After the Republic lost contact with the medical station, they deployed General Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Anakin Skywalker, and Commander Ahsoka Tano in a T-6 shuttle to investigate. However, they were detected by an automated vulture droid deployment station the Confederacy had left. Their shuttle was attacked by the vulture droids, leading to its crash and the Jedi becoming involved in a skirmish against Captain Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang.
- Collapse of the Republic