Project Instinction

Project Instinction was a plan created by the tactical droid, Doctor, and Passel Argente. The purpose of this plan was an attack on the agriworld, Ukio, in order to disrupt the Ukian's important harvests.

The plan had a number of stages, the first being the harvesting of soil from the planet Moorja and loading it aboard a large number of modified Seismic tanks. These tanks were then loaded aboard a Lucrehulk-class Core Ship, which later disgorged them above the planetary shields of Ukio. The tanks then dropped the soil upon the shields, and effectively blocked out the system's sun. Knowing the Ukians would be forced to drop the shields, the Separatists were prepared to use the opportunity to land on the planet's surface. Once the shields opened up, Vulture droids and Sheathipede-class transport shuttles descended.

On the planet, one of the shuttles opened to reveal Doctor and several B1 battle droids, who brought out a strange device. They jammed all communications, then activated the device, which immediately began to affect most creatures and sentients within range. It caused the domesticated eopies to thrash wildly, the wild gigauns to stampede off the migration route, and the Ukians and Clone troopers to attack anyone nearby.