The Fall of Rosha
It had been three months since the Galactic Empire decided to completely resolve the Trade Federation problem and launched an undeclared war.
The Trade Federation put up an extremely determined resistance, and the situation was nothing short of horrific.
At the outset of the war, the Galactic Empire had underestimated the Trade Federation's determination to resist. As a result, when it first attacked Rosha in the Core Worlds and Vulpter in the Deep core, it encountered fierce resistance and its offensive was stalled.
But soon, under Darth Vader's command, the Imperial army launched an even fiercer offensive, stopping at nothing!
The Imperial fleet carried out savage Orbital Bombardment of Vulpter. The powerful guns of Imperial-class Star Destroyers blasted the factories and military installations around the planet's equator again and again. Eventually, even from outer space, the dense black scorch marks and flames covering Vulpter's equatorial region could be seen.
On the ground battlefield, tens of millions of droid troops were destroyed. Their wreckage lay piled layer upon layer, left uncleared and forming terrifying metal plains.
On September 16, Arakyd Industries, the droid company on Vulpter, announced its unconditional surrender and withdrawal from the Trade Federation.
Yet Darth Vader showed no mercy whatsoever. He personally stormed Arakyd Industries' headquarters, arrested more than forty of the company's top executives, and publicly executed them!
Three days later, Arakyd Industries announced its restructuring, with all remaining assets and industrial systems absorbed into the Galactic Empire. This company, which had existed for thousands of years and once enjoyed unparalleled glory, was one of the Trade Federation's founders. Along with Industrial Robot Company and Cybot Galactica, it had been known as one of the Milky Way Galaxy's three largest droid manufacturers.
But now, all that former glory had become utter devastation. Vulpter