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The clones are confident they can handle it.

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"Civilian casualties might be harder to avoid if it gets to ground fighting."

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They'll do the best possible. But they don't have the luxury of picking the battlefield.

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Yeah. Not an ideal situation by any means.

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On the other hand, they may have surprise on their side. It's unlikely this army is expected.

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And they might be able to shape where the confrontation happens within the system, too, especially if they're quick on arrival.

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That is to be hoped.

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The transports are ready. Will the Jedi be joining them?

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Anakin's assuming so.

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Yes, that makes the most sense.

The clone ships are roughly triangular, two long sides coming to a point and a conning tower at the aft. In effect, it's a mobile base of operations, with communications equipment, a medbay, barracks for the troops, and storage for vehicles and equipment.

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She tries to be helpful where she can, and stay out of the way where she can't be helpful. Still, she's assuming they'll have at least a short while before they get to Coruscant.

Some time to breathe. Meditate. Get her nerves under her control.

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There are officer cabins. It's almost expected she gets one.

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She'll retreat to one once she's no longer needed, then, and settle in to meditate.

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After brief introduction to the unit that goes with the ship (the 501st), she's left alone until shortly before arrival.

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She does try to get an impression of what the unit she's stationed with are like.

But mostly she centers herself, preparing for arrival.

She comes out of it enough before their scheduled arrival to get to the bridge and get settled.

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"Sleep well, sir?"

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She's not really a 'sir' but she's also never known how to handle people being polite at her and she doesn't want an argument right now over random honorifics. A lot of people are randomly polite at Jedi.

"Well enough. How are we doing on readiness?"

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"Everything seems to be going smoothly. It's impressive."

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She nods. "I noticed a lot of coordination and efficiency, yeah. Good for this type of thing."

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"We shall see how well they handle things when introduced to factors outside their control."

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"That'll be the deciding factor. Have we learned or figured out anything else about the situation we're going into?"

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"They've been running simulations based on the final update about ship distributions and positions, but without knowing more about the enemy commander, tactics and goals, it's hard to fine-tune. They seem to have covered a good spread of possibilities."

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"And we likely won't have much time to readjust our plans once we get there."

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"We shall have to trust in the Force."

     "One minute to realspace," a clone calls.

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She nods, centering herself and reaching out into the Force for an indication of what next.

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