"speech"

"radio/hologram/etc. communication"

Ship Names

'thoughts'

You get the point.

Connor Ohlander: Exactly

Daggercloak000: Mantis's and Hunters will take part in the war, why would the Sangheili or the UNSC limit their arsenal when fighting the Republic? For now, the UNSC and Sangheili are not going to use the Nova bomb or Glassing on planets. For not at least.

Hadrian: I'm no doctor but I would guess from a mother. It's not farfetched to think that meddlers(some old Star Wars civilization) might have kidnaped some humans from earth to use as slaves or something else. I might explain it in future chapters.

Joseph Sage: Thanks for both, I did my written exams very well.

Bmanbeast57: Nuking and glassing are off the table, for now. Might happen in the future but im not saying anything else

Winterwolf23543: Yes, yes it will. And so do I.

geoffrey: Yes I did but mostly only due to me liking her then because she was "Impartial" in the apocrypha.

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now that that is out of the way let us begin

September 30th 2583: 5 Hours before the war Declaration by the UEG and Sangheili Empire, the 5th fleet and Fleet of Glorious Repentance stationed at Instillation 02 are ordered to destroy the ring by the use of an Anti-Matter bomb and Return to UEG and Sangheili Space immediately.

October 2nd: Palpatine wakes up in the hospital missing his Right Arm, he is very angry and orders the offensive against the UEG to be accelerated. Count Dooku is contacted by Palpatine and the CIS is also Preparing for a second war.

October 3rd: 5th fleet Returns to Harvest Naval Anchorage where it undergoes repairs and restocking in preparation for deployment against the Republic. Steven Hackett is Promoted to Admiral of the 5th fleet.

October 7th: Republic Fleet of 200 ships arrives in the Ord Trasil System the staging ground for the Offensive against the UEG. They move out into the unknown Region at the end of the day on their way to Harvest as it is the only UEG planet they know the Location of.

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now that that is out of the way let us begin

Cronos Station, Horsehead Nebula, October 13th 2583

"Breaking News, Republic Navy Command bombed, and an attempt at the Chancellors life" Was the text at the bottom of the news broadcast. A Human then Turned to the Camera and began speaking "Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to Coruscant News. Just an Hour ago the UEG and Sangheili handed in a formal War Declaration citing 'Republic aggression against UEG Citizens and the Republic Navy infringing on UEG space' as its reason. And moments ago, a Bomb went off in the Navy command building, as of right now the situation of any survivors is unknown. An Attempt at the Chancellors life also happened today.

A Fly by happened, a Speeder rammed the chancellors transport and all his guards were killed, The Chancellor got hit by a very high caliber Slug thrower and lost his Left Arm, he is currently being taken care of at the best Hospital on Coruscant."

The Clones looked at the screen in their canteen shocked at the development. Just a few days ago they arrived on this station and were being held as prisoners which was nice knowing that the UNSC took prisoners, compared to the CIS that didn't, but it still wasn't a thing any one of them wanted to be experiencing, But now their freedom was a lost cause due to the Declaration of war, they hoped that the Republic could save them, since hope was a good thing to have.

Not far away from the Canteen in a darkly lit room around a table at which were sitting 3 people. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Jack Harper. "Would you mind getting to the point admiral? We are in little mood for useless banter" said Anakin to Harper who was in the process of smoking a cigarette. He exhaled the smoke and asked his question again "It's no useless banter mister Skywalker, the question if you know who Palpatine is, is very important to our continuous meetings"

"Then let me answer once again Admiral, he is the Chancellor of the Republic and a long-time friend of mine" said Anakin in an angry voice, Harper chuckled a bit "Would this so-called friend of yours, send you into a war that he himself started?" Anakin was caught off guard, he didn't expect something like that to come back, Obi-Wan in a calmer voice asked "What do you mean admiral?" Harper pressed a few buttons on his datapad and a Hologram started playing. "Mister Kenobi, mister Skywalker, this is a recording my men have managed to dig up from the Chancellors files" he pressed a button and the recording started to play.

The 2 jedi watched with attention, they saw Dooku speaking to the Chancellor in his Sith persona, they saw both of them plotting for the war, making decisions on what world to attack next and what jedi to send there to perhaps die. "Admiral, you have to show this to the Jedi council, they need to know this" pleaded Kenobi.

Harper let out another puff of smoke before saying with a smile on his face "Now why would we provide this crucial information to our enemy?" "The Jedi aren't your enemy, they are guardians of galactic peace, you have to warn them" was what Kenobi had to say. "You are no more than religious fanatics to us, holding a few millennia old grudge, you would remove an elected individual because of his religious believes and kill him just how you have done for the past few thousand years. For all I and the UEG care, Palpatine can run the Republic into the ground, but what we do care about is how much sway in the Republic politics you have, countless times did the Republic go to war against these 'sith' just because they didn't believe in what you do

And with the War starting the last thing I would do is provide information that might save my enemy from death, that's not how war works" "If you think we don't know how war works then you are mistaken admiral, we have spent the last years fighting the CIS" retorted an angry Anakin "A Controlled war, the battles were won and lost before you even knew where they would happen. War is hell, and we are anything if not very good at it, don't be mistaken, you will be held here until the end of it, which might be a long time."

"Why did you declare war against the republic, you said it yourself that you people don't care what happens to it" said Anakin, "While we don't care what happens to the republic, we by all accounts care what the republic plans to do with us. My agents also found plans detailing first steps that Palpatine had to annex us and the Sangheili Empire, now that is something that as the head of Intelligence I cannot allow, as to why I wouldn't hand the information to the Jedi. I will not jeopardize the survival of my government, people and allies to some cult drunk on power."

"So what, will you let the Jedi just die by the hands of Palpatine?" asked Kenobi, "If it were up to me I would also have ordered a bombing of your temple, fortunately for you, my superiors don't think of the Jedi as a major threat as to warrant such response from us, for now at least. Now, do you have any knowledge on the Contingency orders for the Grand Army of the Republic?"

Harper was met with silence "As I suspected. There are 150 contingency orders somehow implanted in the clones, orders that the Commanders of the army can issue, one order in particular is very heavily encrypted, harder than anything before. Order 66, and since both of you didn't hear about the orders even existing, I believe it has something to do with the Jedi. We are working on cracking the encryption but would appreciate any help you can offer"

"Why should I help you in any way?" asked Anakin, Harpers grin grew "As to make sure Senator Amidala doesn't end up in a speeder accident or a freak Elevator failure, would be a true shame since she wouldn't be able to deliver the twins, wouldn't it be Mister Skywalker"

Horror appeared on both Anakin's and Kenobi's faces, Harper continued "Or if it so happened that Deathwatch decided to bomb the estate of Satine Kryze, oh how Mandalore would turn violent and lash out against the Republic in revenge. Don't be mistaken, we know where to hit you and hit you hard, if you do however chose to help us, we can guarantee the safety of the people important to you and will allow you to send messages to them, the messages would be reviewed of course"

Before he could continue or receive an answer however he got a message on his Datapad, a angry look grew on it as he read on. "Gentlemen, you will have to excuse me, I have very important matters to attend to" he quickly left the Room and started running to his office. The Words 'Shanxi is under attack' were stuck in his mind.

Orbit around Shanxi, Jìn system, October 12th 2583 14:20 Local Time/9:20 Earth Time

"I'm telling you, it's nothing, no one would be approaching this ass end of nowhere, it's probably a glitch in the system" Spoke a marine to another. He was referring to the fact that the Early warning station they were stationed on detected incoming objects, a lot of them. But Shanxi was just a simple agricultural world with a small titanium and Platine mining industry, too small to be of any major importance, not to mention it was well on the verge of the outer colonies, one of the most further out Human colony in this part of space, so anyone that would pass through here was either on their way to Harvest or simply lost.

"Well above 180 signals doesn't sound like a glitch to me James, simply too many to me. What if it's a Republic strike force?" The Marine called James laughed at it "That was a good one, Brian listen, we both know that there is nothing of importance here, you get assigned here if you screwed up on a normal posting. If the Republic wanted to put a dent in the UEG or the UNSC they would strike at Harvest and its Naval Anchorage. If you ask anyone that doesn't live here about where Shanxi is located, they will point you to the Chinese province"

The Marine known as Brian sighed "I guess you are right, but just in case I will monitor it for a while longer, better safe than sorry" James said "You do you, I still think it's a waste of time" and as if on cue, 200 Vessels exited Hyperspace just a few thousand kilometers from the Station. Alarms started blaring James started running to the Communications device while Brian pressed things on the Scanner console. James was panicking "Come on, come on, pick up the fucking comm!" his prayer got answered "Republic forces just entered system, 200 Vessels. I say again Republic Forces have entered system!" Brian send over the data they managed to record before the station got destroyed by Republic forces.

For the first time in over 30 years, a Human colony was under attack by alien forces. Bunkers were opened, Garrison mobilized, and a High Priority message was sent to every member of HIGHCOM and FLEETCOM. Shanxi was a small colony on the edge of Human Space as such its Garrison and Defense fleet were rather small. The garrison numbered just in 1500 army troopers and 500 marines, its fleet was just 4 Paris-Class frigates of which only 1 was modernized and a single destroyer of the Medusa-class, not much of a chance in hell to defend the colony against 200 warships.

The Defense Fleet got quickly swept aside by the Republic forces, only managing to slightly damage a single Venator. The Republic broadcasted a message on all frequencies "This is Admiral Tarkin of the Republic Navy to UNSC forces on the planet. Surrender or we will destroy you" The Colonel in charge of Shanxi defense replied with "You better pray to whatever god you have because you will have to walk through hell to capture Shanxi" and shortly after the Republic forces started preparations for an invasion.

"Charming. Commander, prepare our landing forces. I didn't expect a colony here but we will deal with it nonetheless" ordered Tarkin and commander Bly obliged. He was approached by Aayla Secura "You should have given them more time to decide and persuade them, Admiral" Tarkin scoffed "Please, we both know they would not surrender and I am not going to give them time to prepare for us" "We should at least try a peaceful resolution" "Any peaceful resolution that could happen became impossible when they declared war and tried to assassinate the chancellor. You should get moving, the troops are about to deploy" Tarkin was done talking to the Jedi, nothing good ever came from it with their peace-loving ways, if you asked him it was idiotic for them to lead troops into battle.

He watched as the LAAT gunships moved out towards the planet. He deployed LAATs since sending in a Acclimator was risky due to him not knowing if they had any kind of defenses against ships, but he would land one the moment he could.

Flying in one of the LAAT was Commander Bly and Aayla Secura "What can we expect to find down there General?" Aayla frowned "We don't know, first time fighting against them, as far as we can tell it's a small colony so we can expect a equally small defense force to meet us" "I don't like this General, too many unknowns, even if it is a small force we don't know what they can do or how well trained they are"

"I don't like it either Bly but we have to defeat them here" Bly nodded and they waited until they reached the surface. Their landing zone was 50 kilometers away from a major city on the planet, they detected a military base very close to the city so they could expect to meet resistance there. No sooner that they have gotten remotely close to their target the Flak came, thick and heavy, the LAAT was thrown around and some got hit directly by a Flak shell.

The pilot yelled "We cant get close to the Landing zone, we have to land further out!" "Do what you have to do!" Bly yelled back the Pilot was about to reply but Flak fire turned the Canopy into swiss cheese. "Brace for Impact!" yelled Bly to everyone in the Troop compartment. They were falling to the ground fast and would hit it very soon, Aayla was knocked out alongside most of the clones when they hit the ground. She woke up 30 minutes later grabbing her head, she couldn't hear anything since she was still in shock, Bly stumbled to her and asked her something that she could not understand. "- I said are you okay general?!" she could finally hear his question and nodded as a response. An explosion sounded of in the distance, Bly looked in its general direction before turning back to Aayla and starting to drag her out of the crashed LAAT.

"Our Fighter cover got absolutely destroyed and the Y-Wings can't come in and bomb the enemy positions since they are too close to the city." He looked around before grabbing a bandage and putting it around Aaylas head "We crashed 8 Kilometers from the Landing Zone many didn't make it, I can't establish contact with any other units" he finished saying. Aayla looked around noticing that many of the clones were not in a better situation then her, she looked at Bly "We have to get to the Landing zone and regroup with the rest of the clones" Bly nodded and helped a trooper get up, they had a while to walk.

After 6 hours they managed to arrive at the LZ without meeting the UNSC forces, it looked like they kept defensive positions, the LZ was supposed to be turned into a Prefabricated base where the Republic forces would prepare their assault on the City and Military base but it was now in ruin curtesy of UNSC artillery battery somewhere behind the mountains that surrounded the city.

Now running into the Camp was Aayla, Bly and 4 other clones, they looked around for what resembled a command center, "What happened here?" asked Bly as they entered it. A Clone with captain markings turned to him as he fiddled with a console trying to get it to work, "Sir, we came under artillery fire shortly after the first buildings got set up, we didn't manage to set up the shield before the shells hit. They stopped shelling our position some 40 minutes ago, been trying to establish contact with the Fleet ever since. I tried sending a LAAT up to the Fleet but it got shot down the moment it tried to break the clouds"

This was bad, if they couldn't contact the fleet Tarkin would possibly do drastic things to bend the UNSC forces here to surrender. "How many made it to the LZ?" Asked Bly, the captain kept fiddling with the cables of the Console and answered "About 1500 and 30 AT-TEs, after the shelling less then 900 are remaining and just 10 AT-TEs, they must have had spotters somewhere to hit us so accurately" He kept fiddling with the console for a while until a spark flew out and he got shocked "Kriffing hell" he kicked the console which sparked again.

"There is no way that thing is going to work, that means we can't communicate with the fleet or anyone further then 10 kilometers. What do we do Commander?" asked the Captain. Bly looked at Aayla who thought for a moment "We will attack the UNSC base tomorrow morning, we will capture it and use its communication equipment to contact the fleet. Their numbers at the base should be low if they want to defend the City from us which should give us enough of a chance to capture the base" the Captain looked at Bly who nodded at him and said "I will get the other officers here"

Hi there, hope you are doing well in these times. I finished my written exams last week and only have 2 exams up ahead of my so I can start writing again. And what place better to start then with the First battle of the war, Shanxi. Shanxi will be a 3 part arc if everything goes well. As you can tell I am very UNSC biased but don't let that dissway you, im a realist so it will not be some tale of a 1 man army that defeats the republic invasion force, nor will there be a lot of plot armor involved in t he story for the most part.

Well the, until next time.