TF-1726

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**TF-1726** was originally a masculine-programmed T-Series Tactical Droid who served in the Separatists Navy during the Clone Wars. 22 years before the Battle of Yavin the droid commanded a fleet of *Munificent*-class star frigates during the Sky Battle of Quell, in which he ambushed a flotilla of *Venator*-class Star Destroyers led by Jedi General Aayla Secura. During the course of the battle over Quell, TF-1726 lost one of his own frigates, but his remaining forces were able to destroy two of Secura's Star Destroyers, leaving only Secura's own command ship, the *Liberty*, maintaining altitude. The tactical droid then sent hundreds of B2-RP battle droids to invade the damaged destroyer.

While the battle droids attacked the *Resolute*, an evacuation party led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker  arrived to help by sending an evacuation party to Secura's crippled flagship, destroying many droids aboard. Becoming impatient due to the prolongation of the battle, the tactical droid ordered his frigate's gunners to open fire on the *Liberty*. As a result, all of the droids still aboard the destroyer went down with it, although Secura, Clone Commander Bly, and the evacuation party managed to escape the ship before its destruction. After the Republic's evacuation cruiser accidentally jumped to hyperspace, TF-1726's fleet was left to continue the battle with the remaining Republic  forces, which ultimately led to a Separatist victory.

After the release of the new and improved Super Tactical Droid, TF-1726 was among the few chosen among the T-Series to be upgraded to the new higher class of the Tactical Droid. Following the end of the Clone Wars and the fall of the Separatists, unlike the other Battle Droids TF 1726 along with several other Super Tactical Droids managed to break off from the Separatist forces and started the Droid Gotra, a group of lethal Battle Droids still active following the armies deactivation.

## History

### Campaign over Quell

Manufactured by Baktoid Combat Automata, **TF-1726** was a T-series tactical droid who served in the Navy of the Separatists. During the first year of the Clone Wars, the Outer Rim planet Quell had become a contested site between the Confederacy and the Galactic Republic. Quell's state of contention soon escalated when TF-1726's fleet of seven Munificent-class star frigates ambushed Jedi General Aayla Secura's flotilla of three Republic Navy Venator-class Star Destroyers in the highest levels of the planet's atmosphere, initiating the Sky Battle of Quell

### Evacuation of Republic Forces

While the cluster of Separatist frigates pelted the trio of *Venator*-class Star Destroyers with concentrated cannonades, the tactical droid deployed several squadrons of Vulture droid fighters to engage the Republic's V-19 Torrent star-fighters. Although one of the *Munificent*-class frigates was shot down by the Republic Star Destroyers, the Confederacy started to gain the advantage, by concentrating intense turbo-laser fire on the outnumbered Republic flotilla–ultimately sending two of Secura's damaged cruisers to the surface of the planet. Before long, Secura's personal command ship, the *Liberty*, lost its deflector shields, prompting TF-1726 to order several hundred rocket pack–equipped B2-RP battle droids to board the crippled ship. The battle droids invaded the *Liberty*, although another Republic ship, the *Resolute*, arrived from hyperspace and dispatched an evacuation party, led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, aboard several LAAT/i gunships and a *Consular*-class cruiser to evacuate Secura and her crew.

### Separatists Quell Victory

The evacuation party and Secura's remaining forces were able to destroy several battle droids aboard the *Liberty*, which delayed the battle's outcome as TF-1726 had calculated. Not tolerating the wait, as his forces should have won four minutes prior, the droid ordered his gunners to concentrate all of the frigate's fire at the *Liberty*, ignoring the fact that hundreds of battle droids were still on board. The resulting laser bombardment set the destroyer's inner corridors on fire, which consumed battle droids and Republic clone troopers alike. However, Skywalker, Secura, and the evacuation party were able to escape from the ship aboard the *Consular*-class cruiser just before the *Liberty* was completely destroyed. When the group tried to board the *Resolute*, the tactical droid's starfighters attacked their cruiser, causing the ship's hyperdrive to accidentally activate. The cruiser jumped to hyperspace, leaving the *Resolute* and its commanding officer, Admiral Wullf Yularen, to continue the battle against TF-1726's Confederate fleet. The battle would eventually not end well for the remaining Republic forces, turning into a victory for the Separatists over Quell.

## Characteristics

As a tactical droid, TF-1726 had his own individual color scheme, ]which was green and white. He was built by Baktoid to be as a T-Series 1.93 meters in height, with masculine programming and white photoreceptors. Like all tactical droids, he was far more intelligent than the standard battle droids of the Separatist Droid Army. Not controlled by a central control computer, he could think and function independently. A calculating droid in battle, he estimated that the invading battle droids would swiftly win the battle. However, he started to grow impatient as the battle progressed. When his forces failed to achieve victory as scheduled, being late by four minutes, he changed plans and ordered the *Liberty* to be targeted and destroyed immediately. A B1 battle droid gunner reminded him that hundreds of droids were still aboard the cruiser, but he lacked any concern for them.