ACT TWO
Flying away from Tatooine, Bail is insisting he be dropped off at the Oxus Space Station to arrange his own passage back to Alderaan and see to his world’s defense. At the station they encounter the endless stream of refugees from worlds ravaged by the Outlyers. The sea of broken ships and broken people move Bail, who tells Obi-Wan it’s time to fight.
Bail contact the leaders of the other Rim worlds, including the Kane Whitsun of Ondos and Lord General Palpatine of Had Abadon (75) .he gives a rousing speech somewhere between the St. Crispin's day speech, and Jacks "Live together. die alone" speech on Lost. Out of the dozen leaders, only Whitsun and Palpatine agree to send aid immediately.
Back on Aquilae the Orbital Cannon is complete. Ruthven demonstrates it by an occupied Aquilae space-station.
The leaders of the free worlds meet briefly on Oxus and discuss battle tactics. Palpatine particuarly has a keen mind for war. It is a two pronged attack. The Had Abadon fleet will engage the blockage and try to make an opening for several ships loaded with soldiers that will attempt to land nead the Orbital Cannon and disable it. The troops from Ondos will engage the Outlyers ship-to-ship and attempt to board and disable the Flagship.
The battle begins. Anakin, along with Bail and as many Alderaanian troops as can fit, flies the "Angel Blue" through the blockade. He's the most amazing pilot and evades everything from the capital ships, through the orbital blockage, and one-on-one fighters in the atmosphere. None of the other landing craft make it.
Finally he crashed down through the giant skylight in the Aquilae Palace. Like a WWII amphibious lander the soldiers stream out and begin engaging the Outlyer troops in the palace.
In space, the TIE fighters of Had Abadon engage the Outlyer starfighters.
Obi, Arcadia, and a contingent of troops from Ondos engage and manage to board the Outlyer flagship. Obi-Wan FINALLY busts lose with his light saber. He's a whirling dervish of blue light, destroying everything in his path.
Back in the palace, Bail and Anakin and the troops try to seize control of the Orbital Cannon, which they expect to be lightly guarded (since no ship could possibly manage a safe landing near it). They are surprised to encounter Woyric, apparently having survived the Krayt Dragon, evidenced by massive wounds on the side of his head. He unleashes rockets and grenades, bringing down half the building on Anakin and the gang.
On the flagship, Obi-Wan and Arcadia reach the bridge. Ruthven himself opens the blastdoors, knocks Arcadia halfway across the room with a backhand, and attacks Obi-Wan, revealing that his armor appears to be lightsaber proof.
Pinned under the wreckage of the palace, Anakin reaches for his blaster but can’t get his fingers quite to it. Woyric laughs maniacally and picks up Bail by the throat, taunting Anakin that he will watch his friends die. Pinned by the wreckage Anakin reaches and reaches for the gun, until finally it seems to almost fly into his hand. Shouting for the mad Woyric’s attention, Anakin shoots him in the head.
Bail contacts Arcadia. The Outlyers still outnumber them, and their only hope is to destroy the flagship, even with the boarding party on it. Any second the Outlyers could regroup and press the advantage. Arcadia tells him to use the Orbital Cannon on the flagship. Bail gives them ten minutes.
Obi-Wan engages Lord Ruthven in a one-on-one fight, lightsaber vs. bad-ass armor with blades on the forearms. During this battle the controls on the bridge are destroyed and the Flagship begins to crash towards the surface.
BAIL (on radio): You have 5 minutes left to evacuate that ship.
ARCADIA: Change of plans! You have about two minutes to get the hell away from that cannon!!
As most of the Ondos soldiers and Clones shoot out of the escape pods, Obi-Wan and Ruthven battle to the death on the bridge. Arcadia refuses to leave him, and Obi-Wan force pushes her into an escape pod and launches it.
The Outlyer Commodore Lokheid, in his starfighter, sees the Flagship enter the atmosphere and start to burn, and chooses to escape into hyperspace. Many ships follow him and the tide appears to turn to our heroes favor.
Oblivious to the ship crashing, Obi-Wan continue to battle, each taking as well as they get. Obi-Wan manages to disarm Ruthven with two surgical slices removing the forearm armor, and Ruthven drops to his knees, ready to face a warrior’s death as the crash-lands directly into the Orbital Cannon.
In the flaming debris of the crashed Flagship Anakin, Bail, and Arcadia search for Obi-Wan, who they find beat up, burned, but still in good spirits. Lord Ruthven is dead and the rest of the Outlyers flee.
Anakin tells Obi-Wan what happened with the blaster moving, and Obi-Wan says that the Force is strong with him, and he should join him and train to be a Jedi Knight.
In the ruins of the Palace Bail, Whitsun, Palpatine, and others sign a treaty pledging themselves to each other’s mutual defense as Obi, Arcadia, and Anakin look on proudly. The music swells… …
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