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Jasserak Engagement

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this was the term used to describe the stalemate that occurred on the planet Drongar, during the height of the Clone Wars, in which the forces of the Old Republic and the Confederacy of Independent States struggled for control of the bota fields on Drongar. Neither side could use massive firepower or huge troops movements to attack the other side, as the bota was sensitive to many outside stimuli. Too much laser fire often set the bota field afire, while tramping it underfoot left nothing but a slimy mess in its place. For this reason, the fighting of the Jasserak Engagement was highly targeted and surgical in its methodology, and neither side made much ground for many months. This did not mean that the fighting was timid, as evidenced by the near-continual work performed at Republic Mobile Surgical Units and the debris piles formed by damaged battle droids. The fighting took a strange turn about two years after the Battle of Geonosis when Separatist forces launched a massive attack near Rimsoo Seven, destroying the nearby bota fields and forcing the RMSU to pack up and move with little notice.