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<span class="mu-s">The 165th Siege Battalion</span>
HQ Engineer Company A
>Major Beck
Artillery Company B
>Captain Loge
Artillery Company C
>Captain Joyce
Engineer Company D
>Captain Goto
Infantry Company E
>Captain Boxer
Cato Neimoidia. One of the Separatist strongholds near the core, it’s been a thorn in the side of The Republic since the beginning of the war, but now Command has finally begun the task of capturing the planet, home of Nute Gunray, one of the Separatist council’s most senior members. While the initial assault by Generals Kenobi and Skywalker had dealt a mortal blow to the planet’s defences, several of the bridge cities are still resisting, though it’s only a matter of time before your forces declare total victory on the planet.
The 451st Regiment is preparing itself for an assault on one, though Commander Fabian is still in the planning stages with the other regimental commanders. Resistance is so scattered on the planet you could probably turn up in force and induce a surrender, but you’ve heard the Chancellor wants the treasure vaults of the Neimoidians secured, and it’s near certain that that’s where most of the remaining separatists are going to be.
As such, you’ve decided to put your troops through some simulations while you wait for your next orders, 2 Companies vs 2 Companies. And with the shinies, they need all the training they can get before they enter a real battle. Of course, the droids act more predictable than clones, and the average clone is worth several droids, but it paid to be the best you could be. It was good training for the men, and if they could take on companies of clones without trouble, then droids wouldn’t be a problem.
And, if you were honest with yourself, you worried for them. A batch of shinies fresh from Kamino, they’d yet to test themselves in a real battle. You’d been fighting since the war had begun on Geonosis, but all they’d ever had was simulations and training. Nothing could make up for the real thing. Still, you and your subordinates did your best, and you could only hope that they’d perform as well as any other unit. Even so, casualties in battle are all but guaranteed, and you can’t help but feel trepidation at the inevitable losses they’ll suffer against the droids.
