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SWAC-chapter 1

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The clone war continues!  As the Republic spreads to other planets, their numbers thin out in Republic territory.  Numerous planets have little to no protection from separatist attack and the only way to retrieve help is by contacting nearby fleets that could be many parsecs away.  Anakin Skywalker and his padawan Ahsoka Tano has replied to an anonymous message about a surprise attack on Geonosis.
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Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Yularen are both at the Bridge looking at the blue tunnel of hyperspace.  They were waiting to jump out of hyperspace and into Geonosis; there was a tip on separatist spies preparing a hidden base there.  There was another thing on Anakin's mind however.  He was worried that Ahsoka didn't get enough sleep last night because of her nightmare.  Little did he even realize it, or admit to it, he grew very protective towards Ahsoka like a father to a daughter.  Fortunately, his troubles ended as he saw Ahsoka enter the bridge, rubbing her eyes.
"Good Morning, Commander," Yularen spoke and Ahsoka's eyes opened up, wide awake.  "Thank you, Admiral.  Hello master."
"Morning Snips," Anakin replied.  "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes; I didn't have that nightmare again, thankfully."  Ahsoka still had it fresh in her mind.  The planet, the hooded people, the fighting with the jedi…the man about to kill her; she remembered everything.  However, it was still just a dream to her so she thought it was unnecessary to explain it.
"Sir, we are Coming out of Hyperspace," a clone stated at a computer.  At that moment, all three of them looked out the front window to be greeted by the large, red planet.  Ahsoka was the first to speak, "Well no Separatist ships.  Maybe this was a false alarm."
"Don't get too comfortable Ahsoka," Anakin said, "The Intel said that it was a separatist base on Geonosis; not a fleet."
"Is that where rex is?  Preparing troops for a landing party?"
"Yep; so we'd better head to the-"
"Sir!  Three ships are coming out of hyperspace," a clone nearly shouted.  Anakin, Ahsoka, and Yularen were both surprised at the statement.
"Did you call for reinforcements?" Ahsoka said to the Admiral.
"No, sir."  In an instant, the three ships revealed themselves to be three Banking Clan frigates.  The Frigates open fired; "It's a trap!" Anakin yelled as everyone braced themselves and returned fire.  The Resolute was hopelessly outgunned and everyone knew it.
"General, we have to get out of here," Yularen exclaimed to Skywalker.
"Turn the ship around, switch all power to the rear shields, and jumped to hyperspace when they're completely behind us."
"Yes sir."  The ship began turning around but still sustaining heavy fire to the hull.  As they were completely behind the frigates, Captain Rex came in with three more clones.  "What is going on?!" he yelled while holding onto a desk after another blast.
Ahsoka replied, "Oh nothing, Rex; the usual getting ambushed and about to get blown up," with a smile.  The entire ship shook after another hit.  Anakin shouted, "Jump to lightspeed!"
"Yes sir!" a clone shouted.  As the crew saw the black space turn bright, the seppies made one last hit, shaking the ship once a gain.  This one caused almost everyone to collapse to the ground.  They arose to find the ship in the familiar blue tunnel, surviving the ambush.
"Well, that could've been better," Anakin said jokingly which put a smile to Ahsoka's face.  "Admiral, does our course pass through any systems?"
"Yes sir; we'll pass the Siskeen system momentarily-"
"I don't think we'll be able to stop then, sir," a clone stated.
"What?!  Why not?" Yularen questioned.
"That last blast damaged the Hyperdrive.  It can't be disabled."  When the clone said that, every face that was not a clone's, besides Rex, was in shock.  Ahsoka ended the silence; "Are we going to hit Siskeen."
The clone replied, "No sir.  We'll pass right by it."
"Well how are we supposed to stop," Anakin shouted.
"The only solution is to wait for it to overheat and shut down."
"How long is that suppose to take?"  The clone just shrugged.  You could feel the stress in the room even if you weren't force-sensitive.  Rex left to inform the troops, Anakin and Yularen were sitting in chairs, and Ahsoka was leaning against the hologram table.  Then it occurred to Ahsoka something she really wished she hadn't thought of it.  The same question buzzed is her head but she forced it not to come out; to not alarm everyone else.
What if they go beyond the wild space territory…and cant find their way out?
I decided to post the whole story here. If you read the Prologue, you'll understand. Here's chapter 1: The Geonosis Trap.
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I-am-Evil-Tree's avatar
Nice staring chapter
Sets the scene well and allows smooth trasition for whatever you're planning (damaged hyperdrive=Anything Can Happen)
Good descriptions of the scene and the actions and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who stars CW fics with a rundown of text
Good cliffhanger too

Onto the next one :D