TF-1726/Legends

"This is taking too long. Destroy that cruiser.''" "But sir, there are still hundreds of droids on board!" "''I don't care."

- TF-1726 and a B1 battle droid

TF-1726 was a masculine-programmed T-series tactical droid who served in the Confederate Navy during the Clone Wars. In 22 BBY, he was in the command of a fleet of Munificent-class star frigates during the Sky Battle of Quell, in which he ambushed a flotilla of Venator-class Star Destroyers led by Jedi General Aayla Secura. During the course of the battle over Quell, TF-1726 lost one of his own frigates, but his remaining forces were able to destroy two of Secura's Star Destroyers. The droid then sent hundreds of B2-RP battle droids to invade Secura's damaged command ship, the Liberty. However, an evacuation party, led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, arrived to help Secura, destroying many battle droids aboard. Becoming impatient due to the prolonging of the battle, the tactical droid ordered his frigate's gunners to open fire on the Liberty. As a result, all of the droids still aboard the destroyer went down with it but, Secura, Commander Bly, and the evacuation party managed to escape the ship before its destruction. After the Republic's evacuation cruiser accidentally jumped to hyperspace, the tactical droid's fleet was left to continue the battle with the remaining Republic forces, which ultimately led to a Separatist victory.

Biography
"We have them now, send in the super droids."

- TF-1726, during the battle

Manufactured by Baktoid Combat Automata, TF-1726 was a T-series tactical droid who served in the Navy of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the first year of the Clone Wars, the cerulean planet Quell, located in the Quell system of the Outer Rim Territories, had become a contested site between the Confederacy and the Galactic Republic. However, Quell's state of contention soon escalated when TF-1726's fleet of four Munificent-class star frigates ambushed Jedi General Aayla Secura's flotilla of three Republic Navy Venator-class Star Destroyers in the highest levels of the planet's atmosphere, initiating the Sky Battle of Quell.

While the trio of Venator Star Destroyers were pelted by concentrated cannonades from the cluster of Separatist frigates, the tactical droid deployed several vulture droid fighters to engage the Republic V-19 Torrent starfighters. Despite the loss of one Munificent-class frigate being shot down by the Republic Star Destroyers, the Confederacy managed to gain the upper hand, by sending two of Secura's damaged cruisers plunging down to the surface of the planet. Before long, Secura's personal command ship, the Liberty, lost its deflector shields, prompting the tactical droid to order several hundred rocket pack–equipped B2-RP battle droids to board the crippled ship. The battle droids had invaded the Liberty when another Republic ship, the Resolute, arrived from hyperspace and dispatched several LAAT/i gunships and a Consular-class cruiser to evacuate Secura and her crew.

The evacuation party, led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, and Secura's remaining forces were able to destroy several battle droids aboard the Liberty, which delayed the battle's outcome as calculated by the tactical droid. Not tolerating the wait, as his forces should have won four minutes prior, the droid ordered his gunners to concentrate all of the frigate's fire at the Liberty, ignoring the fact that hundreds of battle droids were still onboard. The resulting laser bombardment set the destroyer's inner corridors on fire, which consumed battle droids and Republic clone troopers alike. However, Skywalker, Secura, and the evacuation party were able to escape from the ship aboard the Consular-class cruiser just before the Liberty was completely destroyed. When the group tried to board the Resolute, the tactical droid's starfighters attacked their ship, causing the cruiser's hyperdrive to accidentally activate. The cruiser jumped to hyperspace, leaving the Resolute and its commanding officer, Admiral Wullf Yularen, to continue the battle with the tactical droid's Confederate fleet. The battle would eventually not end well for the remaining Republic forces, turning into a victory for the Separatists over Quell.

Characteristics
As a tactical droid, TF-1726 stood 1.93 meters in height and was far more intelligent than the standard battle droids of the Separatist Droid Army. Not controlled by a central control computer, he could think and function independently. Since tactical droids had individual color schemes, his personal plating colors were green and white. He also had masculine programming and possessed white photoreceptors.

The droid was eager to defeat his Republic opponents, and, when the Liberty became vulnerable to boarding, he immediately sent his droid forces to board the Jedi cruiser. A calculating droid, he estimated that the invading battle droids would swiftly win the battle. However, he started to grow impatient as the battle prolonged. When his forces failed to achieve victory as scheduled, being late by four minutes, the tactical droid changed plans and ordered the Liberty to be targeted and destroyed immediately. A B1 battle droid gunner reminded him that hundreds of droids were still aboard the cruiser, but he lacked any concern for them.

Behind the scenes
A picture of TF-1726 was first seen in The Clone Wars: Headgames, an issue of the online Star Wars: The Clone Wars webcomic series. The picture was a screenshot from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television episode "Jedi Crash," in which he made his first on-screen appearance, voiced by Matthew Wood. He was also the debut of the T-series tactical droid model on the show. Even though the droid appeared unnamed in the episode, he was later identified as TF-1726 on a Clone Wars Characters Maxi Poster.

TF-1726 also appeared in the non-canonical video game LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. In the game's adaption of "Jedi Crash," the droid is surveying the Sky Battle of Quell when his B1 battle droid subordinate spots the Consular-class cruiser approaching the Liberty. The B1 droid shakes the tactical droid and points out the cruiser, after which the tactical droid orders one of his frigates to capture the cruiser. One of the frigates then traps the cruiser with a tractor beam but is soon destroyed by Skywalker, allowing the cruiser to continue with the evacuation.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Headgames
 * LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
 * LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars