Kamino was an ocean planet, perpetually shrouded in storms. Only the clusters of structures built by the Kaminoans served as safe islands on the planet.
Kaminoan architecture was highly distinctive: metal discs supported above the sea like mushrooms.
Crack!! Boom~~~~!!
A bolt of lightning tore down from the heavens, followed by a thunderous crash.
In the instant of illumination, a figure could be seen hanging beneath the disc of one of the buildings.
It was Master Shaak Ti!
Blood streamed continuously from her waist, yet she still used the Force to cling desperately to the smooth underside of the metal structure, suspended in midair.
Without her powerful command of the Force and precise control, she would have had no way to gain purchase on that smooth metal shell. Her only fate would have been burial beneath the sea.
Shaak Ti struggled her way back to the edge of the building inch by inch, then painfully climbed up again. By then, half an hour had already passed...
Looking up, she saw that the flames of war had spread farther inward. Even the vast cluster of buildings in Tipoca City, the capital of Kamino near the clone factory district, had begun to burn.
In the distance, she could still see Trident-class amphibious assault ships rampaging through Kamino's cities, releasing large numbers of B-1 battle droids and B-2 super battle droids.
The battle had now reached a fever pitch. Dark shadows could even be seen darting through the water at high speed, their crimson electronic eyes glittering beneath the waves with an eerie menace.
They were A-Q-series underwater combat droids.
Shaak Ti's expression grew grave. Though the Separatist invaders were still few in number, every one of them was elite, and their preparations had been extraordinarily meticulous.
They had first used their overwhelmingly