Recaps

Sefrans Tann defeated the Republic at Rendili while a Republic assault on Semirres Planet became a costly ground war. As the Republic abolished local defense fleets and Hermit and Jango investigated Death Watch’s control of Sundari, both sides prepared for further escalation.

• Sefrans Tann used Destruction’s ion cannon and coordinated attacks to split and rout the Republic fleets at Rendili, capturing Trinald Skarrid and Jan Dodonna.
• Bangjila Ulan arranged civilian evacuations and expanded Rendili’s defenses, while Adele Ulan left for Dawn Star Planet and Rendili StarDrive began preparing to build new warships.
• Gabriel Tosh uncovered the Republic’s planned attack on Semirres Planet and tried to send a warning, but Jedi Master Wilhuff Monn pursued him as Tang Xiao dispatched General Trench to defend the planet.
• The Republic Senate abolished local defense fleets, and the Republic used the ships to launch offensives while planets left unprotected faced pirate attacks and orbital bombardment killed civilians on Sev Tok.
• Hermit enlisted Jango Fett to investigate Death Watch’s control of Sundari, while Republic forces landed on Semirres Planet and Peter-Anderson’s unit suffered heavy casualties amid the retreat.
• General Trench, Asajj Ventress, and Ulu Ulix directed the Semirian defense as Separatist forces counterattacked and broke through the Republic lines, prompting Pawoish Radul to announce the Republic operation would begin.

The Republic lost its assault on Semirres after the Separatists deployed the Gene Resonator and Particle Beam Lance, while Tang Xiao forged an alliance with the Vasari and uncovered Darth Tenebrus’s hidden scheme. On Mandalore, Hermit and Jango rescued Satine and found the source of the citywide mind-control broadcasts, but Death Watch closed in.

• Gabriel Tosh told Zekrath that false intelligence had compromised his operation on Semirres, while Asajj Ventress attacked Republic positions with battle droids and Semirians.
• The Republic launched a major assault on Semirres, but Durge activated the Gene Resonator and killed the Clone Troopers across the Capital District as Pawoish Ladur tried to secure the Endless-class blueprints.
• Arroyo Barlow tested the Particle Beam Lance, and its strikes destroyed Republic battlecruisers, and General Davis ordered a retreat and abandoned the army after learning the Clone Troopers were dead.
• Palpatine promoted Davis to Fleet Admiral as the hyperspace route stranded his fleet, then chose Tarkin to fill the vacant Fourth Army governorship.
• Hermit and Jango Fett rescued Satine from Death Watch, and she explained Pre Vizsla and Almec’s plan to control Sundari and manipulate a referendum over Mandalore.
• Tang Xiao awakened the Vasari Rebels, offered them Mustafar as a home, and secured Shadi Li’s alliance before discovering that Darth Tenebrus had attacked Tosh and was pursuing a wider scheme.
• Hermit, Jango, and Satine searched for Vitaly Orlov and traced evidence to the Zann Corporation, and Hermit then found Force-sensitive women imprisoned in tanks and used to broadcast mind-control signals across Sundari.
• Death Watch detected Hermit and pursued him through the warehouse as Jango Fett’s ship was shot down and warriors flew toward Hermit.

Hermit and his allies destroyed the brainwashing device and rescued Satine Kryze, while Darth Malthael prepared Darth Venamis to pursue Darth Tenebrus. The Republic’s war widened toward Onderon, where Judgment and Seth escaped the invasion with Rebel Alliance fighters.

• Hermit and Jango Fett raided the transmission tower, where Hermit found Vitaly Orlov and learned Thyssel tree bark had protected him from the mind-control device.
• Sola-A and Oola-Khan helped rescue Jango and destroy the tower’s wiring, while Hermit identified himself as Obi-Wan Kenobi and went alone to rescue Satine Kryze.
• Obi-Wan rescued Satine as the brainwashing device was destroyed, citizens regained their memories, and the Republic prepared to occupy Mandalore under the pretext of its referendum.
• Darth Tenebrus ordered Pre Vizsla to withdraw from Mandalore, while Mother Talzin showed Sola Balk her warriors and asked for help against the force threatening the Night Sisters.
• Tang Xiao and his advisers planned around the Republic’s deployment to Mandalore and resolved to protect the Fourth Civilization, while Darth Malthael awakened Darth Venamis in Tenebrus’s corpse and ordered him to recover his wisdom.
• The Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems, and Fourth Civilization faced mounting military and economic strain, while Tarkin prepared Operation Fist of Tarkin to invade Onderon.
• The Republic’s assault on Semirres ended in heavy losses, and Anakin Skywalker joined Tarkin’s Onderon campaign with Luna-Dream and Luna-Phantom assigned to his command.
• General Kalani imposed military rule and ordered Onderon to prepare for war, as Judgment and Seth fled Izzy City during the Republic invasion and Rebel Alliance fighters evacuated them underground.

The Republic captured Onderon through a devastating assault, while Tarkin turned his attention to Dexen Satellite and Kalani’s defenses. As Stila and Judgment prepared to challenge Sola Gerrera at Unifar Temple, the Republic’s invasion of Steel City stalled under heavy losses and a Separatist counterattack.

• Stila Gerrera joined Anakin Skywalker’s campaign against General Kalani after he promised to protect civilians and restore Onderon’s self-government, but Tarkin’s indiscriminate bombing and Sola Gerrera’s demolitions devastated Izzy City.
• Sola Gerrera helped the Republic capture Izzy City and Unifar Temple, then became king, executed Akhenaten Tandin and other officials, and forced civilians to clear the city for the occupying army.
• Tarkin ordered his fleet to attack Dexen Satellite, but Zhang Jiarui’s concealed Yamato Cannons on Dagori Satellite crippled Tarkin’s Will and damaged other Republic ships before the cannons were destroyed.
• The Republic launched a costly assault on Steel City, breaking through its shield with SPHA-T bombardment and losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers as Tarkin continued to press the attack.
• General Kalani sent Scorpion tanks and M-9 Wolverine vehicles through gaps in the Republic’s offensive, cutting supply lines, destroying artillery, and forcing Republic units to retreat.
• Stila Gerrera urged Ramses Dundup to help overthrow Sola, but Dundup planned to reclaim the throne through political means and sought a future position in the Republic Senate.
• Stila and Judgment prepared to attack Unifar Temple, with Judgment volunteering to draw the guards to the main gate while Seth insisted on joining the fight after revealing that a Jedi had killed his father.