Chapitre 2: General Raven
A few days passed since Silas was told to go to Coruscant, even though he was told to go immediately, he rather took his time just to spite the creepy old Chancellor.
While he was wasting time in Kamino, the Kaminoan Prime Minister would attempt to convince Silas to stay multiple times.
'Clearly he wants to continue studying my genes but I always decline... The thing is, while I am wasting time here, the reason I'm doing so is that I understand the Clone Wars is gonna happen anytime now, which is another reason why I chose to not go immediately. It was so I could be ready for battle.' Silas thought as he patrolled through the white hallways filled with his fellow brothers.
'I wonder what rank I'll get.' He curiously thought as he took a right down the corridor.
Beep!
Beep!
His comlink suddenly started to beep.
'Is it time?' He questioned inwardly as he tapped it.
"Silas, we need you in the Prime Minister's communications room immediately." The feminine-like voice of the Prime Minister's assistant hurriedly spoke through the comlink.
"Understood." He replied as he quickly started jogging through the hallways.
Arriving at the double doors like yesterday, the two clone guards didn't hesitate to tap the button beside the door, as it opened for him.
Calmly walking through the door, it was dark just like before, the Prime Minister and his assistant could be seen standing in front of the holographic image of the Chancellor and a certain short green Jedi who seemed to be in a ship.
"Strong with the force, you are." The small Jedi muttered with a curious look toward Silas.
'Yoda?' Silas questioned inwardly as he stared at the small green figure in the hologram.
The Chancellor quickly spoke, seemingly in a rush, "This is Master Yoda, Silas, while normally I wouldn't mind talking, we're currently in an emergency situation."
Yoda nodded in agreement, as the two Kaminoans simply stayed silent and watched the interaction.
Silas nodded as he waited for the Chancellor to continue.
The Chancellor then continued speaking, "Jedi Master Kenobi was captured and we speculate that Jedi Padawan Skywalker and Senator Amidala have also been captured. We have information that leads us to believe it was by Count Dooku and that he's also creating a droid army of millions on Geonosis, with Master Kenobi and the others also being held there."
Silas crossed his arms as he continued to listen.
"We've already sent about 212 Jedi for a rescue mission but Master Yoda believes that to be inefficient which is why he is currently heading to your location to bring approximately 192,000 clones to Geonosis from Kamino in order to win the battle. We have already passed the Military Creation Act in order to do this." The Chancellor finished.
"I see, so what is it you need of me?" Silas calmly asked.
"While you were supposed to already be traveling to Coruscant to get your official rank and first mission, it seems we'll have to do it now." The Chancellor remarked with a stern tone, infering about Silas's tardiness for leaving the facility.
"My apologies sir, I was a bit busy Chancellor." Silas responded with a small smile under his mask.
The Chancellor didn't believe him but nonetheless continued speaking, "Well no matter, based on your overall results as a clone trooper, you have been deemed worthy of the rank General for the Grand Army of the Republic, and you will have your own legion comprising of over 10,000 clone troopers with 1 Venator-class Star Destroyer, 2 Acclimator-class Star Destroyers, and a few other more minor ships."
"What?" Silas couldn't help but mutter at the sudden information.
The Chancellor didn't waver as he continued speaking, "But with this mission to Geonosis, since we are lacking Jedi who can lead, you will temporarily be leading 50,000 clone troopers while Master Yoda leads the rest of the 140,000. Do not fret, once the Jedis are rescued, you and Master Yoda will start to divide some of the troops under you with the rescued Jedi depending on their legion."
Once the Chancellor finished his words, Silas just stood there with his arms crossed not speaking.
'Out of all the ranks, I didn't think I would have got the General Rank. To be frank, I thought I'd be a normal commander who can use the force... But it does make sense, my capabilities are just as good as any Jedi master.' Silas pondered inwardly, as he was genuinely surprised since a clone never gained the position of General.
But the same could be said for the idea that a clone can use the force.
Eventually he spoke, "Understood sir, what are the details of the mission?"
Yoda was quietly listening on the side, it seems he and the Chancellor already came to an agreement about the situation.
The Chancellor and Yoda then told Silas the details of the mission. The mission was simply to rescue the Jedi and quickly cripple the forces of Count Dooku before it turns into a war.
Since they already had star destroyers near Kamino that could be used for this war. It was agreed that 1 Venator-class Star Destroyer and 4 Acclamator-class Star Destroyers would come down to Kamino and prepare for war.
Yoda himself would bring 1 Venator-class Star Destroyer and 14 Acclamator-class Star Destroyers to Kamino from Coruscant, he used professional volunteer pilots in order to bring them. But once they land on Kamino, all the volunteers will exit as all the clone troopers take on their first real mission.
So to summarize, the two main powerhouses are the 2 Venator-class Star Destroyers and the 18 Acclamator-class Star Destroyers, with a total of 192,000 clones.
"That's a lot of clones." Silas remarked.
"Indeed... But necessary, it is." Yoda replied.
"Agreed, but time is of the essence. General Raven, prepare all the clones and once Yoda arrives, you will immediately depart for Geonosis." The Chancellor quickly ordered.
"Copy that." Silas saluted as he turned around and started to walk toward the exit.
He glanced toward the Kaminoans, specifically toward the lady assistant, who practically raised him like a mother.
"Thank you." He quietly mumbled before walking out of the room.
Taun We, the Kaminoan assistant had a gentle smile on her face as she watched Silas leave.
The Prime Minister himself was frowning, his miracle clone trooper was going to war where he could possibly die with all his genetic secrets.
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Silas could be seen in the hallway jogging as he tried to make his way to the hangar.
Waaahhh!
Suddenly siren-like noises started to go off in the hallways as red lights flashed in an emergency, clone troopers also started to flood the white hallways in formation as they received messages from there comlinks.
After jogging for a few minutes with fellow clone troopers, he reached the immense hangar filled with thousands of clones in their white armor, with only a few having colored armor.
Multiple square formations filled with clones stood tall with their weapons, in rows of 20, with 20 clones behind each one and they all made space for a large pathway in the center.
They were spread out across the hangar in these tight formations and there were so many that the Hangar doors had to open up in order to make space.
Silas glanced around as he saw the sunlight entering from the Hangar doors, but right outside those hangar doors were 2 massive Acclamator ships docked, that had their ramps dropped with the Volunteer pilots leaving them quickly.
'It seems the other two Acclamators are waiting for us to enter for them to land.' Silas thought as he noticed two other Acclimators hovering deep in the sky with a Venator right above them.
'I still can't believe that I'm gonna have a legion like this.' Silas couldn't help but smirk under his helmet.
Noticing that he was still at the entrance of the Hangar, he started walking directly into the middle pathway with thousands of clone troopers on each side.
He could count at least 20,000 in the Hangar and there were more at other facilities who would also join, making up the 50,000 clones under him.
It was dead silence as soldiers would keep a strict form but occasionally would glance at Silas's golden armor as he walked through the center of them.
Taking a deep breath in, Silas spoke while enhancing the volume of his voice by using the force, "Brothers, I am General Raven! This is our first real mission! The road ahead of us will test us, time and time again but we have each other! Never give up! Now while we were created to be loyal to the Republic, do not forget, we make our own choices! Do not fight for the Republic because you are obligated to!"
"Fight for the Republic because you want to! Some of us will die! But the living will carry the wills of those who perish! We are the elite army of the Republic! Death is not something we fear!" Silas exclaimed while raising his clenched fist.
Silence ensued for a few seconds until...
"Wooo!"
"Hurrayy!"
The clones excitedly raised their fists as they cheered.
Silas suddenly started to slam his clenched fist into his chest, and other clone troopers followed his example.
Thud!
Thud!
Loud thuds resounded in the hangar from thousands of soldiers slamming their armored chests!
They continued to do this for a few more seconds.
Until eventually, everyone calmed down as the thud noises faintly disappeared.
"Listen up! We don't have time to waste! Your commanders should have already filled you in on the situation. Board your designated Star Destroyers! Now move!" Silas commanded.
Quickly after, thousands of soldiers stayed in formation as they marched into the Acclamators while others separated and would enter Laat Gunships in order to enter the Venator that was in the air.
Laat Gunships could be seen entering and leaving the Venator as soldiers went to their locations.
Usually Republic military vehicles such as the AT-TE would need to be loaded onto the ships but they seemed to already be loaded, which saved a lot of time for them.
After over 30 minutes, the 2 Acclamators started to close their ramps and rise as they were filled with vehicles and thousands of clones. Soon after the two other Acclamators landed with the volunteer pilots leaving and the thousands of clone troopers entering.
Another 30 minutes passed like that and the last two Acclamator ships closed their ramps and started to rise.
The hangar was practically empty as Silas glanced around, nodding in satisfaction, he tapped his comlink and spoke into it.
"I need a gunship to take me to the Venator."
"Copy that, I'll send a gunship down immediately General." A voice replied from the comlink.
'I need to hurry, even though Yoda said I should wait for him, I'm not too sure if I should. There are over 140,000 soldiers in the other facilities that will board his ships, which will take an even longer time. And from what I remember, lots of Jedi died because he took too much time.' Silas pondered inwardly.
He felt that if he had such future knowledge, he should at least attempt to use it properly and prevent certain things that didn't need to happen.
Calmly walking out of the hangar, he looked at the 4 immense Acclamators floating in the sky with the Venator Star Destroyer towering over him, these were his own ships...
Silas's attention shifted toward another part of the sky as he narrowed his eyes once noticing multiple other Star Destroyers enter the atmosphere.
"It seems Yoda has arrived."
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