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Battle of Kamino

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this historic conflict was one of the most important battles of the Clone Wars. Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, the Separatist leaders discovered that the source of the Army of the Republic's clone troopers was the factories of Kamino. Led by Commander Merai, the Separatists launched a full-scale war on Kamino. Fortunately for the Old Republic, Jedi intelligence agents managed to learn of the Separatists' plans before the actual attack, and were able to establish a defense network on Kamino. The Battle of Kamino marked the first use of the specialized Advanced Reconnaissance Clone Troopers by the Republic, which gave the Republic's forces a slight edge. However, the plans discovered by the Jedi Knights were actually planted by Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious, so the Separatist forces were aware of the ambush set by the Republic. This did not prevent the Old Republic from planting information of their own. A datafile containing false coordinates for the reactors powering the Kaminoan cloning facilities was placed in the hands of the Corporate Alliance, which provided the information Commander Merai's forces. Merai himself planned to fire the killing blow from the Shark, but he soon learned that he had been giving bad information. Rather than see his forces decimated, Merai flew his ship into the midst of the Jedi Knights' hyperspace rings, destroying many of them and sacrificinf himself. This allowed the Separatist forces to retreat into hyperspace, where they were able to regroup and plan a new attack. Kamino, and the cloning facilities, were defended by the Jedi and the Army of the Republic, ensuring the continued development of clone troopers.