Battle of Honoghr

Battle of Honoghr

TheBattle of Honoghr took place in22 BBY. The conflict began as a minor space battle and developed into a violent small scale ground skirmish betweenGalactic Republic forces and the indigenousNoghri.

The battle[]

TheGahenna, aSeparatist starship carryingtrihexalophine1138, a toxic defoliant, was en route to use the toxin onNaboo when it was intercepted by a RepublicAcclamator-class assault ship above Honoghr. Both ships were heavily damaged, drawn into the atmosphere and launched escape pods, but the Republic cruiser was able to escape. The Separatist ship crashed into Honoghr's surface, breaking off the highest peak of a tall mountain in the process, and began to leak the forest-killing 1138. The Noghri killed all survivors and strew their armor across the temples of Honoghr.

Jedi GeneralRii'ke En was sent with aclone trooper to gather intelligence on the ship, toxin and ground situation. After three days they discovered the crashed ship and tracked the location of the toxin'sScientific Instrument Package (SIP) to aRakatan temple. En reported his findings back to GeneralAayla Secura and was told to wait for reinforcements. The pair, however, was spotted and killed by the Noghri.

CommanderBly and a squad of his clone troopers were assigned to Aayla Secura and the group was tasked with retrieval of the SIP. Approaching the temple, the squad came under Noghri attack. Bly and Secura, the only survivors, retreated into the temple. TheNoghri closed in, but were sniped byQuinlan Vos with a blaster.

The timely arrival of Vos and his official status as a traitor to theRepublic made Bly wary of the Jedi, but Secura vouched for her former master, stating that she believed he was merely infiltratingDooku's operation and had not fallen to thedark side of the Force. As a sign of his loyalty, Vos volunteered to aid them in retrieving the SIP and claimed he would report to Dooku that he had arrived after their retrieval. Bly followed Secura's order to work with Vos, and he complied.

The trio fought their way through the temple its central vault. Usingthe Force, Vos translated the sigils on the vault door to determine that it was booby-trapped to fire Noghri hyperdarts if opened. While he opened the door, Secura used the Force to draw the SIP to her hand. Unable to close the door, they beat a hasty retreat through the path Vos entered. Arriving at Vos' ship, he demanded the SIP from Secura, claiming that he needed it to gain Dooku's trust. The pair argued, Vos claiming that he needed to earn Dooku's confidence to discover the identity of the second Sith Lord, and Secura refusing. The two entered a lightsaber duel, and Bly was knocked aside by Vos.

Eventually, Vos disarmed Secura and threatened her life. Filled with rage, Secura tried to point out Vos' clear fall to the dark side, and insisted that he would have to kill her to gain the SIP. Vos, blinded by rage, moved for the kill when Bly shot him in the shoulder. He fired several more shots, but Aayla blocked them with her blade, allowing Vos to escape.

Aftermath[]

The pair returned the SIP to the Republic, but Honoghr was altered into an inhospitable, ecologically wrecked world.

Six months after the ruination began,GeneralGrievous had footage of the continually-devastated planet taken and sent toCountDooku. Grievous used the footage as evidence in favor of a proposal to increase the use of biological weapons in the battles fought across theOuter Rim Territories.^[4]

Behind the scenes[]

WhileRepublic 68 was originally set 24 months after the start of the Clone Wars, the continuity changes due to theStar Wars: The Clone Wars series saw it moved up to around 22 BBY instead, withThe Official Star Wars Fact File Part 36 placing it immediately after the events of the video gameStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes.

Appearances[]

• Republic 69(Mentioned only)
• Republic 68(First appearance)
• Yoda: Dark Rendezvous(andunabridged audiobook)(Mentioned only)
• Republic 74(Mentioned only)
• Republic 75(Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption(Mentioned only)
• Heir to the Empire(andunabridged audiobook)(First mentioned, in book)
• Dark Force Rising(andunabridged audiobook)(First appearance, in book)(In flashback(s))

Sources[]

• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Alien Encounters(Indirect mention only)
• "Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" —Star Wars Insider 84
• The New Essential Chronology
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
• Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection(Battle Pack:Betrayal on Felucia) (backup link)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia(See "Gahenna")
• Secura, Aayla in theDatabank(original site is defunct)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 36BLY 1-4: Bly

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