Under Siege

Captain Aqua meets with Brutus in the village of Zepho. Aqua orders Brutus to replenish the 200 ground troops in the village while he goes to meet the troops on the planet.

Before the meeting, though, Aqua calls Mental, who is back on his feet. Apparently, 55 was the only one who visited him in the hospital because his doctor, Dr. Schlieffen, told everyone he was dead. Brutus comes by, reporting having met and befriended Dr. Schlieffen while they were both imprisoned, and that the men are ready to march.

Aqua and his force of 200 meet with the clones on the planet at an old military base they occupy. Inside, Commander Tethos introduces himself and the 187th Legion, and says that Commander Louie relayed the message. The 187th was Mace Windu’s legion, who ordered the unit to go radio-silent and remove their inhibitor chips shortly before Order 66. They’d been sent to the nearby village to investigate a doctor who was supposedly developing a super-weapon for the Separatists. When the war ended, the doctor fled with some cultists but left behind a droid with the blueprints to the weapon.

Aqua’s first instinct is to destroy this droid, but Tethos says he and his men are protecting it because the weapon in question could win any war for any side. Including Rico’s Brigade. But the Empire will stop at nothing to get the droid, and is currently with another part of the 187th on the other side of the village, lead by Tethos’ second-in-command, Sparrow.

Tethos, however, reports that the Empire retook the village and had a Stormtrooper Legion follow Aqua to the base, somehow without Brutus being able to warn them. Aqua and Tethos prepare for a fight.

## **Battlefield**

* Zepho
	+ Old Army Base

## **Combatants**

* Rico's Brigade
	+ 9th Fountain Legion (Aqua’s Legion)
		- 55
* 187th Legion
	+ Tethos
* Galactic Empire
	+ Stormtroopers

## **Battle Results**

The 250 clones mount a defense around the base with multiple turrets. The Imperials, who have similar numbers, attack with TX-130s tanks and a few shock-troopers.

Firing begins at once. One Imperial tank charges forwards and rams into a turret, but another turret and the surrounding infantry concentrate their fire.

The outer defenses slowly fall and the Stormtroopers crest the hill. The left and center of the base stands strong, but the right side weakens as the Imperial tanks remain active.

Losses mount, but one tanks eventually go down while the clones push our to reinforce their outer defenses. Many more Stormtroopers remain and push forwards. Stormtroopers with Arc-carbines take out several clones, forcing more troops in the based to move out, only to get hid by a previously-unseen third tank.

The clones decide to retreat to draw the enemy in. The battlefield quiets down for a time, but the Stormtroopers squad-up to mount a more organized attack. The third tank crashes, though, and Stormtroopers attacking the seemingly-weak right side of the base get wiped out.

A single squad of clones on the left side of the base leaves the base to counter-attack, and succeed despite losing several men to a shock-trooper.

However, inside the base the central turret is destroyed by a fourth tank. The counterattacking squad if forced to move out and flank their attackers to allow the defenders to retake an exterior turret. A single arc-trooper proves a considerable challenge before being taken out. A singel clone from the counter-attacking squad runs right up to the tank and repeatedly grenades it, but the tanks is still able to move forwards and destroy the exterior turret.

Soon, only the tank remains, and the clones only recourse is minigun fire, but they eventually bring it down. The battle is won.

## **Epilogue**

Aqua meets with Tethos after the battle. Fountain Legion has lost about 173 men, and the 187th is down to a squad. They will not endure a second attack, so they decide to leave to find Sparrow and the droid.