As General Grievous and his separatist forces started to expand their reach far out into
republic territory, they began to strike fear into the hearts of Republic citizens.
In order to stop this, the Jedi council dispatched Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu along with their
clone troopers to destroy a deep space shipyard, where separatist ships were being repaired.
While on the mission, Mace Windu began to lose ground… and Ordered Commander Cody
to commit his first war crime.
So, lets find out how this happened, and why it turned the battle in favour of the republic.
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So the story begins aboard the Tambor Deep space centre, where Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace
Windu have been deployed to lead a small clone force in a daring raid on the separatist repair
station inside.
Unfortunately however, things are really not going to plan.
As soon as the group land inside the station, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, Commander Cody and Commander
Ponds are faced with a flurry of blaster fire from the droid forces who are protecting the
facility.
As the group are locked in an intense standoff with the battle dorids, Obi-Wan is extremely
unhappy with the Republic intelligence that they were given, which supposedly told them
that there would only be minimal resistance.
Commander Cody responds by agreeing with his general, and also adding that he didn’t
even have time to put his helmet on before the droid forces ambushed them.
Mace Windu also adds that their forces need to breach the security complex immediately,
before asking if Commander Ponds has any idea on how they might do this.
Commander Ponds tells his general that he has very many ideas, but the one he’s about
to demonstrate is the simplest.
Moments are he says this, he fires his weapon, sending a massive red fireball blasting through
the entire area, and leaving Obi-Wan deeply worried.
Obi-Wan asks Cody what exactly that was… but Cody himself has no idea, he thought it
was Obi-Wan’s doing because it had a Jedi-Ring to it.
Obviously however it Was commander Ponds, who tells Mace Windu that he just unloaded
high power missiles rounds, which he believes are a Clone’s Best friend.
Windu however Cautions his commander,e saying “if only enthusiasm alone could break laminasteel,
Ponds!’.
Following this, Windu inspects the damage done by his commander and is impressed with
how effective it was at killing all of the droids, but is also disappointed that the
missile didn’t even scratch the security complex…
On top of this, Mace Windu can’t sense a shatterpoint anywhere in the area, meaning
for now… they aren’t going anywhere.
And tell me down below if you’ve read the awesome Shatterpoint book.
Soon after this, Cody orders sergeant swift to take his boys to crack open the security
door, and Swift tells him that a small brace of thermal detonators should do the trick.
Obi-Wan however tells his commander that a frontal attack is probably not the wisest
choice, the housing on the door is a blast proof, geonosian design.
Obi-Wan knows that the geonosians have incredible technical skill and are renowned for their
absolutely ruthlessness.
Cody stands firm and tells Obi-Wan “Don’t worry general, the seppies won’t know what
hit them!”.
Very soon after this, Sergeant swift tells his men “You heard the commander!” before
ordering his walkers to move out, ready to attack the blast door.
Waiting inside the chamber is the geonosian known as Gorgol the Handy… who tells his
small team of B-1 battle droids that he’s crushed more dangerous opponents rolling over
in his sleep.
As he says this, one of his B-1 battle droid units chimes in and says “sir, communications
are standing by.
Shall I call for reinforcements”.
Grogol however is absolutely disgusted by his droid’s suggestion, telling the B-1
unit arrogantly that they won’t be needing any backup.
Following this, Gorgol arms all of the weapons turrets in the area, ready to fire upon the
Clone Troopers, which leads brave Clones to call out to their sergeant and warn him that
these weapons are literally rising from the floor in every direction.
Sergeant swift however remains brave in the face of grave danger, ordering his men to
power forward and not slow down for any reason whatsoever, until they reach the bunker.
Unfortunately, as the group of brave soldiers are marching forward in their walkers, many
of them are brutally killed by the onslaught of fire from the turrets, ending the lives
of many of them far too soon.
Sadly, sergeant swift himself is taken out on board the walkers, leaving the entire squad
to perish.
As soon as Commander cody sees swift and all of his brothers go down, he tries to rush
forward, in absolute pain, but Mace Windu holds him back and stops him from rushing
forward.
Windu tells Cody to stop since there’s nothing he can do now.
Cody is almost in tears at the loss of his brothers, but out of the bunker, he can hear
the horrible laughter of Gorgol, happy that he has torn down the troopers.
Gorgol then calls out to the Jedi, warning them that he is the chief mechanic of the
station and demands that they realize the uselessness of their struggle.
He then suggests that they surrender immediately.
As his speech rings out through the halls of the station, cody is still in shock and
pain, blaming the loss of Sergeant Swift’s squad on himself, leaving him filled with
sadness.
Obi-Wan however tries to comfort his commander, telling him that it was nothing more than
a well-laid trap.
There was absolutely nothing that cody could do and exposing it has now taught them more
about Gorgol, and how he places all of his faith in his security systems.
Immediately after this, Mace Windu and Obi-Wan very quickly come to the realization that
there is absolutely no way they can win a standing battle here, especially since the
droid army have far more soldiers to put forward.
In order to have any chance at a win, they’ll have to prevent the seppies from receiving
reinforcements.
Ponds then asks his general for orders, and the group huddle around, ready to hear them.
Windu immediately tells the two Clone Commanders that he and Master Kenobi will disappear for
a while, while Ponds Neutralises the station’s transmitter.
Cody’s role will require… some acting abilities.
And also a strong ability to commit War crimes.
Windu Orders Cody to fake the surrender of the Clone Forces, obviously a clear war crime
under the Yavin Code and Galactic Accords.
Following this, Ponds and Cody, along with their surviving men make it looks like the
Republic forces are surrendering, which absolutely shocks the Geonosian commander inside of his
bunker.
His B-1 units try to warn him that this surrender is fake, but he’s far too proud to listen.
Gorgol then orders his droids to scour the perimeter of the area, and they begin chatting
amongst themselves, remarking that it sure is nice to be on the winning side for once,
but before the other droids can ever say Roger Roger, Obi-Wan leaps from the air, and tears
their heads off.
The B-1 units are in shock as Obi-Wan begins gliding his blue lightsaber right through
their bodies and leaving them in the dust, telling them that he is only passing through,
as he rushes to the next group of droids.
As Obi-Wan kills a few more battle droid units, he calls Commander Ponds on his comms unit
and asks him if he has found the signal room yet, to which he says “affirmative general”,
before adding “crawling with clankers -- the perfect chance to give my launcher another
test!”.
Obi-Wan then contacts Master Windu on his comms device to get a status update, and Windu
tells him that he’s just cleaning up, and has left created a huge ball of B-1 battle
droids with the force.
Obi-Wan is pleased by this, and is now left with only one thing to do.
They must wait for their enemy to come out and brag about his victory.
As Gorgol arrogantly marches out of his bunker, he calls the Jedi weak republic puppets who
barely fight before surrendering, and is very excited because General Grievous will reward
him handsomely for his victory.
As soon as Gorgol takes the bait, Obi-Wan asks ponds how things are looking on his end,
and Ponds reports that all lines of communication have been cut, ready for the Jedi to make
their move.
Soon after this, Obi-Wan and Mace Windu team up, surging forward with their purple and
blue lightsabers, before cutting down every single battle droid defending the scared geonosian.
As they are slicing through the droid forces, Obi-Wan admits that he has a small weakness
regarding battle droids to master Windu, telling him that as soon as he’s finished one, he
can’t resist the urge to slice through another.
Windu laughs at this, and they continue mowing down B-1 battle droids, Gorgol is absolutely
terrified, ordering his droids back to the bunker and to turn the remote turrets back
on.
Obviously however, Commander Ponds cut the communication lines earlier so, his orders
go unheard.
Commander Cody then leaps out from the wreckage of his fallen brother’s walkers, using his
General’s line, “Oh, I don’t think so”, revealing that he was playing dead in order
to lure the Separatist commander into his view.
This is yet another war crime for cody, so he’s going all on for this mission.
Cody then holds his sniper with anger and pain, with his scope aimed directly on the
geonosian’s chest, knowing that he has authority from the Jedi general to shoot on sight.
With the knowledge that this pathetic separatist killed all of his brothers in sergeant swift’s
squad, Commander Cody opens fore in the separatist, pulling the trigger in nager.
The separatist is shocked and confused, shouting out “he missed?!”.
Cody however tells him, “better check again”, before Gorgol realizes that his beautiful
controller is ruined.
And to end the story, Mace Windu tells Gorgol not to be upset as he’ll have his holouffs
to play with all the way to the detention centre.
Obi-Wan also chimes, hilariously adding “they’re quite the hands on affair”.
And to end the story, Obi-Wan is very proud of Cody for showing such restraint to only
target the Separatst’s controller after losing so many of his men, but Cody tells
him “perhaps you shouldn’t be so proud general.
I was aiming for his head!
This rifle always pulls to the right…
So that was the first war crime Commander Cody ever committed.
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