hunched over, with one of his hands over the open wound. He was fighting just to stay on his feet. But his life-force was slowly draining.

As Trench struggled to stand, Anakin walked over to one of the terminals and tapped his fingers against the buttons. That's when a cylindrical device popped out of the arm of Trench's command chair with a hiss. Anakin walked over and picked up the device to examine it. It was a metal cylinder with a red button.

A detonator.

"Hmpf, Scorch is gonna love this," Anakin said before he placed the detonator on his belt. Then he walked over to the ship's comm terminal and plugged in the audio chip that Sev gave him. When he pressed a button, a series of chants and drumbeats began to play. He shook his head in amusement when he realized that Sev wanted to play an iconic Mandalorian chant that was popular in the Clone Army, which started to blast away in the corridors of the ship Anakin began to run out of the bridge. As he ran out, he passed Trench. He gave him a mock salute as he ran out. "Admiral. It's been a pleasure," Anakin said as Trench collapsed to the deck when his strength left him.

But with one last gasp for life, his arms twitched involuntarily before he stopped moving for the last time.

The song that the commandoes wanted Anakin to play was called 'Vode On', which translated to 'Brothers All!'

The chant was sung in Mando'a by the clone troopers with the accompaniment of drums and horns.

Kote!
Kandosii sa ka'rta, Vode an.
Coruscanta a'den mhi, Vode an.
Bal kote, darasuum kote,
Jorso'ran kando a tome.
Sa kyr'am nau tracyn kad, Vode an.
Kandosii sa ka'rta, Vode an.
Coruscanta a'den mhi, Vode an.
Bal...
Motir ca'tra nau tracinya.
Gra'tua cuun hett su dralshy'a.
Aruetyc talyc runi'la solus cet o'r.
Motir ca'tra nau tracinya.
Gra'tua cuun hett su dralshy'a.
Aruetyc talyc runi'la trattok'o.
Sa kyr'am nau tracyn kad, Vode an!

Translation:

Glory!
One indomitable heart, Brothers all.
We, the wrath of Coruscant, Brothers all.
And glory, eternal glory,
We shall bear its weight together.
Forged like the saber in the fires of death, Brothers all.

One indomitable heart, Brothers all.
We, the wrath of Coruscant, Brothers all.
And...
Those who stand before us light the night sky in flame.
Our vengeance burns brighter still.
Every last traitorous soul shall kneel.
Those who stand before us light the night sky in flame.
Our vengeance burns brighter still.
Every last traitorous soul shall fall.
Forged like the saber in the fires of death, Brothers all!

As the commandoes continued to fight, they were inspired even further by the sound of the Grand Army chanting for their glorious victory.

Deep in the ship's corridors, a squad of Battle droids were firing down a passageway. Red laser bolts made the inner halls glow red from their muzzle flashes. But then out of no where, a hail of blue laser bolts cut the droids down, ceasing their hostile actions.

When those droids were dead, a Squad of clones came out of the hall they were just firing down. Sev and Scorch were on point. Rex was behind them while carrying Echo. Boss and Fixer covered their rear. They continued to move down the hallway, killing any droid that got in their way.

"Hey Sev, how many kills have you got today psycho?" Scorch asked.

"More than you wise guy," Sev countered.

"Keep this comm clear you two!" Fixer ordered.

"Calm down Fixer, we're just having a little fun," Scorch said.

They kept moving down the hallway way when they came across an intersection. As soon as Scorch and Sev rounded a corner, they came face to face with a few dozen droids, who fired on them as soon as they rounded the corner.

"STANG!" Scorch exclaimed before he and Sev jumped back into cover.

The droids marched towards them, firing on the spot they last saw the clones before they disappeared behind cover.

Sev fired his rifle around the corner, trying to keep the enemy at bay, but to little avail.

"The way these droids are swarming, one might think we weren't welcome," Scorch said.

The rest of the squad caught up with them. Rex put Echo down and readied his weapons. He, Fixer, and Boss faced three different directions. All three of which had droids approaching their positions.

"We can't blast our way out!" Rex exclaimed. "There's too many of them!"

Boss looked at him. "Ya' think So?" He then turned to his men. "Sev, stay here and cover our rear. Fixer, Scorch, you're with me".

When Boss got up, Rex grabbed his wrist. "What are you doing?"

"We've got to to get off of this ship. So it's time to make a mess of our own," Boss said.

Fixer readied his wrist blades, while Boss grabbed his dual pistols, and Scorch got ready to burst out of cover. Sev faced the rear and began firing on any droid that he saw coming from the direction he was facing.

"NOW!" Boss exclaimed.

Boss, Fixer, and Scorch burst out of cover and began blasting and hacking away at any droid that was in their way. Fixer slammed one droid against a set of pipes and punched it so hard, that his wrist blade went into the pipe. Steam and oil sprayed everywhere. It got into the droids faces and the commandoes faces. But the droids didn't have equipment that wiped their eyes.

"My eyes!"

"I can't see!"

As steam filled up the hallway, the three commandoes charged into the steam and began ripping the droids apart. The white smoke was illuminated with blue laser flashes from the end of the hall, which was filled with the screams of dying droids.

Rex watched with amazement.

"Ya' know, I honestly feel bad for those droids".

"With all due respect sir..." Sev said as he killed another droid from the rear with his blaster rifle. "...don't".

Fixer and Scorch continued to hack away at the droids. Scorch threw a grenade that blasted the droids in several directions. One droid corpse flew right into Boss's arms, and he began to use it as a human shield as he charged down the hall, while his squad fired around him. When they got to the end of the hall, Boss threw the droid against another droid, pinning him against the bulkhead.

All three commandoes checked the hallways on either side of them.

Fixer turned back and shouted. "All clear!"

One droid was still on the ground, shaking nervously.

"If-if you surrender p-pe-peacefully..." the droid said nervously. "...It w-will b-b-be noted in my report".

The droid screamed when Boss kicked his heel into the droid's face, causing its head to crumple. "Heh. I'm gonna need more ammo if there are any more where these came from," Boss said, referring to the droids and his low ammo reserves.

Back at the other end of the hall, Sev and Rex were about to move Echo down the hall. That's when Sev could hear more clanking foot steps from behind. He saw a massive single-file column of battle droids heading his way. "More droids!" He exclaimed. "Go, I'll buy you some time!"

Rex nodded and hastily carried an unconscious Echo down the hall.

Sev turned back to face the oncoming droid hordes. He fired his blaster rifle at the droids. "Die you metal-head piece of trash!" Sev growled as he killed more droids that marched towards him.

When Sev noticed that the squad was a safe distance away, he began to fall back. He rushed down the hall and began throwing small devices, on the walls on either side of the hall. The devices stuck to the walls, and he kept throwing them as he rushed to meet up with the rest of the team.

"Come and get me clankers".

The rest of the squad rallied near the infiltration point, where the shuttle should've been.

"Advisor," Boss said into his com-link. "We've reached the exfiltration point. Where are you?"

"Right here. Stand by Delta lead," Advisor said.

"I'm picking up dozens of droids on my scanner," Fixer said. "And their all heading towards us".

Suddenly, Anakin Skywalker rounded a corner and began to rush down the hall towards the squad. "Hope you're not waiting on me," Anakin said lightheartedly.

"Now all we're missing is Sev," Rex said.

Everyone heard the sounds of boots clanging against the deck. They looked in the direction of the noise to see Sev jogging towards them. They noticed that he was throwing some strange sticky objects on the walls on either side of him.

He ran up right in front of them. "You missed me?" Sev asked. "I'm touched".

Scorch looked at the devices he saw Sev throwing on the bulkheads, and noticed that they looked like small explosive charges.

"Hey lead..." Scorch said to Boss. "...are you sure you want 'Mister Death-wish' handling explosives?"

"Humpf!" Sev grunted. "Watch and learn".

As droids began to pour out of both hallways and funnel towards the team, Sev switched to his sniper mod and sighted up on one of the devices. When the droids were close enough, Sev squeezed off a shot. The shot went straight and true. It hit the red light of the first device like a bullseye. But instead of an explosion like Scorch (and most others) was expecting, the shot reflected off of the device. It bounced off of the way and cut through the droid column from the side. It then shot into another device.

And another. And another. And another.

The devices Sev laid out were actually magnetic deflectors of some kinds. They bounced off of each other and attracted the shot that Sev fired. And that same shot kept bouncing through the corridor, killing every droid that was unlucky enough to be in the spot, which was most of them.

When every droid pursuing them was destroyed, the team decided to get on board the shuttle. Except for Scorch, who looked at the dozens of dead droids that were strewn across the deck in disbelief. All of this from some magnate and one blaster bolt.

Boss put his hand on Scorch's shoulder. "Don't worry Scorch," Boss said reassuringly. "You'll top him next time".

"No he won't," Sev said as he walked passed Scorch.

Scorch lowered his head and slumped his shoulders as he walked back to the ship, in total grief.

When the squad was back on the shuttle, the ship detached from the lower hull. It blasted away from the Separatist fleet and rocketed towards the planet's surface. Anakin then remembered the detonator he got from Trench's command chair. "Hey Scorch ... I've got a present for you," Anakin said, presenting him with the detonator.

Scorch looked at the device in Anakin's hand and recoiled in surprise. "Wait! Seriously? I get to blow it up? The whole bloody thing?!"

Anakin nodded with a smile on his face. The elated, and explosive happy, commando reached for the device in Anakin's palm and grabbed. The whole team smiled. But Sev just shook his head, realizing that his kill count was about to be blown out of the water.

Scorch looked at the other team members. It was like a child getting a birthday present that he's always wanted.

"This...is the happiest day...of my life," Scorch said between excited breaths. And then he pressed the button.

Behind the shuttle, the Separatist Dreadnought was just sitting there, before a flash of light emitted from its center. The flash turned out to be a powerful explosion, which expanded outwards into a shockwave that overtook the entire fleet. The shockwave ripped apart every supply ship, frigate, destroyer, and cruiser in the fleet, causing secondary explosions to rip apart what was left.

The Republic infiltration team's shuttle was just able to enter the atmosphere and escape the shockwave.

The fireworks display could be seen for hundreds of miles across the surface of Anexes. Clone Troopers raised their fists into the air to cheer at the sight before them.

If there was one thing that was clear about these explosions, it was that the Republic has emerged victorious.

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Fort Anexes.

Back at Fort Anexes, hundreds of Clone troopers, officers, pilots, medics, and technicians, were gathered out on the airfield. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Commander Cody were facing them from underneath the CIC. The gathered clones all stood at attention as Jedi General Mace Windu addressed a handpicked group of heroes.

"Captain Rex, Corporal Echo, and members of Spec ops unit Delta, you've all done a great service for the Republic. Thanks to your courage and ingenuity..." Windu said as Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Cody stepped towards the six clones. "...we have reclaimed Anexes".

The three of them pinned silver medals with red ribbons onto the chest of each of the six clone heroes.

"With our shipyards operational again..." Windu continued. "...we can expect more victories on all battlefronts across the galaxy".

That's when Arc trooper Jesse from the 501st shouted out, "Let's hear it for Echo and Delta Squad!"

Every clone that was gathered cheered, whistled, and sang their praise for the heroes of Anexes.

"I knew we could do it boys!"

"YEAH!"

"I bet they could win the war themselves!"

"WOOOHOOO!"

Rex, Echo, and the Deltas all drank in the sight of their fellow brothers cheering for them.

Because of men like Rex, Echo, and Delta Squad going above and beyond the call of duty, the regular clones would be inspired to do the same. This reinvigorated morale would carry the Clone Army the rest of the way through many battles such as this.

Perhaps even the war.

No amount of droids in the galaxy will ever be able to defeat or bury this new spirit.

The End.

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Well folks, that's the forth and final part of this story. I actually had fun making this. It used to be parts 11-14 of my Fall of the Republic story (check it out when you have the chance).

So I hope that you'll take time to read that story as well, and please feel free to leave your thoughts in the review section.

Once again, this is Grubkiller, over and out.