Siege of Saleucami

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|name=Siege of Saleucami
|conflict=War of the RingRepublic 74 (Middle-Earth theater of the Middle-Earth Sieges)The Essential Guide to Warfare
|date=May 8th, 1983–March 15th, 1984 (26 to 36 months after the Battle of Isengard)
|place=Saleucami
|result=Galactic Republic victoryRepublic 77
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=*Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Dark Acolytes†
|commanders1=*General Oppo Rancisis 
*General Quinlan Vos 
*General Stass Allie† 
*General Ausar Auset†
*General A'Sharad Hett
*General Sian Jeisel
*General K'Kruhk
*General Aayla Secura
*General Tholme
*General Xiaan Amersu†
*General Durnar†Republic 76
*General T'Bolton†
*General Xeltek†
*Captain Sagoro Autem
*Captain DenimoorDark Times—Fire Carrier 3
*Commander TeronDark Times—Fire Carrier 5
*Marshal Commander Bly
*Marshal Commander Neyo
*Commander Faie
*A clone captain}}
|commanders2=*Sora Bulq†
*Tol Skorr†Republic 75
*Rath Kelkko†
*Bok†
|forces1=*Venator-class Star Destroyers
*Acclamator-class assault ships
*CR90 corvettes
*Theta-class T-2c shuttles
*Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors
**Blue Leader
**Red Leader
*ARC-170 starfighters
**Blue Squadron
*LAAT/i gunships
*HAVw A6 Juggernauts
*TX-130 Saber-class fighter tanks
*All Terrain Tactical Enforcers
*All Terrain Attack Pods
*All Terrain Recon Transports
*BARC speeders
*74-Z speeder bikes
*Clone troopers
**Three battalions of clone troopers
**327th Star CorpsThe Clone Wars Campaign Guide
**91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps
***CT-3423
***Lightning SquadronGalaxy at War
*Khaleen Hentz
|forces2=*Droid tri-fighters
*Vulture-class droid starfighters
*IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tanks
*OG-9 homing spider droids
*DSD1 dwarf spider droids
*NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers
*B1-Series battle droids
*Anzati assassins
*Morgukai Shadow Army
*Ion cannons
*DF.9 turrets
*Deflector shield generators
**At least 1 ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome}}
|casual1=*General Stass AllieRepublic 79
*General Ausar Auset
*General Xiaan Amersu
*General Durnar
*General T'Bolton
*General Xeltek
*Many clone troopers
|casual2=*Sora Bulq
*Tol Skorr
*Rath Kelkko
*Bok
*Most of the Separatist forces based on Saleucami
*All Morgukai clones
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One of the last campaigns of the War of the Ring, the Siege of Saleucami, also known as the Battle of Saleucami, was a series of battles fought between the Grand Army of the Republic and thousands of specially bred Morgukai clones, trained for the Confederacy of Independent Systems by Anzati assassins.
==The siege==
Having besieged the main citadel and shield generator citadel of Saleucami for nine months, the Republic Army made several attempts at reaching the perimeter shield generator, so that it could be deactivated and the underground clone factories could be subjected to orbital bombardment. However, all attacks were met with fierce resistance from the Morgukai clone army and the droid army aiding them.
The Clone Army dug a massive trench around the droid positions. Finally establishing strongholds on the rim of the caldera, the armies were subjected to a massive attack by Confederate forces. This was but a diversion, as the real target was Jedi General Oppo Rancisis, who conducted his forces with the help of battle meditation and was thus a primary factor in their successes.
The Clone Army led a final charge on the droid positions. AT-TEs successfully destroyed the AA cannons, allowing LAAT gunships to advance with the clones. Speeder bikes and LAATs hammered the droids, and before the droids could organize properly, the LAATs went back for another pass, this time accompanied by clones. As the forces raged on, ARC-170 starfighters fired missiles on a massive Separatist supply dump, creating a massive explosion, destroying a section of the citadel's walls. Using this advantage, the clones trapped a droid army and easily destroyed them.
The clones continued up to the second level, destroying droids as they went. Very soon, the citadel was captured, and a team of Jedi infiltrators blew up the shield generator. Capturing the citadel proved vital, for clone snipers could easily pick apart the Separatists. The Hailfire-class droid tanks and Spider walkers were also easy to gun down, due to clone heavy troopers finding ideal rocket-launching positions in wall-cracks. As the clones advanced to the remainder of the droid army, the concentrated fire of AT-TEs and LAATs successfully destroyed an orbital-range ion cannon which had long held the Republic warships from supporting any ground assaults.
While the siege had lasted for months, Jedi Master Tholme had been busy subverting the Separatist cloning efforts by sabotaging facilities and destroying unfinished clones. At the climax of the battle, both he and General Aayla Secura helped Vos, his former student, escape the clutches of the dark side of the Force and end the terror wrought by Bulq. Quinlan killed the Dark Jedi and escaped with his colleagues, just as the Separatist citadel was razed by Republic orbital bombardment.
With the clone facilities destroyed and the Confederate dominance of the planet ended, the main battle was over. The reports of Saleucami's fall came in shortly after the Battle of Minas Tirith.
==Order 66==
After the end of hostilities, most of the Jedi Generals moved on to other battlegrounds, leaving the remaining Separatist forces to be scoured from the planet by Stass Allie.
During the final days of the War of the Ring, Allie was in command of a small force of clone troopers, led by Marshal Commander Neyo, which had stayed behind following the Republic's recent victory on the world. The desert plains were strewn with battle debris, and carrion birds feasted on the fallen bodies of clone troopers.
When Order 66 was enacted, Allie was identified as an enemy of the Republic. Carrying out the order, Neyo hit the brakes on his BARC speeder, falling in behind the Jedi. He and his wingman opened fire with their speeder-mounted blaster cannons, killing Allie and destroying her speeder bike.
==Aftermath==
Following the siege, even after the war itself had finished, the clone troopers remained on Saleucami instead of pulling out, enforcing the control of the newly-established Galactic Empire. Saleucami citizens found themselves forced to register for chain codes and had their starships taken away by impound vessels. In order to get offworld on a ship, citizens needed to register for a chain code, which clone deserter Cut Lawquane—who had been warned by deserting Clone Captain CT-7567 "Rex" that Saleucami was no longer a safe place to hide—learned while trying to get offworld with his family. Nevertheless, with the help of fellow deserters Clone Force 99, the Lawquanes secured fake chain codes, allowing them to leave the planet aboard a Star Commuter 2000.
==Appearances==
*Republic 73 
*Republic 74 
*Republic 75
*Republic 76
*Republic 77
*Dark Times 6 
*Reversal of Fortune 
*Republic 81 
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*Republic 79 
*Republic 78 
*Dark Times—Fire Carrier 3 
*Dark Times—Fire Carrier 5 
*Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
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*The Essential Atlas
*Galaxy at War 
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles