As General Grievous and his separatist Droid army was becoming a more intense threat across
the Galaxy, Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi and his 212th were sent to the lonely planet of
Antolus, at the edge of the Outer Rim in order to combat a rising threat.
Antolus was the only remaining planet of a dying Star, and was considered a lifeless,
unimportant planet by almost every measure…
That was until it became a very crucial chess piece in the Clone Wars.
One stubborn and ruthless separatist commander kept his troops stationed on the planet, despite
its insignificance, forcing the Republic to counter attack.
While there however, something very strange happened which forced Commander Cody and his
212th to team up with the B-1 battle droids they were sworn to kill, in order to escape
alive…
So, lets find out why Commander Cody was forced to get friendly with a B-1 battle droid.
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The story begins in a dried up, sandy valley on the lonely planet of Antolus, where Obi-Wan,
Commander Cody and the 212th are engaged in a fierce head-on attack against the separatist
droid army.
The separatist forces are putting up a ridiculously strong fight, even stronger than Obi-Wan had
ever witnessed…
But that was for a reason.
The separatist captain on the planet was only a short time away from testing out his new
weapon, which would be sure to wreak absolute havoc on the republic, and all of it’s worlds.
As Obi-Wan says this, Anakin very quickly backs his master up and gets the troopers
of the 212th moving forward, ready to strike.
The two Jedi then move to near the front of the pack and begin deflecting blaster bolts
away from their men, and after a while Anakin believes that they finally have the droid
forces on the run.
Obi-Wan agrees that they are certainly being pushed back, but is very worried that this
is just some sort of trap to lure the Republic forces into their new weapon…
Because of this, Obi-Wan tells Commander Cody to order his men to surround the separatist
troopers in a swift pincer movement…
At the moment, they don’t have enough information about the Separatist plans, so they need a
clear visual.
Commander Cody very quickly agrees with his general and begins rushing forward, ready
to move his men into position.
On the other side of the Battle, the two separatists Captain Onn and Lieutenant Reynar notice that
the Clone Forces are now retreating for some reason, before very quickly coming to realization
that they are about to be encircled and trapped.
As soon as they notice this, Captain Onn tells his B-1 battle droid sergeant that he must
take his forces to engage the Republic troops head on, and keep them busy by any means necessary,
while the two separatist leads complete their own part of the mission.
While this is happening, Anakin happens to notice this sudden switch in tactics from
the Separatists, and Obi-Wan has a sinking feeling that something is about to go horribly
wrong.
He knows that the separatists are trying to occupy them while they use their new weapon..
And sadly for Obi-Wan…
He was actually right.
Only moments after he says this, the Separatist Captain pressed the red button his detonation
device, which causes a massive blast to ring out across the bone dry floor of the planet,
filling the skies with red and orange light as far as the eye can see.
Disastrously, many Clone Troopers from the 212th are killed instantly by the explosion,
ending the lives of too many brothers, far too soon.
Fortunately, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Commander Cody escape the blast with only a few scratches,
leading Anakin note that he’s never seen a mine with that much destructive power.
If the separatists manage to detonate a large amount of these, the entire planet will be
badly destroyed and Anakin, Obi-Wan and Cody will be in a huge amount of danger.
Following this, yet another blast rings through the area, and this time even surprises the
separatist who launched.
Lieutenant Reynar asks his captain “The weapon can create Volcanoes?”... but the
captain has no answer for that, and instead tell him that the second blast was an unexpected
side effect…
This causes a stream of realization to wash over the Separatist captain, and he quickly
comes to the conclusion that the planet is completely unstable.
Because of this, he orders his ship down from orbit to pick them and escape, but before
he can even finish his command, the lava from the unstable under layer of the planet seeps
up and swallows the captain whole, burning him to a crisp.
The separatist lieutenant is terrified by this, and so is Commander Cody, absolutely
horrified at what his men must have felt in the moments leading up to their deaths.
Cody wants to rush over to his fellow 212th brothers and help them escape the lava, but
Obi-Wan warns him to keep running because there is absolutely nothing they can do to
save them at this point.
As the two Jedi, alongside Commander Cody continue rushing through the sandy terrain
of the valley, they are forced to dodge, duck and weave through sprouting lava vents, popping
up every second and in every direction.
Moments after this, Obi-Wan looks back at where they all landed on the planet, and is
shocked to see that their republic gunship is now engulfed in lava, and won’t be taking
them off world any time soon…
Or ever for that matter.
After seeing this, Anakin asks his master what they can possibly do next, to which obi-wan
tells him that they need to group immediately and pull all of the surviving troopers together.
Following this, Obi-Wan faces down the B-1 battle droid sergeant and separatist lieutenant
one on 1, turning himself into general grievous for a few moments, as he flails his arms wildly
in the air, deflecting a barrage of fire against him.
After a few straight minutes of this, Obi-Wan becomes tired of the games, and rushes up
to the separatist Lieutenant, telling him that they must talk immediately.
The separatist arrogantly responds to Obi-Wan’s request by saying “I agree, Jedi!
We shall discuss your surrender”...
Obi-Wan isn't’ having it however, noticing that it seems the two are now engaged in a
Mandalorian Standoff, ready to kill each other any moment.
After calming down, Obi-Wan tells the separatist that they now have two choices.
They can either temporarily put aside their differences and work together to leave this
planet, or they can continue fighting and die where they stand.
The separatist lieutenant has pretty much no choice but to agree with this, telling
Kenobi that they will be allies until they reach safety.
When Obi-Wan walks back to Anakin to discuss the situation, Anakin is immediately annoyed
at the situation, and doesn’t trust the separatist all…
Obi-Wan admits that he doesn’t really trust him either, and only trusts in the force…
but they don’t really have another option.
Now at this point, Commander Cody has to deliver the bad news to his brothers…
They going to be fighting alongside clankers.
The members of the 212th are initially outraged that they have to work with clankers, calling
them simple, mass-produced tin cans.
On the other side of the coin, the B-1 battle droids are equally unhappy with the situation,
saying “working with clones?
Finely-crafted units like us, working with factory-bred meat?
Disgraceful!”
Shortly after this goes down, obi-Wan asks the Separatist lieutenant if he’s sure that
his ship is intact, because this sector of the galaxy has very frequent meteor activity…
The seppie tells him that it’s in orbit right now, protected by a shield, so it hopefully
should be ok.
Eventually, the Jedi and Clone march alongside the battle droids and separatist, on a long,
perilous journey, until Obi-Wan grabs the seppie by the shoulders, leading him to believe
that Kenobi is breaking their agreement already…
Obi-Wan however has enough honor not to do that, and instead is literally saving the
man’s life.
He was able to use the force sense that there was a large lava burst about to form in front
of him.
This time however, it isn’t a lava burst that pops out of the ground, but instead a
large swarm of various creatures, each hostile towards the humans on the planet.
This leads Obi-Wan to fight side by side with the separatist, and The 212th clones to save
the lives of the B-1 battle droids as the insects begin crawling all over them.
Following this, the Anakin makes the same mistake as his master, when the separatist
lieutenant points his gun at Anakin, believing the deal has been altered… but instead he’s
just shooting an insect off his back, which was about to bit into Anakin.
After defeating the horde of insects, the clone comes together with the droids and the
Jedi-separatist team continue moving forward, until the reach a point where the communications
are in range to contact his ship in orbit.
The communication to his ship from orbit does actually work, leading it to be sent down
the surface where Anakin says “I never thought I’d be so glad to see a separatist ship…
Eventually, everyone boards the separatist ship, but this time, the Lieutenant does actually
try to alter the deal, holding Anakin and Obi-Wan hostage, because in his eyes teh agreement
ended as soon as everyone was safe…
Obi-Wan however is never one to be outsmarted, telling Lieutenant Reynar “you’re not
safe yet” before unleashing the magnetic hold on the ship, sending the battle droids
flying through air and clanking on everything they touch.
Lieutenant Reynar is shocked at this, wondering his it was possible, since the battle droids
are supposed to be non-magnetic.
Obi-Wan however schools the young separatist, telling him that lava contains iron, and the
volcano doused the droids with just enough iron to make the magnetic holding system effective
on them.
As the battle droid is stuck to the ground, he hilariously asks “does anyone have any
oil?
I’m a little stiff.
And to end the story commander cody and the 212th are forced to take their amor off to
board the ship, since they will also get stuck, and they do so, leaving the separatist and
his battle droids as the only ones unable to move for the rest of the trip.
Finally, Reynar asks if he is now Obi-Wan’s prisoner, but Obi-Wan tells him that he is
not and that he’ll be released at a nearby neutral planet.
He will have the burden of explaining to General grievous how he lost an entire ship and its
troopers… as well as the master plans for their new weapon.
Obi-Wan then tell the Lieutenant “let this be a lesson in the conduct of officers”
We jedi keep our promises -- even when made to those who violate theirs…
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