Battle of Abrion Major

The Battle of Abrion Major, also known as the Attack on Abrion Major or the Assault on Abrion Major, was one of the final battles of the Clone Wars as apart of the Outer Rim Sieges, which took place on the planet Abrion Major between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems. Towards the end of the war, the Separatists established a secret research facility and droid factory on Abrion Major. After Republic Intelligence learned of Separatist activity on the planet, Jedi General Del Morrigan, Jedi Commander Main Character and the 71st Delta Corps were dispatched to take control of the planet.

Morrigan's task force managed to defeat majority of the Separatists' blockade over Abrion Major, forcing the remainder of the blockade to retreat. The Republic forces moved forward and sent clone troopers of the 401st Legion to engage the Separatists' ground forces on the surface. The 401st pushed back the Separatist Droid Army and managed to destroy their massive droid factory. As the 401st Division made preparations to join the 401st, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine enacted Order 66. The clone troopers attempted to kill Morrigan and TBD aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Integrity, but both of the Jedi managed to escape on a Nu-class attack/transport shuttle.

Prelude
During the final years of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems made plans of constructing a military research facility and another droid factory that would prove vital to the war effort. Senator Esu Rotsino of the Separatist Senate offered for the facilities to be established on her homeworld of Abrion Major. The Executive Separatist Council decided to proceed with construction on Abrion Major. The Separatists established a heavy presence on the planet, deploying military forces to ensure the protection of their new facilities. While the facilities were operational, the Separatists saw more success in the late war.

As the Separatists gained an upper hand after receiving more forces, the Galactic Republic grew concerned and began looking into the Separatists' sudden success. In 19 BBY, Republic Intelligence discovered the Separatists' secret operation on Abrion Major. The Jedi High Council decided to send Jedi Knight Del Morrigan and his Padawan Main Character to destroy the facilities on Abrion Major. Proudly accepting his assignment, Morrigan gathered the 401st Legion and his task force and headed for Abrion Major.

Attack on the blockade
When Morrigan and his forces arrived at the Abrion system, they initiated the battle by sending out a squadron of ARC-170 starfighters led by Jedi Commander Main Character to attack the blockade under the command of Commander Mok Tuka. In response, Tuka sent vulture droids to take out the Padawan's forces but the squadron managed to stand their ground, taking out most of the droids. Another wave of vulture droids were sent and Morrigan decided to lead a squadron of Clone Z-95 Headhunters to help his apprentice take out the blockade's counterattack. Together, the two squadrons managed to take out all of the vulture droids. Tuka responded by summoning reinforcements in the form of a few Munificent-class star frigates, droid tri-fighters and more vulture droids. The commander also sent Hyena-class Droid Bombers to take out the Venator-class Star Destroyers. As the Star Destroyers began to take damage from the bombers, Morrigan ordered his forces to retreat and regroup at the Integrity.

The Republic forces regrouped aboard the Integrity and Morrigan prepared for their counterattack. Morrigan contacted Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu to inform them of his lack of progress and casualties. Yoda and Windu stressed the importance of them breaking the blockade, stating that if he could not succeed then they would have to postpone the invasion. Understanding that they could not afford to postpone the invasion, Morrigan assured them that he would break the blockade. Morrigan then put together a plan to destroy Commander Tuka's control ship which commanded the blockade. Morrigan then ordered his capital ships to focus their fire on the central core of the battleship.

Tuka began studying Morrigan's tactics as he prepared for the Jedi's counterattack. Led by the Integrity, the Star Destroyers opened fire on the central core of the control ship. With their combined fire power they were able to destroy the ship with Tuka failing to escape the destruction of his ship. Morrigan then put TBD in command of a squadron of ARC-170 starfighters to take out the remaining droids. TBD launched a flanking maneuver which gave his forces an edge over the droids and was able to destroy the remaining droids. Morrigan also led his capital ships to destroy the remaining capital ships of the blockade. Morrigan made contact with Masters Yoda and Windu, informing them of their victory over the blockade. Then, Morrigan and his forces proceeded to completely secure the space around Abrion Major.

Landing on Abrion Major
As the Republic forces made their decent, General Morrigan hatched a plan to successfully destroy both of the facilities occupied by the Separatists. With complete faith in his soldiers, Morrigan sent the 401st Legion under the command of Commander Apollo to secure the site of the droid factory. As Apollo and his troopers made their way to the surface aboard their LAAT/i gunships, the tactical droid commander TI-150 received orders from General Greez Findo to repel the Republic's landing.

Order 66
"It is time. Execute Order 66." "Yes, Lord Sidious."

- Darth Sidious, to CC-7427 "Rayvis"

While aboard the Integrity, the Jedi and 401st Division prepared to join the 401st in their invasion of the Separatist Research Center. Morrigan, TBD and Clone Commander Rayvis were discussing strategies for the battle when Rayvis received word that he was needed for an important transmission. Rayvis stepped aside as Morrigan and TBD continued discussing the battle. He received the transmission from Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, ordering Rayvis to execute Order 66. Morrigan paused in the midst of the discussion with his apprentice as he felt a great disturbance in the Force, causing him to grab TBD in defense.

After the issuance of the protocol, Rayvis began to hesitate and tremble as his behavioral modification chip activated, causing him to turn on the two Jedi. As a few clone troopers entered the briefing room and focused their blaster carbines on the Jedi, Rayvis put his helmet on and drew his DC-17 hand blasters on them. With no explanation, Morrigan and TBD ignited their lightsabers while Morrigan attempted to pry answers out of Rayvis. With no interest of answering questions, Rayvis and the other clones began firing at them and the Jedi deflected the shots. Morrigan used the Force to seal the doors, ensuring that no one else could enter. Morrigan and TBD Force pushed the clone troopers, knocking them to the ground, then opened the door behind them to escape.

However, the respite only lasted for a moment as more clones charged in to help Rayvis. As the only way to survive, Morrigan and TBD decimated the clone troopers and dashed to avoid more clones. Once they were temporarily safe, Morrigan cut through the ceiling with his lightsaber which created an exit hole. As Rayvis and the other clones recovered, Rayvis informed the rest of the 401st Division that the Jedi had been sentenced to death via Order 66 and anyone refusing to carry out the order would also be executed for treason. He ordered his men to form search parties and fan out across the Integrity in search of the Jedi.

While still stationed on Abrion Major, Apollo also received Order 66 from Darth Sidious and sent a platoon led by Clone Lieutenant CT-5552 "Stinger" to the Star Destroyer, ensuring that Rayvis had succeeded in killing the Jedi. The platoon returned to the Integrity aboard LAAT/i gunships and met with Rayvis. He briefed them on their progress and then split the platoon in half, with two squads led by Stinger and the other two led by Rayvis.

Help from a friend
Morrigan and TBD snuck around the ship to the droid storage room, where they activated their personal astromech droids, R3-D3 and R4-P11. Although the droids were happy to see their masters, they were met with terrible news and a daring task. But due to their loyal and brave nature, the droids agreed to assist their masters without hesitation. Morrigan and TBD immediately began formulating a plan to escape the Integrity. Morrigan had R3-D3 access the ship's central computer as well as the clone troopers' comms to determine an escape plan.

Morrigan, TBD and the droids stormed the hangar control room and killed the clones inside. They noticed that the hangars had been locked down, so Morrigan tasked R3 with opening up the hangars and tasked R4-P11 with preparing an escape shuttle. Rayvis attempted to contact the squad stationed in hangar control, but received no response. He presumed that Morrigan and TBD entered the control room to attempt an escape, so he ordered multiple units of his men to meet him in the hangar. R3 informed Morrigan and TBD that the hyperdrive was still operational, but Morrigan had the droid open the main hangar doors instead. R4 reported back to hangar control, informing them that he located some Nu-class attack/transport shuttles and was preparing one for them.

With the bay door open, they waited for R4 to arrive but saw Rayvis enter the hangar with a large unit of clone troopers. The clones ran out into the middle of the hangar and Rayvis ordered them to stand their ground, noting that anyone trying to escape would have to go through them. Morrigan and TBD began discussing how they would get into the shuttle. TBD figured that they had to fight their way through the hangar, but Morrigan reminded him of their slim chance of survival. Remembering that R4 prepared a shuttle, Morrigan ordered the droid to fly the ship in the hangar when he gave the word. TBD followed with what Morrigan had in mind and ordered R3 to get into position.

Morrigan and TBD entered the hangar with their hands up as all the clones focused their blasters at them. As R4 made his way to them, Morrigan and TBD attempted to stall by reasoning with Rayvis. Morrigan attempted to appeal to their comradeship, saying that Rayvis wasn't acting the same and that he believed that a greater power caused the clones to betray them. Ultimately, the diversion didn't work as Rayvis grew more frustrated and impatient until he ordered the clones to open fire on them. Morrigan and TBD deflected their shots as the clones began moving closer, attempting to corner them in. Morrigan and TBD decimated a few of the clones, including a few troopers of Lieutenant Stinger's platoon. As Stinger saw more of his men fall at the hands of the Jedi, he furiously charged at Morrigan and attempted to kill him. Morrigan saw Stinger storming at him and swung his lightsaber, striking him down with it. Just as all hope seemed to be lost, R4 arrived with the shuttle and Morrigan further instructed the droid to use the laser cannons on the shuttle to take out the clones. R4 began opening fire on the clones aboard the shuttle, clearing out a few for his companions. As the fight continued, R3 informed Morrigan and TBD that Rayvis' reinforcements had arrived. The approaching clones focused their fire on the shuttle with R4 still inside. The droid lost control of the shuttle as it took more damage until he crashed it into the side of the hangar, causing a slight explosion. R3 flew over to the wreckage and found that R4 was destroyed in the crash.

Escape
With all the pressure suddenly on him, R3 made a daring trip back to the bay with the Nu-class shuttles and piloted one back to the hangar in hopes of helping out his companions. Upon his returned, he saw that the Jedi were once again pinned down, so he began firing on the clones. Morrigan ordered TBD to get over to the shuttle while he covered him. TBD Force jumped over the clones and waited for R3 to open the door before getting inside. After he took over for the droid, he continued shooting at the clones as Morrigan Force pushed Rayvis and a few of his men while continuing to deflect blaster bolts. TBD told Morrigan that he needed to make his way to the shuttle before it was too late. As Morrigan ran for the shuttle, he was shot a few times but managed to withstand the few shots that connected. Morrigan jumped inside the shuttle and TBD evacuated them out of the Integrity as the clones continued to fire at the shuttle.

Aftermath
While on Abrion Major, Apollo led the remainder of the 401st Legion to infiltrate the Separatist Research Center. They destroyed all the battle droids that were defending the research facility and captured General Findo while he was commanding the rest of his army. After capturing the research facility, Apollo attempted to contact Stinger regarding his progress with the Jedi. Apollo received no response from him, but received a transmission from another clone trooper, who reported that their combined forces failed to execute the Jedi. He also reported that the Jedi escaped the Integrity aboard a Nu-class attack/transport shuttle with the help of two astromech droids. Furious with the failure of his men, Apollo ordered them to return to the surface and help the legion clear out the rest of the Separatist forces on the planet.

Morrigan, TBD and R3-D3 fled the Abrion system and searched the Outer Rim Territories for somewhere to lie low. Their search led them to the remote planet Batuu, which Morrigan recognized as a backwater world where people came to lie low. With their circumstances, Morrigan and TBD knew that they would have to make Batuu their new home since they were fugitives of the Republic. Morrigan landed the shuttle on the outskirts of the planet instead of landing in the largest settlement known as Black Spire Outpost, stating that nobody could know about their arrival.