The Stand on Kuat (Second Clone Wars)

Fall of Kuat	Fall of Kuat
 	
Date: 	16 BBY
Conflict: 	Second Clone Wars
Combatants: 	
*Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Galactic Republic
Theater: 	Coruscant Campaign
Status: 	Strategic CIS Victory...
Outcome: 	
*All surviving members of the 2021st Legion are killed...
*Remaining Resistance fighters are eliminated...
*Separatist Battlegroup 1 advances on Coruscant...
*Kuat Defenders are rendered as Imoortal Heros...
Region: 	Kuat Core Worlds
Created By: 	2091riveraisrael
The Battle of Kuat commonly known as The Stand on Kuat or The Fall of Kuat was a valiant stand off during the Second Clone Wars that took place during the Coruscant Theater, on Kuat, the final Republican strong hold that stood between Coruscant and the Invading Separatist advance.
The defense of Kuat was led by the remnants of 2021st Legion, who suffered the traumatic defeat at Corellia. Though heavily outnumbered and outgunned, the remaining units of the weakened 2021st Legion were able to put up a valiant fight against the Separatist lasting for about 5 days, until ultimately becoming overrun and crushed by the 6th day.
The Battle concluded the CIS's planet hopping campaign against Coruscant, allowing the 1st Separatist Battle Group to Invade Coruscant 1 week later. 
The Republican soldiers and Resistance fighters who fought during this engagement were remembered by the armies of the Republic as the Immortal Heros of Kuat, and its legacy would give the Republic more hope into fighting against the CIS Invasion at Coruscant.
==Prior to the Events==
Immediately following the fall of Coreilla, the CIS began to amass its forces for the final push too Coruscant, at this time surviving Legions of the 2021st Battalion, whom had just fought the Separatist Invasion on Coreilla, immediately departed for Kuat, the last known planet in the way of the Separatist Invasion of Coruscant. 
After having to land on Kuat, the 2021st legion immediately got to work on setting up Defenses, and were successfully able to deploy a Mobile assault cannon in hopes of using it as anti Orbital cannon in order to try and keep the CIS fleet from entering Kuat's atmosphere. Reserves however were low, due to the Republic armies at the time focusing all of its remaining defenses and resources on the defense of Coruscant, leaving the men of the 2021st on their own to defend Kuat. 
Around one day before the arrival of the CIS, Captain Coran, of the 2021st Legion was successfully able to raise up Resistance fighters from Kuat City, where it was declared that the resistance would rather die then let their planet fall to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
==Engagement==
===First Wave===
The Separatist fleet arrived at Kuat about 7 hours later where they were quick to over power the Kuat Drive Yards, where despise the CIS Victory the men of the 2021st Legion destroyed the Platforms in a scorched Earth policy in hopes of preventing them from falling to the Separatists, causing multiple debris to crash into Kuat causing massive damage planet wide, despite the minor set back, the CIS continued to maintain a foot hold in space, where according to the leader of the 2021st Legion was just in time. 
The Separatist began their decent towards the atmosphere with landers, only to be surprised by a shot fired from a single Mobile Assault Tank. As soon as the first lander was destroyed, a large squadron of Kuat star fighters launched into space in order to attack the CIS Fleet in orbit, while the forces of the 2021st Legion focused on the ground.
Despite heavy casualties sustained by the CIS in Orbit due to poor experience in combat situations, the Resistance was successful in destroying two major CIS Frigates in the upper Atmosphere over Kuat before turning planet wood and focusing on the war on the ground.
While the Resistance continued to fight in space, multiple CIS Landers landed in the forests sections of Kuat and began to deploy troops on the high ground, however the site came under fire by units of the 2021st legion. Despite having the high ground, the 2021st legion was able to fight their way up the cliff until eventually overrunning the CIS landing Zone, after the Kuat Resistance was able to turn its attentions back to the ground war, after successfully clearing down the first CIS landing Zone, the men of the 2021, along with that of the Kuat Resistance returned to their own landing zone, where they began to concentrate their forces around the region. 
====Kuat Night Raid====
Following the intial destruction of two Capital Ships, the CIS came to an agreement to send in a single Lander over the cover of darkness in hopes of raiding the surface and eliminating the Mobile Assault cannon that was deemed responsible for the first Wave's destruction.
Using the cover of darkness, a single CIS Lander was able to slip passed Republic lines landing on a field located to the South, where they were able to deploy Droids that would eventually be known as the first Separatist Droids to set foot on Kuatian soil. After arriving on the Plains of Kuat, a massive shoot out broke out as the CIS raiding party attacked the Mobile Assault cannon. Though the Republic were able to repel the first wave of attackers, the second wave eventually showed up with Super Battle droids and Droideiaks's eventually leading to the entire Republic garrison being killed around the Mobile Assault Cannon.
With the use of Thermal Detonators, the Mobile Assault cannon was then destroyed, as the men of the 2021st struggled to eliminate the raiding party, but were too late only to see the Lander escape back into Space.
===Separatist Lands===
Realizing that their only defense against the CIS fleet was gone, Capitan Coran ordered the men of the 2021st Legion along side them Kuat Resistance decided to meet the Separatist as they land on the Plains, while another group dug in at Maloko Hill, to provide suppressing fire to the CIS's flanks.
Within moments Separatist landers appeared again, while under heavy fire from the ground forces. Despite little effect, the Republic and the resistance were successfully able to hit the Separatist while they were descending towards the field. 
Upon landing, a large group of Resistance fighters hidden in the trees began to attack the Droids as they unloaded from the landers, At first the droids ended up pinned down on the field, while under heavy fire from the Resistance, but Droid vehicles eventually were unloaded and OG-9 Homing Spider Droids eventually were able to cut the Resistance forces down, as more Landers descended from the skies eventually forcing the Resistance to retreat from the first Line of defenses and regroup with the Republic on the Plains, where a large force of the 2021st Legion were waiting, with an armament of over 4 AT-TE walkers behind them. 
After securing a foot hold on Kuat, the Droids began to mobilize their forces, into a large Invading Army and began to march East towards the Republic's lines with the support of Super Battle Droids, 4 Spider Walkers, and up to 6 Assault tanks backing up the Invasion, however Captain Coran had one more offensive operation in Mind A frontal attack against the CIS Supercarrier Kessid in Orbit.
===Republic Attacks The Kessid===
Knowing that time would be of the essence, Captain Coran, ordered whet remaining Gunships were left on reserve to fly up into Space in order to assault the Kessid, in hopes that the carriers destruction could shift the tide of the Battle in their favor. 
By the time of Nightfall, the LAAT Gunships of over 20 in numbers launched into space from ontop of Maloko Hill, while under escort from both the Kuat Resistance in Star Fighters and the Light of Glory. Upon arriving in the upper Atmosphere, a large space battle broke out between the CIS and the Republic as the resistance fighters did what they could to allow the LAAT's to approach the Kessid, while multiple Droid Starfighters, Tri Fighters, and Banking Clan class frigates barred their path.
Within the first 20 minutes of the engagements, 5 LAAT's were lost in the push towards the Kessid, but the Republic were able to successfully break through a single Droid Control Ship that was directly in their path with the help of Resistance fighter Imran Holioto, who sacrificed himself to allow the LAAT's to break through by crashing his Starfighter directly into one of the pillars of the Hanger section causing the ship to destroy itself from within.
As the LAAT's approached the Kessid while under heavy fire from the carriers turrets, the Resistance Star Fighters were able to destroy the shield generators keeping the hanger doors blocked allowing the 16 remaining LAAT's to successfully land in the hanger of the Kessid, and deploy their forces where within minutes they were able to overrun the hanger and push through to the ships bridge, during the course the men of of the 2021st Legion splitted their foces into separate areas one to attack the engines of the vessel in hopes of preventing it from entering the Atmosphere of Kuat, and a second one was dispatched in order to take control of the Turrets of the ship and turn them against the CIS fleet which resulted into the destruction of up to 4 Banking Clan Frigates and a single Droid Control Ship, with the last squad being responsible for capturing the bridge in order to eliminate Minus Kor, the min commander of the Invasion of Kuats.
During the course of the attack, the Light of Glory attempted to continue to focus the CIS ships away from the Kessid in order to prevent reinforcements, but was tragically overrun and destroyed within the process, before Teams 3 and four were able to make it to their objectives.
Despite heavy casualties, the men of the 2021st were successful in both of these tactics as Minus Kor was eliminated after the Republic took over the bridge, while teams 3 and 4 who took control of the Turrets returned to the hanger awaiting for Teams 1, who was fighting their way back to the hanger through the bridge, and 2 who were down in the fuel section of the vessel placing thermal detonators in order to blow the ship apart.
As Team 2 was able to successfully plant the last of the charges, the group was eventually stopped by a group of Battle Droids, but were able to break through with the help of Team 1, but the hanger was eventually counter attacked and Teams 3 and 4 were eliminated, along with the rest of the LAAT gunships, leaving no chance for the remaining teams to escape. Realizing their fate, the remaining Teams united and broke through the corridors and into Kessid's hanger where they fought endless waves of CIS forces until the charges went off and the Kessid blew apart killing all on board except Ikorus Monaus, who was ordered by his supreme commander to return to the planet's surface in order to aide with the ground attack.
As he fell from the upper Atmosphere with the use of a special suit which protected him from the heat of the Atmosphere during reentry, Ikorus Monaus was able to witness the horrors as a new Separatist Battle group soon arrived out of hyper space where their star fighters quickly eliminated many of the now battered and weakened number of Resistance star fighters in space.
===Battle of the Plains===
Upon crash landing back on to Kuats unharmed with the use of a specially designed impact suit, Ikorus was able to regroup with Captain Coran where he would learn of the tragic demise of the entire 2021st Air born legion along with the sudden arrival of a new Battlegroup.
As the CIS army drew close to Maloko hill, the Republic readied their forces along side both the Kuatz defense military and the remnants of the Kuats Resistance, who were still planet side. The Separatist army soon arrived over the horizon, the Battle for the Plains began, with a large AT-TE bombardment of the entire field, with several hundred clone troopers KDMs and Kurtz Resistance firing blasters at the charging Droids from both dead on and from Hill Maloko.
At first the Republic and Resistance were succufully able to keep the CIS infrantry from advancing up the hill on Maloko, while on the Plains the lack of cover made the battledroids easy targets, but the sudden iniation of a sudden Orbital Strike suddenly changed the course of the battle, where Red Lazer rained all over the field destroying much of the forests and heavy brush covering the Republic and Resistance fighters making them easier to spot by the Droids.
Despite sudden turn of events, all 4 AT-TE were fortunately able to survive the Orbital bombardment, and continued to hammer the field, until the sudden arrival of Spider Walkers and Snail Tanks soon arrived over the horizon eventually turning the whole plains into a firey inferno from both Red and blue lazer fire. During the course of these reinforcements, the Republic were still able to keep the Spider walkers out of range from the Spider Walkers allowing the AT-TE's to eliminate 2, but a sudden strike of artillery from a HAG vehicle located deep behind CIS lines would destroy one f the AT-TE, along with killing 20 Resistance fighters on the ground.
====Destroying the CIS Artillery====
As Separatist artillery constantly began to pound the Republic half of the field, Capitan Coran quickly ordered a legion from Maloko Hill to engage, before the main line on the plains was utterly routed by the Droids. Head of the demolition team Sgt Hocar Kensa, lead a large group of Clonetroopers and KDM forces through the firey woods, fighting their way through a large Droid Army that was advancing up the hill and even went as far as to eliminating a Droideika before it had the chance to deploy its shields.
Upon reaching the bottom of the hill, the group attacked the HAG Artillery in the field, despite a heavy defense of the tanks. Though suffering heavy losses indlucing becoming mortally wounded himself, Hocar was able to successfully plant Thermal Detonators on each one of the 4 HAG's striking the Republic lines on the field and by time for the rest of his squad to escape, but was sadly consumed by the blast of Detonation was initiated.
====Holding the Plains====
Though at the cost of his own life, Sgt Hocar's efforts were able to silence the CIS HAG Artillery tanks giving the Resistance and Republic a better chance at holding the hill. After successfully destroying another wave of Battle Droids, Snail tanks eventually arrived and began to hammer the AT-TE's in hopes of eliminating the Republic's only ground vehicles, but Captain Coran lead a squad out into the midst of the field and were able to successfully plant a Thermal detonator on one of the tanks causing them to blow, while the second one was destroyed by Ark Troopers that were hidden in the grass.
Fighting continued all through the night until the next morning where silence appeared. Captain Coran was able to successfully hold his ground on the field as the remnants of the first Droid Invasion retreated back to their landing Zone, however though celebration was heard through the Resistance and KDM forces, the Republic did not leave their posts as they new that the Separatist would return again at an time.
====Second Orbital Strike====
Upon returning back to their landing zone at Alkeia, the CIS received a fresh shipment of reinforcements from the new battle group in Orbit, and were able to freshen up their ranks from the Droids and OOM Command droids that were lost during their first unsuccessful attack against the Plains. 
After receiving more Snail tanks and Spider walkers, the CIS began the march back towards the Republican lines on the Plains. Back on the other side of the field, many of the wounded were quickly carried away through transport back to Kuat city while those who were still combat compatible with only minor injuries, were injected with Bacta Tanks, in order to keep their wounds from spreading any worst, but the queit of the field would eventually be shattered when new Orbital strikes began to rain down all over the plains destroying a large portion of the woods to the right, while setting much of the field a blaze.
In the midst of the strike the Republic was also able to lose a second AT-TE much to Capitan Coran's horror, along with up to 43 men, but despite this action, this did not change his hopes of abandoning Kuats as he mentioned to the men of the 2021st Legion that their only chance to leave Kurtz got destroyed after the Force of Light was destroyed in space, and that they will fight on Kuatz until every last of them is dead.
====Fall of the Plains====
By nightfall the CIS new army arrived back onto the Plains and made their way back towards the Republic lines, and were once again fired up by the remaining AT-TE's along with Clone Troopers KDM forces and Kuatz Milita forces from both straight ahead and the hill.
The CIS serged forward with this time more Super Battle Droids then B-1's and more Snail tanks then Spider Walkers, despite killing a large number of Resistance fighters on the field, Captain Coran knowing that the Resistance has no experience and fighting against Super Battledroids ordered the remnants of the resistance on the field to head up to Malkoko Hill In order to reinforce its garrison.
After leaving the plains, the frontlines on the plains now consists of Clonetroopers and 2 Operational AT-TE's. As Spider walkers eventually arrived in the horizon, the AT-TE's eventually began to target the vehicles once again as they did the last time, but one was destroyed by the sudden arrival of Droid Gunships in the sky, and the other one would eventually be taken down by a third Orbital strike that killed now about half of Capitan Coran's men on the field.
====Retreat from the Plains====
Realizing that the Plains were lost, Captain Coran ordered what remaining men were on the plains to retreat up hill. As Captain Coran led his men up hill, he and the rest of his unit were constantly harassed by Droid Star fighters and Droid gunships in the sky, Captain Coran was then able to get a large chunk of his men to head up hill while he stayed behind to fight off the attacking Star fighers, he in the process was able to shoot a Droid Gunship straight through one of its eyes causing it to crash into the hill.
Upon clearing the skies for a bit, Captian Coran was able to quickly regroup with his men ontop of the hill behind the barriers only to witness the Separatist army making its way straight towards them through the burned forest line.
===Last Stand on Maloko Hill===
Knowing that their was no way out and with the Separatist closing in on all sides, along with Droid Starfighters and Droid gunships ruling the skies, the remnants of the 2021 Legion declared that they would fight until their last dying breath, as Captain Coran and the rest of the remaining men of the 2021st Legion knew that if Kuat falls, the last defense for Coruscant would be gone, and the capital of the Republic would come under fire by the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Knowing the fates that was awaits them, the final remnants of the 2021st took up defensive positions along the barriers while others climbed onto the high grounds, where them along with the remains of the resistance unleashed one final laser slaughter on the Separatist Droids advancing up the hill. Many of the Droids advancing up the hill were easyily destroyed mostly due to the open ground that was caused by the two Orbital bombardments.
Super Battle Droids were called in, but were left vulnerable to Clonetroopers firing from the highgrounds. Multiple Droidieka's were soon deployed in hopes of covering the Droid Assault up the hill, but were immideiatly destroyed before they could unfold and unleash their bombardment against the remaining defenders.
As Coran rallied his troops he then ordered a full charge of the Clone Troopers on the high ground in orer to try and destroy the remaining Super Battle Droids that were advancing up the hill in hopes of eliminating the CIS's only chance at making it over Maloko. 
However even though the charge was a success Coran was eventually sighted by an Assassin Droid hidden in the burning woods and was shot dead through a laser shot through the scalp. With the loss of Coran, command of the Defenders was then given to Ikorus, who in response was able to locate the sniper and fire, his own sniper rifle destroying it avenging Coran.
As more droids advanced up the hill, the defenders were soon exhausted from endless attacks and were also running low on power cells in order to keep their blasters rifles firing. During another wave, the Droids eventually charged up once again from the plains, this time with Spider Walkers as support. The tide soon turned against the resistance when the Spider Walkers were soon able to destroy the Barriers with their focus lasers, and the Droids were soon able to overrun, the Eastern barricade. 
Ikorus, knowing now that the Battle is lost, immediately ordered the remaining men of the 2021st to barricade the rear, which resulted into a heavy weight fire fight from the front and rear, after this strategy he then ordered every one else to fight to the end, before getting shot himself by a B-1 Battle droid that had just come up the hill from behind him. Within the next couple of minutes the defenders power cells eventually depleted and their last post was eventually overrun, thus resulting into the further elimination of the defenders and ending the Battle of Kuat in a Separatist Victory.
==Aftermath==
Following the 5 day Valliant stand on Kuat, the Separatist immediately established order at Kuat City, where no attempts were made in order to rebel against them. During the occupation, all traces of the Kuat Defense Military were eliminated by Super Battle Droids in order to prevent a counter attack, while the citizens of Kuat City who did attempt to up rise, were easily taken down.
Immediately after order was established on Kuat, the Separatist 2nd Battle Fleet would then proceed to Corucsant where one last stand was made in deep space against the CIS fleet while they were on the way there to the Republic capital. Even though Kuat had fallen, Captain Coran and the men of the 2021st Legion were harbored as Immortal heros, in Coruscant, as their valent sacrifice allowed the Republic armies to fortify Coruscant and also allow many of its citizens to join the Republic, there by boosting their war efforts.
After the CIS would eventually arrive at Coruscant after breaking through the last line of Republic vessels at Sector 7 and from there, the Separatist would begin their Invasion of the capital of the Republic.
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