Skirmish on Geonosis

* Eventually the battle in deep space

Commanders| * Boba Fett
* Indiana Jones
* Unidentified Stormtrooper Commander (Geonosis)

Participants| * 1 former bounty hunter
	+ Boba Fett
* 1 mercenary
	+ Fennec Shand
* 2 archeologists
	+ Indiana Jones
	+ K-7R3
* 1 74-Z Speeder Bike (hijacked)
* Sandtroopers
* At least 1 Imperial shock trooper
	+ Unidentified Imperial shock trooper
* 1 Stormtrooper Commander
* Veers' guard
	+ 10 death troopers
* At least 5 scout troopers
* 1 shadow trooper
* 1 TIE Advanced x1
	+ Veers' TIE Advanced x1
* At least 5 74-Z Speeder Bikes
* B1 battle droids
* B2 super battle droids
	+ At least 1 B2-HA series super battle droid
* At least 1 OOM command battle droid

Casualties| The hijacked 74-Z speeder bike | * Most forces
	+ About 65 stormtroopers and sandtroopers (combined)
	+ 4 scout troopers
	+ 5 death troopers
	+ Shadow trooper
	+ Numerous reactivated battle droids
	+ Veers' TIE Advanced x1
	+ 3 speeder bikes

Civilian Casualties| * Unidentified Geonosian restaurant owner
* B1 battle droid workers in Geonosian Grub

The **Skirmish on Geonosis** happened when General Veers attacked Boba Fett and his companions on Geonosis. The General had also reactivated some battle droids from a nearby droid factory in an attempt to restore the Dark Empire entirely, and he used them during the battle.

## Prelude

In 9 ABY, after taking over Jabba's Palace from Bib Fortuna, bounty hunter Boba Fett and his partner Fennec Shand traveled to Geonosis aboard the *Slave I* to visit the grave of Jango Fett, Boba's father. They landed on the surface, coincidentally next to the *Bravo Adventurer*, which had been damaged on a mission, so its owner Indiana Jones had left to find a place to relax, while his droid K-7R3 stayed with the ship, preparing to repair it.

At the same time, General Maximilian Veers and his Dark Empire stormtroopers began building an army of battle droids using components from the recycled droids and B1-series battle droid stocks at the droid foundries nearby on the planet, in order to fully restore the glory of the Empire. A Viper probe droid dispatched by Veers patrolled the silent surface of Geonosis for anything that could disrupt their plans, and spotted Shand and Fett entering the Geonosian Grub diner. The droid reported back its findings to an officer, who then informed Veers of this development.

## The skirmish

Fett and Shand settled into Geonosian Grub, meeting with Jones and hanging out. Suddenly, on Veers' orders, a squad of death troopers fired on the restaurant from outside, killing the owner and his B1 battle droid restaurant workers while Fett, Shand and Jones took cover.

After the Death troopers ceased fire, more stormtroopers arrived on either foot or aboard a K79-S80 Imperial Troop Transport to reinforce the blockade outside the diner. Jones contacted K-7R3, asking the droid to quickly finish repairing the *Adventurer* and bring it in as a means of escape, but two scout troopers stationed at the area listened in on the call and made haste towards the *Adventurer*'s position. Veers joined his forces, landing behind the group on his TIE Advanced x1. Moving to the vanguard of the Imperial troops, the general formally introduced himself to Fett and his allies. Jones contacted K-7R3 again for an update, but found no response as the two scout troopers were jamming the transmission.

The pair of scout troopers arrived at where the *Bravo Adventurer* and *Slave I* were parked. They investigated the ships, which were apparently deserted. After this, one of them suggested they wait for confirmation to head back to the rest of the troops. Suddenly, K-7R3 appeared out of nowhere and swiftly incapacitated both troopers, who were confused by the security droid's presence. The droid took one of the speeder bikes and sped back towards Geonosian Grub. Meanwhile, Fett and his comrades searched for an escape route from the common house while Veers' escort assembled their heavy weapons before the building. Shand attempted to break into a door on the floor leading to the underground catacombs but was unsuccessful.

Veers, having heard the shooting, gave an ultimatum where Fett's people surrender or be destroyed by his troops. The general stated that although he greatly respected Fett for his reputation, and that the hunter had quite a history with the late Darth Vader, he would avenge himself on the bounty hunter for what had happened at Scarif with the *Black-Saber* data tape, and then finished off by stating that Fett and his comrades had until sundown to step out and surrender. Otherwise, he would order his troops to open fire and demolish the restaurant. As Veers left, inside the Geonosian Grub, Jones and Shand tabled their options while Fett explained who Veers was, and cautioned to not underestimate him. Jones then attempted to contact K-7R3 again, and got a response from the droid, who was advancing on the perimeter on his commandeered speeder bike.

K-7R3 reached the entrance of the area with the Geonosian Grub diner, gunning down the troopers guarding there. The droid then continued through the perimeter on his stolen speeder bike, shooting numerous stormtroopers along the way. Veers' blockade outside of the restaurant were alerted to the action and fired on the approaching K-7R3, who disembarked from his speeder to allow the vehicle to crash in a distraction effort. With the droid engaging in a gunfight with the stormtroopers and death troopers, Fett asked Shand to cover him, and the assassin rained blasterfire onto the troopers outside. Boba Fett himself came out of the diner, Jones behind him, and the pair fought the enemy troops. Fett was attacked by two death troopers, but defeated both. Then, he fought Veers one-one-one, and was able to incapacitate him as a group of newly constructed B1 and B2 battle droids from the factory were arriving.

As the fighting continued, Fett took a heavy blaster cannon and used it to spray even more fire onto the enemy stormtroopers and battle droids, supported by gunfire from his comrades. At an entry point to Geonosian Grub, a B2-HA series super battle droid fired a missile which destroyed the blast door and shook Shand from her position. Three super battle droids then entered the building, suppressing the mercenary. In the meantime, Veers recovered and arrived on the battlefield again, approaching Fett. While Shand successfully destroyed the super battle droids trying to eliminate her, Veers fired on Fett before shooting nearby fuel packs, erupting an explosion which knocked back the bounty hunter.

Exiting Geonosian Grub, Shand helped Fett to his feet under the cover of Jones and K-7R3, who followed her back into the building. Jones and K-7R3 scrambled to open the trapdoor to escape the surrounded restaurant. Meanwhile, Veers summoned a shadow trooper, who flamed the interior of the diner through the broken window by firing a barrage of lasers from his T-21 light repeating blaster before moving to the breached entrance to finish off the occupants. Fett, Jones and K-7R3 escaped through the trapdoor on the floor, while Shand remained behind to fend off the oncoming shadow trooper. After the trooper entered the restaurant, Shand engaged in a scuffle with him, ultimately gunning down the trooper with her MK sniper rifle. She then fled through the trapdoor, joining her comrades in the underground tunnels.

The group navigated their way through the tunnels to seek means of escape through the catacombs. As they were nearing an exit to the tunnels, they were attacked by a deployment of Veers' B1 battle droids searching the tunnels. After a brief firefight, the four were able to destroy the battle droids. As Fett and his comrades approached the end of the underground catacombs, the bounty hunter scanned heat signatures which appeared to be a trap set up by a platoon of Veers' troops, cautioning Jones, Shand and K-7R3 to prepare their weapons. They then charged the troopers, ultimately killing them all.

Fett's group exited the tunnel, passing the bodies of the platoon they had just killed. That was when Veers arrived flying his TIE Advanced. The general released a barrage of fire at the group while under fire from Fett and his companions, but missed and flew around for another strafing run. Fett activated his jetpack and flew up before Veers' TIE as it approached again, using a grappling line to latch onto the fighter. Veers attempted to shake off the Mandalorian bounty hunter, but the general's adversary was able to grab onto the frame of the TIE Advanced and plant a detonator. Veers' TIE was crippled, and crashed onto the rocky desert plains.

## Aftermath

Fett reunited with Shand, Jones and K-7R3, parting ways and wishing each other good luck. Fett and Shand were then able to visit Jango's grave, marked with the simple initials J.F. on a headstone, paying their respects to Boba's late father. They then returned to Tatooine to rule from Jabba's Palace. In the meantime, Veers' crashed TIE Advanced x1 was lying on the surface of of Geonosis in close proximity to a destroyed IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tank left over from the Clone Wars. Veers, who had survived the crash, cut his way out of the cockpit with a fusioncutter, and returned to his Dark Empire forces.

Meanwhile, the Imperial forces that stayed at the old droid factory were able to construct a giant B1 battle droid out of the droid parts.