Chapter 61: Explosive Blow
Brain found General Di and told what Commander Keeli said to him, but the jedi was still unconvinced.
"Commander, you bet the lives of hundreds of thousands of clones on the hands of a single clone? And now you say you don't even know what is his plan?"
"Yes sir."
"Luckily for you there are only two ways this could end, and in neither of those you will be reprimanded. Either Dageer plan works and your harsh decision saved all of the clones here or it doesn't and then all of us will be dead."
"It will work general. I trust my brothers."
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Dageer and Berro got the cruiser in the air quite easily. The first part of Dageer plan was completed. Now it was the difficult piece of it, flying the cruiser to where the other two were and destroying them.
The Gonzati-class cruiser got up very slowly, and turned even slower. Since the crew necessary to fly it was of only a few droids, Dageer and Berro could still do it, although the hyperdrive and the shields would be out of reach. Literally.
If Dageer left the control panel to go activate the shields, the ship would lose control. If Berro tried to do it the weapon system would be unavailable and all of Dageer planning would be for naught.
"Sir, the other enemy cruisers don't seem to have noticed we are not their allies. I am locking on the target."
"Wait till we get closer. Neither of us is a gunner. The first shots are crucial, and I don't want to miss them."
Dageer controlled the ship to go after the cruiser on the left platform first. After they destroyed or at least disabled it, they would have to turn around and go to the second target, which would probably be prepared for them.
When they were midway between the middle and the left platform, a transmission of a B1 battle droid with blue strips - a crew droid - popped into the control panel.
"R3-G6, why is cruiser AHHP taking off? Those are not your orders."
"Sorry clancker, R3-G6 had a slight malfunction."
"Wait... buzz...zzzz... who are you?"
"Berro, NOW!!!"
Usually the small turrets of a Gonzati-class cruiser would be useless in a fight with anything bigger than a starfighter. However, as a troop carrier, the Gonzati-class cruisers focused on having as much space as possible, eliminating everything apart from the necessary for it to fly. That included its shields, who were so weak that even the small turrets could break them easily.
And so they did. The first Gonzati-class cruiser was turned in scrap metal at record speed, and had zero chances to retaliate or run.
The second one, however, turned its turrets to the stolen cruiser. It was true that the ship in which Dageer and Berro were destroyed the other easily, but that also meant that the same could happen with them.
When the Gonzati-class cruiser took enemy fire its engines quickly shut down, and holes were opened on its surface. Berro controlled the turrets, and even amidst the shaking, aimed and fired at the command bridge of the last ship.
The command bridge blew up, and the cruiser which had barely taken off fell once again, crashing sideways on the platform.
But Dageer and Berro had to pay quite the price to destroy the enemy cruiser. Their engines were dead, the ship was half destroyed and there was no way they could land it safely.
"Berro! Remember when I told you that I had a plan?"
"Yes sir!"
"Well, I have good and bad news. The bad is that my plan depended on this ship being flyable. The good news is that I have a new plan."
"Why do I have the feeling that those are not exactly good news?"
Dageer pressed all the buttons not destroyed on the control panel and put the cruiser in a direct course to the bridge where the main invasion droid force was.
"Find a door leading to outside! We need to run!"
Dageer pulled Berro to outside the command bridge. They didn't find a door, but soon a hole appeared on the side of the cruiser.
"That will do. Jump on the three! One... Two..."
"Wait! Sir, that is your plan..."
"Three! Now!"
Dageer jumped and Berro followed suit. For the second time on the day, they fell onto the green and gray waters of Kamino.
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