Battle of the Rishi moon/Legends

This battle took place on the moon of Rishi around 22 BBY during the Clone Wars. The Confederate General Grievous planned to attack the Wild Space planet of Kamino in order to end the Republic's production of clone troopers, but a Republic listening post near Kamino on the moon of Rishi prevented him from entering the system undetected. Grievous therefore decided to capture the post before attacking Kamino to avoid alerting the nearby Republic fleet to his invasion of Kamino. He deployed BX-series droid commandos to the moon in boarding ships, and the inexperienced troopers at the base mistook the arriving battle droids for a meteor shower. The droids then attacked the clones, taking them by surprise and hot-wiring the base's all-clear signal so that they were unable to warn the Republic fleet of the attack. While the droids overran the base, troopers CT-26-1409, CT-27-5555, and CT-26-6958&mdash;nicknamed "Echo," "Fives," and "Hevy," respectively&mdash;along with the trooper nicknamed "Cutup," fled the base through a ventilation shaft. Cutup, however, was soon killed by a Rishi eel.

Meanwhile, Clone Commander CC-2224 and Clone Captain CC-7567, nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex," respectively, arrived for a routine inspection of the base. They were ambushed by the droid commandos but managed to escape and soon found the three surviving clone troopers. The clones then tricked the droids into opening the main doors of the listening post and quickly retook the base. When the commando droids stopped responding, Grievous sent a group of battle droids to investigate. Realizing that they couldn't defeat all of the reinforcements, the clones devised a plan to destroy the listening post with liquid tibanna in order to shut off its hot-wired "all-clear" signal and warn the Republic fleet of the attack. Before they evacuated the base, however, Rex noticed that the remote detonator wasn't responding, so Hevy stayed behind to fix the problem while the other clones escaped the base through a ventilation shaft. The invading battle droids entered the station's command center and opened fire on Hevy, injuring him. Hevy then manually detonated the explosive, instantly killing himself, destroying the droids and listening post, and cutting off the all-clear signal. Alerted to the attack, the Republic fleet arrived and intercepted Grievous's fleet, forcing the Confederate ships to retreat. Following the Republic victory, Echo and Fives were both inducted into the 501st Legion, and the late Hevy was honored for his bravery and sacrifice.

Prelude
Around 22 BBY during the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic began to utilize listening posts in the Outer Rim Territories to monitor Confederate activity. Due to the high amount of casualties suffered by the Grand Army of the Republic, new clone troopers were assigned to these stations without undergoing the customary intensive training most clones experienced before beginning duty. A number of these rookie clones, nicknamed "shinies" &mdash;a derogatory term referring to the troopers' spotless armor that had not yet seen action in battle &mdash;were assigned to Rishi Station, a crucial listening post located near Kamino on the moon of Rishi, under the command of Clone Sergeant CT-19-7409, nicknamed "O'Niner."

Seeking to end the production of the Republic's clone troopers on the Wild Space planet of Kamino, the Confederate General Grievous planned to invade Kamino with the Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress and a fleet of Munificent-class star frigates. However, Rishi Station played a key role in the protection of the area of space around Rishi and Kamino, and as long as the station was active, the Republic fleet would be warned of any Confederate activity in the area. In order to overcome this obstacle, Grievous decided to capture the station before continuing with his plan to invade Kamino.

Confederate assault
Grievous deployed a squad of elite BX-series droid commandos in Droch-class boarding ships to the Rishi moon to capture the base there. Mistaking the incoming pods for meteors, the clone troopers inside the listening post raised the shields to avoid meteor damage. After landing, the droid commandos emerged from their pods and stealthily made their way to the base, killing CT-327, a clone deck officer who was keeping watch outside the station, along the way. When the clones in the base lost contact with CT-327, Sergeant O'Niner sent clone troopers Nub and Droidbait to search for him, but the two clones were quickly killed by the attacking droids. O'Niner left the command center of the base to repel the invading droids and ordered trooper CT-26-6958, nicknamed "Hevy," to sound the alarm and alert the Republic fleet. The rookie clone trooper found that the signal was being jammed, however, and O'Niner was soon killed by the battle droids.

After witnessing O'Niner's death, troopers Hevy, CT-26-1409, CT-27-5555&mdash;nicknamed "Echo" and "Fives," respectively&mdash;and the trooper nicknamed "Cutup" fled from the base through a ventilation shaft inside the command center. The leader of the commando droids contacted Grievous via hologram and informed him of their success. The Cyborg General ordered the droids to leave the station's "all-clear" signal on, which, if turned off, would alert the nearby Republic fleet. This kept the Republic oblivious to the attack and unaware of the incoming Confederate fleet's continued journey for Kamino. Meanwhile, the rookie clone troopers reemerged from the other side of the ventilation shaft and were situated underneath the listening post's landing pad. When the rookie clones heard noises around them, a Rishi eel soon appeared and grabbed Cutup, before departing back to where it came from.

Retaking the station
Rishi Station, however, was due for a routine inspection. En route to the listening post, Clone Commander CC-2224 and Clone Captain CC-7567, respectively nicknamed "Cody" and "Rex," were sent to inspect the base. After Cody contacted the base, a commando droid, disguised in clone trooper armor, answered the transmission. The commando droid told the clone officers that the base doesn't need an inspection, although the clones continued to fly toward the listening post. They landed their Nu-class attack shuttle, the Obex, near the base's entrance, and were soon greeted by a commando droid, disguised in clone armor. The droid, however, was soon shot by Rex, who had noticed that something was wrong when he saw a droid attack flare in the distance.

After Rex took off the clone's helmet to reveal that the clone was a droid, stationed commando droids around the clone officers emerged from their hiding locations and began to shoot at the clones. The droids tossed thermal detonators at the clones' shuttle, which destroyed it. However, the clones escaped by leaving the landing pad, and soon they found the surviving rookie clone troopers&mdash;Echo, Fives, and Hevy. Believing the rookie clone troopers were commando droids, Rex ordered the group to take off their helmets. After the rookie clones complied, a Rishi eel appeared, although the creature was shot and killed by Rex. Confronting the rookie troopers, Rex referred to them as "shinies," a derogatory term referring to the troopers' spotless armor that had not yet seen action in battle. Both clone officers took interest in the group, and soon gave the rookies their DC-15S carbine blasters. Rex devised a plan to infiltrate the base by pretending to be a commando droid Unit 26. While Cody, Echo, Fives, and Hevy waited on both sides of the listening post's entrance, Rex walked up to the blast door's surveillance systems. Commando droid units 07, 08, and 09 noticed that their was something different with Rex's "vocabulator," and ordered Rex to take off his helmet for identification.

After the commando droids opened the blast door, the clones ambushed the droids and destroyed them, before ambushing the droids stationed inside the listening post's main control room. Meanwhile, Grievous noticed that the base's "all-clear" signal was on, although the commando droids were not responding to his transmissions. Fearing that something was wrong, Grievous dispatched a group of B1 and B2 battle droids to investigate the listening post. Inside the listening post, the clones found that the commando droids had hardwired the station's "all-clear" signal.

Destroying the station
When the Confederate reinforcements arrived on the moon in a C-9979 landing craft, the clones decided to destroy the base with thermal detonators coupled with highly explosive liquid tibanna, so that the all-clear message would cut off and alert the Republic to the Confederate threat. The liquid tibanna, which was stored in plunk droids, were gathered by Rex and Echo, while Cody, Hevy, and Fives engaged the invading battle droids. After the three clones rejoined Rex and Echo, who set up the explosives so that they could be detonated with a remote, they retreated to the ventilation shaft through which they'd originally escaped. As the clones fled, Hevy attempted to activate the remote, but the device didn't work, so he decided to go back and manually detonate the explosives.

When the other clones noticed Hevy’s absence, they began attempting to contact him via comlink. Hevy, however, refused to heed the commands from his superior officers to flee and join them, telling them that the remote wasn’t working and that he knew what he had to do. As Hevy reentered the command center of the base, he came under heavy fire from multiple droids and was shot, but not killed. While the clones ran back to the base in an attempt to rescue Hevy, the droids deliberated on whether to take Hevy prisoner or whether to kill him. While they were preoccupied, Hevy manually set off the explosives, destroying the base and obliterating the droids and himself within it; and cutting off the all-clear signal.

As the all-clear signal was cut off from the listening post, the nearby Republic fleet&mdash;under the command of Admiral Wullf Yularen and Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker&mdash;was alerted to the danger. They cut off the incoming Confederate ships over the moon of Rishi, and Grievous, realizing that his fleet was outgunned, ordered a full scale retreat before the Republic could cause major damage to his ships.

Aftermath
Shortly after the battle, a number of Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry gunships were sent down from the Republic fleet to search for survivors of the explosion. On the moon’s surface, the ships found the four surviving clones and returned them to the fleet, where Echo and Fives received medals for their bravery. Rex then appointed the two rookies to the 501st Legion, and Hevy was also honored by the Republic.

Behind the scenes
This battle first appeared in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series episode "Rookies," the fifth episode of the series, which aired on Cartoon Network on October 24, 2008. The Clone Wars Director Dave Filoni used the battle to show that, although commando droids were more useful than the simpler B1 battle droids, a large force of B1s were still a threat.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks!

Notes and references
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