Babylon 5 Meets Star Wars
Part Two
ISD Chimaera:
"Helm, set course for these coordinates," the Captain ordered. He then walked up to the Admiral and asked, "Why are we giving up our advantage by giving the Centauri shields?"
The Admiral smiled. "We are not. We will leave the area, then return in six hours and attack. The other ships will be here by then."
The Captain understood the Admiral's plan and smiled. "They will not suspect anything."
"No, they will not, Captain."
C&C, Babylon 5
Three Hours After the Chimaera Left:
"Ivanova to Sheridan."
"Sheridan, go."
"Sir, we have three more Star Destroyers coming out of the rift in Sector 14--two ISD's and one smaller, half the size of the others."
"I'm on my way. Sheridan out."
ISD Death's Head, Sector 14:
"Captain, we will be in firing range of Babylon 5 in three hours," the first officer reported.
"Good. Continue on course." the Captain ordered.
C&C, Babylon 5
The Star Destroyers Have Just Arrived:
"Captain, we are recieving a message from the lead ship--the ISD Death's Head," Ivanova reported.
"Put it on monitor seven," the Captain ordered.
The image of a man with greying hair appeared on the monitor. "I am Captain VEers of the ISD Death's Head. I have been ordered here to begin trade with the Narns. The ISD Avenger has been sent to trade with the Minbari, and the VSD Victory has been sent to trade with Earth."
The Captain was suspicious but could not stop these ships so he said, "Very well, Captain. Carry out your business. Babylon 5 out."
He then turned to Ivanova and ordered that all fighters be launched the moment they are gone and that all ships be put on alert.
ISD Chimaera:
"Admiral, the task force has arrived. We can begin the assault on Babylon 5 any time."
Thrawn turned to Captain Palleon.
"Begin."
C&C, Babylon 5:
"Captain, all four Star Destroyers have dropped out of hyperspace and are launching fighters." Ivanova reported.
"Open a channel to White Star Eleven," Sheridan ordered. "Delenn, looks like you were right about the Imperials. Go nuke 'em!"
"'Nuke'...them?" she asked, puzzled.
"I will explain later, he said. "Babylon 5 out." He turned back to Ivanova. "Tell the fighters the TIE Bombers are their primary target," he said. "Close blast doors and FIRE!"
White Star Eleven
Delenn looked at the battle. It was not going well. The Star Destroyers were larger, more heavily armed, and shielded. However, her ships were powerful, extremly fast, and agile. If the Imperials won, it would cost them dearly.
"Lennier, target the VSD Victory and engage," she ordered.
ISD Chimaera
"Admiral, we outnumber the enemy fighters 3 to 1 and out-gun the enemy ships 2 to 1, sir. This should be an easy victory."
Thrawn turned and glared at the Captain. "The Emperor and Vader thought the same thing at Yavin, and what happened? The Death Star was destroyed. They thought that at Endor, and what happened? The SSD Executor, the Death Star, several other Star Destroyers, the Emperor, Vader, and countless fighters were lost. No, Captain. There is no such thing as an easy victory."
C&C, Babylon 5:
"Tell the fighters to get the enemy fighters closer. They may outnumber us but if they get close enough we can pick them off with the light cannons," Sheridan shouted over the sound of explosions.
"Captain, the VSD Victory's shields are weakening," Ivanova called.
"Tell all guns to target the VSD Victory's bridge and fire at will." he yelled back.
White Star Eleven:
Delenn's attack was going well. The VSD Victory's shields would be down in moments and the ship would soon follow, she thought.
"Delenn, the shield is gone!" Lennier called.
Narn Heavy Cruiser:
"Sir, weapons and jump engines are down. We are dead!" the first officer called.
"If we are going to die, let's take some of them with us! Target the nearest enemy--full power ram!"
C&C, Babylon 5:
"Captain, we have lost six White Stars and one Minbari warship. The two others are heavily damaged, the Narn ship is crippled. We cannot take much more of this!" Ivanova reported, then saw another Minbari ship go. "Correction--we have one Minbari ship left, sir." she added.
"Target the ISD Avenger, all weapons fire!" Sheridan ordered.
ISD Chimaera:
"Admiral, the Avenger's shields are out." Palleon reported.
"What is the status of our shields?" the Admiral replied.
"Shields are at 78%, Admiral."
"Good. Target the enemy ships and destroy them," the Admiral stated.
White Star Eleven:
The ship dove and turned, trying to evade the frantic turbo-laser shots coming from the ISD Avenger. With its shields gone, the gunners went crazy, trying to shoot everything in sight, hoping to save their ship.
The ship flew over the enemy Star Destroyer, firing at the reactor. Just as they passed over the ship the ship they were hit from behind. "Delenn, we have been hit by several ion cannons shots! All systems are disabled! We are going down on Epsilon III!" Lennier called, trying to keep the panic out of his voice.
"Brace for impact!" Delenn ordered, and White Star Eleven crashed on the surface of Epsilon III.
Narn Heavy Cruiser:
"For the glory of Narn!" the Captain yelled, just as his cruiser rammed the ISD Avenger and both went up in flames.
C&C, Babylon 5:
"Captain, the Narn ship has rammed the ISD Avenger, destroying both. Delenn's ship has crashed on Epsilon III. The other White Stars are gone--the only ship left is the Minbari warship," Ivanova reported. "There is no way we can win this, John," she added.
"Damn!" he said. "Signal our surrender." he said to his shocked first officer.
"Yes, sir." she replied softly. "Babylon 5 to ISD Chimaera," she said to the enemy ships. "We surrender. Repeat, we surrender."
Bridge, ISD Chimaera:
"Admiral," Palleon called, "Babylon 5 has surrendered." he reported.
"Good, we have beaten them." the Admiral replied. "Now we shall make an example of them, to show all in this galaxy what happens when you defy the Empire.
"Destroy them." the Admiral said, and watched as all the weapons on the two remaining Star Destroyers blew up the station and the Minbari ship.
"Good, he thought, the planet is ours. "Captain, prepare to deploy troops, AT-ST Walkers, and AT-AT Walkers on the planet." he told the Captain.
"Yes, sir." came the response.
White Star Eleven
"Delenn, the auto-repair systems can have the ship fully recharged in 45 minutes," Lennier reported.
"Good. In those minutes, you and I will go to see Draal," she said. "Prepare a shuttle." she added.
"As you wish" came the response.
Epsilon III, Draal's Chamber:
"Delenn, it is good to see you again," the hologram of her friend said. "But I wish the circumstances were better." he added.
"Draal, we need to find a way to beat the Imperials," she said.
"I cannot change where in space the rift points to, Delenn, nor can I close it. The Imperial device on the other side prevents that." Draal said sadly.
After thinking about this for a few minutes, Delenn got an idea. "Draal, you said you could not change where in space the rift points to. But could you change where in time it points to?"
"Yesss, I can," he said. "Excellent idea, Delenn." he replied.
"You taught me well," she said. "Make the rift point to before the ISD Chimaera first appeared." she said.
"Yes, Delenn, I can do that. When you get to the other side, you must destroy the device. That is the only hope of two galaxies. I cannot allow the Imperials to get their hands on this planet, or they will go back through the rift with some of the technology here and conquer both galaxies. I will destroy this planet first." Draal said. "Hurry, Delenn, there is not much time." he said.
Draal and Delenn bowed to each other, and she left the room.
White Star Eleven:
"Lennier, what is our status?" Delenn asked as she entered the bridge.
"All systems fully recharged," he reported. "Ready to leave at any time." he added.
"Then take us out of here and head for the rift."
ISD Chimaera:
"Admiral," Palleon called, "one of the enemy ships survived and is leaving the surface of the planet at high speed." the Captain reported.
"Destroy them." the Admiral responded.
White Star Eleven:
"We are approaching the rift, Delenn," Lennier reported. "Fighters in pursuit," he added.
"What is our status?" the Minbari woman asked.
"Minor damage to the aft section of the ship, auto-repair systems are handling it."
"Very well," Delenn said, "Take us in."
ISD Chimaera, Secret Location
Grand Admiral Thrawn looked out the window on the bridge of the ISD Chimaera. The rift in space was visible to the naked eye now, the device to enlarge the rift had taken over ten years to complete.
It had been started at the Emperor's order long ago. When the rift was first discovered it was too small for a TIE-Fighter to pass through. It took the Empire's best minds a decade to discover how to enlarge it. The only reason for such a large effort for something so small wsa the possibility that the rift would take an object across the universe to another galaxy. The Emperor had thought that this would be a way to expand his empire. After his death, Thrawn had kept the project alive, hoping the rift would lead to another galaxy with technologies they could use to defeat the Rebels and restore Imperial rule to the galaxy. Now a Star Destroyer could pass through easily. Thrawn hoped the long project would pay off and help him defeat the rebels. "Captain Palleon," he started then stopped at the sight of a small purple ship coming out of the rift. Before they could do anything, the ship turned, destroyed the device--
--and vanished.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?!" the Admiral demanded angrily.
The Captain checked the instruments and said, "Sir, the unknown ship's destruction of the device has collapsed the rift permanently." he responded. "And we can find no trace of the ship, either."
C&C, Babylon 5:
Commander Ivanova looked out the window at ships coming and departing. This is going to be a long day, she thought. 19 scheduled to dock and 11 to depart. The wounded from the fleet were still being brought onto the station and to Medlab for treatment. The Shadow and Vorlon fleets had done a lot of damage, and the fleet had lost a lot of ships. The ships that were in working order were patrolling the area in case Earth tried to take the station again. This would be the perfect time for Earth to strike. With the fleet badly damaged, the station overrun with wounded, and the alien governments recovering from the recent war, no-one would go to war with Earth over an attack on the station. Just when she thought that things could not get any worse, the scanners started to beep. Curious, she thought, a momentary increase in radiation from Sector 14, where Babylon 4 disappeared--then it vanished.
Great, she thought. Just when I was hoping things would get interesting...
Epilogue
Epsilon III, Draal's Chamber:
The critical two days had passed and no sign of the Imperials, Draal thought. I did not tell Delenn that the Great Machine has an equally great time-stabiliser in it, which protected the planet from the change in the timeline. Draal smiled at the thought that his old student Delenn had saved two galaxies from Imperial conquest and would never even know it...
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