Ominous.

Anakin's mood gets a tinge of worry, though she enjoys fighting enough that doesn't swamp her.

Still, she can't keep fighting forever, and she suspects neither can the clones. Eventually one side's going to get worn down, even if no one stops them first.

Elesse finishes the call and walks over to Kayra.

"Taun-We said that final inspection was in a month. How much can that be moved up?"

"It's mostly equipment checks at this point. Probably half the stuff's good to go."

"How quickly could a partially deployment be done?"

"Uh. Couple hours, maybe. Why?"

"Coruscant is under siege."

- Shit.

"By who?"

"The Separatists."

"Well. Shit."

"Ma'am." One of the clones speak up. "We're ready for action."

She really, really doesn't like this.

"What do we know about their army?"

"Very little, as of yet."

Nod. "We - should get moving, then."

They - should only take volunteers. She doesn't know if 'volunteers' is meaningful given the pressure and the conditioning - she doesn't know if asking each clone if they truly want to do this would cost time and lives. But reluctant soldiers also are unlikely to be good soldiers, even ignoring Anakin's qualms.

This mostly boils out to 'Anakin is very unhappy.'

" - How easily can we sort out anyone who doesn't want to deploy or feels unready?"

"We're all ready."

She takes a slow breath. 'If you say so' is rude.

"Alright," is what she reaches for.

"You'll need to tell the Kaminoans."

"Then let us go."

She falls in beside Elesse.

"Thank you for the spar," she says to the girls she was fighting before they leave. Then: to talk to the Kaminoans?

To the Kaminoans. The Jedi request is irregular, but as they have been such good customers, they'll do their best to accommodate it.

Thanks.

Where are Elesse and Anakin going to be while the partial deployment gets underway?

Conferring with clone leadership about the best tactics and approaches for when they get to Coruscant. They're the two people with the best knowledge of that space, and also have a line of communication with the defenders, if a low-bandwidth one.

She nods and sticks by Elesse's side.

Anakin also knows a lot about the sorts of ships the Republic can field around Coruscant and what their capabilities are. (She's wheedled her way into flying one or another class over the years, after all.)

The clones have relatively few starfighters, though close to a full complement of capital ships and ground assault equipment. With luck, there won't be a protracted space battle.

Especially not where any debris would fall to Coruscant.

Not the ground fighting will be any better. Coruscant is the worst of urban environments.