Chapter Summaries

Matt Hona continued fighting the Galactic Republic fleet despite High Command's order to retreat, believing the Fourth Civilization needed Terminus Planet to open another strategic route. The Republic fleet assembled a numerical advantage and launched an assault as Matt ordered his ships to fight to the death.

• Matt Hona recognized the Republic's hidden fighters as a trap but ordered his fleet to ignore the planet and engage the Republic warships.
• Twenty Aquitenes-class light cruisers joined the battle, and Matt Hona withdrew beyond Terminus Planet's gravitational field to form a fleet battle line.
• The Fourth Civilization fleet exchanged fire with the Republic, whose forces continued arriving, including Dreadnought-class cruisers, Invincible-class battleships, and other ships.
• The assembled Republic fleet launched a fresh wave of fighters and advanced in wedge formations while Matt Hona's ships defended and the Sova-class Carriers fell back.
• Matt Hona refused High Command's order to withdraw and requested permission to continue the offensive, declaring that Terminus Planet was essential to the Fourth Civilization.
• Matt Hona ordered every ship to fight to the death, and the operations staff officer joined his declaration: "I am the Calamity!"

The Fourth Civilization reinforced its fleet and drove the Galactic Republic ships into retreat, then began landing troops on Terminus Planet. Its first three thousand soldiers established a foothold, officially beginning the ground invasion.

• Three Luukri-Hok-class battleships emerged from hyperspace, and Matt Hona ordered the Kohl-class Battlecruisers to charge their Hypermatter Railguns.
• Darth Malthael, Green Betty, and Aiden Ward joined the battle as Vulture droid fighters launched from the Luukri-Hok-class battleships.
• Matt Hona's synchronized salvo crippled two Invincible-class heavy cruisers, while the Kohl-class Battlecruisers suffered heavy damage from Republic fire.
• Fourth Civilization fighters and ships forced the Galactic Republic fleet to retreat as C-9979 transports carried troops toward Terminus Planet.
• Banshee Fighters bombed ground defenses, and the first three thousand Fourth Civilization troops landed and established positions on Terminus Planet.

The Fourth Civilization and Galactic Republic fought a costly space and ground battle over Terminus Planet as both sides rushed in reinforcements. With the Republic’s army approaching Fermos City, Glin Betty and Aiden Ward joined Major General Xiao Guanghua’s command and prepared to support the Fourth Civilization’s flanking force.

• Matt Hona directed the Fourth Civilization fleet to defend its three Luukri-Hok-class battleships as the Republic launched a second offensive, and the arrival of Garda-class ships and Martha-class heavy cruisers forced the Republic fleet to retreat to a moon.
• The Fourth Civilization advanced toward Fermos City with droids and mechs while its rapid assault force destroyed seventeen hidden Republic spaceports or supply bases.
• Republic gunships and Z-95 Headhunters attacked Fourth Civilization positions south of Fermos City, but Goliath Mechs helped repel them as the two armies began fighting on the ground.
• Glin Betty and Aiden Ward arrived at Major General Xiao Guanghua’s field command center and learned that Republic reinforcements and air raids threatened the advance.
• Glin Betty and Aiden Ward departed in their Viking fighters to assist the flanking force and try to cut off Republic Army reinforcements.

Darth Malthael and Matt Hona launched a major attack on the Republic fleet at Terminus Planet, destroying its flagship and killing its commander, but fresh Republic reinforcements arrived. On Eriadu, Wilhuff Tarkin ordered every available warship to Terminus Planet, escalating the battle further.

• Matt Hona reported that the Fourth Civilization fleet had repaired enough ships to attack, and Darth Malthael ordered his fighter loaded with Proton Torpedoes so he could strike the Republic flagship.
• Darth Malthael piloted Red Comet at extreme speed through the Republic formation while the Fourth Civilization fleet engaged the enemy.
• Matt Hona timed a Hypermatter Railgun barrage to overload the Republic flagship’s shields, allowing Darth Malthael’s Proton Torpedoes to hit its bridge and energy core.
• Darth Malthael transformed Red Comet and killed the surviving Republic commander, then escaped as Republic fire severed one of the fighter’s legs.
• Matt Hona ordered the Fourth Civilization fleet to press its attack, but five Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers and one Inquisitor-class battleship arrived as Republic reinforcements.
• Wilhuff Tarkin ordered every available Republic warship to Terminus Planet.

On the thirty-fourth day of the battle on Jabiim, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and their allies argued over how to stop Alto Stratus while the rain crippled the Republic forces. Before they could launch their planned offensive, the Jabiimi National Army attacked their camp with droids and armed Kig-Yar.

• Anakin Skywalker sent an infected Clone Trooper to seek treatment from Obri despite the soldier's concern that she was exhausted.
• Alpha-17 and Olys Gillman urged the Jedi to consider killing the rebel leadership, but Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin rejected the plan.
• Alpha-17 reported that Alto Stratus was camped at Razor Coast, and Master Selius said the Republic would have to retreat if it could not capture him there.
• The commanders prepared a final offensive, but IG-227 Hailfire droid missiles struck the Republic camp before it could begin.
• B-1 and A-series battle droids, armed Kig-Yar, OG-9 Homing Spider Droids, and IG-227 Hailfire droids attacked the Clone Troopers.

The Jabiimi National Army broke the Republic Clone Army’s defensive line after a ten-hour battle, killing Master Selius and leaving Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker missing. Alto Stratus then drove his exhausted forces toward Cobalt Camp, hoping to destroy the weakened Republic headquarters before reinforcements arrived.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi organized the Clone Troopers’ defense and ordered units to restore contact as the Jabiimi National Army and Separatist droids attacked.
• Alto Stratus led the Jabiimi National Army through a costly assault, while Kig-Yar forces fled and the Selurites fought more cautiously.
• The Jabiimi National Army broke the Republic defensive line after ten hours, and Master Selius destroyed several IG-227 Hailfire droids before Asajj Ventress killed him.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi went missing, and Anakin Skywalker lost contact with the northern-flank forces.
• Alto Stratus ordered his exhausted army to march on Cobalt Camp, while Ulu Ulix stood watch before him as the final battle approached.

Anakin Skywalker returned to find Cobalt Camp devastated and unleashed a massacre on the Separatist forces who had desecrated the dead, then rallied the surviving Republic troops. When Republic reinforcements arrived, he was ordered to evacuate and abandon Jabiim, leaving Orliss Gillmun and the remaining Jabiim soldiers furious and betrayed.

• The Jabiimi National Army overran Cobalt Camp in a bloody close-quarters battle, killing Jedi Master Laiska and many Republic defenders.
• Anakin found Elara and Master Laiska among the desecrated dead, lost control, and slaughtered the Separatist soldiers and droids scavenging the battlefield.
• Anakin rescued the retreating survivors and joined Clone Commander Alpha-17 and Orliss Gillmun, then learned that Laiska had failed to kill Alto Stratus and that Jabiim had declared independence.
• A Consular-class cruiser arrived carrying orders from Chancellor Sheev Palpatine to evacuate Anakin and the Clone Army, not to reinforce the surviving defenders.
• Gillmun protested the abandonment and ordered the Republic to leave its ship behind, but Anakin disarmed the Jabiim soldiers with the Force and boarded the cruiser.

Darth Malthael learned that the Jabiim Campaign had ended and ordered his followers to support Jabiim’s new government and reconstruction. He prepared to leave the Terminus battlefield as Matt Horner reported Republic reinforcements and a recovered Jedi Knight’s body.

• Darth Malthael learned from Ulu Ulix that the Republic had withdrawn from Jabiim and ordered him to help Alto Stratus and strengthen their presence there.
• Darth Malthael and Lucien Draay discussed the Chosen One’s fall, Darth Sidious, and Malthael’s plans for a future wife and children.
• Darth Malthael told Matt Horner he would leave the battlefield to keep his connection to Dawn Star Planet secret.
• Matt Horner reported that the Republic fleet had recovered to forty ships, including a threatening Prosecutor-class battlecruiser, and planned to seize Terminus’s moons for orbital defenses.
• The medical department informed Darth Malthael that the body of the Jedi Knight he had shot down had been recovered and taken to the medical bay.

Darth Malthael recalled how he and his allies fought off seven Jedi Knights, killing five and forcing the survivors to retreat. At the medical center, he identified one of the dead as Jedi High Council member Adi Gallia and resurrected her.

• Darth Malthael and the two Dark Followers fought seven Jedi Knights in space after Republic reinforcements arrived at Terminus Planet.
• Matt Hona drove back the Republic fleet, and Fourth Civilization warships supported Darth Malthael's dogfight.
• Darth Malthael's forces used missile bombardment to trap the Jedi fighters in radiation clouds, destroying three Delta-7 fighters and damaging the others.
• Darth Malthael destroyed another Delta-7 fighter, then killed the strongest Jedi Knight with his Lightsaber after blocking her attack with Kresh's Gauntlet.
• The surviving Jedi retreated, and Darth Malthael later recognized the dead Jedi as Master Adi Gallia.
• Darth Malthael used a Resurrection Spell of the Life Force on Adi Gallia's corpse.

Darth Malthael examined the Jedi in the body bags, resurrected a severed Jedi Master, and tortured her while trying to turn her to the Dark Side. As Adi Gallia’s Force energy surged in the next room, he expected to gain two more Dark Followers.

• Darth Malthael found that two Jedi could not be resurrected and a fourth Jedi’s Force ghost self-destructed.
• Darth Malthael resurrected the blonde Jedi Master whose body had been severed at the waist.
• The Jedi Master screamed as the Resurrection Spell made her relive the agony of her fatal injuries.
• Darth Malthael used the Force to hold her down and urged her to embrace the Dark Side, but she resisted.
• Darth Malthael ordered medical droids to inject the Jedi Master with adrenaline and sent the other Jedi Knights’ corpses away for Chlamydiae culture fluid.
• Darth Malthael watched Adi Gallia’s Force energy surge and anticipated gaining two more Dark Followers.

Darth Malthael reflected on the Fourth Civilization’s shortage of Force-sensitive allies before confronting the captured Adi Gallia. Unable to break her resolve through torture, he ordered her confined for future experiments aimed at achieving Immortality.

• Darth Malthael considered how Darth Sidious and Count Dooku held advantages in power and influence, while the Twilight Covenant remained a small training group.
• Darth Malthael entered the ruined treatment room and found Adi Gallia weakened but still defiant.
• Adi Gallia attacked Darth Malthael, but resisted his control and refused to yield despite repeated beatings and healing.
• Darth Malthael threatened to send Adi Gallia to Abola Island for experiments, and she vowed he would accomplish nothing.
• Darth Malthael ordered T-850 bodyguards to lock Adi Gallia in the dungeon, then left Siri Tachi to her torment.

Darth Malthael visited the corpse-filled prison district on Kessel, where Casal Fogg had been transformed into an Abomination using the Drayer Virus and a corrupted Kyber Crystal. He activated the Dark Side Force within the monster, revealing that the crystal had become part of its body.

• Darth Malthael arrived on Kessel, where he had imprisoned Casal Fogg and his family after massacring half the planet's surviving residents.
• Casal Fogg had been forced to choose the victims and was later transformed into an Abomination through Sith Alchemy and the Drayer Virus.
• Darth Malthael entered the prison district, which was filled with the rotting corpses of the massacre's victims.
• Darth Malthael found Casal Fogg, now a nearly three-meter-tall monster feeding on corpses, and explained the origins and dangers of the Drayer Virus.
• Darth Malthael activated the Dark Side Force, causing a red glow to shine inside Casal Fogg's body where the swallowed Kyber Crystal had become part of it.

Darth Malthael transformed Casal-Fogg into a virus-driven monster called The Enlightener and sent him toward Terminus Planet. Meanwhile, the Fourth Civilization’s fleet was trapped in an escalating war of attrition, and Matt Hona suspected Wilhuff Tarkin was behind the trap.

• Darth Malthael used the Force to move the Kyber Crystal inside Casal-Fogg and then infected him with the Drayer Virus using Murakami orchids.
• Casal-Fogg devoured the corpses of his wife and children, then grew stronger as Darth Malthael repeatedly struck him with Force lightning.
• Darth Malthael named the transformed Casal-Fogg The Enlightener and had the surviving prisoners fit him with heavy armor and inhibitor injectors.
• Darth Malthael said he had spread information about The Enlightener through the underground black markets and ordered him to accompany him to Terminus Planet.
• Matt Hona recognized the Republic’s reckless battle strategy as Wilhuff Tarkin’s and urged the Fourth Civilization commanders to break through the trap by committing more strength.

The Fourth Civilization Army launched an assault on Republic positions at the Kilin Wasteland, where both sides traded heavy artillery and air strikes. Huang Yehao’s troops charged through the defenses, but AT-XT walkers appeared as their advance came under fire.

• Major General Xiao Guanghua led 15,000 Fourth Civilization troops and droid forces in an offensive near Fermos City.
• A Banshee Fighter squadron attacked Republic artillery, and its last pilot destroyed five AV-7 self-propelled artillery pieces before crashing.
• Huang Yehao led Fourth Civilization soldiers out of M-650 Mammoth Armored Personnel Carriers and ordered them to charge the Republic positions.
• Republic fire destroyed two Vulture Vehicles and an M-650 Mammoth, forcing Fourth Civilization soldiers to take cover.
• Huang Yehao’s troops spotted AT-XT walkers in the Republic positions.

Huang Yehao’s company broke through Republic positions after he disabled an AT-XT and AAT tanks and airdropped droids joined the assault. The company withdrew to regroup, but Huang Yehao learned that the overall battle was going poorly and that Hill 1103 would be their next objective.

• Huang Yehao charged an AT-XT with a rocket launcher, disabled one walker, and was rescued when AAT tanks destroyed the remaining AT-XTs.
• AAT tanks and Mammoth vehicles drove into Republic positions while Cummings’s mortars destroyed E-WEB emplacements, forcing Clone Troopers to retreat.
• APOD-33 transports dropped B-1 and B-2 droids behind the Republic line, and Huang Yehao ordered his soldiers to advance alongside them.
• Huang Yehao’s company pushed more than three thousand meters into Republic lines before withdrawing to regroup as other Fourth Civilization units arrived.
• Huang Yehao learned that only seven locations had broken through and that his next mission, after two hours of rest, was to capture Hill 1103.

The Fourth Civilization and the Galactic Republic fought to a standstill on Terminus Planet after a costly ground battle and repeated clashes in orbit. With both sides stretched across multiple fronts, the Fourth Civilization strengthened its defenses and began constructing a lunar Mass Driver to threaten the planet.

• The Fourth Civilization attacked the Republic’s defensive lines at Kilin Wasteland, where Clone Troopers resisted its assault while Dai Hongkui’s armored tactics helped the attackers advance.
• Huang Yehao’s company captured Hill 1103, allowing the Fourth Civilization to cover a wide area with artillery and forcing the Republic to retreat more than 150 kilometers toward Fermos City.
• Both fleets suffered supply constraints and settled into a stalemate around Terminus Planet, while fighting intensified on Bosavic Planet, Mon Calamari, and near Nubian Planet.
• Matt Hona ordered Gauss weapons platforms and hangar platforms built near the Manfarr hyperspace route, then captured a moon of Terminus Planet and began constructing a Mass Driver.

Darth Malthael gave Matt Horner one month to capture Terminus Planet, despite Matt estimating the campaign would take at least three. Facing serious logistical and tactical obstacles, Matt sought Mira Han’s advice, and she suggested getting the Hutts to help.

• Darth Malthael left the Enlightener with Matt Horner and ordered him to capture Terminus Planet within one month.
• Matt Horner explained that Manfarr’s spaceport and the hyperspace route could not support a faster offensive, and estimated the campaign needed at least three months.
• A simulation found that T-Virus weapons and Indjori Avengers could not defeat the Clone Army without sufficient pressure from the front lines.
• Matt Horner ordered further combat simulations, then contacted Mira Han to discuss the deadline.
• Mira Han warned that Terminus Planet offered little benefit to Dawn Star Planet and suggested Matt enlist the Hutts.

Tang Xiao told Helmut Zemo that Matt Hona’s performance on Terminus Planet would determine whether the Fourth Civilization could challenge the galaxy, while revealing that Arcturus Mengsk would never awaken. Matt Hona then sought Oruba Goresla’s help in capturing Terminus Planet, but the Hutt questioned his chances and Mira Han warned him that Republic control would threaten his interests.

• Helmut Zemo questioned whether Matt Hona could match Wilhuff Tarkin, and Tang Xiao argued that Matt still had untapped potential for daring operations.
• Tang Xiao said he would retreat with the Fourth Civilization if Matt failed, and revealed that he had pulled the plugs on Arcturus Mengsk, who would never wake again.
• Tang Xiao ordered Helmut Zemo to take Terminus Planet and said he would prepare for victory’s aftermath.
• Matt Hona contacted Oruba Goresla and asked what the Hutt would demand in exchange for helping capture Terminus Planet.
• Oruba dismissed Matt’s chances and pointed out that the Republic could turn its attention to him after securing Bosavic Planet, while Matt insisted he had enough strength but lacked time.
• Mira Han warned Oruba that the Galactic Republic occupying Terminus Planet would not be good news for him.

Mira Han and Matt Hona negotiated with Oruba Goresla over the Goresla Family’s role on Terminus Planet, eventually agreeing to Dawn Star Planet’s nominal control in exchange for permission to smuggle there. Three days later, the Fourth Civilization Army launched a renewed assault on Fermos City while the Republic relied on mercenaries and bounty hunters to bolster its defenses.

• Mira Han warned Oruba that Wilhuff Tarkin would not tolerate his schemes on Terminus, and Oruba agreed to hear Dawn Star Planet’s terms.
• Matt Hona rejected Oruba’s demand for final authority over Terminus and proposed Dawn Star Planet administer the planet while granting the Goresla Family exclusive smuggling rights.
• Matt Hona and Oruba argued for more than an hour and reached an agreement, then Matt asked Oruba to drive away Republic-hired mercenaries and assist with Fermos City.
• Three days later, the Fourth Civilization Army attacked the western outskirts of Fermos City with waves of newly reinforced droids.
• The Republic’s 18th Army relied on hired bounty hunters and mercenaries to strengthen its outnumbered clone forces.

The Fourth Civilization prepared a new offensive against the Galactic Republic on Terminus Planet after Matt Hona received approval to use two modified Corsev Battlecruisers. Matt Hona launched an all-out assault, declaring that Terminus Planet had to fall.

• More than 10,000 mercenaries reinforced the Republic forces at Fermos City, helping them destroy over 20,000 Fourth Civilization robots in the western suburbs.
• Matt Hona submitted a plan requesting two prototype warships, and Tang Xiao approved it despite the delay to development.
• On October 13, 22BBY, Matt Hona received two modified Corsev Battlecruisers and news from Hutt Oruba Goresla.
• The Corsev Battlecruisers were designed to launch Marine assault craft for boarding enemy ships, but Matt Hona had a different use in mind.
• Matt Hona ordered the Fourth Civilization fleet to launch an all-out assault on the Galactic Republic fleet.