Anakin had gathered the majority of troops at the bases on Rhen Var. Droids were slowly landing, and transports were taking the non-combatants out first. Anakin was coordinating the defense. Now only Delta base was left, having the clones from Alpha and Beta bases being moved, as Delta was more defendable.
"Last of the non-combatants are away, we need escape sir." a trooper explained
"Understood, what do the droids want with this planet though?" Anakin asked, confused as he deflected a blaster bolt.
The base was defended before suddenly, a booming message in an unknown language was heard over the radio. The voice continuously spoke, before stopping. The clones shrugged, confused before the marching of droids could be heard.
"No time to figure it out, we need to hold our ground here, then we can figure out the mystery of the broadcast." Anakin said.
"Understood sir!" The clone said, lifting his blaster, ready for action.
-in space-
Obi-wan entered the bridge, recovering from his headache, only to see the largest fleet of ships he had ever seen, and possibly, ever created. Massive space stations were surrounded by large vessels, along with dozens of smaller ships, that were still larger than the capital ships of the republic. He could also see the fact the droid fleet was turning to face this new fleet.
"Commander, what are the size of those crafts?" Kenobi asked.
"Several are kilometers in length, ranging from a bit over 1.5 kilometers on the smallest end, others are around 5 kilometers on the higher end. The largest ships are around 12 kilometers. Those bigger stations are 15 kilometers in length and width." Admiral Yularan explained, showing a hologram of the fleet.
Kenobi rubbed his chin. He had only 2 assault ships, and he had to hold position so that Anakin could be rescued, and no doubt, even if he did move to attack, those ships were more armed, armored and larger, those space stations were so large he had no clue what he would even target if he had to fight them. He watched, waiting, for what though, he didn't know.
Before he could make his next order, the communication officer stood up, and waved his hand, getting his attention.
"We are receiving communications, it's not encrypted." The clone said.
"Put it on." Kenobi said.
The communication was of yelling, of what, it was unclear, but its tone was clear, it was a powerful voice, and angered. The words were unintelligible. They could only guess it was an authority, but no one understood what was said, it was no language that was spoken by any space fairing species.
"Start decrying, and do it quickly!" Kenobi ordered.
"Yes sir. Commander Skywalker has said that the evacuation is nearly complete." The clone said.
"Good. I do not want him to delay, once he can get away, he will." Kenobi said, before he returned to watching the fleet in the distance.
He looked back at the fleet that arrived in the system, without the use of hyperspace it would seem. The fleet held formation, and position, were they not going to start to move into attack range? They appeared to, was it by chance and they were simply plotting their next jump, or were they observers? Who were they? Kenobi was lost in thought before he looked down.
"Scan those ships, as many as you can." Kenobi said.
"We already have, there seems to be a large number of similar ships." Admiral Yularan said, handing Obi-wan a data pad
"I had the information put on a data pad, so that we could study these ship's scans, but unless we want to get closer, we are just seeing the exterior." the admiral explained.
