Public Be Thou For The People

[Zinn Zinn Bink'sa]

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There was no place like home they always said. At last it was time for his exile to end following the collapse of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Zinn Zinn finally felt ready to come home, with plans of his own to take back Naboo rightfully to the native Gungan people. Too long over time the Gungans themselves have lacked leadership while they were denied the capabilities the Naboo had. Even in the progressive ideals of establishing the Gungan as the ruling class, Zinn Zinn wanted to settle a personal score the planet had done to his ancestors long ago.

With the Violet Curtain’s collapse Zinn Zinn was able to sneak his way back onto Naboo. For weeks he settled into Otoh Gunga persuading much of the bosses until he ruled as a Shadow ruler from within. All the more dangerous as Zinn Zinn was apart of the New Sith Order under the Mawite Barbarians. If all was successful in launching a massive attack on the city of Theed, he could establish a holding for Darth Solipsis this deep into a new lawless frontier.

Within days of persuading Bosses and starting to spread propaganda throughout the underwater cities, tensions were starting to rise. Although not many knew why relations between the Naboo and Gungan people were strained, none knew that a Sith Gungan was pulling the strings. Within the coming days much of the swamps we’re being used for military build up and exercises along the borders outside of the swamps and grasslands inching close to settlements of the Naboo. Zinn Zinn’s plan was to hold Theed for a time before his demands were met and if need be gain support from the Maw in establishing an outpost for further shifts in the balances of power in the region.

When all of the Grand Army of the Gungans were amassed in full force, Zinn Zinn stood among the troops. Of course Zinn Zinn in typical fashion was drunk and stumbled upon the make shift podium starting off with a burp loudly into the microphone. “All Yousa listen up… W-Wesa readies to gosa to make Big Bang bang explodey conflicts…. With da karking Naboo… Wesa been robbed and crunched for long long times now!” He then proceeded to bash his hand down on the podium like the passionate drunk he was. “Wesa goes outta there fighting… Cause Yousa Gungans are one people… Yousa is one Naboo where the Yousa Gungan is karking strong… So who Yousa out there ready to go kick Naboo ass?!?!?!” He asked into the microphone.

At first the Gungans didn’t honestly know what to make of Zinn Zinn. As he went on with his speech, however the Gungans started to cheer and say “Mesa ready!!!” Raising they’re spears, newly acquired blasters and explosives, shields and so on. The beasts roared throughout the swamp as slowly as some troops started to March, while Zinn Zinn struggled to mount his Kaadu. He tried to desperately mount both of his legs onto of the creature, as one of his feet clumsily kicked the creature. The Kaadu cried out before taking off causing Zinn Zinn’s head to drag across the ground. “Ow damns it Yousa… dumb horsey… Mesa trying to ride here….”

He said as he finally managed to gain control of the Kaadu, trying to ride off ahead of the group. He finally rested with a drunken grin as he shouted out. “Wesa free!!” The road to Theed and Revolution had begun.

 

[The Amalgam]

Wearing: Mage Epidermis

Armed with: Skin Shears (Purple Split-Saber)

With: Nuetralizer Model 3 (10,000)

Model 3 Equipment:

Io-Series Laser Carbine (7000)

S5A Rifle (all)

Verpine Shatter Pistol (All)

Stun Grenades

Force Pikes

Droid Commando Shield

Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (2000)

Medical Nuetralizer Equipment:

Tensor Rifle

DC Recharging Commando Pistol

Siren Corps

Objective: Defend Theed.


With: Arianna Belasko

It had happened, just as Xiphos had predicted. Like clockwork. After the horrors of the Battle of Theed, Xiphos had mandated spies be left behind, deploying an Advanced Model 1 to spy on any possible problems. The spy had chosen to focus on The Gungan people, who might see an opportunity in the Chaos.

Multiple Model 3 units remained in the City, having aided in clean up, but the Nuetralizers were very paranoid, and had also begun quietly reinforcing against possible incursion points, establishing entrenched defenses as discretely as possible.

Xiphos had requested Arianna stay within the city, and Arianna had begun using some of her own vast fortune to help repair the damage to these as quickly as possible.

Which is why she was deeply surprised by The Amalgam's arrival...

The Amalgam was not someone you send when you want to be subtle... something huge was going on.

"What are you doing here?" Arianna asked crossing her arms as the murderous Witch stepped off her X-70B Phantom Class Yacht, receiving her on the landing pad of her damaged estate.

"Report from the Advanced Model 1 we deployed in the Gungan Cities reported back to Xiphos: Someone is riling the Gungans up...their massing arms for a March against Theed..."

"Why wasn't I told?" Arianna asked.

"Xiphos was paranoid about too many transmissions going back and forth. The spy thinks a Maw agent might be up to no good. They want to establish a stronghold here.

Even The Amalgam, even the Darth Phyre hiding in her flesh and mind, shuddered at what would happen to Naboo should the Maw establish a foothold here for any period of time.

This would not stand. The Gungan uprising was to be crushed, and it's ringleaders butchered. The Maw agent was to be assassinated as brutally as possible.

Arianna frowned, "Well, I will send out the order..."

"Oh, by all means my former peer..." The Amalgam replied with a cold smile. "Y'know, we don't talk all that much..."

"There's very little, I think, that we would see eye to eye on..." Arianna replied...

"Y'know, I've never understood this sudden, about face from you, United..."

"That name no longer holds any meaning for me..." Arianna said coldly.

"It's just...I cannot help but notice how much you care for Laertia. The woman I learned about didn't care about anyone... Xiphos must have really charmed you..."

"Yes. Perhaps..." Arianna replied without looking.

The Amalgam eyed her before shrugging and followed her to Coordinate defenses.

Present...


The Model 3 Units in defense of the city made notes of the beasts they had. The Amalgam was on a Defensive wall, watching the Gungan army March.

The Model 3's had been equipped with special carbines that could heavily damage both shields and armor yet leave the tissue beneath unharmed, merely stunning and knocking the victim out for an extended period, allowing them to be killed at the shooters leisure. These would be used in an attempt to neutralize most of the Gungans without killing them, as Xiphos wanted the Gungans crushed, not exterminated. But the uprising would not be tolerated by her. Especially not in the name of The Maw.

The Amalgam smiled, making the clouds darken with her command of the Dark Side. Arianna would be busy coordinating defense of Civilians.

The Amalgam, however, would be on the attack.

She sent 1500 troops ahead, keeping the rest close for now, to probe their strength. Orders were to shoot on sight and down as many personnel as possible, and kill the beasts under their command too...

Zinn Zinn Bink'sa

 

[Astrea]

Theed​

Astrea had spent some time in the city, finding pathways, searching for discontent. As fear had grown about the Gungan advance, she'd watched. Listened. Learned. Amongst the throngs of the city, she knew it would be hard to find her, unless someone was looking. And there were too many armed Gungans approaching to care about the comings and goings of a pale, young woman. Slowly, carefully, she had found members of the Royal Naboo Security Forces. She'd find one drinking, easily led away. One walking home, paying no heed to the girl in the shadows until it was too late. Weak minds, bent and broken easily.

Her four broken guardsmen stood guard outside the Captain's office as she stood before his desk. One hand raised, fingers clawed, eyes glaring with power. The Dark Side churned around her, channeled and pushed into the mind of the writhing Captain. He seethed, twisting in agony as he reached for his blaster. He was, unfortunately, stronger minded than his subordinates.

"Let... me... go..." he hissed, jaw clenched. Fingers grasping for his blaster. Astrea stepped forwards, slight muscles tensing as she pushed more of the Dark into him.

"You... will... obey..." she told him, her soft voiced cracking with the strain. A vein throbbed in her head. The coldness of the Dark was draining her, turning her paler still, threatening to snatch the breath from her lungs. "You will... transmit the surrender... of your Forces..." she ordered him, practically spitting the words at him, "And order the people... to surrender." Her breathing quickened as she stepped closer, like pushing through ice-cold flames, like drowning in freezing waters.

"Ne... ne... ne..." the Captain said, eyes closed as his mind buckled under the darkness. Astrea smiled gently, at the brink of victory, feeling him fall into her clutches...

"NEVER!" he roared, his fingers reaching his blaster. In an instant, he drew it. His other hand reached and slammed down on the alarm button, sending a shrieking signal throughout the Palace. A brave, noble act. One that cost him. Astrea screamed with anger as she whipped the gathered darkness in the Force, smashing the Captain's desk into him. Pinned to the wall, the blaster slipped from his hands. Blood leaked from his lips. The door opened behind her, two of her controlled guardsmen standing ready. The Captain's eyes pleaded with them. He found nothing but hollow, empty shells staring back.

"Finish him," she ordered. The guardsmen did not hesitate. A volley of blaster-fire ended the Captain. A waste, but not unsalvageable. Chaos would work in their favour... and there was so much more she could do. Marching out of the office, her thralls lead the way. "Show me the security mainframe," she told them, knowing their brains were little but helpless mush, like marionettes held up by tendrils of darkness. "Then the broadcast equipment. We must take the hanger too." With those, she could provide entrance for others to the Palace, and try to get the rest of the RNSF to lay down their arms. Or at least, sow some discord.

Zinn Zinn Bink'sa The Amalgam

 

[Zinn Zinn Bink'sa]

The Grand Army marched away from the swampy marshlands towards the outskirts of Theed. Zinn Zinn riding ahead of the main force. The Kaadu constantly bumping him up and down along the ride it was difficult even for him to gain hold of his seat. He seemed all but assured that some type of arrangement could be made between the Naboo and Gungan people. The only agreement that Zinn Zinn would accept at this point would be the lowering of the Naboo people compared to the native Gungans which had been abused for centuries.

Gripping tightly to the reigns, his tongue would stick out from time to time upon each bumpy spot. “Wesa gonna go for a rides to warrrrrrr!!! He said in his drunken stupor. Reaching into his pocket for a flask of Corellian Whiskey. The mad Gungan let out a grunt of satisfaction as the burning liquid went down as smooth as it could go. Zinn Zinn muttering. “Mesa lead better when Mesa gettin all drinky….” He said in that moment he accidentally kicked his noble steed. The horse cried out, this time angrily as he rode faster ahead of his force getting closer to the city he pulled back hard on the reigns.

The Kaadu quickly stopped to a halt, as with his blurry vision he saw what looked to be machines… what was droids doing all the way out here? Was it left over CIS hardware? Zinn Zinn didn’t know as the Gungan had a hard time maintaining his focus. His head wobbling about S if everything was spinning. He cried out waving his hand about. “Yousa…. Yes Yousa…. The kark Yousa doing on Mesa land!?!? Yousa all clanker palos just steps away so Mesa can free the Gungan!”

It was doubtful the drunk Gungan was gonna get a response, he was hoping that this could be solved diplomatically and that the Revolution could be met without bloodshed. He squinted his eyes, the liquid courage in his veins only increased his irritation.

Backing the Kaadu away to gain some distance between him and the defensive line of droids, he pressed a few buttons on the comlink. The machine buzzed as he reached out to a hidden encrypted channel. He first started out with a burp, reaching out to Marlon Sularen . “Yes, Yousa readies… Yousa readies for dat thing… Dat big, big thing…”

He said and before he got a response out, he looked back to the line of droids once more. His eyes bloodshot as he kept squinting them. As if eyeing the automatons aggressively, his mood went from content to angry within seconds. The Gungan spatting out raising his arms around. “What Yousa doing on Mesa’s land!!! Get the hells off Mesa’s land!!!” He started to spat out raising the reigns like some drunken Kaadu where it was kicking its two front legs into the air as if attempting to establish dominance.

What would happen next he wasn’t sure. It would seem the Gungan was already raising tensions. He could only hope help would come. Better he also hoped for his comrades within Theed to make the Revolution easier, or that plan B would go into effect with that transmission. If diplomacy would fail this day. In the end Naboo rested on the hands of one Drunken Gungan today.

Astrea
The Amalgam

 

[CETCOM]

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O P E R A T I O N_B L A C K W I N G
Chapter 1 : Intervention on Naboo

FINAL DAWN
NABOO , MID RIM
POV : COLONEL VIKTOR WILHELM

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BLACK SWORD COMMAND - TASK FORCE TYRANNUS AUREK GROUP​
FDS Dark Zealot [Princeps Mark-II] FDS Tyrant [Tyrant-Class] FDS Dominator [Tyrant-Class] FDS Betrayer [Tyrant-Class] FDS Desolator [Tyrant-Class] FDS Enforcer [Tyrant-Class] FDS Oppressor [Tyrant-Class] 32x SRAF Squadrons [768/768] 19x TIE/fd Fighter Squadrons [228/228] 14x TIE/fd Interceptor Squadrons [112/112] 28x FD-120 Starfortress Bombers Squadrons [224/224]

The Confederacy of Independent Systems. Formerly one of the Galaxy's Strongest Military Powers with a powerful Navy spearheaded by over 20 Star Dreadnoughts , theoretically strong enough to take on the entire Galaxy. However instead of exploiting the power they had at their fingertips those in power within the Confederacy chose to remain isolationist and adopt the ill-fated Confederacy First Policy which was later followed by subsequent unsuccessful interventions across the Galaxy such as the CIS's brief involvement during the Third Imperial Civil War at Dantoniee and later their Attack on the BotM held Rhand. Soon enough , despite all their strength , despite how stable they seemed to be , the Confederacy eventually suddenly ceased to exist as they finally faded into obscurity leaving behind a massive power vacuum across the dozen of systems that were once under the protection of the Confederates , and the Brotherhood of the Maw was the first Galactic Power to take advantage of this new development to fill this power vacuum with it's own proxies starting on the former Capital of the Confederacy itself , Naboo.

Just recently the Gungans under the leadership of NSO Member known as Zinn Zinn Bink'sa , had launched a major Uprising against the Humans of Naboo with the intent of reclaiming their rightful place as the Rulers of Naboo. While the Final Dawn was largely Humanocentric and would naturally oppose this move , a Pro-Mawite Gungan Government on Naboo would be extremely beneficial for the Brotherhood of the Maw and the Final Dawn who also had it's eyes set towards the former territories of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Thus when Zinn Zinn sent a call requesting for Reinforcements from the final Dawn , Grand Overseer Marlon Sularen did not hesitate to send a Task Force to Naboo to support their allies and begin the first phases of Operation Blackwing and the establishment of a variety of Mawite and Final Dawn Proxies in the region to serve as a Bulwark against the many Hostile Forces that might encroach on former Confederate Territory. This was an opportunity for the Final Dawn , and the Grand Overseer had no intentions in letting it slip away from his fingertips.

Thus Group Aurek of Task Force Tyrannus led by Colonel Viktor Wilhelm , veteran of the Frozen Hand Campaign and the Overall Commanding Officer of Task Force Tyrannus , emerged from Hyperspace and arrived in orbit of Naboo. Comprised of the newest vessels produced by SularenCo such as the Princeps Mark-II and the Tyrant-Class , this Fleet despite it's Small Size still had a lot of potential strength in terms of Firepower and Starfighter Capacity , and with the Confederacy gone there was no real possible threat that could oppose their Operation here. Thus as Group Aurek began it's slow approach towards Naboo , the Pilots of the many Vessels began manning their Starfighters and Bombers ready to execute the will of the Grand Overseer here at the former Heart of the Confederacy. Naboo was just the beginning as soon dozens of Worlds would fall under the influence of the Final Dawn for a whole new theatre of the Second Great Hyperspace War had been opened.

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Tags [BotM] | Zinn Zinn Bink'sa | Astrea
Tags [Hostiles] | The Amalgam ​

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[ARC Alpha-30 Sull]

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[The Amalgam]

The Droids marched towards the massing gungans...

Timmy the Model 3, assigned to lead the hundreds marching to the Gungans, had strict orders to kill as few Gungans as possible. Only those in Officer positions were to be executed without mercy.

The Model 3's were all Veterans of Danuta, and had put down even Bryn'adul younglings, slaying the pregnant among them. If the Order was given to take the gloves off, the Model 3's would do everything they could to slay the Gungans, but for now, it was strictly non lethal.

The Io Series Carbine was designed to do just that.

"Hey, any of you ever fought Gungans before?" Timmy asked the Nuetralizers, some of whom were in STAP Bikes.

"Nope!" they answered in unison.

"Well I have!" Timmy replied. "Granted it was online multiplayer and I got kicked out for never dying, but the point stands!"

"What was the point? You never made one." Johnny the Model 3 said.

"The point is..." Timmy said, hoisting his carbine, a sort of Assault Phantom Laser that fired bolts that had a great chance of tearing through shields and armor, but couldn't kill. Any who succumbed to its effects would simply be knocked out cold. "I rock at Multiplayer, like all Nuetralizers."

(Cutaway of the General Purpose Nuetralizers playing Online Multiplayer)

(General Purpose Nuetralizers (in Unison): He camps. That's why he gets banned.)

If things did come to blood, that was what the S5A was for. The beasts could probably be knocked out by the Carbine, but massed headshots would be the best way to do so.

Dozens would be armed with the S5A. They were there to hunt for officers amongst those knocked out or to put down especially dangerous threats.

The Amalgam in the meantime, was already prepping a ritual with her own blood on certain key sections of streets. Deadly magical boobytraps in case the city was breached.

The Model 3's were rapidly reinforcing their defensive checkpoints, some assisting in drawing the runes from her blood onto the pavement. She herself was overseeing the rune making process while getting Xiphos through their bond.

It's happening. The Maw sent a task force...

Fething vultures...

Aren't we snatching up CIS property? The Amalgam asked back.

I'm not going to turn Naboo into a chithole...

I got so many Tom Hardy quotes related to the CIS it almost doesn't seem fair to use them... The Amalgam thought. Get some ships here...

At once... Xiphos thought back.

The Amalgam got on a comlink. "Timmy? How's the assault coming?"

"IF-YOU-WANNA-BE-MY-LOVER, YOU-GOTTA-GET-WITH-MY-FRIENDS. MAKE-IT-LAST-FOR-EVER, FRIEND-SHIP NEVER ENNNNNNDS--" was the reply from the Nuetralizers on the other end as they engaged the Gungans, activating their Droid Commando Shields, sticking their carbines through the energy field and firing their carbines, using a tactic where they would direct volley fire from the carbines onto groups of gungans and their animals in one section of the advance, the Marksmen among trying to shoot officers or anybody who looked like they were giving orders with their S5A rifles...

Meanwhile...

The Leviathan of Danuta jumped out of hyperspace at Naboo, flanked by four House Io Star Destroyers as well as 10 Sarka Class Frigates . The incident at Theed had made Xiphos keep the Leviathan close to the system and had reinforced it's offense with the assistance of the newly designed Star Destroyers, massive black ships that broke from conventional Destroyer designs in both Profile and weaponry.

They had brought friends.

Upon sighting of the enemy fleet The Sarka Frigates immediately proceeded forward. They would be focused about it. A single Star Destroyer from the Maw fleet would be singled out by five frigates, who targeted it with the Composite beam cannons, all focusing on a single spot at the same time to have the best chance of crippling it, salvos of Energy Torpedos being unleashed by the House Io Destroyers towards it and the enemy fleet, dumbfired and without tracking capability, but deadly because of the constant salvo tactic they made the ship firing them capable of...

CETCOM

Zinn Zinn Bink'sa

Astrea

 

[Astrea]

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Blaster-fire scorched through the palace halls as Astrea advanced. The remaining guardsmen were not expecting an attack from their own. By the time they realised that something was wrong, it was already too late. Either gunned down by her puppets, or tossed aside by her power, they were nothing. Beneath notice. Beneath regard. Beneath contempt. Weak, weak, weak.

From the vast windows out, Astrea caught notice of flashes, blasts in the distance. The battle had truly begun, then. She would have to hurry. The Gungans were a rabble and she had no doubt that a concerted defence force could probably make mincemeat out of them. Which was why it was time to make sure there could be no concerted force.

The small unit approached the main security office of the palace, under a hail of blaster fire. Astrea thudded one of the guards against the wall brutally, as three more were blasted into submission. One managed to get off a lucky shot, taking out one of her puppets. The lifeless thing fell to the floor, easing the burden on Astrea. Less of a drain on her ability, but wasteful. Just three left. The door whirred open at her command, revealing the array of complex machinery. Controls for doorways. Communication links between units. Defence cannons links, shielding, everything she could want and need. All locked down with the alarm. Damn.

"You." She looked over at one of the puppets. "Raise the lockdown." The guard nodded and wordlessly marched to the console, leaning over, tapping out commands that had been buried deep in his mind, scabbed over in his consciousness. Meanwhile, she turned to the other two. "Make a defensive position, this may take some time." The other guardsmen began to move over tables, chairs, lockers and equipment to barricade the doorway. They sealed the door shut and blasted the controls. Forcing one's way in would be quite difficult. Astrea stood near the console, thinking over strategy. What could she say to turn the city to chaos? What could she do to weaken their resolve? The obvious choice would be to claim the Palace and tell them to surrender... but it was too certain. It would direct attention. She needed something more subtle.

Then she knew what she must do.

"The communications have unlocked," the guard said in his empty, hollow voice. Astrea managed a cold smile as she leaned towards the console, tapping a few commands. Throughout Theed, holodisplays and communicators would turn to the emergency broadcast channel. She took the microphone and spoke clearly, with purpose, in her calm voice.

"Fellow citizens of Theed!" she lied, "the Palace is under attack! The RNSF has discovered that our droid protectors are in league with the Brotherhood of the Maw!" She left a pause for effect, knowing the name would strike fear across the populace after the events of Coruscant. "The uprising is a smokescreen, to distract us as the Maw Fleet approaches! People of Theed, do not surrender to the droid menace! We need every man, woman and child to resist the droids, take arms and destroy them before they destroy us! This is our final stand!"

Even as she heard commotion and shouting from beyond the door, the first attempts to stop them, Astrea couldn't help but smirk even more.

"The Maw fleet comes even now! Resist these droid puppets! Resist, for Naboo!"

She knew that many would be scared to do so. There would be sceptics, or cowards, uncertain and unwilling. But the words would spark terror in the hearts of patriots across the city. Her words would burrow deep, causing just enough uncertainty, just enough doubt, to turn some of them against the droids. And when they did, and the droids stopped them, well... that'd prove it. Across the city, people eyed their droid protectors warily. Doubt and fear rippled through the city as the shooting started.

Zinn Zinn Bink'sa The Amalgam CETCOM

 

[Arianna Belasko]

Arianna was busy directing Nuetralizer troop movements throughout the city from a tower the Nuetralizers had commandeered , she began to get reports of some Nuetralizers being attacked by small groups of panicked, spooked Civilians. The Model 3's, under strict orders to harm no Civilians, did not retaliate, and simply went about their business. They were four times stronger than a Wookiee, and no matter how violent crowds got there was no retaliation. Individuals were simply picked up and put down gently to move them out of the way, without hurting them. This alone began to sow doubt in the minds of those who tried to attack the droids.

The claim broadcasted by Astrea however, even to those with bare minimum knowledge of the Droids defending the city, was bogus, as far too many knew about the Nuetralizers at this point, and who they preferred to attack. Hell, just days ago they had helped Civilians evacuate when the planet had been invaded by demons. Their forces had viciously opposed the Maw at Rhand and other places. If anything, it alerted the Nuetralizers AND many, many Civilians that something was terribly wrong at the Palace.

Arianna frowned. She told her Grandchildren to start jamming those transmissions, which they did, and Nuetralizers on specially rigged wireless computers began doing so, hacking key portions of the Theed Public Broadcast System.

"ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF THEED. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TRUE LEADER OF THE NUETRALIZERS, THAN YOU KNOW THE CLAIM MADE BY THAT PRIOR BROADCAST IS LUDICROUS. THE NUETRALIZERS MURDERED THEM IN MASSIVE NUMBERS IN MULTIPLE CONFLICTS. THERE IS INDEED A MAW FLEET OVER NABOO, AND WE ARE BATTLING IT ALSO. I URGE YOU, DO NOT ATTACK THE ONES TRYING TO STOP THE GUNGANS. IF WE REALLY WERE AGAINST YOU, WE WOULDN'T BOTHER WITH SUCH AN ELABORATE DECEPTION. YOU WOULD ALREADY BE DYING AT OUR HANDS. IF WHAT THAT PREVIOUS BROADCAST SAUD IS TRUE, WHY ARE NONE OF US RETALIATING WHEN YOU ATTACK?"

Arianna stopped and let her transmission play on loop, both through hacked speakers and speakers set up throughout the city by her to direct Civilian evacuation.

Then she sent a transmission to a little surprise she had left in the Palace...

She hadn't trusted the unstable situation on Naboo either and had determined it essential to be able to retake control of the Palace in the event of a breach.

Which was why she had ordered an Advanced Model 1 to remain near the generator room.

Even as the guards barricaded the room, it had flowed out of the vents silently. It formed into it's default guise, that of a young woman with brown hair in an impossibly skintight black catsuit with spikes on the arms. It grabbed a pistol it had hidden in the room before hand, a repeating pistol set to stun only as Xiphos wanted live captives of Maw to make an example of, and rapidly began firing off at both Astrea and her team.

A squad of Chaplain Nuetralizer Model 1 units , 007 in all, wearing a distinct black combat armor this time, as opposed to their usual Kimono wear, all armed with the Io Series Laser Carbine , had been stationed inside the Palace under cover of combat HRD's bought by the Naboo Military, and they began moving rapidly to Astrea's position. It was part of a pre worked out pincer strategy to ambush any infiltration attempts and kill them in the crib...

 

[CETCOM]

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O P E R A T I O N_B L A C K W I N G
Chapter 1 : Intervention on Naboo

FINAL DAWN
NABOO , MID RIM
POV : COLONEL VIKTOR WILHELM

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BLACK SWORD COMMAND - TASK FORCE TYRANNUS AUREK GROUP​

FDS Dark Zealot [Princeps Mark-II] | [100|99] FDS Tyrant [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Dominator [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Betrayer [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Desolator [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Enforcer [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Oppressor [Tyrant-Class] | [94|86] Minor Damage to Engines 32x SRAF Squadrons [768/768] 19x TIE/fd Fighter Squadrons [228/228] 14x TIE/fd Interceptor Squadrons [112/112] 28x FD-120 Starfortress Bombers Squadrons [224/224]

"Sir , we're detecting numerous ships jumping out of hyperspace" an Officer cried out. As Aurek Group continued to advance towards Naboo , a surprisingly large of Warships suddenly emerged from hyperspace behind them. Before Colonel Wilhelm could react , the Enemy began it's attack with the FDS Oppressor being the victim of an Alpha Strike from 5 Frigates which dealt Minor Damage to their Engines while the entire Fleet was pummeled by a a salvo of scattered and dumfired energy torpedos which struck all Ships within the Fleet although only dealing minor damage to the Shields. In response , the 7 Warships began quickly turning around to face their new enemy , soon facing House Io's Fleet ready to duke it out for complete supremacy over the empty void surrounding Naboo. Perhaps this enemy forces were somehow related to the forces Zinn Zinn was dealing with on the surface but nevertheless their efforts would be in vain , as the Colonel still had a few tricks up his sleeve in reserve for these fools.

"What's the Status of the Gungan Forces on the surface" the Colonel asked to his subordinates. "They've begun engaging the enemy forces and we have agents in Theed trying to turn the populace against whoever these guys are" an Officer said in response. "Very well then. Our new priority is that enemy Fleet. Deploy all our Short-Range Attack Fighter Squadrons but keep the rest of our Starfighter and Bomber Compliment in reserve , activate our Shield Leech Canons and have them charged. Target their Flagship. We'll drain their shields and immediately cut the head of the snake. That should be enough to put the rest of the Fleet in disarray" the Colonel ordered. "What about Zinn Zinn and his Gungans?" an Officer asked knowing that given the strong response from House Io on the surface Zinn Zinn and his Gungan Uprising would require Aerial Support to break through the lines of the numerous Androids deployed by House Io. "Zinn Zinn and his Gungans can hold long enough against those droids. Our main focus should be securing absolute control over the space around Naboo. Without any chance of getting air support from their Fleet , the forces of House Io will collapse and we will emerge victorious." the Colonel said in response.

Thus the Vessels of Group Aurek , now facing the Vessels of House Io returned fire upon the hostile fleet with Droid-Controlled Short-Range Attack Fighter Squadrons emerging from the hangars of each vessel while the Dark Zealot began charging it's Shield-Leech Canon and locking onto the Flagship of the Enemy Fleet. Once those Shields were down the entire Fleet could converge on the Battlecruiser and unleash their entire arsenal against their foolish foes. But for now they were to simply fire everything they had upon any Vessel within House Io's Fleet. Thus the Battle for Naboo had begun , and the Final Dawn had no intent on letting the delusional members of House Io deny them from their prie.

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Tags [BotM] | Zinn Zinn Bink'sa | Astrea
Tags [Hostiles] | The Amalgam | Arianna Belasko ​

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[Lyssa Io]

"Commander, Shield Leach cannon has locked..." a crewman aboard the bridge warned Lyssa Io...

Lyssa had been placed in command of The Leviathan of Danuta, and upon confirmation, Lyssa immediately gave the Order to fire their main cannon, a Battle Cruiser Grade Tensor Cannon capable of ignoring most shields and armor.

"Order our fleet to lock all rail cannons and Pulse Cannons onto that Shield Leacher. Open up their fleet with every other weapon we have. And Launch all fighters."

The Leviathan the Main Cannon, It's Railguns, and it's Energy Torpedoes upon the the Shield Leach Cannon, it's active Targeting Jammers doing its best to try and throw off its aim just as the enemy Battle Ship was likely trying to do with it's own systems.

The crews of the House Io Star Destroyers fired their Railguns and Pulse Cannons at the Shield Leach Cannon, as Turbolaser fire began to impact against their hulls. All ten of the Sarka Class Frigates as well as one of the House Destroyers focused their composite beam ion Lasers on a single Star Destroyer from the Maw, the combined power of which had an immense chance of severely damaging, possibly even destroying it. The laser cannons of the frigates began shooting at approaching Star Destroyers just as all the Nuetralizer TIE squadrons aboard every single ship launched at once, using swarm and hit and run tactics in equal measure, each a Veteran of the dogfights at Panatha, and quite skilled at negating the advantages of faster Fighters at this point, attacking them from multiple angles at once then breaking away just as retaliation started. Large Squadrons of them would fly to the surface, some managing to shoot down enemy fighters, as they flew on stand by to reinforce the attack on the Gungans. The other House Io Destroyers also concentrated Pulse Cannon fire and now their own composite beam Cannons on another Star Destroyers, while the Leviathan fired it's own Solar Ionization Cannons at the Tyrant class also. Their own hulls took hits and damage, but they had been built to take hits from multiple Destroyers, and were holding up immensely well so far despite the ruthless barrage. The Frigates laser cannons alone were shooting down scores of the short range fighters, but one of the frigates had already taken significant damage to one of its engines, and a House Destroyer lost a few of its frontal Pulse Cannons and part of its Side Armor took heavy damage. The Leviathan, so far, was plowing ahead, seemingly unfazed by what had hit it so far, even as it focused it's most powerful weapons on the Battle Cruiser, all its other weapons firing on the rest.

The House was bent on drawing blood today. The House thirsted for vengeance on The Maw Brotherhood, but they were also bent on terrorizing the Final Dawn and being a gadfly to them.

CETCOM

Zinn Zinn Bink'sa

 

[CETCOM]

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O P E R A T I O N_B L A C K W I N G
Chapter 1 : Intervention on Naboo

FINAL DAWN
NABOO , MID RIM
POV : COLONEL VIKTOR WILHELM

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BLACK SWORD COMMAND - TASK FORCE TYRANNUS AUREK GROUP​

FDS Dark Zealot [Princeps Mark-II] | [100|72] FDS Tyrant [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Dominator [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Betrayer [Tyrant-Class] | [100|78] FDS Desolator [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Enforcer [Tyrant-Class] | [100|99] FDS Oppressor [Tyrant-Class] | [73|37] Minor Damage to Engines Minor Hull Breaches 32x SRAF Squadrons [705/768] 19x TIE/fd Fighter Squadrons [228/228] 14x TIE/fd Interceptor Squadrons [112/112] 28x FD-120 Starfortress Bombers Squadrons [224/224]

The Dark Zealot shook as House Io's Fleet returned fire intensely concentrating their firepower on the Shield Leech Canon that was targeting the Leviathan. This effort however ,would be in vain as the Dark Zealot's Shied Force Multipliers were activated , providing stronger protection for the Shields surrounding the Shield Leech Canon while unfortunately weakening the rest of the Shields throughout the Battlecruiser. Despite the relentless bombardment on the Shield Leech Canon it remained intact , protected by the Three-Layer Shielding Systems of the Dark Zealot plus the Shield Force Multipliers , giving the Final Dawn enough time to fully charge the Shield Leech Canon and complete the process of targeting their Flagship despite House Io's best efforts to prevent such an occurrence. In the meantime , the Short-Range Attack Fighters had begun to engage House Io's Neutralizer TIEs making use of their superior Speed and Numbers to pick apart enemy Neutralizers at Ease although taking heavy loses from the Frigate's whose Anti-Starfighter Weaponry was slowly taking a toll on the SRAFs. Despite and Harsh and Intense attack from House Io , Task Force Tyrannus remained fired with only the FDS Oppressor having taken Minor damage to it's Engines and Hull while the Betrayer was soaking up damage from other House Io Warships.

Nevertheless , these efforts were in vain considering at how the Final Dawn Fleet had been resisting House Io's Attack. Colonel Wilhelm still had numerous Hidden Cards he had yet to unleash upon House Io and he intended to keep them hidden until the time was right. "Colonel. Our Shield Leech Canons have been Fully Charged. We now await your orders." the Captain of the Dark Zealot said. "Very well then. Is the enemy Flagship still targeted by our Shield Leech Cannons , Captain?" Savage replied with his subordinate simply nodding in approval. "Good. Open fire on their Flagship. Drain them of all their Shields and immediately return fire with everything we have. I want that Warship destroyed and their Fleet wiped out completely. As for the rest of the Fleet. Have them continue to engage the enemy as they are and deal as much damage as possible." the Colonel ordered. Soon enough a fully-charged Shield Leech Canon fired upon the Leviathan latching onto it's shields and proceeding to slowly drain the enemy's Flagships Shielding and transfer it to the Dark Zealot's own Shielding followed by an intense bombardment from the Dark Zealot's Main and Secondary Batteries launched against House Io's Flagship

In the meantime , the Short Range Attack Fighters continued to engage in various dogfights with House Io's Neutralizers focused on taking out enough Neutralizers and pave the way for the eventual deployment of additional heavier Fighters which the Final Dawn could then used to decimate House Io's Fleet once their Starfighter Compliment had been depleted while fighting the Final Dawn. At the same time , the FDS Tyrant , Dominator , Desolator and Enforcer had begun to concentrate their power by adopting a strategy of taking out one House Io Star Destroyer at a time via concentrated Alpha Strikes while the Oppressor and Betrayer moved forth to continue their engagement with the House Io's Frigates. House Io may be a formidable foe , but they were still inferior compared to the Final Dawn and it's Vast Armada. Their efforts would be in vain as Naboo would fall and soon much of Confederate Space would follow. Those who stood in their way were only delaying the inevitable and Naboo would be a prime example of this fact...

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Tags [BotM] | Zinn Zinn Bink'sa | Astrea
Tags [Hostiles] | The Amalgam | Arianna Belasko ​

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[Lyssa Io]

"Commander, their Leech Cannon has hit us!" a bridge member announced. "Slowly but steadily losing power.

"That's what House Io has Witches for..." Lyssa said. She immediately signalled the team of Brain Demon Cultists aboard to get to work. That Leech Cannon was to be of no further use to them.

The Witches, deep within a training chamber aboard the ship, had been on standby.

A foul ritual was enacted, the Witches chanting amidst a pile of Mawite Sith who had been tortured severely then lobotomized with their limbs removed and arranged in patterns all around them.

The foul Dark Magic they used leeched from Maw victims, painfully draining their Life Force from them until it was self sustaining by the time the victims crumbled to dust.

A magical field would spread over the ship, cutting off the Shield Leech energy from stealing further power completely.

"How much did we lose?" Lyssa asked.

"007 percent..."

"Continue hammering that Battle Cruiser with our main weapons. Keep focusing all Main Gun Fire Power on that Leech Cannon. Force them to either expend more power keeping the shield over it active or to retract it. Their shields weakened in other parts of the ship. Fire our Scythe Weapon."

The Leviathan of Danuta, a magic ritual now protecting it from the leeching capability of the Shield Cannon, continued directing Energy Torpedo fire on the Leech Cannon like the others were. Meanwhile, the House Io Star Destroyers came other heavy assault, but none of them had been destroyed thus far, though one had sustained heavy outer hull damage in one section and one of its engines were malfunctioning. The things were tough, and they answered with Alpha Attacks of their own on the enemy destroyers, firing their rail guns, who's projectiles ignore most forms of shielding, in concentrated attacks on the FDS Oppressor, the rail guns alone were capable of causing severe damage to shields and hull of this size, the frigates having each taken hits, but their Anti Starcraft lasers were still picking off enemy fighters, especially now that the Nuetralizer TIE units were quickly adjusting to the Maw Pilots tactics, each destroyed TIE unit making them readjust their attack pattern so it became a complex weave of firing and evading tricking Maw Pilots into chasing a single TIE into other swarms, which scattered when Maw Pilots turned to chase them, only to converge in mass swarms, to chase them and try and force them closer to the firing angles of the frigates laser cannons, which would rapidly shred through them. The Stratofortress Bombers came under direct attack from Pulse Cannons and Energy Torpedo attacks, bursting through multiple examples

There were Witches aboard the other Star Destroyers as well, enacting their own Rituals. One was a curse of Darkness upon the whole crew of the FDS Dark Zealot, which instantly rendered things at near pitch black levels of light across it's ship, reducing all sounds aboard it to whisper levels, making it difficult to see where the controls were as well as carry out orders when they could barely be heard. Massive Energy Torpedo and Pulse Cannon bombardment would slam into the Dark Zealot from the House Io destroyer directly targeting it to try and take maximum advantage of any confusion and mayhem that might have resulted.

Other Rituals targeted other ships. One was aimed at the Engineering crew of the FDS Oppressor. A ritual of madness, designed to invade their minds. It was uncertain whether they could invade and affect all of them but if if worked, they would start going completely insane to try and attack and kill and even eat each other in Engineering, potentially jeopardizing their ability to respond. The Leviathan fired it's Scythe Weapon at the Dark Zealot.

Multiple crescents of red energy lanced out from it, converging on an area where the shields had weakened around the enemy Battle Cruiser. When they converged, they would cause a severe, tremendous explosion on the hull, an explosion powerful enough to threaten even the most well armored, well shielded Battle Cruiser hulls, in addition to more Energy Torpedoes bombarding it, the Leviathan letting loose one of its powerful tractor beams to try and hold the FDS Betrayer in place, trying to let it's own Destroyers, now showing signs of heavy damage in some sections get some decent hits on it with their rail guns, while the Frigates and the Star Destroyer reinforcing them continued their calculated Alpha Strike with all Composite Beam Lasers firing from both the frigates and the destroyer upon a single enemy destroyer.

The Leviathan then unleashed massive salvos of Ion Pulse Missiles at every enemy Destroyer...

CETCOM