In orbit above the planet.

The Republic fleet stationed around the planet Coruscant encountered nearly a hundred ships with no coordination or attack plan other than chaos.

The Venator class largely held their own, their starfighters being sent out in droves to combat the increasing numbers of ships that kept appearing out of hyperspace.

They are an odd collection, to say the least.

Judicial ships, old Hammerheads, damaged Tamers and Hunters, stolen and renamed Confederate starships were all mixed in with the surprise attack.

Republic Admiral Yularen shouted orders as he tried to make sense of it all.

It doesn't take much thought to figure out that this is not a CIS attack. The CIS does not have such a large scale attack.

It was too dangerous, even for their nearly unlimited number of robots.

In addition to removing Separatist symbols from Confederate ships, the same was done on Republic ships.

So this begs the question, who is attacking them now in the chaos?!

Yularen stood on the bridge of his Hunter-class ship, a thoughtful look in his eyes while maintaining a composed expression.

Now is not the time to show weakness.

He needed to stay strong and take control of the situation.

"What is the state on the surface?"

"There's fighting everywhere, General. Distress signals are being sent out, calling in many fleets from across the galaxy to help.

"What?" Yularen said in surprise. "But they're only invading here and now."

"I know, sir, but there seems to be fighting on the ground as well. The entire planet is under attack.

Yularen took a step back in shock. "How could this happen?"

“I think a large-scale attack like this would take weeks or even months to plan.

"The Separatists must be bolder than we thought," one clone muttered loudly.

Yularen shook his head. "Not them, because of the model ship I saw from the window."

"...Who dares to attack the capital of the Republic, sir? Another clone pilot said in astonishment.

"Who the hell, indeed." Yularen muttered. "I want every starfighter involved, anyway. We need to repel this invasion with everything we have.

"Right away, sir."

By now, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Republic starfighters were massed against the oncoming tide of enemy ships, and the battle was still going on.

Multiple units of clones and Coruscant Guards were being organized and sent out as quickly as possible to meet this surprise attack.

Captain Rex of the 501st was currently leading his men in battle alongside detachments from several other clone trooper regiments and battalions stationed on Coruscant.

The 104th Wolf Battalion, led by Commander Wolfe.

The purple ones are the 187th Regiment and the newly transferred commander Ponzi.

Commander Gerry and his 41st Regiment.

Bakara of the Galactic Marines.

Commander Fox and Thorn of the Coruscant Guard.

Leading them while coordinating their defense was a clone trooper of high renown among the clone ranks.

The only clone besides Captain Rex to be given the legendary Screaming Eagle Eye on his helmet, a symbol of exemplary courage and tenacity.

His armor had red markings on it, but unlike the Coruscant Shock Trooper Guards, the pattern was distinctly different from the others.

Combined with the shoulder straps and overall equipment, this soldier is one of the most recognizable clones in the Grand Army of the Republic in the eyes of the clones.

Advanced Reconnaissance Commando 778S

Also known as Captain Fordow.

"Bakara, Thorn, take your troops to Sector 10 and assign the troops to the north wing for reinforcement. Gerry, Pond, right wing. Rex, Fox, you stay with me." Ford shouted loudly while shooting down multiple drones and robots.

The clones spread out to their assigned areas to fight these nearly endless waves of enemies.

"Where the hell did these bastards come from?!" Bakara yelled, grabbing one of the enemies with his bare hands and starting to smash its head into the ground repeatedly until it shattered.

"It doesn't matter," said Fordo, jumping up and bringing his knee down on the head of the robot he was fighting. As he fell to the ground, he fired at a group of robots, taking out several of them, and the rest were destroyed by the assembled clones.

"Where are the Jedi?" Five asked loudly as he and Domino Squad were working with the rest of their brothers.

"Where are they?" asked Fordow, staring ahead.

The clones all saw at least a dozen Jedi Knights, their lightsabers all ignited, hacking and slashing at the droid army. They were fighting on the bottom stairs of the Jedi Temple, and in the front, other Jedi Knights could be seen fighting with other clones in the temple.

Among the group of Jedi before them was Depa Billaba, who appeared to be leading the Jedi as well as her own vanguard of clones.

They are all working at full steam to protect the surrounding area and crush the robot invasion.

Unfortunately, several of the inexperienced Jedi in the area were quickly shot down or blown away and left lying on the ground.

Others suddenly swarmed over them, swinging their lightsabers wildly in a futile attempt to push the droids away from them.

"Stay back," Depa yelled, managing to save two struggling Jedi. "Stay on the defensive. Keep these droids away from the civilians. Gray, Stiles, reinforce our right flank.

"Yes, General," Gray nodded, nodding to his commander, and the two ran out with a team of clones.

"General."

The Jedi Master turned around to see a large group of clone troopers coming to reinforce them.

"Captain Rex, Ford, Bakara, Fox." Depa said with a satisfied smile. "You came at the right time."

"General, where do you need us to go?" Ford asked immediately.

"We'll need to reinforce several key points if we're going to get the Temple into full defensive working order." Billaba said, deflecting a strange blast of energy back at its sender. These weren't like the usual blasts she was used to deflecting. "Fordo, I need you, Rex and Bakara to prevent our left flank from falling. Commander Fox, you maneuver and see what you can do with the troops here and secure this section. We'll provide assistance.

"Roger that, General!" the clone yelled.

As all this was going on, inside the Jedi Temple, they had successfully fought off the initial attack led by Ultron, and had commandeered the LAAT, now scrambling to secure the Temple's defenses and lead the forces in the defense of Coruscant.

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