Skirmish aboard the Coronet

The **Skirmish aboard the Coronet** was a short battle from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with the Separatist Droid Army attacking the Mandarion ship known as the Coronet which was taking the Council of Neutral Systems to Coruscant. The battle takes place in the Season 2 episode, "Voyage of Temptation."

## History

It all started when rumors started spreading about the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze was secretly in league with the Separatists even though she declared that Mandalore was a neutral planet during the Clone Wars and was the leader of the Council of Neutral Systems. Which were different planets and groups who didn't want to side with the Republic or the Separatists during the Clone Wars. As a result, Obi-Wan was sent to Mandalore by orders of the Jedi Council to find out the truth since he has had history with Duchess Satine. During which, Obi-Wan had a run-in with a group of Mandalorian terrorists called the Death Watch which was a group of Mandalorian warriors who were exiled to Mandalore's Moon, Concordia for going against Duchess Satine's pacifistic rule. Death Watch was led by a man named Pre Vizsla who was Governor of Concordia and wielded the Darksaber which was a black Lightsaber that belonged to his ancestor, Tarre Vizsla the first Mandalorian Jedi. The Death Watch was even in league with Count Dooku and the Separatists under the promise that Count Dooku would help them take over Mandalore which Obi-Wan was aware of but Duchess Satine wouldn't believe it. So Duchess Satine requested an audience with the Senate on Coruscant to defend herself against the claims that she was in league with the Separatists with Obi-Wan, Anakin, and their Clone Squads helping to escort her to Coruscant onboard her ship, the Coronet with the Council of Neutral Systems.

### The Battle

On the Coronet, Obi-Wan orders all of the Clone Troopers that they are to protect Duchess Satine from the Death Watch or anything else they might have sent to assassinate her before they reach Coruscant with Anakin also telling them to search for anything suspicious onboard the Coronet's cargo bay area along with R2-D2. But during the search, two Clone Troopers named Redeye and Mixer are attacked by an Assassin Probe Droid, during which, Obi-Wan is having trouble convincing Duchess Satine that the Death Watch is in league with the Separatist. But when she still refuses to believe it, the Council of Neutral Systems decides to discuss their matters at dinner. Meanwhile, R2-D2 notices that something is attacking the Clone Troopers so he warns the other Clone Troopers about it then Captain Rex reports to Obi-Wan and Anakin about it so Anakin goes to the cargo bay to help them out. When he arrives, Rex tells him that two of the Clone Troopers that are missing then when R2-D2 tries to warn them about the secret danger, Anakin tells R2-D2 to scan the cargo bay to find something. During the search, Anakin and the Clone Troopers find a large open create so Anakin tells the Clone Troopers to split up to search the cargo bay then he reports about the create to Obi-Wan. R2-D2 then takes Anakin deeper into the cargo bay where they find the Assassin Probe Droid carrying Redeye's dead body. Anakin fights off the Assassin Probe Droid then the Clone Troopers arrive to help him out and destroy it but then another Assassin Probe Droid comes from behind and escapes through the lift to the upper levels of the Coronet. Anakin reports the Assassin Probe Droid to Obi-Wan in the dining room with the Council of Neutral Systems so Obi-Wan tells the Mandalorian Guards to secure the lifts. But then the Assassin Probe Droid arrives, takes down the Mandalorian Guards, and tries to attack both Duchess Satine and the Senators of the Council of Neutral Systems until Obi-Wan defeats it. However, the destroyed Assassin Probe Droids both release a bunch of little Probe Killers that Anakin, Obi-Wan, Duchess Satine, the Cone Troopers, and R2-D2 fight off and defeat. Anakin theorizes that someone must have smuggled the Assassin Probe Droids onboard the ship so after talking to the Protocol Droid in charge of the cargo bay on the Coronet. Who reveals to Anakin through the manifest that whoever placed the Assassin Probe Droids onboard the Coronet did not leave any name on it but left the Senate stamp which makes Anakin realize that one of the Senators of the Council of Neutral Systems was the one who did it. When Anakin reports it to Obi-Wan, he finds a surviving Probe Killer and comes up with a plan to find out which Senator it is while Anakin goes back down to the cargo bay to find the remaining Assassin Probe Droid. Using the Probe Killer, Obi-Wan theorizes that it will attack everyone except the one who sent it so after showing it to all the Senators of the Council of Neutral Systems and Duchess Satine Obi-Wan discovers that the one who smuggled the Assassin Probe Droids onboard the Coronet was Senator Tal Merrik. Merrik then sends the Probe Killer free until Obi-Wan destroys it then Merrik takes Duchess Satine hostage and leaves to take control of the Coronet. Obi-Wan reports to Anakin about Senator Merrik being the traitor who along with Captain Rex, Commander Cody, and R2-D2 finds the last Assassin Probe Droid. After they destroy it, Anakin goes to help Obi-Wan and stations the Clone Troopers at every escape pod on the Coronet to prevent Senator Merrik from escaping. Senator Merrik takes control of the bridge of the Coronet after killing the crew then reports to Pre Vizsla about having Duchess Satine and asks for help. So Pre Vizsla sends out some Super Battle Droids to attack the Coronet which were given to him by Count Dooku and the Separatists. While Anakin and the Clone Troopers deal with the Super Battle Droids, Obi-Wan goes to the bridge to save Duchess Satine from Merrik. When Obi-Wan confronts Senator Merrik on the bridge, Merrik reveals that he has set the Coronet to self-destruct which he will with just the push of a trigger. When Merrik tries to escape with Duchess Satine, she frees herself from Merrik's grasp and takes his gun. But Merrik still has the trigger to blow up the Coronet and claims that if either Obi-Wan or Satine kills him he'll still win but he is then killed by Anakin who guts him with his Lightsaber and takes the trigger. Afterwards, Commander Cody and some Clone Troopers arrive and Commander Cody reports that all the Super Battle Droids have been destroyed thus saving everyone on the Coronet.

### Aftermath

The Coronet soon arrives at Coruscant then Duchess Satine and the Council of Neutral Systems go to the Senate to discuss Satine's case about not being in league with the Separatists. But Satine had to deal with a plot by the Death Watch who with help from Count Dooku tried to trick the Republic into occupying Mandalore in order to have the Death Watch destroy the occupation fleet when it came and make the Death Watch look like heroes. They also tried to assassinate Duchess Satine so she wouldn't jeopardize their plans and even framed her for murder. But with help from Obi-Wan and Senator Padme, Duchess Satine was able to stop the Death Watch's plans, clear her name, and prevent the Republic from occupying Mandalore. But Count Dooku vowed to Pre Vizsla that there would be other ways for the Death Watch to take over Mandalore. However, at some point, Count Dooku betrayed the Death Watch which ended their partnership with the Separatists but the Death Watch still continued to try and take over Mandalore on their own.

## Belligerents

### Republic

* Anakin Skywalker
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* R2-D2
* Captain Rex
* Commander Cody
* Mixer
* Redeye
* Clone Troopers

### Death Watch

* Senator Tal Merrick
* Assassin Probe Droids
* Probe Killers
* Super Battle Droids

### Other

* Pre Vizsla
* Council of Neutral Systems
	+ Duchess Satine Kryze
	+ Senator Orn Free Taa
	+ Senator Onaconda Farr
	+ Senator Kin Robb

* Captain Andimor Gray
* Mandalorian Guards
* Protocol Droid
* Repair Droids
* Secretary Droids
* Service Droids

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