Chapter 267 - A Threat At Home (1/2)
”Thanks, Dageer. You can rest now.”
The clone nodded to the young Togruta, Ahsoka, and stayed at ease, although he didn't leave the command bridge. As an officer, even when he wasn't doing anything, he had to be ready, even if that meant staying in the same position for hours.
After a few hours, he heard a transmission being received by one of the many crewmembers. Usually, he would only bother with it if the trooper came to him, but he recognized the pattern, so he went up to the clone, and grabbed the earpiece that he offered.
As he listened, his expression grew serious, and he put the helmet that was under his arm in the control panel. It didn't take long for Ahsoka to notice his reaction.
”Bad news, Dageer?”
”Very bad, Commander Tano. I haven't heard it entirely, but... Lacro, patch it through.”
While the crewman was doing that, Dageer walked up to the hologram table, and, at the same time, ordered a trooper to find General Skywalker.
”They used the urgent codes to send the message, commander. That means the Separatist are planning a major attack on one of our core planets.”
”Which one?”
Dageer took a deep breath, and showed a hologram of a planet he knew too well, made mostly of water, and raining all year.
”Kamino. Home.”
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”A massive Separatist fleet, bigger than any we have ever seen, is preparing to strike Kamino. If they destroy the cloning facilities, our entire army, and even the Republic, will be endangered. We need every free fleet to rendezvous at Kamino. That includes you, Anakin.”
”I will be there, Master Kenobi. Do we know who is the Separatist leader responsible for the offensive?”
”Who could it be other than Grievous?”
After finishing talking to General Skywalker and Ahsoka, the hologram of General Kenobi turned to Dageer. He had basically just repeated the contents of the message they had received a few hours prior.
”Hell Squad also has been ordered to come to Kamino, Commander Dageer. I believe I don't have to tell you the importance of that planet.”
”No, sir. Hell Squad won't let the seppies touch the facilities. No clone will, no matter the price.”
General Kenobi nodded, and then bowed to General Skywalker and his padawan, who returned the gesture, before finishing the transmission.
”Commander, you better make the needed preparations. I would rather let the men rest and recover, however, seeing how most of them are just tired, but unharmed, we will need them.”
Dageer nodded, and put on his helmet. The prisoners they had rescued wouldn't miss the battle that would come by any chance. Kamino was their home-planet, not to mention the dozens of millions of cadets in training, and wounded soldiers that were there. He would rather die than let the clanckers destroy a single building.
”Will do, general.”
The commander left command bridge, and went to inform his squad and the soldiers. As he had expected, their reactions were of anger and anxiety. While waiting for them to calm down, Dageer felt his scar burn slightly. That always happened when a big battle was coming up.
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