Battle of Anaxes The Battle of Anaxes of 20 . 1 BBY was the final confrontation between the Confederacy of Independent Systems ' Bulwark Fleet and the Galactic Republic ' s Victory Fleet during the Clone Wars . After launching the Bulwark Fleet from the Foerost Shipyards , Confederate Admiral Dua Ningo initiated an intense campaign against the Core Worlds , coming close to seizing Coruscant itself . The Victory Fleet ' s commanders , Captains Jan Dodonna and Terrinald Screed , hunted down Ningo and engaged his Bulwark Mark I battlecruisers in a deciding clash over the planet Anaxes . Although Screed outmaneuvered and vaporized Ningo ' s flagship , killing the Separatist admiral , Screed ' s assault cost him damage to his own command ship , resulting in near - mortal injuries that forced him to undergo cybernetic reconstruction . Nevertheless , he and Dodonna both received the Holt Cross for their victorious actions over Anaxes . Prelude . In the year 20 . 1 BBY ( 15 : 4 ) , twenty - three months into the Clone Wars , the Confederacy of Independent Systems unveiled its new Bulwark Fleet of Bulwark Mark I battlecruisers . Confederate Navy Admiral Dua Ningo oversaw the fleet ' s breakout from the Foerost Shipyards and proceeded to obliterate Galactic Republic outposts throughout the Core Worlds , threatening the galactic capital of Coruscant itself . In response , two Republic officers — Captains Terrinald Screed and Jan Dodonna — were granted command of the latest addition to the Republic Navy : the Victory Fleet of " Victory I " - class Star Destroyers , designed by Rendili StarDrive engineer Walex Blissex . Screed and Dodonna chased Ningo away from Coruscant and pursued him throughout the Core Worlds . The Victory and Bulwark Fleets clashed at Ixtlar , Alsakan , and Basilisk before a deciding standoff ensued at the fortress world of Anaxes , home to the Republic Navy War College . The battle . The Victory Fleet engaged in a deception : Dodonna arrived first at Anaxes with his task force of Star Destroyers and assaulted Ningo ' s Bulwark cruisers in the upper atmosphere . Screed , meanwhile , sat a mere hyperspace jump away aboard his command ship , the " Arlionne " , waiting for the right moment to join the battle . Commanding the Bulwark Fleet from his flagship , the " Unrepentant " , Ningo decimated Dodonna ' s warships , plunging dead wreck after dead wreck toward the surface below . Despite the carnage , Dodonna held out against Ningo ' s ships long enough for Screed to execute his sneak attack . Emerging from hyperspace aboard the " Arlionne " , Screed maneuvered his Star Destroyer into position and ambushed the " Unrepentant " at point - blank range . His swift salvo of broadside cannonades annihilated Ningo ' s flagship , killing the Confederate admiral . However , the ensuing explosion of the " Unrepentant " tore into the " Arlionne " , ripping open its bridge and severely wounding Screed . Nevertheless , Ningo ' s death allowed Screed and Dodonna to emerge victorious over the late admiral ' s Bulwark Fleet . Aftermath . Screed needed cybernetic implants to survive his near - mortal injuries , but he began to recover and — within three weeks of the Battle of Anaxes , as it came to be known — laboriously returned to Anaxes to receive the Holt Cross medal alongside Dodonna , in recognition of their defeat of the Bulwark Fleet . Screed and Dodonna were lauded as heroes of the Republic , and both men continued their careers in the Republic Navy . Screed was thereafter appointed as the commander of the Coruscant Home Fleet , in part to grant him further recovery time to heal from his wounds . In 36 ABY , Galactic Alliance historian Voren Na ' al included the Battle of Anaxes in his compendium of galactic history . Behind the scenes . The Battle of Anaxes was created by author Daniel Wallace for " The New Essential Chronology " , a book published in 2005 that also served as an in - universe narrative written by Voren Na ' al . Among the research that he did for the book , Wallace drew upon the concept of the " Victory I " - class Star Destroyer from the 1979 novel " Han Solo ' s Revenge " , using the Battle of Anaxes and the surrounding events to chronicle the Star Destroyer ' s formal in - universe introduction . The battle has since been referenced and expanded by other authors , including Jason Fry , who co - authored 2012 ' s " The Essential Guide to Warfare " and detailed the battle ' s events in a profile for Terrinald Screed .