Salukami.

An Outer Rim world that not many people even mentioned before the war reached this planet.

General Grievous lured the Republic here after capturing the late Ace Koss and Avengers Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Here they are hunted down, and a fierce battle ensues, culminating in Anakin, Sam, Rex, and Team Domino infiltrating Grievous' ship to rescue their comrades.

Unfortunately, despite their initial success, the crazed Chezoniva murdered Kos, snatching victory from the Republic.

Now, after that unfortunate tragedy, both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Sam Wilson are determined to capture the Separatists' crazed droid general and bring him to justice. Although they would also love to have Chezzo locked up in a cell, Grievous is now top of mind.

On the planet's surface, Grievous is surrounded by his retinue of B1 battle droids.

"We have to find a way off this planet before they find us." The Cyborg General said. He then looked overhead and saw a Republic cruiser flying in the air. "Kenobi... we need to hurry and find an escape pod.

Their cruiser landed several kilometers away from Grievous's group, and a ramp was pulled out, releasing a number of smaller Republic vehicles. They poured out, and the clone troopers had to arrange everything while the rest prepared to search for the Separatist leaders.

Multiple AT-RTs, AT-TEs, and speeders are deployed.

"Rather than splitting our forces to find all the escape pods, we should head for the wreckage of the landing transport."

"Of course, General," Rex said.

"Cody, spread them out," Kenobi said, turning to his second in command.

"Yes, sir."

Sam shook his shoulder as the troops began to march. "If you don't mind, guys, I'll do some reconnaissance on my own."

"Of course." Kenobi gestured forward, and Sam ran forward, sticking out his elbows, then spreading his arms, wings popping out of his suit.

Sam flew into the air, over the troops, deploying red-winged blackbirds and conducting reconnaissance.

Some of the clones looked up at him with a mixture of awe and desire.

While they have jetpacks, there's just something about the cool factor of having literal wings. Even though they may be mechanical, it's still pretty cool.

"I want to have wings like this," said Rex.

Kenobi simply gave the clone captain an amused look as he and the other clones began to travel across the planet in search of the wayward droid general.

Speaking of wayward generals…

The battle droids have searched the escape pod for any supplies, and General Grievous is considering what to do next.

"Contact the fleet," Grievous barked at a droid inside their crashed escape pod.

"Sir, our launcher is destroyed," a B-1 robot said. "Only one escape pod survived."

"We have to get there as soon as possible. Let's hope the transmitter is still intact. Grievous said before barking out orders. "Now find me some transportation."

During this process, the Republic troops continued their advance towards Salucami.

On top of one of the AT-TEs, Kenobi stood on the ground with a scope in his hand, surveying the terrain.

Occasionally he heard the sound of thrusters overhead and looked up to see Sam flying through the air.

"Sam, did you find anything up there?" Obi-Wan asked over their comms.

In the air, Sam hovered for a while, waiting for the red-winged blackbird to return.

The small bird-like drone flies over to its owner and settles itself on the back of the wingsuit.

"Nothing on my end." Sam announced. "Found an escape pod disabled and destroyed. A lot of the terrain is destroyed. The pod must have had a bad landing.

The Jedi Master hummed loudly to himself.

"General Kenobi!"

Obi-Wan looked down from his AT-TE and saw Captain Rex riding a speeder.

"Sir, the cruiser is back in orbit," Rex reported. "Any sign of Grievous?"

The Jedi frowned and looked back through his scope for a moment until...

"I believe we have found his ship," Kenobi announced. "Sam?"

“Yes, I understand.

All along...

Riding on one of the planet's native wild animals, Grievous overheard the complaints of many of the droids around him. It was really annoying.

"Battery low."

"Need to shut down."

"I can't go on any longer."

"Sir, we need to recharge."

"Stop doing this! How come your power batteries are depleted so quickly?" Grievous asked in a stern tone.

“You won’t let us ride on this creature with you, sir.

The B-1 droid was silenced by a swing of Grievous' lightsaber, which quickly split the droid in two.

"Anyone else?" the general threatened.

The robots stopped complaining, as none of them wanted to risk being destroyed.

"That's what I thought," he said, deactivating his lightsaber. "Now let's find that pod."

The robots continued their trek along with their grumpy general.

Meanwhile, Republic forces arrived at the crashed Grievous ship, trying to find anything useful.

The clones either lifted the ship or sifted through the wreckage of the craft, finding nothing but abandoned droids scattered throughout the area.

On the ship, Cody, Rex, Obi-Wan, and Sam are conducting their own investigation on the ship.

"The hot shell intake is still hot," Cody announced from the area he was inspecting. "That couldn't have happened a long time ago."

"The crew module is almost completely destroyed," Rex said, walking up to the Jedi General.

"We will split into teams. Rex, take Jesse, Hardcase, and Kix and search those wetlands," Obi-Wan ordered.

"Yes, sir," Rex said, looking back at Jesse and pointing his head at several nearby speeders.

"Cody, you, Sam and I check from here, Rex, if you can see Grievous, please don't act rashly, contact us first. Kenobi added and Rex just nodded.

"Rex is a wise man," Kenobi said. "But let's not forget who his general is."

"Hey, we Avengers are pretty reckless ourselves; you know that," Sam said. "And you're no saint yourself, Obi-Wan."

Kenobi just gave him a wry look, but Cody chuckled to himself.

Waxmaker and Seething are investigating the robot wreckage with Weeping, who are kicking the scrapped robots around while Seething is huffing in annoyance.

"How are we going to get anything out of all this scrap?" Seething asked loudly, Weeping nodded in agreement, lifting up the top half of the B1 robot.

"These robots are gone and can't give us any good intel," Weepy announced, tossing it aside.

"There must be something around here," Falcon said, looking around. "The ship is still intact, all things considered."

"Nothing so far, Lieutenant," the clone trooper said apologetically, crying.

The waxer glanced at a nearby escape pod with a cracked window, then walked over.

While peering inside the pod, he spotted a still-intact robot.

"Here's one!" he announced, causing the others to gather around him.

"That's great," Falcon said, patting the waxer on the shoulder. "Good job, man."

"Let's load the droid into the tank," Obi-Wan said, placing his hand on the glass casing. With a quick application of force, the glass shattered and the hatch opened. "We'll check it out on the way."

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