Star Wars: Insurrection IV - The Assault

Alpha Base outskirts, Alliance Control Sector, Ord Mirit
The Kuat Imperial dropship landed, along side one other, on the outskirts of the Alliance base. As it did so, it's droid crane lowered the AT-ATs of Thundering Herd onto the ground. The other gunship did the same. Along with those, several Imperial Sith walkers were lowered as well. Smaller dropships deposited stormtrooper divisions onto the battlefield.

Malcor watched the spectacle unfold. The Imperial forces were preparing in parade ground perscision. As he watched, his pilot and gunner were preparing the modified command walker, the Thunderer One, for combat. Malcor looked out over the nearby temples, armed with cannons and swarming with Alliance infantry troopers. Himron and his men better do the job right, he thought.

General Himron was using a Chariot LAV command speeder as his transport. No, he himself was not taking part in the fighting. How many troops does the Alliance have? Malcor wondered. But then again, four divisions of stormtroopers could handle quite a bit. He would be surprised if they didn't win.

Finally, the AT-ATs were ready, his officers reported on the comms. He could also hear the voices of the four divisional commanders giving their ready to Himron.

"Major Xantar Makos here, the Twenty-fifth division is ready."

"Major Amirkul Azimov, the Sixty-second is standing by."

"Major Takar Vischera of the Fourty-sixth, we're ready."

"Major Lonkin Okijima and the Eighty-ninth, we're ready."

The order came from Captain Vyrkar to start the attack. The AT-ATs rumbled forward, as did the smaller Imperial Sith walkers. The stormtroopers spread out and charged at the temples nearby, as the guns began firing. Malcor, deciding to ease their advance, ordered the gunner to take out some of the enemy emplacements.

"The ones in the bunkers ahead of us. Take them out." Malcor ordered.

"Understood," the gunner, Captain Dyer, replied.

The AT-AT opened fire, destroying one unsuspecting emplacement, blowing up the rest of it's temple bunker. The rest of the walkers began firing as well, picking up. The stormtroopers fired at the infantry of the Alliance, killing most of the ones in the front of the enemy line with deadly accuracy.

The stormtroopers then dispersed, as the nearby temples exploded. Malcor marveled the architecture of the temples. I almost feel bad for destroying them, he thought. The walkers continued firing, though rocket launcher troopers destroyed several Imperial Sith walkers.

"Take them out." Malcor told Dyer.

He nodded and proceeded. Malcor suddenly wondered if they had fighters. Probably not. Most of the stormtroopers were now amongst the labyrinth of temple bunkers, outside his vision. The AT-ATs reached their line. Malcor watched Himron's Chariot go off down some road with a squad of troopers and an Imperial Sith walker.

Thinking of something, Malcor looked into the distance. He could see the central temple tower from here. Where the Jedi and his commanders were. Quickly, he turned to Dyer.

"Can our long range cannons hit that tower?" Malcor asked.

"Negatory, sir."

Damn, Malor thought, disappointed. It was going to be a long push until they were in range.

Aboard he Adjucator, orbit of Ord Mirit
Zarin looked over the holotable, on which a map of the battle was displayed. He could see Malcor's walkers advance and fire at some bunkers. Himron and his stormtroopers advanced into the temples. Many of the,cheer destroyed by AT-AT fire or were captured by the Imperial infantry. He looked over at Evax.

"The Alliance will make various ambushes on the stormtroopers. They may also have made traps for the smaller walkers." Evax stated.

General Argon looked at him. "Traps? I doubt it."

"Have you studied the Rebel victory at Endor, general?" Evax asked him.

"No-"

"There you go. The Rebs and their Ewok allies improvised, making makeshift traps that destroyed a considerable amount of our AT-STs."

Argon stood silent. Zarin shook his head. Shouldn't have challenged Evax in his field.

"Should we order Himron to go directly for the temple tower rather than spread out and focus on the bunkers?" Argon asked.

"Yes," the Intelligence colonel replied.

Argon turned away and did so. As he did that, Zarin noticed some of the Alliance infantry began to turn away from their original attackers and head in the direction of Himron's Chariot.

"Looks like they have new priorities." Evax said quietly.

Argon noticed, and began giving warnings to Himron on the comlink. It was too late though. A cloud of holographic smoke came up from where his Chariot LAV was a moment ago.

"General Himron?" Argon asked into the comlink. "Looks like he is gone."

Zarin looked up. "Give Major Azimov command of the stormtrooper divisions. I seen him in action, he is skilled."

Evax nodded. Argon rose the comlink and gave more orders. "He is now a lieutenant colonel."

Alpha Base, Alliance Control Sector, Ord Mirit
Malcor saw Himron's Chariot blow up a few minutes ago. The stormtrooper forces kept attacking and advancing, though, as if they did not notice. Now General Argon, the strategist, promoted Amirkul Azimov to lieutenant colonel and gave him command of the infantry divisions.

Another explosion shook the walker. Malcor looked up instantly. The pilot, Lieutenant Kirill, spoke up. "Sir, the forward right leg was just hit by multiple rockets-"

He was cut off as another explosion shook the walker. Malcor grabbed onto the holo display of the battlefield to stay up. Finally, after another lurch, the whole thing collapsed. Malcor jumped back into the walker's neck, as the cockpit hit the ground. For a few seconds, he was stunned.

Overcoming it, Malcor took out his heavy blaster pistol and looked into the cockpit that he just jumped out of. Kirill and Dyer were dead. He proceeded through the walker, claiming up several seats and pipes, as some of the ladders were broken. He made it finally to the side emergency exit near the top.

Standing over the walker, he saw the other advancing AT-ATs slow down around him. Getting his comlink, he told them to keep going. The walkers sped up again. Grabbing his pistol, Malcor looked for an enemy. Looks like the stormtroopers cleared the area well. No one.

An Imperial Sith walker approached him. He signaled it, and jumped off of the AT-AT's side. Climbing the side ladders, Malcor got in.

"Welcome, sir. Are you injured?" asked the pilot.

"No, I am fine." Malcor replied.

"Very well. I am Captain Arnett. My gunner is Lieutenant Rashon, sir."

Malcor nodded. "Head forwards, at full speed," he told the captain. "I want to blitzkrieg the central temple." They were about halfway there.

"I want Thunderer Two and Five to follow my walker." Malcor said into his comm.

"Copy that." they replied.

They sped up, passing dead Alliance infantry and ruined temple bunkers. He saw stormtroopers occasionally, but looked like they all split up and headed off to the sides. Finally, they reached the tower. It wasn't too large, and looked easy to take down.

"Concentrate all fire on that tower!" Malcor ordered.

"Yes, sir." the walker commanders echoed.

The tower took heavy damage in seconds, and started collapsing. Finally, the entire thing crumbled and reached the ground. The ruins let out a lot of dust into the air, and caused a loud noise. For several seconds, it sounded like the fighting around them stopped as all soldiers registered what happened.

"We are triumphant." Malcor said to everyone on his comm.

Aboard the Adjucator, high orbit of Ord Mirit
"Intelligence indicates that the Jedi escaped." Evax told Malcor.

The battle ended, and the remainder of Alliance troops fled or surrendered. A short victory celebration occurred. They recently reported of their victory to Coruscant, who seemed to care more about the Jedi than winning the battle and eliminating the Alliance presence.

However, Darth Kressh gave him a promotion to major. He was satisfied.

"Well, at less the Alliance Remnant has been weakened." Argon said. "But an Alliance officer who surrendered, Brigadier Kammler, said that there is a greater Alliance Remnant lurking somewhere in the Outer Rim. This is disturbing."

They all nodded. Here we go again.