Chapter - Day 10 (Long)

In the Rebel's Mandalorian sector, Vegu's fleet was faced with the vast emptiness of space, the front of the fleet was split into multiple defense lines. . As time slowly pushed forward, the uneasiness of the rebels grew. A sense of tension filled the air and Vegu's face was clearly sweating. This was the exact moment where everyone's fates would change forever. Although they had outside help, he knew that the battle ahead would still be tough.

At a quick glance, it would seem that every resource that they had was on that defensive line. As deep as the eye could see and with still no battle in sight there was nothing but sheer determination. However, Vegu knew of the Spartan Clan reputation and strategy. Always charging straight which seemed reckless, they were never without a plan or strategy. Every push was highly detailed and highly successful. Strategy aside, they were still completely overwhelming to their enemy with strength alone. The Spartan's special forces always targeted the key objectives and always finished them as efficiently as possible leaving minimum casualties. He wouldn't underestimate Clan Spartan like everyone before them. The power of Clan Spartan on the ground was intense. Choosing to do a space battle was his only choice where they would heavily outnumber them ten to one. The biggest weakness of Clan Spartan right now was the strength of their Navy. Intelligence showed they had roughly twenty total Battleships, one-hundred Cruisers and a couple thousand fights.

To the rebels, this declaration admitted defeat for Clan Spartan, This allowed them to prepare properly and even gave them a partial edge with their strategy. Although,Diesel had always gone in straightforward, in space it would be total suicide. In everyone's eyes, unless Diesel pulled an unbelievable move the battle would be impossible for them to win. However, for now all the rebels could do was sit and wait.

P.O.V. Swap Sidious and Dooku

"This should be the end of Clan Spartan although they've been a thorn in our side this battle should end them. With the help of the droids and the Goliaths Vegu's forces will be able to get rid of this menace he has disturbed our plans for the last time." Anger from Sidious was sweeping through the transmission. He very quickly composed himself as not to alert any of the Jedi roaming the premise.

"Master, do you think it's wise to involve ourselves in this conflict? If the rebels win this war wouldn't they involve themselves on the side of the Separatist.That would heavily tip the war towards them. Shouldn't we keep it as balanced as possible?"

P.O.V. Diesel

Clan Spartan's Fleet began exiting hyperspace just outside of the current engagement zone of the first defense perimeter. Diesel sat back and scanned the defense line and waited for his ships to arrive before proceeding. When the last ship left hyperspace they properly lined up across the defense and awaited orders.

The Rebels could only await their advance. However, Clan Spartan didn't move after getting into position. They watched as Clan Spartan ships began to glow. Diesel stood calmly watching over the defensive line as his ships began their firing up. The process of electromagnetism to fire their ferromagnetic-tungsten slug at high velocity. This causes an extremely large current to be sent through the ship's first firing solenoid. This would create a strong magnetic field that would attract the slug. When the slug finally crosses the first solenoid shutting it down it activates the second solenoid after being repeated a dozen times this would cause the slug to travel at 30 kilometers per second. Every ship in the Spartan fleet was equipped with one of these cannons.

A/N: If you guess it then props to you, Wasn't sure what was the best way to describe this.

Crossing his arms Diesel stood waiting for his ships to charge their cannons before finally giving the order. "Fire, Destroy the enemy's first line of defense." The moment his words left his mouth, every ship in the fleet began firing their cannons into the rebels defensive line and every single one of those shots hit an enemy ship, sinking it. Stunning the enemies completely, they never entered the perimeter for the battle to begin. It wasn't a secret that Clan Spartan was researching new technologies. But they never thought these new technologies would be outfitted on such a high scale so soon. People wondered why the scale of the Clan Spartan fleet was as small after so many years. It was because they were outfitting their old fleet with these new cannons.

Panic began to spread throughout the enemy fleet as they had no means to answer such a long range attack. The second line of defense just sat there as the enemies kept tearing through the first line. Ships began retreating towards the second line but to no avail as they were quickly dispatched by the next round of firing.

P.O.V. Swap Vegu

Although it looked like Vegu remained calm on the outside he was still slightly panicking. Rushing his orders out he wanted to make an all out push. "Push up the 4th and 3rd line of defense and have them meet up with the second. Overwhelm them with sheer numbers! They cannot fire those cannons continuously."

As the three defensive lines met up, they began pushing together spreading out to prevent multiple ships being hit at the same time, however the cannons from Clan Spartan side were overwhelming the Rebels with ease. Ship after ship was sunk as they proceeded forward in an attempt to destroy the volley.

P.O.V. Swap

"What are those weapons! Are we in range to release the fighters!" Although for the most part Vegu was showing a slight calm expression his voice gave off a different feeling. He expected for the battle to be brutal but not to this extent. They massively outnumbered them and could slowly attrition Clan Spartan with their numbers. However, the overwhelming firepower made him feel helpless.

"Sir, reports show cruisers across the board are sinking!"

*Transmission*

"Victory 5 has been hit! We are going down mayday!"

"We've been! We need help!"

"Stingray 2 are deploying lifeboats, Retreating on Route 8410"

*Transmission End*

Calls for help spread across the room as more and more vessels pleaded for help, despair was spreading amongst the crew. Vegu felt like he had to make a decision.

"Retreat to the 5th defensive line and tell the Seppies that we are going ahead of schedule."

P.O.V. Swap Diesel

"Mandalore, the enemy is retreating further back into their territory, how should we proceed?"

"Forward. Prepared for boarding combat."

"Boarding combat sir? The enemy can't even get close." The room grew quiet as the transmission operator questioned Mandalore orders. Mandalorians all across the bridges paused for a moment and turned. Uneasiness filled the bridge as silence remained. It was at that moment two Mandalorians appeared dragging the operator out the door as another filled the seat. No one was sure what happened but they noticed the insignia that they wore. After he was dragged away another bridge operator began delivering Diesel orders to the fleet. Normal operations returned but the silence remained.

"Don't worry, he's heading back to the academy to be retrained from the beginning, however he has lost his right as a Clan Spartan member."

Only an hour passed in the battle and Clan Spartan already held the edge, without losing a single ship they were showing their might with superior ranged firepower. The current enemy didn't stand a chance, and was forced to make desperate decisions usually causing them more damage than good. Arriving at the final defensive, a reply from the rebels was about to take place

"When our ships are in position, get prepared to fire..." *crash* The entire ship began to shake like it crashed into something. "What did we hit?"

"Nothing Sir! According to our scans there is nothing but small debris. There shouldn't be anything here to hit that would cause us to shake like that."

Turning towards the door Diesel began walking out. "When I leave the room, seal the hatch and do not open it again till the end of the battle is that clear?"

"Sir? Yes of course!" Once he left Diesel left the bridge and began walking towards the hanger in the middle of the ship. To where he knew the enemy would come from. Activating his communications device Diesel, he sent messages to certain forces on the ships. "Force Valkyries you are to defend the hanger with me, Ghost you are to defend the Bridge at all cost.

"Diesel to bridge, after the next MAC volley, send in the Sabers and completely crush them." Not even waiting for the reply he silenced his transmission and moved swiftly to the hangar, in the hangar roughly a couple hundred blacked armored soldiers with the insignia of TF making sure the hangar was on lockdown.

"Captain Rex and Waltz will hold the left side of the hangar, while Captain Titan and Jackal will hold the right, Clan Spartan will hold the middle while the Valkyries spread throughout the lines." Walking to the middle of the hangar Diesel stood alone while everyone else set up positions behind him preparing for the defense of the ship. "This battle will decide the war. Failure is not an option."

"OOH RAH!" The battlefront spread across the hangar across multiple different defensive locations; this would be the first time every force officially fought together side by side. Soon silence grew and the only thing that could be heard was the footsteps of droids of all types coming towards them. Soon the door from the opposite side opened and Ventress walked in with three Goliaths standing behind her. As the rest of the droid army slowly poured in from multiple different doors. The droids mainly consisted of B-1s and Supers. The battle was about to begin.

"The last time you got lucky, you will be destroyed this time." She hovered around the Goliath smiling clearly displaying them as they did some damage to Diesel last time. However, her smile didn't last long as she felt force sensitives spread across the room.

"I'm sorry to inform Ventress this time you won't be interfering with Diesel." Walking from behind Diesel Rayath appeared.

"What are the Jedi doing here!" This actually caught Ventress off guard; she didn't expect to meet any Jedi here. This would throw off their entire plan into disarray. A single strong Jedi would be enough to keep her locked down. IF they couldn't overwhelm Diesel and kill him their entire plan would be for naught. However at the moment the last of the droids entered the room the entire hangar went into lockdown completely sealing off the exits.

"Ventress, I suppose I could say the last man standing wins." Without even waiting for their reply (AGAIN). Diesel charged forward right into the middle of the Goliaths while Rayath followed closely, engaging Ventress. The entire hangar erupted in battle shortly after. Although the Mandalorians were far superior in every way they were heavily outnumbered. To them numbers meant literally nothing as between their shield technology and the Jedi nothing was breaking through and they were barely sustaining any casualties. If anything a couple Mandalorians were just getting very light injuries.

P.O.V. Rayath

The duel between Ventress and Rayath was getting pretty intense, the two were jumping and spinning around. Between the two of them not much of the force was being used but this was more of a lightsaber duel as the lightsabers kept clashing repeatedly. The two were fighting close to a draw which at the moment was very impressive for the recent Padawan. Ventress was the obviously stronger one of the two however. However, Rayath who's been fighting with Diesel for a few hours a day for the last ten days was holding her own. The longer the duel lasted the more dominant Rayath was becoming.

P.O.V. Diesel

Facing off against three Goliaths wouldn't be an easy feat, as the last one he fought actually landed a good hit on him. Diesel knew he was at a slight disadvantage but he didn't mind. He actually welcomed the challenge. There haven't been many chances for him to feel challenged in this new world. He was constantly fighting outnumbered battles ever since he was 14. So this was thrilling for once. Not to mention he could finally fight at full-power. The last time he fought Ventress and the Goliath wasn't enough for him even while being completely surrounded. Without thinking he charged right into one of the Goliath (1) dealing very little damage thanks to the upgraded plating they received from its last encounter. The second Goliath (2) reacted quickly immediately attacking Diesel from beside while the 3rd Goliath (3) closed in on the remaining angle left by the other 2. Diesel noticed how quickly the other two moved and stabbed his foot into the stomach of the first goliath launching himself in a somersault over the other two preventing him from being trapped inside. However, the first Goliath wasn't going to allow that to happen so he rushed forward and crashed into Diesel as he landed, returning the favor from the beginning.

Being knocked back Diesel was slightly able to keep adjusting himself so only one of the three Goliath was fighting him at a time, they were big and bulky, similar to a hunter. So as long as he kept positioning himself he would only be forced to fight one maybe two maxed at a time. The four of them kept exchanging blows over and over again. The goliaths being on the losing side were becoming slower as they were only droids who were connected by parts. Taking a moment to gain some distance Diesel backed off.

"It seems like your new toys need a few more upgrades."

Diesel reached down to his waist and pulled out what looked similar to an energy sword however it wasn't the completely modified one from before. Activating the blade it was pitch black looking similar to the dark saber and an energy sword combined. He reengaged the Goliaths slicing the arm off one (3) spinning immediately down like he was gonna low kick another he slices another goliath leg knocking him down (2). The last Goliath (1) quickly gained space, he remembered the last time he fought Diesel. As the only one who fought him before he knew now that he drew a saber that Diesel shouldn't be underestimated. Even with his upgraded armor the other 2 were made useless to him in his eyes. He quickly glanced over towards Ventress and began to retreat when he noticed her starting to struggle. On his retreat he released some sort of gas or smokescreen, grabbed her and retreated towards the closed doors, leaning over so his shoulder was down he crashed into the door, leaving a large dent inside it. Ventress used her saber and began cutting as the droids and the other 2 goliaths kept everyone else at bay. Diesel quickly finished the two remaining Goliath (2)(3) and watched as the other and Ventress escaped through the opening they created. Droidekas and super quickly closed the gap preventing anyone from giving chase.

"Don't chase after the enemies in front of you. So much for being challenged." On Diesels orders everyone quickly mopped up the rest of the enemies remaining in the hangar.

"Sir, was it wise to allow the enemy to escape?"

"Of course it was, now let's hope they don't notice the tracking beacon I placed inside his chest."

"Tracking beacon? Are you sure it won't be detected?"

"Rayath, don't overthink things. Only time will tell."

P.O.V. Swap Vegu

Learning that the Separatist failed in their mission to take out the command vessel.Vegu lost all hope and began issuing a surrender of his forces but everytime they hailed Clan Spartan fleet it never reached.

"We cannot reach their fleet, our transmissions are being blocked!" Vegu panicked; he quickly ordered his forces to stop fighting only to find out they were also being blocked. Nothing he did would get through and he could only wait for his death.

"Those damn Separatist set us up! Completely blocking our transmissions." He slammed his fist onto the table. "Fine! We will never allow them to have their way. Keep trying to get through and save as many people as you can. Today I'll die but we shall still get our revenge! Inform everyone what has happened and make sure they join with Clan Spartan. The Separatist will be destroyed by the Mandalorians alone."

P.O.V. Swap

"Commander Ri'lah the plan has worked, they are being completely blocked." Ri'lah has been playing both sides of the war from the beginning, tricking both the Separatist and the Rebels into joining hands. He wished to have the Rebels strengthen Clan Spartan, although many of them would die he had to create a common enemy for the Mandalorians otherwise they would never truly unite.

"Good, allow them to send transmissions here and there so some escape. We want as many as possible to live." Shutting off the transmission Ri'lah walked to his window in his private quarters and smiled. "The clone wars, will involve us now, and we will be on the side of justice."