Battle of Osgiliath

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|name=Battle of Osgiliath
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|conflict=War of the RingObsession 4 (Middle-Earth theater of the Middle-Earth Sieges)The Essential Guide to Warfare
|date=May 18-21, 1983 (2 years, 26 months after the Battle of Isengard)
|place=Osgiliath, Middle-Earth
|result=*Galactic Republic victoryObsession 5
*Jinx goes back into hiding on Minas Tirith
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=*Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Order of the Sith Lords
|commanders1=*High General Aragorn
*High General Samwise Gamgee
*General Koffi Arana
*General Soon Bayts†
*General Legolas
*General A'Sharad Hett
*General Bard the Bowman
*General Gimli
*Captain Faramir
*General Gandalf
*General Saesee Tiin
*General Frodo Baggins
*Commander Eowyn
*Commander Denn Wessex
*Marshal Commander CC-2224
*Alpha-17
*Odd Ball
*Senator Bail Prestor Organa
*Sergeant Pello Scrambas}}
|commanders2=*Saruman the White
*General The Mouth of Sauron
*Commander Jinx
|forces1=*At least 2 Venator-class Star Destroyers
**Redoubt
**Intervention
*At least 3 Sprint-class rescue crafts
**Bright Flight
*Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors
*Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters
**Gold Squadron
*25,000 Gondor warriors
*14,000 Rohirrim cavalry
*6,000 Elves
*4,000 Dwarves
*Clone troopers
**Galactic Marines
**Squad Seven}}
|forces2=*Over a hundred warships
*Lucrehulk-class battleships
*Providence-class carrier/destroyers
*Recusant-class light destroyers
*Munificent-class star frigates
*Diamond-class cruisers
*Sheathipede-class transport shuttles
*Vulture droid starfighters
*Single Trooper Aerial Platforms
*IG-100 MagnaGuards
*B2 super battle droids
*B1-Series battle droids
*10,000 Orcs
*7,000 Uruk-Hai
*13,000 Goblins
*5 Nazguls
*SP-4 analysis droids}}
|casual1=Moderate
*Intervention crashed
*Bright Flight captured
*Soon Bayts killed
*Alpha-17 severely injured
*Many clone troopers
*Many Gondor soldiers and archers
*Many Rohirrim cavalry
*615 Elves
|casual2=Heavy
*At least 2 Lucrehulk-class battleships
*At least 1 Providence-class carrier/destroyer damaged
*At least 1 Munificent-class star frigate
*The Mouth of Sauron injured
*Jinx injured
*Many battle droids
*Many Orcs, Uruk-Hai and Goblins
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The Battle of Osgiliath was a major battle in the third year of the War of the Ring. Major Separatist forces invaded the Gondor city of Osgiliath was learned by Samwise Gamgee during his search for Jinx. The Jedi Order supported a mission to investigate, which led to a full scale battle with some of the greatest heroes from both sides of the war.
==Running the blockade==
The Separatists had invaded the Gondor city of Osgiliath with over one hundred warships, Orcs and Goblins. The Jedi plan was for the Star Destroyer Intervention to come out of hyperspace between the blockade and the planet Middle-Earth. Frodo Baggins, perhaps the most gifted pilot in the Order, attempted to accomplish this, but brought the ship out of hyperspace too close to the planet's gravitational pull. The Intervention crashed on the surface of Osgiliath after launching all fighters and escape pods, damaged beyond repair. In the space battle above, Commander Denn Wessex commanded the Venator-class Star Destroyer Redoubt.
==The battle==
Clone trooper forces landing from the escape pods jettisoned from the Intervention were quickly engaged and sustained many casualties to the point of falling back when the Jedi Generals arrived with reinforcements and then proceeded to quickly cut through the droid and orc ranks. The forces of the Republic now fully engaged with the Confederacy of Independent Systems on the city, led by the Jedi Generals, were quick to engage in primarily targeting the CIS medical facility. Master Soon Bayts attempted to secure the entrance, quickly disposing of the cordon of droid guards with the first wave of troops. Soon after, General The Mouth of Sauron appeared, and crushed Bayts' head with his hand, then proceeding to massacre their clone forces. Meanwhile, Samwise Gamgee infiltrated the CIS medical center. He discovered Jinx in a bacta tank and Saruman the White observing her. After a short conversation with Saruman, Jinx destroyed her bacta tank and engaged Gamgee.
Back on the battlefield Alpha, and the remainder of Squad Seven, continued to repel the massive waves of droid forces. Mouth of Sauron soon re-appeared in the heat of the battle, quickly taking care of several clones before proceeding to impale Alpha, Aragorn then proceeded to drop a STAP on the General, wounding him for the remainder of the battle.
Across the landscape, Legolas and Frodo attempted to aid Alpha, before Samwise was sent crashing through the wall of the Separatist base by Jinx. Their battle brought them back onto the battlefield, where Frodo joined in. Samwise sabotaged Frodo's attempts to kill Jinx, though, believing she could still be redeemed. Saruman also left the medical center, but was soon after attacked by Aragorn. The two of them engaged in a brief, inconclusive duel before Saruman had his MagnaGuards grapple the Jedi, disarming him and dragging him into a pit to facilitate Saruman's escape. With Aragorn occupied, Saruman headed for the evacuation point, taking Mouth of Sauron with him. In the process of fleeing, Saruman allowed Aragorn, a long-time rival and former good friend to involuntarily beat him.
Meanwhile, Jinx disengaged from Samwise and Frodo, and headed for the Separatist shuttles away from the main battle. However, Saruman, not wishing her to delay his escape, ordered her shot, and left her behind as a distraction. Jinx attempted to kill Samwise with a jagged steel fragment, but was thwarted by Frodo as the two Jedi approached her. She then expressed some measure of repentance, saying that perhaps Samwise had been correct about her all along and appeared to die. Samwise had her body transported to Minas Tirith. The blockade apparently retreated or was dispersed.
==Aftermath==
Jinx had used Sith meditation to feign her death. She woke up in the
medical transport and ordered the pilots to take her back to Minas Tirith away from the Jedi, the war, and Sauron. Commander Wessex's actions during the Battle of Osgiliath made him a hero and convinced Palpatine to make him a Moff shortly afterwards.
Following the battle, Osgiliath was made into a staging area for Grand Army units under Jedi General Quinlan Vos fighting in the Middle-Earth Sieges. In addition, Vos was deployed to the area shortly after the events of the Battle of Minas Tirith and the events of the Siege of Saleucami.Republic 77
The 22nd Air Combat Wing, and its unit of clone commandos Ion Team, were stationed on Osgiliath before being dispatched to the Battle of Murkhana.Dark Lord: The Rise of Delightful Children
==Appearances==
*Obsession 4 
*Obsession 5 
*Star Wars—Free Comic Book Day 2005 Special 
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*Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel 
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*Dark Lord: The Rise of Delightful Children 
==Sources==
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*The New Essential Chronology
*Star Wars Fandex Deluxe Edition
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*The Essential Atlas
*The Clone Wars Campaign Guide 
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles