Disruption of Comm 4 An attack to disrupt Trade Federation Communications Satellite 4 occurred during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY . During the invasion , a group of Naboo resistance fighters , led by Captain Kael of Bravo Squadron , found and saved a criminal smuggler named Borvo the Hutt . After they escorted him to his mountain base , the Hutt gave the resistance pilots new fighters and intelligence about the invading forces . Together they formed a plan to disrupt the Trade Federation comm web and infiltrate the base it controlled . The Naboo and mercenary pilots launched into orbit , where they discovered and destroyed three shield projectors protecting Comm 4 . They then assaulted the satellite until it exploded , cutting off control to the Trade Federation base . Prelude . After facing overwhelming forces in the early stages of the Invasion of Naboo in the year 32 BBY , the Royal Naboo Security Forces were forced to battle for their planet . The Security Force officers Captain Kael and Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes of Bravo Squadron joined together and engaged Trade Federation forces which were attacking Naboo civilians . They then joined up with police officer Vedd Deviss after protecting his trading village . Acting on intelligence provided by Deviss , the three headed into the northern mountains to search for a smuggler , Borvo the Hutt , who could help them strike back at the Trade Federation Droid Army . After Borvo was escorted to the site of his organization ' s base , the Hutt gave the pilots new starfighters and vital intelligence with which they used to go back on the offensive against the Trade Federation . Orbital battle . The three Naboo pilots and two of Borvo ' s pilots flew into orbit where Comm 4 was located . Once they were near , their sensors noticed Comm 4 had heavy shields , but the pilots took pot shots at the satellite regardless . One of Borvo ' s pilots , Kol Kotha , suggested the shields were created by three nearby slave satellites , and Kael ordered them to find and destroy the projectors . Sykes flew toward the first one and discovered the minefield protecting it . Sykes and the other pilots fought through many droid starfighters and mines to knock out the generators one - by - one and expose Comm 4 . After the second projector was destroyed , another of Borvo ' s pilots , Adela Tyché , who had stayed by the satellite , radioed to say that her shots were starting to affect the shields . Once the shields were down , the pilots moved to attack Comm 4 , which still had six missile defense turrets . A squadron of droid starfighters also arrived to defend the satellite . Avoiding the missiles and starfighters , the resistance pilots pressed the attack against the satellite and destroyed it , shutting down the control signal to a Federation base down on the planet . Aftermath . After the satellite blew , Kael congratulated them , and the pilots rejoined formation and flew back down to the surface . The base controlled by the comm satellite became their next target . They assaulted the base and stole a gunboat , which Sykes took on the Andrevea River to liberate slave camps full of Naboo prisoners . The loss of the station concerned the Trade Federation , and the incident was later mentioned in a report given to the Sith Lord Darth Maul by the leader of the invasion , Viceroy Nute Gunray . Behind the scenes . The battle appears in the 2000 video game " " . Unlike the game ' s predecessor , " " , this game features several orbital battles such as this , not just on the surface of a moon . If the player is shot down , a short FMV is shown with the fighter plummeting toward the planet . The battle was also mentioned in the 2011 magazine " " . The event was also mentioned in the 2012 short story " End Game , " written by James Luceno and included in the re - release of the of .