Recaps

The Republic prepared a major assault on Yag'Dhul while Matt Horner's fleet fought Gideon Tarkin and the Givin revealed a coming stellar catastrophe. Meanwhile, Kuat Drive Yards launched a surprise attack on Annaj, where Volgograd-Kanidi resisted and Darth Malthael infiltrated a Republic warship.

• Ling Liang proposed drawing the Republic to Yag'Dhul by offering it a Titan warship, and Palpatine eventually ordered a second front there.
• The Republic decoded Kiffar intelligence pointing to a Titan shipyard at Yag'Dhul, while Mira Han captured a convoy of clone troopers and military equipment.
• Matt Horner took command at Yag'Dhul and faced Gideon Tarkin's forces, then Baher-Banak explained that the Givin's calculations predicted a dangerous stellar alignment that could create a battle opportunity.
• Horner attacked the Republic fleet with Calamity-class battlecruisers and Swarm Drones, but both sides suffered losses and waited for reinforcements and the predicted astronomical event.
• Onana Kuat assembled 440 warships and sent the first twenty Invincible-class battleships through a hyperspace stabilizer toward the Modell Sector.
• The Duchy of Dawn imposed wartime control on Annaj, suppressed protests, and Volgograd-Kanidi pledged to resist the Republic as tensions with Tang Xiao grew.
• The Republic fleet arrived at Annaj on July 24, 20 BBY, beginning the Third Battle of the Modell Sector, and Kanidi launched fighters against the Invincible-class ships.
• Darth Malthael launched the Red Comet and infiltrated a Knight-class Star Destroyer, where walking corpses seized control and prepared to ram another ship.

Darth Malthael and the Duchy of Dawn fought the Republic across the Modell Sector while Cassio Tagge’s fleet attacked Annaj. James Bond searched for the object behind the Republic’s route, and Matt Hona’s Swarm Drones helped defeat Gideon Tarkin’s fleet at Yago-Dur as the Republic established a foothold on Annaj.

• Darth Malthael used the Death Force to overrun Republic battlegroups with walking corpses, but Cassio Tagge arrived with reinforcements and the battle widened into a fleet engagement.
• Volgograd-Kanidi persuaded Darth Malthael to draw the Republic toward Annaj, and Cassio Tagge divided his forces to attack the planet’s defenses.
• The Duchy of Dawn revealed hidden Calamity-class battlecruisers, but the Republic broke the Agonev-class star base’s defenses and opened the way to Annaj.
• Thirty-nine Hyena bombers destroyed a Governor-class battleship and collapsed Annaj’s planetary shield, allowing Cassio Tagge to begin landing troops as both sides suffered heavy losses.
• Nova recruited James Bond to investigate the Republic’s unexplained route, and he used a disguised tractor beam deal to trace a broker to the Corellian system.
• Gideon Tarkin attacked Matt Hona’s fleet at Yago-Dur, but Starbase B launched more than twenty thousand Swarm Drones that overwhelmed the Republic ships during an electromagnetic storm.
• Tang Xiao had Maris Brood resurrected and integrated into a Consul-class carrier, where her Force abilities commanded the Swarm Drones through the storm and helped drive Gideon Tarkin’s fleet into retreat.
• Matt Hona moved the damaged Starbase B toward Yago-Dur’s synchronous orbit, while more than 80,000 Republic clone soldiers landed on Annaj Planet.

Cassio Tagge’s costly assault on Annaj became a battle against Umbrella’s evolving B.O.W.s and Darth Malthael’s confrontation with Darth Sidious. Meanwhile, James Bond and his allies infiltrated the Dawn Star System and sabotaged the Hyperspace Stabilizer as Kuat Drive Yards hunted the intruder.

• Cassio Tagge committed Republic forces to a broad assault on Annaj despite heavy losses, while Volgograd Kanidi used Scorpion tanks and B.O.W.s to delay the invasion.
• The Republic’s advance became entangled with T-Virus creatures, as Hunters and Lickers devastated clone forces around Kati City and Tagge ordered bombardments and further attacks.
• Darth Malthael confronted Darth Sidious’s remotely controlled giant, Jang Droga, and wounded him before the puppet escaped.
• After Jan Drouga reported Darth Malthael wounded, Sa-Kuis urged Cassio Tagge to press the attack, while Tagge also ordered patrols to search for biological weapons and Codename H.
• James Bond infiltrated the Dawn Star System under Thomas Wicken’s identity, won Navigator Bourne’s hyperspace route data, and arranged for the coordinates to be sent beyond the system.
• James Bond and his allies forged cargo codes to enter the Dawn Star System, then caused a power outage that disrupted Onana Kuat’s reinforcement jump and was followed by the destruction of an Acclamator-class assault ship.
• Kuat Drive Yards raised its alert after discovering sabotage and massacred personnel, while James Bond blended into a security patrol and Nova sabotaged another transport near the Hyperspace Stabilizer before escaping a pursuing fighter.

Nova’s sabotage helped trigger a Republic assault on Dawn Star Planet, where Tang Xiao’s coalition destroyed the attacking fleet. On Annaj Planet, the Duchy of Dawn’s forces counterattacked and the Black Beast Squad stormed the Republic Army Command, while Laslo Dorit refused to retreat.

• Nova’s attacks and James Bond’s virus crippled Kuat Drive Yards and the Dawn Star System, while Nova and Oola-Khan escaped Republic forces.
• Cassio Tagge chose to attack Dawn Star Planet, taking Battlegroups A and B through the newly discovered route while leaving forces to maintain the campaign on Annaj Planet.
• Tang Xiao refused Tagge’s demand for the warship blueprints, and Tagge’s fleet found itself surrounded by thousands of ships gathered around Dawn Star Planet.
• Tang Xiao’s coalition attacked the Republic fleet with fighters, warships, and the Glory mothership, while the Star Ring and Rift Class Corvettes helped devastate Tagge’s forces.
• Purification-class ships ambushed C Battlegroup, and the destruction of Dawn Star System’s Hyperspace Stabilizer cut off Republic reinforcements as the Republic ground assault continued on Annaj Planet.
• Volgograd Kanidi ordered a counteroffensive on Annaj Planet, where Shi Aimin, Huang Yehao, Caladanian warriors, and Indjori forces attacked Republic troops and disrupted their supply routes.
• Huang Yehao’s forces reached Samba'eba Port, Shi Aimin attacked it, and Zhang Jiarui’s Thor Mech destroyed an Acclamator-class assault ship with its Tachyon Lance.
• The Republic moved its ground command headquarters onto Annaj Planet, where the Black Beast Squad broke through its defenses and entered the command center as Laslo Dorit refused to order a retreat.