Recaps

Sefrans Tann’s Indjori Vengeance massacred civilians on Dolla Planet, which fell and opened the Nothoiin Corridor for the Fourth Civilization’s advance toward Eriadu. The Republic sent forces toward Ayatu 6 and Tibrin to threaten the Separatist flank, while Count Dooku asked Tang Xiao for help with Tibrin.

• Sefrans Tann mocked Ling Liang’s objections as the Indjori Vengeance slaughtered civilians, and the Supreme Military Command ordered her to confine the weapons to Dolla City.
• Fourth Civilization soldiers landed on Dolla Planet to restore order and clear T-Virus-infected civilians, while over 300 Indjori Avenger Type 101s overran the administrative center and killed more than a thousand people.
• Dolla Planet fell, opening the Nothoiin Corridor and prompting celebrations on Dawn Star Planet.
• The Republic 41st Storm Legion arrived at Ayatu 6, while the Republic planned to protect Tibrin and Ayatu 6 and sent the 501st Legion, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano toward the region.
• Count Dooku contacted Tang Xiao and asked for his assistance with Tibrin.

Tang Xiao learned that Count Dooku wanted Darth Malthael to publicly execute Tibrin’s Dictator, Suribran Tu, and recognized the plan could draw the Jedi’s attention toward him. On Drai II, the Priestess continued teaching young trainees to commune with the Force.

• Count Dooku told Tang Xiao that Suribran Tu had once sought to join the Confederacy but sided with the Republic after receiving a better offer.
• Count Dooku proposed that Darth Malthael publicly execute Suribran Tu to win the Ishi Tib’s loyalty, and Tang Xiao agreed to contact him.
• Tang Xiao reviewed information about Suribran Tu’s brutal rule and realized Count Dooku was using the execution to raise Darth Malthael’s profile and expose him to pursuit by the Jedi.
• On Drai II, the Priestess taught more than twenty children, including Xiao Yan and Zhang Xucheng, to open their minds and commune with the Force.

The Priestess trained the apprentices before Darth Malthael ordered her to publicly execute Tibrin’s Governor, Suribran Tu. After reading evidence of his brutality and the Galactic Republic’s support for him, she accepted the mission and arrived on Tibrin to confront him.

• The Priestess corrected Xiao Yan’s Force training and assigned her extra evening lessons, while Zhang Xucheng was assigned to study with Zerakas.
• Darth Malthael ordered the Priestess to execute Suribran Tu and sent her documents detailing his rule.
• The Priestess condemned the Galactic Republic’s support for Suribran Tu and resolved to pursue justice, then argued with Zerakas about the mission.
• On April 15, the Priestess arrived on Tibrin as an envoy of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and threatened to return with a fleet if Suribran Tu refused to meet her.
• The Priestess rejected Suribran Tu’s banquet invitation and began discussing the Confederacy’s occupation of nearby Dolla Planet.

Count Dooku and Tang Xiao planned to exploit Suribran-Tu’s assassination, but the Priestess killed the dictator before their plans could proceed. As she demanded a global press conference and Tibrin’s people prepared to celebrate, Count Dooku wondered why she looked familiar.

• Tang Xiao told Count Dooku that Archangel of Death had cut off his communication and that his special forces were preparing to assassinate Suribran-Tu.
• Count Dooku decided he might have to act personally if Archangel of Death refused to take the opportunity.
• An informant told Count Dooku that the Priestess had killed Suribran-Tu and escaped the palace carrying his head.
• Count Dooku watched footage of the Priestess and told Tang Xiao that she was connected to Archangel of Death.
• The Priestess announced her name, demanded a global press conference, and left Tibrin’s infiltrated media and guards to prepare while civilians welcomed Suribran-Tu’s death.

Master Windu returned to the Jedi Council with a cybernetic body and requested permission to arrest Depa Barris on Tibrin, but Yoda refused because it risked pushing the planet toward the Separatists. Tang Xiao and Count Dooku discussed the unrest and arranged for Sora Balk to go to Tibrin as an advisor.

• Master Windu returned to the Jedi Council and vowed to keep fighting the Separatists despite his injuries.
• Master Yoda revealed that Depa Barris had killed Tibrin’s governor, Suri Blan Tu, and Windu demanded permission to bring her to justice.
• Master Shaak Ti noted that Depa Barris had the support of Tibrin’s people, while Yoda refused Windu’s request and told him to recover as Anakin Skywalker went to Ayatu 6 Planet.
• Tang Xiao told Count Dooku that he had sent a Selurite fleet to Tibrin and that Depa Barris planned to leave soon.
• Count Dooku arranged to send Sora Balk to Tibrin as an advisor, saying his swordsmanship could match Depa Barris’s.

After Sulibran-Tu’s death, the Priestess formed a provisional government on Tibrin as Count Dooku sent Sola-Balk to meet her. Sola-Balk challenged her to join him in mastering Dark Side Vaapad, but the Priestess defeated him and left him stunned.

• After Sulibran-Tu’s public execution, riots and power struggles spread across Tibrin, and the Priestess announced a provisional planetary government.
• On April 16, Count Dooku sent Sola-Balk to Tibrin, where he met the Priestess and recalled teaching her swordsmanship with Mace Windu.
• Sola-Balk drew his red Lightsaber and urged the Priestess to join him in using the Dark Side to perfect Vaapad.
• The Priestess drew her Lightsaber and defeated Sola-Balk with Form VII Juyo, breaking his hilt.
• Tang Xiao approved a Selurite general’s plan to use the threat to Ayatu 6 Planet to constrain the Republic fleet while the Confederacy concentrated its forces near Eriadu.

After losing to the Priestess, Sola-Balke reflected on her command of the Force and took over the work of stabilizing Tibrin for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He became provisional governor and brought Tibrin into the Confederacy as the Selurite fleet arrived.

• Sola-Balke realized the Priestess had controlled their duel by turning the surroundings and his own Lightsaber against him, and she warned him that he had barely glimpsed the Dark Side.
• Sola-Balke took over the Priestess's administrative duties and efficiently stabilized Tibrin's government.
• The Priestess publicly executed Sulibran-Tu, while Sola-Balke arrested or killed officials and leaders loyal to him and established a provisional government.
• With the Priestess's endorsement, Sola-Balke became Tibrin's provisional governor, declared the planet's recognition of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and declared war on the Galactic Republic.
• On April 18, the Selurite fleet arrived at Tibrin with three Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers capable of carrying hundreds of droid fighters and absorbing energy from enemy reactors.

The Fourth Civilization launched an assault on Eriadu, whose extensive planetary and orbital defenses made it a formidable target. After a probing bombardment damaged only a small number of guns on one of Talastra’s moon bases, Wilhuff Tarkin reinforced the system’s defenses.

• After Suri Blan-Too’s death, Sola Balk became acting governor of Tibrin, with Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey as her deputies, and they stabilized the planet within three days.
• On April 18, Jedi Master Roan Shryne arrived at Ayatu 6 and joined Commander Gree and the 41st Storm Legion, but the Fourth Civilization struck before they could begin their operation.
• Sefrans Tann brought sixty Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers into the Eriadu system near Kelliadu, while Matt Hona entered from another direction with ten Kohl-class battlecruisers and ten Martha-class heavy cruisers.
• On April 19, Matt Hona’s Fleet A and Sefrans Tann’s Blade Fleet deployed Interdictors around Eriadu and bombarded a moon base at Talastra, destroying just over fifty heavy turbolaser cannons.
• Wilhuff Tarkin ordered one-quarter of Eriadu’s fleet into Talastra’s gravity well to help defend the moon bases.

Roan Shryne’s Republic fleet fought the Selurite fleet near Tibrin and struggled against its speed, energy-draining weapons, electronic warfare, and resilient armor. As Republic forces began a landing on the planet, the Selurites dismantled the Republic’s Interdictors and turned toward Ayatu 6 Planet behind the fleet.

• Roan Shryne led the Republic fleet from Ayatu 6 Planet to attack the Selurite fleet at Tibrin.
• The Selurite warships drained power from three Hunter Class Battlecruisers, disrupted Republic ships’ speed, and used their armor to withstand attacks.
• After more than two hours of fighting, the Republic rescued the three badly damaged Hunter Class Battlecruisers, and Roan Shryne ordered a landing on Tibrin.
• Two Acclamator-class assault ships entered Tibrin’s atmosphere as Sola Balk organized droids and local Ishi Tib forces to defend the capital.
• The Selurite fleet dismantled the Republic’s Interdictors and headed toward Ayatu 6 Planet behind the Republic fleet.

The Republic fleet struggled to contain the Selurite forces around Ayatu 6 and Tibrin, while Anakin Skywalker’s reinforcements helped stabilize the battered Republic troops on Tibrin. In the Eriadu system, Sefrans Tann began a major assault on Talastra’s moons and the Republic 18th Army.

• Selurite Vulture droid fighters bombed Ayatu 6 Planet, prompting King Antebian-Prawl III to beg Roan Shryne for help.
• Roan Shryne’s fleet repeatedly clashed with the Selurites, whose armored warships drained the energy of Hunter Class battlecruisers before retreating to Tibrin.
• Confederacy forces used concealed J-1 heavy Proton Cannons to damage an Acclamator-class assault ship and drive the other from the skies above Tibrin’s capital.
• Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano landed the 501st Legion on Tibrin, joined the 41st Storm Legion, and began planning to destroy the Proton Cannons.
• Sefrans Tann launched a bombardment of Talastra’s five moons while her Blade Fleet fought the Republic 18th Army in the Eriadu system.

Tang Xiao and Professor Chi Jianjun watched the Fourth Civilization gain the upper hand in the Battle of Eriadu, reflecting on how far the civilization had risen. The chapter ended with the destruction of a Republic battleship and Talastra’s Satellite 4 as the Fourth Civilization pressed its assault.

• Tang Xiao watched Fourth Civilization fighters outmaneuver and defeat the Republic’s larger force near Talastra Planet.
• Professor Chi Jianjun and other veterans and scientists gathered in the command center to witness the fleet’s growing advantage.
• Tang Xiao looked at Igor Zavalov’s portrait and envisioned the Fourth Civilization becoming invincible and dominating the galaxy.
• A Kohl-class Battlecruiser’s Hypermatter Railgun pierced a damaged Republic Invincible-class battleship and split it in two.
• Ogrov Torpedo Cruisers destroyed Talastra’s Satellite 4, whose debris triggered a meteor shower and a massive storm on Talastra.

The Fourth Civilization destroyed Talastra Satellite 3 with a coordinated attack while Sefrans Tann’s fleet continued its methodical campaign against the Republic’s defenses. The chapter ended at Gerrenthum, where repair and rescue crews began tending to a badly damaged Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser that had just arrived from hyperspace.

• Fourth Civilization forces destroyed the crater defenses on Satellite 3 with Big Ivan torpedoes, then used mining rigs and another torpedo to blast the satellite apart.
• Sefrans Tann repeatedly sent Corsev Battlecruisers to attack Talastra’s five satellite bases, while Wilhuff Tarkin countered with fighters and clone counter-landings.
• Sefrans Tann maintained a tightly coordinated fleet formation and complex joint operations, with Ling Liang assisting her command despite their mutual dislike.
• A damaged Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser emerged from hyperspace at Gerrenthum Planet’s spaceport.
• Raloz-class Heavy Constructors and repair drones began repairing the cruiser as medical ships dispatched rescue teams for its crew.

Rescue crews and engineers worked to save the crew and stabilize the badly damaged Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser Kent. At the packed hospital, Tang Xiao honored the wounded and declared that the Fourth Civilization’s attacks were a war of self-defense.

• Rescue crews evacuated Kent’s wounded and dead while workers began stabilizing the ship at the spaceport.
• Engineers traced Kent’s chain explosions to a Concussion Missile that struck Shield Capacitor Compartment Five after a V-19 Torrent crashed through a hull breach.
• Ewok engineers found the engine room largely intact and began reconnecting it to the main system so Kent could return to the dockyard.
• Tang Xiao learned that Kent had suffered more than 1,300 deaths and that Dawn Star Planet’s hospital was treating over 50,000 patients.
• Tang Xiao ordered the hospital to do everything possible to save the wounded and addressed them, promising their sacrifices would be remembered and framing the war as a defense of the Fourth Civilization.

The Fourth Civilization fleet struggled against the Republic’s defenses around Talastra Planet, while Sefrans Tann and Ling Liang clashed over a plan to seize one of the remaining turret moons. Tann forced a landing on Moon 6, where the Republic detonated the Energy Center and devastated the landing force.

• The Fourth Civilization fleet gained an advantage over Tarkin’s larger Republic force, but the turret networks on Talastra Planet’s moons inflicted heavy losses on Sefrans Tann’s fleet.
• After ten days of fighting, Tann proposed landing troops on one of the two remaining turret moons, but Ling Liang argued that the mission was impractical and would waste soldiers’ lives.
• Tann berated Ling Liang at a military conference, and the two ended the meeting in bitter disagreement.
• The next day, Tann had Adi Gallia block Ling Liang and ordered three mechanized infantry regiments to land on Moon 6 under cover of a fleet bombardment.
• On April 34, the landing force captured Moon 6’s Energy Center after two days of fighting, but the Republic detonated it, killing at least a third of the troops and scattering survivors into space.

After the Fourth Civilization won the first phase of the battle for Talastra, setbacks on Agomar and Tibrin threatened Sefrans-Tann’s campaign against Eriadu. Sefrans-Tann remained determined to continue, but the Republic intercepted a metal projectile fired at Eriadu and Tarkin showed no reaction.

• Ling Liang reported Sefrans-Tann’s unauthorized decisions and confinement of her to the Supreme Military Command, then returned to work despite their falling-out.
• The Fourth Civilization fleet destroyed the last turret network on Talastra’s moons, while Wilhuff Tarkin pulled Republic warships back under the protection of Eriadu and its satellite.
• On May 2, news arrived that Sothropp Corporation’s assault on Agomar had failed, while Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano’s nanovirus disabled nearly all Fourth Civilization battle droids on Tibrin.
• Dark Follower Sola Balk defeated Anakin Skywalker on Tibrin and preserved two J-1 proton cannons, though Anakin escaped.
• Sefrans-Tann recognized that her forces could not easily take Eriadu but rejected ending the campaign, while Kohl-class Battlecruisers fired metal projectiles toward the planet.
• Republic defenses and two CR-70 corvettes stopped a projectile and prepared to send it to a factory, while Wilhuff Tarkin watched without reacting.

Wilhuff Tarkin struggled to stop Sefrans Tann from dismantling his fleet during the ten-day Battle of Talastra, while reinforcements kept Eriadu supplied. After ordering her ships to cease fire, Sefrans Tann considered how to cut off Eriadu's supply lines, and Ling Liang offered a plan.

• Wilhuff Tarkin prepared to defeat Sefrans Tann at Eriadu and assembled more than three hundred warships near Talastra Planet.
• Sefrans Tann used mobility and carefully coordinated attacks to break apart Tarkin's fleet and destroy its faster warships during the ten-day battle.
• Sefrans Tann shifted her focus to the five satellites, while Tarkin received another shipment of reinforcements and supplies at Eriadu satellite.
• Sefrans Tann ordered her fleet to cease fire and studied the star map as Ling Liang said Eriadu's supply lines had to be cut.
• Ling Liang told Sefrans Tann that he had a plan worth trying.

Ling Liang proposed using a precisely amplified stellar flare to disrupt Republic defenses and hyperspace traffic, then lead a dangerous landing on the Eriadu satellite. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Republic forces struggled to advance through Pixel on Malastare despite the Separatist fleet’s departure.

• Ling Liang explained to Sefrans Tann that a timed stellar flare, intensified with fifteen hundred tons of Hypermatter, could shut down the Eriadu satellite’s Planetary Shield and cripple system traffic for three months.
• Ling Liang proposed landing one hundred thousand troops on the satellite to destroy its shield generators and orbital defenses, despite the severe risks and the Fourth Legion’s absence.
• Ling Liang told Sefrans Tann that she would personally lead the landing and challenged her to decide whether she was part of the Fourth Civilization.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Clone Army struggled to gain ground in Pixel as Separatist forces repeatedly attacked and destroyed Republic aircraft and artillery positions.

Obi-Wan Kenobi struggled to coordinate the Gran and Dagg resistance while Separatist forces used Malastare’s underground tunnels to harass the city. After learning that reinforcements would be diverted to Eriadu, he announced an attack on the tunnels might be the Republic’s final action there, leaving the local commanders eyeing one another warily.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi learned that the Separatists were using Malastare’s drainage tunnels and sourcing supplies from a residential district.
• Captain Dalisi reported that his thousand Dagg troops had captured only a building’s living room, prompting the Dagg Grand Commander to relieve him and Cody to condemn the local commanders.
• Cody proposed bombing the underground tunnels, but the Gran and Dagg Grand Commanders objected that it would endanger civilians and the city.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi asked Master Windu about the Senate’s response and learned that reinforcements were planned, but the Eriadu system faced an attack by Sev'rance Tann and the Blade Fleet.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi ordered preparations to attack the tunnels and told the local commanders that no reinforcements were coming and the Republic might soon withdraw; the commanders exchanged wary glances.

Xiao Guanghua prepared for a Republic assault on Malastare while the Fourth Civilization launched a massive attack on the Republic’s Eriadu defenses during a powerful stellar flare. The battle was underway when an unnoticed transport ship carrying 1,617.98 tons of hypermatter remained behind the Separatist fleet.

• Xiao Guanghua learned that the Republic planned to attack Malastare’s residential district and Supermarket No. 9, and he assured the Gran that the Confederacy would rebuild the planet and compensate its losses.
• Xiao Guanghua and Justin Levis planned to use Glin Betty and Aiden Ward to outflank the Republic, while also preparing for the possibility that the Republic might anticipate their strategy.
• On 5 May, 21 BBY, Wilhuff Tarkin ordered the Republic 18th Army fleet to remain alert during an expected X-10-class flare in the Eriadu system.
• Two hours before the flare, Sefrans Tann led the Blade Fleet and part of Fleet A in a full-scale assault on the Republic defenses around Eriadu and its satellite.
• The Fourth Civilization and Republic fleets exchanged heavy fire, suffering warship losses within minutes as both sides deployed fighters and orbital defenses.
• An unnoticed A-99 transport ship behind the Fourth Civilization fleet carried 1,617.98 tons of hypermatter.

As the Fourth Civilization fleet struggled against Eriadu’s defenses, Baher Banak and his Givin team calculated how to trigger a controlled stellar flare and hyperspace storm using an A-99 transport loaded with Hypermatter. With the calculations complete, the transport’s crew prepared to carry out the dangerous maneuver as the battle continued.

• Baher Banak’s team calculated the precise Hypermatter amount, detonation distance, and timing needed to intensify Eriadu star’s flare and create a hyperspace storm.
• Sefrans Tann directed the assault while the Fourth Civilization fleet suffered heavy losses against Eriadu’s Planetary Shield and orbital defenses.
• Sefrans Tann silently resolved to behead Ling Liang and the Givin mathematicians if their operation failed.
• Baher Banak completed the calculations and ordered the A-99 transport to enter hyperspace, approach Eriadu star at specified shield power and acceleration, and trigger the Hypermatter reaction at the twenty-first second.
• Ten human crew members, navigation droids, and B-1 battle droids prepared the A-99 transport for its mission, with the humans wrapped in Fourth Civilization flags.

Ling Liang and Sefrans Tann prepared a suicide mission to destroy the Eriadu star, and ten navy crewmen volunteered to pilot an A-99 transport ship carrying Hypermatter. As the Fourth Civilization fleet attacked Eriadu’s defenses, the ship emerged from hyperspace beside the star and sped toward it despite severe radiation damage.

• Ling Liang outlined the plan to use a Hypermatter-loaded transport ship to strike the Eriadu star while the fleet covered the assault and troop landing.
• Sefrans Tann questioned the expected naval losses, then gathered experienced crewmen and told them their mission would be a suicide attack.
• Ling Liang explained the mission and its purpose, and every crewman volunteered before ten were selected for the A-99 transport ship.
• During the battle, the A-99’s navigation robots activated its modified hyperdrive and carried it from near Tarastra to the Eriadu star.
• The A-99 activated its shields, suffered severe damage from the star’s radiation, and continued hurtling toward the star at a precisely calculated velocity.

The Fourth Civilization sacrificed ten crew members to detonate Hypermatter inside the Eriadu star, triggering a growing cluster of sunspots. As the fleet watched from orbit above Talastra, a brilliant flash erupted from the star.

• A Givin-calculated A-99 transport ship emerged from hyperspace inside the Eriadu star’s radiation zone, evading the Republic’s sensors.
• The ten crew members set the timer, clasped hands around the Fourth Civilization flag, and died when the ship’s shields failed.
• The wreckage carried 1,617.98 tons of Hypermatter to its target, where a high-energy laser triggered an explosion.
• Baher-Banak and Sefrans Tann monitored the star from the Chaos while Admiral Matt Horner oversaw fleet operations.
• Ling Liang recognized the rising number of sunspots as a concentrated stellar reaction, and Baher-Banak warned that the flare could become dangerous.
• A brilliant flash burst from the direction of the Eriadu star.

The Eriadu star’s flare surged from X-10 to X-20.3, creating an electromagnetic storm that would soon hit the battlefield. Wilhuff-Tarkin ordered the satellite’s Planetary Shield shut down and the fleet to protect it, while Ling Liang prepared to lead a landing operation.

• The Eriadu star’s flare intensified to X-20.3 after being further energized by Hypermatter, forming an electromagnetic storm expected to affect the battlefield in twenty-eight minutes.
• Baher-Banak celebrated the success of the plan, while Ling Liang went to prepare to command the satellite landing operation.
• Sefrans-Tann ordered the fleet to recover fighters, lower shields, protect electronic equipment, and prepare for the storm.
• Eriadu’s observatory director warned Wilhuff-Tarkin that the satellite’s Planetary Shield capacitors would be destroyed by the storm and that the shield needed to be shut down.
• Wilhuff-Tarkin ordered the satellite’s Planetary Shield shut down and the fleet to concentrate on protecting the satellite.

As a magnetic storm disabled shields and electronic systems across the battlefield, Sefrans Tann exploited the chaos to drive the Fourth Civilization fleet toward the Eriadu satellite and launch an invasion. The Fourth Civilization’s Indjori troops spearheaded the landing, while later waves established forward bases and began organized attacks.

• An X-20.3 stellar flare triggered a magnetic storm that forced both fleets to lower their shields and shut down sensitive electronics as they continued firing blindly.
• The Republic fleet rushed toward the Eriadu satellite under its last order, while Sefrans Tann maneuvered the Fourth Civilization fleet into position to attack the satellite and intercept Republic warships.
• The Fourth Civilization launched assault landing craft and transport ships toward the Eriadu satellite through its largely unaimed anti-air fire.
• Heavily armored Indjori armed with oversized Striker Assault Rifles charged out of their landing craft and attacked as the invasion’s first wave.
• A second wave of Fourth Civilization transports delivered troops who established forward bases and began systematic attacks on designated targets.

The Fourth Civilization Army landed 150,000 troops on the Eriadu satellite during a stellar flare and began overrunning Republic defenses. Indjori shock troops and Caladanian veterans exploited the Republic’s isolation, leaving its defenders slaughtered and communications cut off.

• Fourth Civilization soldiers systematically cleared Republic air-defense positions after establishing more than a dozen landing zones.
• Indjori soldiers used Wing-Flapping Backpacks to attack Republic defenders and destroy a rooftop anti-air position, despite being shot down from the air.
• An Indjori soldier killed the remaining defenders and turned the captured anti-air cannon on another Republic position.
• Ling Liang’s force included 10,000 Indjori soldiers and 30,000 Caladanians, who hunted Republic troops across the satellite.
• The stellar flare cut off communications for two hours, leaving Republic defenders isolated against the Fourth Civilization landing force.