Star Wars Battlefront: War on Two Fronts

Personal Log of Shand Hattana

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I fear I may not be long for my position, and what happens to me after that, who can tell? But I would like some record to show: this isn’t my fault. Watching the attached holograms, repeatedly, has convinced me of this.

Unable to break into the holdout at Cloud City on Bespin, I was given two sets of orders. One, from Count Dooku, was to take hold of the Outer Rim world of Tatooine, though he insisted I do this ‘as quietly as possible.’ For what reasons I don’t know, but I made sure detach a brigade with aerial support, and landed them in the relatively isolated Dune Sea. Unfortunately our presence there was detected by the Republic, and they came at us. We were able to hold our position and defeat the garrison of clones, but at a relatively high expenditure, given our few gains.

Simultaneously, I was given orders by the Separatist Council. Nute Gunray, in particular, was very supportive of these orders: an all-out attack on the planet of Naboo. The Trade Federation had failed to force our agenda on Naboo so many years ago, and Gunray was out for blood. Unfortunately, with our own forces split between Bespin and Naboo, and having recently been depleted by the action on Tatooine, we were forced to rush in droids from a variety of smaller battlefronts before we had sufficient forces to even attempt a landing. These actions did not go unnoticed by the Galactic Republic, and they sent a massive number of Clones, armed with the latest intel, weaponry, and training, to force back our assault.

The losses were, frankly, catastrophic, and our fleet was in disarray, unable to fight off the Republic counter-assault. We were forced to retreat with our tails between our legs, while the Republic forces are, if nothing else, relatively centralized and focused. Wherever they decide to swing that blade, it will fall upon my neck as well. Our scientists have been hard at work developing further counter-measures against the Clone forces… and I can only hope that’s enough.

Now I have to tell Count Dooku, Nute Gunray, and the rest of the Council of our actions at Naboo… and should even one find me disposable, this will most likely be last testament to that effect. If I'm fortunate, I mean that only in the professional sense.