First Battle of Harte Secur

During the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY the city of Harte Secur was attacked by the galactic Trade Federation. Following the Federation's landing on Naboo, Trade Federation command droid OOM-14 suffered a malfunction and allowed soldiers from Harte Secur to steal a Droid control program, rendering a significant part of the Federation's Droid Army useless. Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, knowing how dangerous the program could be in enemy hands, sent a task force led by his personal command droid OOM-9 to retrieve the program from the Research Center it was being held in. The task force succsesfully destroyed the Research center, retrieved the program and reactivated OOM-14's army with the help of a technician. OOM-9 was then ordered to attack Harte Secur in retaliation. Much of the city was destroyed in the battle and the Trade Federation built a base in the ruins. Harte Secur would remain under Federation control until it was liberated by the Gungan Grand Army.

Prelude
"OOM-14 has allowed the Naboo to make of with a precious droid control program OOM-9, you must retrieve the program at all costs"

- Nute Gunray

In 32 BBY the Galactic Republic Senate passed a legislation taxing trade routes, upsetting the galactic Trade Federation, who under orders from Sith Lord Darth Sidious blockaded the small planet of Naboo in protest using a droid army. In the initial landingseveral of Naboo's major Transmitting cities were destroyed. Despite the early succsess for the Federation an interruption came when a Droid control program that had been placed under the command of droid OOM-14, was stolen by a group of soldiers from the city of Harte Secur, meaning a large number of Battle Droids were left useless. Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation knew that the program could do incredible damage to his army if in the wrong hands, so he ordered his personal command droid OOM-9 to retrieve the program. A small strike force was airlifted to the deactivated camp along with a Neimoidian technician to reactivate the program. OOM-9 attacked the Research Center where the program was being analysed and killed the Royal Guards positioned at the base. The program was succsesfully retrieved and reactivated by the technician, making OOM-14's army operational again. Gunray then ordered OOM-9 to attack Harte Secur in retaliation for stealing the program.

The Battle
OOM-9 firstly decided to attack Harte Secur's airbase, wich was easily overcome by the droid army. The Trade Federation recieved a large supply of nova crystals from the base's spaceport, before moving on to Harte Secur.

On the road to Harte Secur the army encountered small resistance with several Naboo patrols. When they reached the city the droids engaged the Royal Naboo Security Forces, which consisted mainly of Royal Guards and Royal Crusaders. The droids advanced through the city streets and then destroyed the city's Command Center causing the military to surrender and placing Harte Secur under Trade Federation control.

Aftermath
"You have performed beyond your parameters."

- Nute Gunray to OOM-9 after the battle

Nute Gunray was so impressed with OOM-9 after taking Harte Secur that he placed him in command of the invasion another major Naboo city, Spinnaker. Many of Harte Secur's civilians and military were taken prisoners after the battle, one of whom told the Trade Federation of the Gungans, an amphibious race on Naboo, who would become the target of the Trade Federation's attacks following the capture of Theed, Naboo's capital city. Harte Secur became a Trade Federation base after the battle and Camp Six was set up nearby as a prison camp for Fambaas, a native animal on Naboo which the Federation planned to skin and sell. When the Gungans allied themselves with Queen Amidala of Naboo they freed the Fambaas at Camp Six to use for the upcoming battle against the Trade Federation. The Gungans also liberated Harte Secur during this time, though it was severely changed from it's original form.

Behind the Scenes
The battle appears in the second level of the Trade Federation campaign in the PC game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and its expansion. The player begins with only a small collection of units to begin with but after retrieving the Droid control program they can build more units to attack Harte Secur with. In order to complete the mission the player has to destroy Harte Secur's Command Center and keep OOM-9 and the Neimoidian Technician alive, if either of those characters are destroyed then the player will automatically lose the mission. Harte Secur Airbase is an optional base for the player to destroy, but if they do they will recieve additional nova crystals. A Gungan base is also optional for the player to destroy, however it is unlikely that is canonical becuase the Trade Federation didn't discover the Gungans until after the First Battle of Theed. Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jar Jar Binks also appear in the level as an Easter Egg.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * ''Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns