Return to Earth

584, Return to Earth

It was hardly surprising that the Republic commander on Sarabin Planet would think that way. Anyone with eyes could see that the Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet could not remain in the Core Worlds for long. The Republic Fleet would return in an endless stream to provide reinforcements.

This was the Core Worlds, after all—the place where those noble lords lived! Not the Mid Rim and Outer Rim Territories where those dirt-poor country bumpkins lived. The security of the Core Worlds could not be neglected under any circumstances!

So it made sense for them to grab a load of energy reserves and run. The energy currently stored in the supply space stations alone was worth tens of billions of credits!

Compared to such staggering profits, losing some ships and droids was truly nothing.

As for any other possibilities, the Republic commander had not considered them at all.

Orbital Bombardment? If the Confederacy dared do that today, half the planets in their territory would rebel tomorrow.

Destroy the power facilities? Could the pitiful droids carried by this small fleet possibly damage those colossal generators, which stood only forty meters above ground but extended tens of thousands of meters underground?

The commander of the Republic defense force split off half his troops—fifty thousand men—and sent them by transport aircraft to defend the remaining supply space stations.

And at that moment, a cold smile appeared on Sefrans Tann's face.

Alaris satellite.

More than a dozen Acclamator-class assault ships descended upon the satellite's surface. Thousands of LAAT/I assault transport gunships carried the Republic clone army down to the satellite, where they engaged the droid forces abandoned by the Confederacy in fierce combat.

Scattered droids were everywhere across the several islands serving as battlefields, numbering more than ten thousand. But