Western Reaches Campaign: A Crushing Defeat
Malastare, outer space, 40,000 kilometers above the surface.
Ten Hunter Class Battlecruisers and thirty-five Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers were locked in battle, their deadly heavy turbolasers firing without pause.
At this distance, Malastare loomed enormous in view, while the turbolaser beams continuously fired by both fleets looked like countless deadly fireworks blooming across the planet.
The Republic warships assumed the posture of a desperate assault, charging headlong toward the Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet. Yet their true goal was only to flee into the planet's atmosphere and escape destruction.
Both sides launched their remaining fighters. The Republic fleet had fewer than a hundred V-19 Torrent light fighters left, while General Sefrans Tann had held back 350 tri-fighters for her Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet.
The two sides' fighters differed in both quantity and quality. Combined with the disparity between their warships and firepower, the Republic fleet was at an absolute disadvantage!
Master Kyp She led a fighter squadron into battle. The formation also included a Jedi apprentice and a Jedi Knight, all flying Delta-7 fighters. They had become the Republic fleet's only hope.
If their fighter formation could not damage the Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet's flagship and throw the enemy into confusion, they might not even live long enough to return to the atmosphere.
Kyp She pushed her fighter's engines to maximum, and her acceleration instantly soared to a terrifying 2,000 Gs!
However, they were already close to the planet. Under the effects of its gravity, the fighter shook violently with every burst of acceleration, as though it were about to break apart.
But that speed was enough. She flashed into the tri-fighter formation like lightning. The droid fighters' AI could not lock onto a target moving that fast and could only fire wildly.