Battle of Felucia (Outer Rim Sieges)/Legends

"On Felucia, the Seps dug their heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them. So we did, only to be met with month after month of flesh-eating diseases, shrieking nocturnal predators and other sights that haunt me to this day."

- Anonymous 501st Clone Trooper

The Battle of Felucia, also known as the Second Mission of Felucia, was a battle which occurred late in the Clone Wars.

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The Battle
"If it wasn't for her, none of us would have made it out of here with our sanity...Or our lives."

- Anonymous 501st trooper

Introduction
The Battle of Felucia was one of the hardest fought battles of the entire Clone Wars. It began with the landing of the 182nd Legion, with which the Republic lost contact. Therefore, elements of the elite 501st Legion were deployed to begin routing the Separatist army from the planet.

Upon arrival however, the 501st quickly found that Felucia had a nightmarish topography. With dense foliage and seemingly infinite jungles and spores, ambushes were common and easy, and heavier support vehicles were hard to use. The 501st also found difficulty in subduing the feral Acklays, which would aggressively attack isolated patrols.

Eventually Jedi General Aayla Secura arrived on Felucia, and was able to lead the 501st contingent to rout the Separatist defenders at a high cost of troops. It was here that Secura dubbed the 501st "the bravest men she had ever seen."

The rescue of Barriss Offee
As part of the hunt for Commerce Guild President Shu Mai, Aayla Secura and her troops arrived at the Nigkoe Detention Facility where they believed Jedi Knight Barriss Offee was being held prisoner.

Attacking the facility, the clone troopers, under the command of Clone Commander Bly, engaged the Gossam Commandos and secured the area while Secura freed both Offee and her Selonian Padawan Zonder.

The hunt for Shu Mai
Still on the trail of Mai, Jedi Generals Aayla Secura and Barriss Offee along with the 327th Star Corps clone troop infantry under the command of Bly, arrived at her heavily fortified compound outside of Kway Teow.

After creating a diversion that destroyed several B-2 battle droid guards, the Jedi and clones advanced on Aratech BARC speeder bikes toward the compound. They were attacked by several droid starfighters, but these were dealt with by a Republic squad of Incom/Subpro ARC-170 starfighters.

Having entered the compound through a lake and waterfall-access, and let their troops inside, Aayla Secura, Barriss Offee and their Padawans Ekria and Zonder found that their search was for naught; Shu Mai’s personal ship had left days ago and no one has entered or left the compound since.

While gathering information on the ongoing attack on Coruscant, the Jedi were informed by Commander Bly that the compound was filling up with toxins. A countdown sequence had also begun, which prompted Secura to order a full withdrawal from the area. Moments before the compound exploded, the Jedi and their troops managed to escape.

A race against time
A clone trooper task force of the 327th Star Corps infantry, under the command of Jedi General Aayla Secura, prepared to attack several of Felucia’s water treatment facilities to prevent the Gossam homeworld from being infected by a toxin released into the water supply. This situation had come about due to a self-destruct mechanism designed by President Mai. The clone trooper reinforcements, brought in by Jedi General Stass Allie, who then went on to Saleucami, were briefed on the situation by Commander Bly. It was stated that Felucia's defenses were heaviest against air assault, thus a ground attack would be most effective. Since the jungle would slow them down, Jedi Knight Barriss Offee would lead one squad to Har Gau, while a second squad, led by Jedi Padawans Ekria, Zonder and the newly-arrived Drake Lo'gaan, would target Jiaozi. General Secura’s squad would accompany the Padawans and then proceed to Niango. The 327th Star Corps task force then split up and headed into the woods.

As the Padawans' force reached Jiaozi, they staged a diversionary attack and withdrawal, to lure the guards away from the water treatment facilities and allow the three Jedi access. The toxins were restrained from spreading further, but remote access to the other stations was impossible, as they each were on an isolated network. Padawan Ekria then tried to raise Generals Secura and Offee, but failed as the transmissions were being jammed. In an attempt at finding out the state of the other forces, Ekria gained access to cameras installed inside clone trooper helmets. This feat might possibly have saved the three Padawans from certain death, as Order 66 was given a few minutes later.

The deaths of two Jedi
When the order was given, Barriss Offee was under siege from B-2 battle droids. Having seen Lieutenant Galle arrive with reinforcements, she ordered him to open fire. She was subsequently shot to death by an AT-TE walker and her own troops. Aayla Secura had stopped on her way to Niango, due to reports of a Separatist armored unit in the area. As her troops waited, Secura was distracted by a bird suddenly taking flight, while at the same moment Commander Bly received Order 66 and proceeded to shoot his commanding officer in the back. Aayla Secura was finished off by concentrated fire from the clones surrounding her.

The outcome
Having witnessed the slaughter of their seniors, the three Padawans situated at Jiaozi water treatment facilities managed to escape their own troops and flee the planet.

After containing the toxins and saving the world, the newly established Galactic Empire absorbed Felucia into its control.

Appearances

 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Empire At War:Forces OF Corruption*