OOC Statement: Welcome dear Sith to my homeworld of Rendili. Now I know I can't really stop you from winning a dominion. But I would love nothing more than to be a Dungeon Master for your forces to struggle against. I've poured a lot of work and time into the Shipyards and Planetary Security Forces, so I hope you'll give me at least the chance to play with you all to put on an amazing show for your conquest.
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The Sith had arrived.
Well since the Republic had cut much of its communication and the Naval and Army stations were stripped and abandoned as the Galactic Government lost control over some planets in the face of whatever had occurred. People had disappeared all over the place, even on Rendili there were people who had simply just. . . .vanished. However, the disappearances, while disconcerting, were not at the forefront of Camellia's mind right now. It was that the Sith had come. They were always sure to arrive eventually once the Republic's main forces pulled back from the Inner Rim and Core worlds in favor of defending the eastern Mid Rim. In all truth, the Rendili woman was baffled by the Republic's decision to forego their defenses of integral worlds such as Kuat and her own homeworld of Rendili. Both were prosperous and well kept worlds, sporting key defenses.
Not only that, but between the two worlds, their renown shipwrights supplied the Republic with over half of its naval might.
For the Republic to forsake them, it left the Rendili woman with a bad taste in her mouth. Now the Sith were here, the Republic's missing presence making them bold. Still, Camellia had been expecting it ever since whatever happened had occurred to put everything into the chaos it was in now. Even as the Republic pulled away, those from Rendili she called out to, and those she had favors with or who she had under her command she had managed to convince to stay and rally a defense at her homeworld. Sitting above the planet's orbit focusing a defense around the shipyards was a fleet that combined the planetary Home Defense Fleet with that of Rendili Stardrive's private security and a number of Republic dissenters who selected out of duty or loyalty to their homeworld to defend it.
The Fleet was arranged in a wedge in front of the massive station that constructed Rendili's proud ships. At the forefront was the vessel that Camellia Swift herself had arranged, a
Noblesse class destroyer, one she captained within the Republic Navy. All other existing Noblesse Destroyers still resided within the Republic, but this one Camellia did not bring back to the Republic as it abandoned Rendili, she was making her stand here and she was giving it everything she had. The deadly destroyer was flanked on both sides by a pair of heavy cruisers, of the new
Impregnable class to be precise, each of those surrounded by
Dreadnought class cruisers. Around those all, ten smaller frigates,
Hammerhead Cruiser class, sat by as defense as well. All aimed to engage the Sith fleet, and keep them from approaching the station.
The Sith were already landing their ground forces, in small clusters at least. Small and swift scout vessels quick enough to get through the gaps between the
Firestar Defense Stations scattered around the planet's orbit meant to deter mass invasion deployments before the Defense Fleet's fighter patrols could get by to fill them. Kuat had already fallen, word had spread quickly through the Inner Rim and Camellia was not slow to have reacted to it. Still, the Sith were coming far quicker than she anticipated. The forces groundside were not as quickly mustered as those in space. For the Sith to claim a victory over Rendili they would need to do three things for sure. Crush the Defense Fleet, capture the Shipyards in orbit, and either kill or secure the Arch-Provost in the capital who ruled over the planet.
The city itself was in a flurry knowing it would be the target of the Sith's attack. Rendili's planetary security forces, equipped in their
combat armor and toting their
P-7 Carbines, began to deploy across the city. Several on
speeders began their patrols to search for the Sith forces who already arrived, while main squads operated to evacuate civilians and take up positions at major intersections. Even
tanks were being pulled out from the security forces bunkers, guided to take up key defense points near the government center, the Rendili Naval Academy, and the Planetary Defense Forces Headquarters. Even the
Commandos were called out, resplendent in their own phrik armor, a material which was rare yet thrived on Rendili. Teams of which were loaded into
RAET dropships ready to deploy in trouble spots when a Sith Lord would be detected. Several Squads of such commandos were also guarding the government building and defense headquarters, to protect local security communications and the Arch-Provost from a Sith attack.
There were even several such commandos aboard the shipyards as well. Protecting the command center that Camellia herself stood in the center of as she tried to coordinate her homeworld's resistance against the Sith menace. The station itself bore its own defenses, bulkhead doors to be sealed and automated defenses were tricks up her sleeves to support the security teams roaming the station and stationed in the docking bays and hangers where the Sith might emerge once they pushed past the Fleet. Outside the viewport of the station's command center, the Rendili woman watched as a
Rendili Starfighter and one of the
Honorable class sped by as they moved to join the defensive positions. Those alongside many an
Interceptor, made up the large number of fighters creating defensive screens around the Defense Fleet and Firestar Stations defenses.
Rendili. . . .would not fall. Not if she had anything to say about it. And if it did she would give such a showing the Sith and all who heard or witnessed would remember for the rest of their lives! The Sith would pay for the world in blood if they wanted it, and she would destroy everything she held power over before they could drink it dry. The Phrik mines, the shipyards. . . .she would destroy them if the Defense Force could not repel this foe. Soon enough their fleet would come to clash with Rendili's defenses and their monsters and Vong and soldiers would be deployed in mass to fight against the forces on the planet below. Their scouting forces already there showed the Sith's intentions, but they would get one warning.
"This is Camellia Swift of Rendili. To the Sith, you have one chance. Leave the system, or face our wrath!"
NPC Fleet
Noblesse Destroyer x 1
Impregnable Heavy Cruisers x 2
Dreadnought Heavy Cruisers x 6
Hammerhead Frigates x 10
Rendili Starfighters x 204
Honorable Class Elite Starfighters x 48
Aurek Class Interceptors x 204
Galaxy Guard Class Bombers x 48
Stations
Firestar Defense Stations (Just around the planet to rp dropships being shot down and zooming past for effect)
Rendili Shipyard Station
NPC Infantry Forces
10,000 Security personnel (6,500 Citywide) (3,500 Across the Shipyards)
1,000 Rendili Commandos (600 In the City) (400 On the Station)
Vehicles (Groundside only)
Rendili Battle Tank x 60 (40 throughout city, 10 at Government center, 10 at security headquarters)
SkyArch Speeders x 150
Sith Targets
Arch-Provost at the Government Center (Canon Government Leader Title for Rendili)
Rendili Stardrive Shipyards
