Recovery of Transport 714 In 32 BBY , the Galactic Senate , the governing body of the Galactic Republic , passed legislation calling for the taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems . A trade dispute soon developed between the megacorperation , the Trade Federation and the Republic , resulting in the blockade of Naboo , and the Invasion of Naboo shortly thereafter . While the Trade Federation attempted to occupy Naboo ' s capital city , Theed , several crew members from the " Crescent " ; Rorworr , a Wookiee scout ; Jedi Padawan Sia - Lan Wezz ; Dané , a young girl who was secretly training to become a handmaiden ; Galak , a volunteer in the Royal Naboo Security Forces ; Arani Korden , Theed - born daughter of a House Korden noble ; and Deel Surool , a Twi ' lek whose wealthy parents set up a trading emporium on Naboo ; escaped the city by flying a speeder along the city ' s central river , the Solleu . The refugees were pursued by STAPs , however , evasive maneuvers on by the speeder ' s pilot caused a STAP to crash into a Trade Federation Multi - Troop Transport . The cooling fins of the MTT , Transport 714 , were disabled , and the craft sank steaming into the River . Naboo ' s Queen Padmé Amidala , who had left the planet in an attempt to persuade the Galactic Senate to intervene and end the Trade Federation ' s invasion , returned to Naboo . The crew from the " Crescent " had joined the Naboo Resistance , and were invited to a planning session with the Queen . They were greeted by the Queen and her handmaidens ; Captain Quarsh Panaka , head of the Royal Naboo Security Forces ; Boss Nass , leader of the Gungans ; Jar Jar Binks , a Gungan ; two Jedi , Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi ; their Force - sensitive ward from Tatooine , Anakin Skywalker ; and various Gungan and Underground generals . During the planning session , Amidala announced her plan to enter Theed via a secret passage . The leaders decided that using a Trade Federation Troop Transport would be the ideal way to approach the passage undetected , but realized that acquiring one would be difficult . At this point , Rorworr ' s team spoke up , volunteering information on the MTT that sank into the Solleu during their initial escape from Theed . With this information , the leaders formalized the main attack plan . Boss Nass volunteered his Gungan engineers , the Gungengineeren , to repair and salvage the submerged transport ; however , his Gungan scouts were unable to locate the MTT . Queen Amidala tasked Rorworr ' s team with escorting the Gungengineeren to the site because the crew from the " Crescent " knew the exact location of the transport . The unit was also assigned to guard the Gungengineeren during the operation , since the Queen wanted to reassure the Gungans that the Naboo were committed to mutual cooperation . Rorworr and two others piloted three unfamiliar tribubble bongo s , docking with a hydrostatic bubble to rendezvous with Koh Pa Wupps and his team of Gungengineers . Loading the engineers and their tools into the submersible s , Wupps directed the group around Lake Paonga , up the lower Solleu River , and through an underwater passage at the base of the Virdugo Plunge that lead to the upper Solleu , dodging a group of opee sea killers along the way . When the group located the downed MTT , the Gungengineeren began work on transporting it upriver for repair while Rorworr ' s team patrolled the area in the bongos . A young colo claw fish , orphaned and starving , made many attempts to crack the hull of the MTT , breaking several of its teeth on the MTT ' s armor , and marring the craft considerably . When the colo interrupted efforts to salvage the craft , the Crew from the " Crescent " attacked the young predator to draw it ' s attention away from the divers and lead it on a long chase that lead to the Colo ' s death . Eventually , the MTT was recovered by Gungan divers , repaired by the Naboo Resistance , and was retrofitted to accommodate human troops . During the Second Battle of Theed , the craft was used by the Naboo Resistance to conceal the Naboo forces and transport them undetected to the entrance of a secret passage in the cliff wall below Theed . Behind the scenes . Transport 714 is a recurring element in the roleplaying adventure , " Peril on Naboo " . This article based on the guided overview of the adventure , although the adventure allows for alternate paths . If the heroes don ' t escape Theed in a speeder along the Solleu River , or simply fail to mention the craft , an NPC will volunteer information about the MTT during the planning session with Amidala . The chase with the colo claw fish can end in three ways : the fish is either rammed continuously until dead by the bongos , lead back through the secret passage and into the school of Opee sea killers , or trapped in the current near the Virdugo Plunge and eventually taken over the edge of the falls .