Battle of the Naboo resistance base A battle took place around a Naboo resistance base during the Trade Federation ' s invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY . It took place simultaneously with the battle raging on the Great Grass Plains . The Trade Federation Droid Army sent three elements to the Plains ; one engaged the Gungan Grand Army head - on , one flanked Theed ' s south ridge , and the third element flanked the plains and discovered a Naboo Resistance outpost . The last element engaged the base , but was countered by the spacers Nym and Vana Sage . The two pilots joined with the Naboo to defend the base and destroyed numerous vehicles . The battle dragged on , but the two spacers were joined by Bravo Squadron pilot Rhys Dallows and the Toydarian mercenary Reti . With a reinforced squadron , Nym was able to fight off the rest of the battle droids . Destroying an element of the Droid Army allowed the Grand Army to hold out while Bravo Squadron destroyed the Lucrehulk - class Droid Control Ship in orbit and ended the invasion . Prelude . The Trade Federation invaded the planet Naboo in 32 BBY in response to taxation of the Outer Rim trade routes . The Royal Naboo Security Forces became embroiled in a desperate battle for their planet . The Queen fled to Coruscant to find a way to end the invasion in the Galactic Senate but returned home to free the planet . She planned on using Gungan Grand Army to draw out the main part of the Trade Federation Droid Army while the she led a ground assault of the capital city of Theed . The Trade Federation sent three armies to engage the Gungans . Army A engaged the Gungan army head - on , Army B flanked from the side of the Plains , and Army C approached from the south ridge of Theed . Army B discovered a Resistance outpost on the Plains and engaged it . The pirate Nym , after losing his base to the Trade Federation , agreed to join forces with the Naboo resistance and engaged Army B . The battle . A scout found the approaching Army B and raced back to warn the base . The outpost commander ordered the outpost to prepare for battle . The Federation deployed Heavy Artillery Gun s to engage the outpost . The resistance ' s laser turrets opened fire on the tanks . The spacers Nym and Vana Sage were flying overhead searching for the Federation army , so the commander contacted them and asked them to protect the outpost . Nym used the Bomblet generator on his starfighter , the " Havoc " to take out the enemy artillery . The outpost commander kept up a running commentary as Nym attacked the tanks . While Nym was attacking the HAGs , two Federation C - 9979 landing craft and several dropships landed and disgorged a number of Armored Assault Tanks to attack the outpost . A squadrons of Scarab droid starfighters arrived to support the tanks . Sage engaged the fighters in her personal fighter , the " Guardian Mantis " . Even though the first wave was destroyed , more droid starfighters and a squad of droid bombers joined the fight . Sage commented to Nym that they were outnumbered , but Nym was determined to fight to the end . Nym ' s wingmate and Bravo Squadron pilot Rhys Dallows as well as the Toydarian Reti arrived at that moment to support the Naboo outpost . Nym told them to attack anything that moved . With a reinforced squadron , Nym was able to fight off the rest of the Federation forces and save the outpost from destruction . The outpost commander thanked the pilots as they flew off . Aftermath . As a third of the Federation army had been destroyed at the outpost , and another third destroyed by Gavyn Sykes at the south ridge of Theed , the Gungans were able to hold out long enough for the Naboo Security Forces to infiltrate Theed . With the " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ship ship in orbit destroyed , the invasion ended with the capture of Viceroy Nute Gunray . Behind the scenes . This battle was a mission appearing in the 2001 video game " " and was mentioned in the Gungan civilization DataBank entry in the video game " , " released later that year . The event was later given an indirect mention when describing a diagram of the Battle of Grassy Plains in " The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels . "