1715, Yago-Dur Counterattack (8)
"The Separatist warships aren't launching fighters! They're... they're landing ships!!" an adjutant cried out in horror.
"Regroup as quickly as possible! We cannot fight in this state of chaos! Inform every ship: shoot down those landing ships at all costs!" Admiral Gideon Tarkin shouted.
The adjutant's face went pale when he saw those menacing assault landing craft.
It was not as though the Confederacy of Independent Systems had never used boarding operations during the earlier stages of the war. However, with improvements in naval tactics and the continual refinement of combat regulations, the Galactic Republic Navy now rarely gave its enemies an opportunity to board.
Every surviving record and image of Confederacy of Independent Systems droid legion boarding battles was horrifying to behold!
Within the cramped confines of a warship, encountering those steel-boned, immensely powerful droid legions meant that even formidable Kaminoan clone forces would suffer brutally savage slaughter!
Dismembered corpses, blood splattered everywhere, even entire compartments filled with charred bodies—these were all terrifying memories left behind by those barbaric boarding actions!
Such records could still be found in the Republic Navy database. They also urged Republic Navy officers to strictly follow the battlefield manual and prevent the enemy from closing in to conduct boarding operations.
After all, boarding operations had severe limitations. Republic Navy regulations stipulated that, unless absolutely necessary, ships were not to approach within 1,000 kilometers of an enemy warship, and fighters had to be kept nearby for escort at all times. Most importantly, at least one of the shields or the hatches had to remain active; neither could be left open at the same time.
These were the main limitations of boarding operations. First, ships needed to get close enough. Second, landing ships were vulnerable to fighter attacks. Third, they had to