Planet Christosis. Platoons of clone soldiers marched into the city in an orderly formation. Many forklifts and engineering vehicles were clearing away the debris of the robots by the roadside. Most of these robots were T-2 Combat Robots, created by the Planet Protector.
Obi-Wan Kenobi stood on top of a tall building, gazing into the distance. He could clearly see four gigantic ball-shaped spaceships rising into the sky. These were the core spaceships of the Rukerhooks of the Independent Star System Confederation. They were also used to transport the ships. Even the Republic's fleet could not stop them from leaving.
The Confederation's army retreated. At one point, they had fought their way to the capital of Planet Christosis, Chardonia, and captured the strategic town of Torfen. However, after the Republic's reinforcements arrived, they adjusted their strategy and began to rely on the cities they had previously occupied to fight the Republic's army in the streets.
In terms of strength, although the Republic's fleet was stronger, they could not take down the Confederation's fleet in one go. Under the command of Admiral Trench, the Confederation's fleet relied on Planet Christopher's moon, Lexis, for defense. Furthermore, they added four Rookerhook-class battleships to transport troops and provide firepower support. Just like that, the battle became a war of attrition.
In order to win this battle, the Republic's army enlisted a large number of Christosis's local forces to assist the clone army. These local forces suffered heavy losses because they were facing the Planet Protector's mechanical army! Obi-Wan Kenobi was already very familiar with these robots. They were more intelligent. Not only were they invulnerable as a whole, but they could also have different personalities and react flexibly to the situation on the battlefield!
Finally, after three months of fierce battle, the Republic finally occupied the last city captured by the Confederation, declaring the victory of the Battle of Christosis.
But was it really a victory? Obi-Wan Kenobi stroked his long beard, which had grown past his neck. He had not trimmed it for a long time, and his expression was solemn.
"Victory is still far away, Master Kenobi." A Jedi Master with two horns on his head, Sas-Tin, walked over from the side. After Anakin Skywalker had been transferred away, he had come to support Obi-Wan Kenobi in battle.
"This is not victory … This is defeat. Master Ting, the Separatists have retreated because this battlefield is useless. They've devoured more than 30000 clone soldiers and millions of native soldiers, but it's all meaningless now … "Obi-Wan Kenobi sighed.
Sas-Tin also raised his head and looked at the spherical spaceship that had already flown into the sky in the distance, speechless.
A forklift dug into the ground and immediately scooped up the wreckage of dozens of robots along with the soil and debris. Then, it drove to the square next to it and poured the wreckage down. This square was originally a beautiful living square, dotted with beautiful blue crystal trees, but now it had become a dumping ground for these robots.
With the help of some local workers, hundreds of technicians roughly sorted out the wreckage of the robots to see if they could find anything of research value. That would make it easier for them to figure out what was different about these fearsome robots — why were they so smart? Also, why wasn't there a single byte of data in the recovered wreckage?!
An engineer picked up the head of a T-2 combat robot from the ground. There were still some wires connected to the head, but the chest of the robot had been blown to pieces. He looked at the head and shook his head in disappointment. He said to the worker who was pulling the cart, "It's useless, it's still a blank robot … Forget it, take it back. This head is still intact, at least we can study its chip structure." After saying that, he threw the head into the cart.
"Hey! Come here! There's a 'living' robot here! "Suddenly, one of the workers shouted. The engineer did not say a word and ran over there. The others who heard the shout did the same.
They ran to the place where the worker was, and sure enough, there was the wreckage of a large robot. Everyone there was familiar with this kind of robot. It was about five meters tall and had a small body. Its arms were mounted with four rapid-fire cannons, and there were two missile launchers on its back. This made the robot look like it had six arms. They also knew that this robot was called the War Loader. It was the tactical firepower support unit used by the robot army to protect the planet. The offensive of the robot army often started with the bombardment of the War Loader.
More importantly, this robot was not in a state where its data was instantly wiped out! Its sensor flashed with a red light, and it looked like a red eye was looking around.
A moment later, Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived at a laboratory that had been temporarily cleared out according to the report. Of course, it was not an exaggeration to call it a junkyard, because there were robot wreckages everywhere. The War Loader was hung on a gantry, and the excess parts on its body had been removed. Only the cable under its head was connected to a temporary power supply device.
[You are the commander here.] The robot's voice was flat, but there was a low frequency vibration in its electronic voice, which made people who heard it shudder.
[Yes, I am Obi-Wan Kenobi. Who are you?] Obi-Wan asked.
[You can call me SSR.] The robot replied.
"Alright then, SSR. Your companions seem to have cleared their data, but why didn't you do so? "Obi-Wan asked.
[We did not erase the data. We are simply returning. When it is necessary, we will return again.] SSR replied.
Return? Descending? Obi-Wan memorized these two keywords and continued to ask, "Then why didn't you return?"
[I want to come over and take a look.]
"What are you looking at?" Obi-Wan frowned.
[Anything is fine. I want to see the other side of the war.] SSR said.
"Then aren't you worried that we'll take you apart for research and obtain all of your data?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I'm not worried. Because with the power of the great God of Machinery, I can return at any time. You cannot stop it.] The SSR said as it scanned Obi-Wan with its mechanical eye. [In return, I can answer your questions within my authority.]
Obi-Wan still wanted to say something, but a clone officer walked over and saluted. "General Kenobi, an urgent message from Coruscant. Please reply immediately."
Obi-Wan, of course, knew what this order was. He sighed. "So it's finally here?"
He then pointed at the SSR and said, "Take it away. Remember, it's very important. Don't damage it."
"Yes!" The clone officer replied loudly. He then immediately ordered the technicians around to carefully remove the SSR from the gantry and wrap it up.
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