27 Acidic Gas

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Once disappearing, a small smile could be seen on his expression, "Didn't work huh?..."

Then without hesitation he immediately turned around and ran, "Yeah that's a no-brainer! Time to run! Let's go Anakin!"

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Anakin had already noticed his intentions, and caught up beside Silas running, they both briskly jumped over the small barricade made by the clones and appeared alongside a crouched Obi-Wan behind a weapon's crate.

"What're you doing hiding here Obi-Wan?" Anakin asked with a playful smile.

Obi-Wan shook his head in apparent unamusement, "I don't have time for your antics Anakin, with the reinforcements you two brought we need to quickly press forward and defeat the Separatists."

He glanced toward the rushing clones wearing black striped armor who rapidly exited dozens of gunships, and promptly barricaded themselves behind walls or weapons crate beside the others.

"Relax, you can leave the rest to me and Silas." Anakin replied coolly as beams of red would continue to zoom past their heads.

Obi-Wan was about to retort, but noticed Silas in a meditating position, "With all due respect General, as much as I support the idea of meditation, now doesn't seem to be the best time."

Silas didn't respond as his eye were closed and seemed to be in a focused state.

Anakin was the one to speak as he said, "Don't worry, just watch."

And just like Anakin said, Obi-Wan looked around him as he felt a weird sensation flow through him, not to mention it seemed like the clones also felt it.

All the clones eyes widened as their once restless breath disappeared, and a rejuvenating energy coursed through them.

Unbridled, yet calm energy flowed into the entire battlefield, as clones weary state disappeared, replaced with a body full of vigor.

This caused them to be surprised as the energy within them felt familiar, and the long barricade of clones could only think of one person.

General Raven!

These effects were from the ability called [Battle Meditation], it was one of the few things Silas had learned from the Jedi archives.

It stated that if you meditated a certain way, you can spread rejuvenating effects to your surrounding allies, things such as replenished stamina, morale, while even allowing you to telepathically coordinate with those you choose to do so.

But eventually Silas's eyes opened and looked toward Obi-Wan as if nothing happened, "Do you have a plan?"

Obi-Wan was still in a daze from his previous actions, before shaking his head with an obvious sour expression adjourning his features, "No, unfortunately we are cornered, not to mention their energy shield is blocking everything we shoot at them."

Silas hummed in thought, 'It would have been easy to retreat, and just leave this planet to fend for themselves rather than continuously allow clones to die. But at the end of the day, I suppose this is our job, and the reason we were created...'

'Anyways, let's stall them for now.' Finishing his thought process he noticed Cody and Rex hurriedly approaching their position.

They both slid down beside them as they remained in a kneeling position, "General, what are your orders?"

Silas didn't hesitate as he responded, "I want both you and Rex to inform the others to spare some time by focusing all their fire and explosives on the bridge the droids are advancing on, rather than on the energy shield itself, so mainly a few meters ahead of their marching position."

"I have an idea that should work but it requires a little time, so just hold them back for as long as you can." He concluded.

Cody and Rex nodded, "Will do sir." And promptly went to relay the message to the others.

Anakin then asked a question as he looked toward Obi-Wan, "Do you have a strategic room?"

Obi-Wan did a curt nod, "Follow me."

With that, Anakin and Silas speedily trailed after him.

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[Thrawn POV]

In the air space above Christophosis, a fleet of Republic Ships could be seen battling the Separatists Armada.

And at the forefront of all the Republic's ships was the dark shaded Imperial I-Class Star Destroyer.

Thrawn was at the control center of the ship as he adjourned a full black outfit with a matching trench coat, his chiseled face calmly observed the battle.

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He couldn't help but think, 'Amateurs... They don't even have a proper defense formation, the only reason their even holding out is because of their abundance of ships and droids. Well, no matter, they should be promptly defeated soon.'

A clone in navy blue military clothes approached from behind, "Sir, Admiral Yularen is requesting for assistance."

Thrawn didn't even turn around as he replied calmly, "I've already told him to recall his Star Fighters and to focus all their energy on their Deflector Shields rather than offensive power."

Surprisingly, even though Thrawn's ship was at the forefront of the battle and came in as reinforcements for Admiral Yularen, they barely shot anything toward their opponent, and simply opted to focus on defense rather than offense, not even attempting to protect their fellow Republic Ships.

The clone captain behind Thrawn could only sigh, "But sir, he's saying their Deflector Shields are about to be depleted, and soon they'll be destroyed."

Thrawn's expression remained impassive until his mouth opened once again, "Fine, divert some of our firepower into defending the Venator Ships that are in need, but make sure we have enough remaining energy for my plan."

The Captain's expression brightened as he nodded, "Yes sir!" Before jogging toward the communications center.

Thrawn then mused inwardly, 'I'll have to make sure we have enough energy to defend this ship, whilst also having enough for the counterattack.'

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[Silas POV]

Silas, Obi-Wan, Anakin and Rex, were over a hundred meters behind the barricade of troops who were currently engaged in battle, in the present they were looking down a hologram table, in an attempt to devise a plan.

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"So, what are these ideas you talked about earlier?" Obi-Wan questioned with crossed arms as he glanced toward Silas.

Silas himself had his helmet off as he rubbed his chin in a thinking manner.

After a few seconds of silence, he finally spoke, "The best way for dealing with this situation is by defeating the droids from within their magnetic barrier."

Obi-Wan nodded, it was the obvious thing to do, "Indeed, that seems to be the best method, but how could such a thing be possible?"

Silas answered calmly, "Earlier from what I noticed when me and Anakin crash landed, was that all matter in a state of gas could pass through it, stuff like oxygen, nitrogen, and the cloud of smoke we created from the debris of our landing."

Obi-Wan's eyes slightly widened, 'So their entrance wasn't just for show?... He did it on purpose to test how the droids barrier worked.'

Silas continued, "Not to mention that the barrier has to pass over you if you want to infiltrate, so you can't force your way in. From this, I came to the conclusion that I need to create a sort of gas, that should theoretically be able to pass through the barrier and defeat the majority of the enemies."

Zzzzzz!

Anakin was about to ask a question, but a Gunship swiftly decreased in altitude above them as it landed over a few dozen meters away from their position.

Obi-Wan raised a brow, but Silas and Anakin seemed to have realized who it was.

And not a second later, the Gunship door slid open, and Ahsoka in her gray slim armor could be seen.

Stepping out the ship, she smirked, "You guys miss me?"

For the past two months since Silas and Anakin had been deployed, Ahsoka was ordered to remain at Coruscant to officially finish her training so that she could be ready to join the efforts in the Clone Wars.

And it seems today was the day that she officially finished it, and joined her masters.

Both Silas and Anakin unconsciously smiled as she approached their figures.

Anakin gave her a curt nod in greeting, as Silas simply bumped fists with her.

Silas promptly spoke as he said, "Unfortunately we don't have time for pleasantries Ahsoka, so we'll continue this later, for now I'll inform you of the situation."

She stopped smiling as she nodded seriously and remained attentive.

And just like that, in a few minutes she was caught up to the entire situation.

Anakin then finally asked his question, "So what sort of gas are you gonna make?"

Silas seemed to be thinking for a second or two before responding, "I've dissected a few B-2 droids, and saw how their exterior armor is made of a metal called Cortosis, it's a strong metal meant to absorb the damage from beams or lightsabers."

"While their interior wiring is comprised of Copper wiring. So this makes me think that creating a mixture between a multitude of different acids such as, Flurominatic acid, Sulfuric acid, Hydrochloric acid, etc, could possibly erode the wiring within the B-2 droids, whilst also eroding the entirety of the B-1 droids, quickly rendering them offline."

He seemed to be lost in thought as he continued to speak, "But the problem with that is Cortosis is meant to absorb energy and is quite powerful, which is why I would have to target the B-2's droids metallic wiring in them. Not to mention that Copper can be seen as resistant to acid, and even Strong Acids theoretically can't make another acid more powerful when combined, yet maybe I can possibly make their acidic properties change so that it specifically erodes the copper within them."

Silas finished with a calm breath as the three listeners seemed utterly lost.

Anakin could only chuckle awkwardly, as Ahsoka seemed to just look at him flabbergasted.

Obi-Wan himself raised a brow in obvious confusion.

Silas already realized their expressions and spoke once more, "To simplify it, I need to create a gas comprised of a multitude of acids that's main goal is to focus on destroying the inner wiring of the droids... So if all goes well, the gas I make should take out the majority of the droids, and all we have to do is clean up the left overs."

Even though they were slightly stunned at Silas's previous explanation, they now understood as they all nodded.

Anakin then says, "I have an idea."

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