Separatist Droid Army

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Separatist Droid Army

Unit Info
Name:	Separatist Droid Army
Leaders:	Count Dooku Supreme Commander General Grievous Hero Separatist Council
Notable Members:	Lok Durd Kalani Kleeve Whorm Loathsom Coburn Sear Rackham Sear Asajj Ventress Riff Tamson Osi Sobeck TX-20 224 TX-21 Others
Headquarters:	Various
Locations:	Various
Formed From:	Trade Federation Droid Army Techno Union Droid Army
Founding:	During the Secession Movement
Fragmentation:	19 BBY
Reorganization:	As Separatist Holdouts
Affiliation:	Confederacy of Independent Systems CIS Armed Forces
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The Separatist Droid Army, also referred to as the CIS droid army, Separatist army, droid army or as the droid armies, was the ground army force of the Confederacy of Independent Systems in an effort to secure peace throughout the galaxy during the Clone Wars, and was part of the Confederacy military. The Army was mostly built by Baktoid Combat Automata and led by the heroic Kaleesh cyborg General Grievous. According to Count Dooku, Head of State of the Confederacy, the Droid Army, at the start of the conflict in 22 BBY, outnumbered the Republic's Clone Army one hundred to one. In addition to this initial amount of droids, the Separatists continued to produce droids throughout the war, one example being in 21 BBY when they ordered more than three million battle droids with the financial backing of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.

The bulk of the Army was deactivated after the Clone Wars, when Darth Sidious rose to power as Emperor of the Galactic Empire. However, various members of the droid army remained active, including the super tactical droid General Kalani and his group of battle droids. These smalls groups of remaining battle droids and Separatist individuals were mostly hunted by the Galactic Empire in its early years. Most of these holdouts refused to attack back, though, still believing their enemies to be not the Empire but the Galactic Republic, unaware that the war had ended with the Republic transitioning into the Empire.

Command Structure[]

Squad (10 battle droids) Squad required no officer, and were remotelty or programmed before a engagement.
Company (100 battle droids or 20 super battle droids) Consists of the droids inside of an MTT.
Platoon (112 battle droids) consists of a platoon carrier, commanded by battle droid captain
Battalion (784 battle droids, plus support droids) consists seven troop carrier companies and a squadron of twenty-four AATs, commanded by a battle droid officer
Vanguard (3,185 battle droids, 132 super battle droids, 20 commando d) designed to break through heavy defenses, consisted of 11 MTTs, 28 platoon carriers, 114 AATs, and one command pod. Headed by a commander droid.
Regiment (4,368 battle droids, plus support droids) consists of four battalions and a single vanguard, commanded by a battle droid officer. Total force carried on one C-9979 Landing Craft
Division (21,840 battle droids, plus support droids) consists of five regiments, carried into battle in a section of five C-9979
Corps (109,200 battle droids, plus support droids) consists of five divisions, carried into battle in a squadron of twenty-five C-9979 landing craft
Army (218,400 battle droids, plus support droids) consists of two corps and represents the total force carried aboard a Lucrehulk-class battleship, commanded by the battleship's captain.

Although the bulk of the entire Separatist Army and the army infantry corps consisted of models from the B-series battle droid line, with defense forces that were often relied on as the front line of defense for their respective worlds. The security defenses of the Confederacy's supporting corporations were also known to provide support to the government's affiliated planets.

Made up of billions of battle droids, the Separatists' ground forces comprised the largest amount of droids ever fielded, though not as numerous as the droids on Geonosis. Factional forces were also deployed on personally led special missions by the members of the Confederacy's legislative Executive Separatist Council or their trusted allies. These faction-based forces included the Trade Federation Home Defense Legions and Trade Federation Droid Army, Techno Union Droid Army, Commerce Guild Punitive Security Forces, Corporate Alliance Policy Administration Directorate, InterGalactic Banking Clan Collections and Security Division, and the private droid army of the Retail Caucus.

Organization[]

Grievous Hero look at Obi — The heroic General Grievous, Supreme Martial Commander of the entire Droid Armies of the Separatists

The Separatist Droid Army, was commanded by the Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Count Dooku, who was responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the entire Confederacy military and thereby the droid army. In addition, the army was placed under the command of the Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies, the heroic Kaleesh cyborg General Grievous, whose responsibilities were to manage the logistics and tactics for the entire army.

Dooku and Grievous were also supplemented by several handpicked generals drawn from the ranks of the Confederacy's member worlds, all of whom served under Grievous's command. Furthermore, while the defense of vital resources and strategic locations from the evil Galactic Republic fell to the droid army, several of the Confederacy's aligned worlds were known to manage individualized defense.

Goals[]

Fighting for Your Independence — The Separatists were fighting for independence from the evil Republic & Jedi Order

The public goals of the heroic Confederacy and thereby the Separatist Droid Army were two-fold. The first of its goals were to defend the planets that declared an independent state from the Republic. Second, the Confederacy sought to surround and therefore overwhelm the Core Worlds and deprive it of vital trade from the rest of the galaxy. Moreover, the leaders of the Confederacy possessed a belief that the assurance of proper negotiations were capable through the means of successfully blockading a planet of interest, in which would allow the government to conduct the desired negotiations of the government's terms of independence with the Republic from a position of strength. This was under the command of the heroic Kaleesh cyborg General Grievous, who commanded the entire Droid Army as this was one of Grievous's heroic goals as well, besides killing the Jedi for their heinous acts against his Kaleesh people for no reason.

However, not all Separatists are heroes as some of them are villains that do the same stuff as the evil Jedi Order & Galactic Republic they hate. These "Separatists" such as Lok Durd, Nuvo Vindi, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, Nute Gunray & Wat Tambor do not care about the heroic cause of the Separatists. Instead, they only cared about their own evil goals such as genocides of innocents, enslavement & greed. This does not however prove the Separatist Alliance is "evil" as that is just like saying General Grievous, a hero is a "villain" which is false info. Those "Separatists" never cared about the heroic cause and used the Separatist Droid Army to further their evil goals which falls into Evil vs Evil.

Personnel[]

Command[]

The heroic Osi Sobeck, a Separatist Commander of the Citadel

While the Separatist Droid Army maintained a low cost per unit and surpassed the malicious Grand Army of the Republic in their numbers, battle droids possessed limited intelligence and autonomy. However, to supplant their shortfall, Separatist leader Count Dooku courted experienced leaders from the Confederacy's member worlds to command the droid army, all of whom were placed under the command of the heroic General Grievous, who served as the leader for the entire droid army.

Such leaders included Neimoidian General Lok Durd, an overfed arms developer who used his position as a general to initiate field tests for prototype weapons and General Horn Ambigene, a rugged individualist who led an anti-Republic militia for decades prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars. Another leader included General Kleeve, a prominent Devaronian Separatist leader whose talent was dealing in bounty hunters and mercenaries to complete his objectives. Other officers were General Oro Dassyne, the heroic Phindian Commander Osi Sobeck of the Citadel, the heroic Kerkoiden General Whorm Loathsom, and the ruthless heroic Karkarodon Commander Riff Tamson, who was responsible for leading the droid army on aquatic planets.

Christophsis commander droid — OOM command battle droids commanded battle droids for the CIS Droid Army.

However, despite organic leaders being preferred, the Confederacy did not maintain enough competent commanders to lead all their forces. Instead, the government and its forces relied on droid commanders to lead their soldiers. Modified B1 droid commanders known as OOM command battle droids, which bore yellow markings, were responsible for leading units below the strength of a regiment, while probability-obsessed T-series military strategic analysis and tactics droids commanded larger units assigned to their missions. The Separatist Droid Army also employed ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droids, highly intelligent droids who were capable of conducting military operations without direction from a superior officer.

Soldiers[]

B1 line up 2 — B1-series battle droids, the main soldiers of the heroic Confederacy of Independent Systems

Throughout its operational history, the heroic Separatist Droid Army incorporated and deployed a wide variety of different battle droid models against the evil clone armies of the Republic during the war. Among the most common battle droid employed in the Separatist Army was the B1-series battle droid, which included several different variants, such as the 631 model B1 battle droid, the B1 grapple droid, the Heavy Battle Droid, the B1-series rocket battle droid, the AAT Driver Battle Droid, which also served as a battle droid for jungle operations, the B1 recon droid, the B1 repeater blaster droid, the B1 rocket launcher droid, the B1 supervisor droid, the firefighter battle droid, E-5C B1 Trooper, E-5s B1 Trooper, E-60R B1 Trooper, and the OOM-series battle droid. The OOM-series also consisted of three different variants, which included the OOM command battle droid, distinct by its yellow markings, the OOM pilot battle droid, and the OOM-series security droid.

Another droid model that actively saw use by the droid army was the B2-series super battle droid, which also had several different variants. These variants included the B2-ACM Trooper, the B2-HA series super battle droid, which were capable of leading other droids in battle, the B2 grapple droid, the B2-RP super battle droid and its successor the B2 super rocket trooper. In addition to the B1 and B2 battle droids, the Separatist Army also made use of droidekas, which were constructed by Colicoid Creation Nest and used to overwhelm enemies, such as cruel Jedi. Droidekas also consisted of different variants, including the Droideka Sharpshooter, and the W-series and Q-series droidekas.

MagnaGuards enter Bridge — IG-100 MagnaGuards, deadly droids and bodyguards of the heroic 2008 Grievous

Provided to the Confederacy's cause by the Banking Clan, which pledged their droid army to the Confederacy, IG-series battle droids saw extensive use throughout the entire Clone Wars, with the chrome-plated battle droids seeing deployments in phalanxes across several battlefields. The IG-100 MagnaGuard was one of several IG-series droids used by the heroic Separatist Army during the war. The presence of MagnaGuards typically indicated that high-ranking officers were also present, which gave MagnaGuards immediate authority over all other units. Other IG-series units deployed by the droid army were the IG lancer droid, which saw service as front line defenders for worlds of the Banking Clan, and the IG-86 sentinel droid.

CommandoDroids-SWE — Commando droids - the CIS's heroic special ops.

The Separatist Droid Army also incorporated several other models of battle droids, each of which were designed to serve a specific purpose. The AQ-series battle droid manufactured by Haor Chall Engineering Corporation was a battle droid model used by the Separatist Army, and were used to supplant land-based droid forces on aquatic battlefronts, such as Kamino. Another droid model was the BX-series droid commando, which were designed to fulfill special operations, infiltration missions, or escort members of the Separatist Parliament to other planets during the war. Furthermore, the commando droid captain was a variant of the BX-series droid commando designed to command inferior commando droids, which were distinguishable white markings.

Among the other various models was the B3 battle droid, which the Separatist Army had favored, alongside the B2-series super battle droid, above the expensive and complex E522 assassin droid. Two other models of battle droids were the C-8 saboteur droid, an advanced model of battle droid designed to conduct espionage and sabotage missions, in which saw them deployed in small, independent squads, and the Pistoeka sabotage droid manufactured by the Colicoids, where they were used by primarily the Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy to disable enemy war craft. There was also the Colicoids Infiltrator-series droid. Other models incorporated into the droid army were the LR-57 combat/retail droid, which saw initial use in the private army of the Retail Caucus, the chameleon droid, the spelunker probe droid, and PK-series worker droid, a model of labor droid initially stationed aboard the Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighters of the Trade Federation fleet but saw later use within the Separatist Army for several support functions.

Army[]

Battle Droids[]

Droid Tanks and Droid Vehicles[]

History[]

Forming with the Confederacy[]

The First Battle of Geonosis had lots and lots of battle droids and droid tanks.

When the Secession Movement happened, the Trade Federation and Techno Union pledged to the a forming Confederacy faction and gave their former armies to the Geonosians on Geonosis. The Geonosians built the Battle Droids in the Geonosis Droid Factory. The First Battle of Geonosis led to the beginning of the Clone Wars era.

The Clone Wars[]

22 BBY[]

Following the Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY, the Separatist Droid Army saw action against the villainous Jedi and the Grand Army of the Republic on numerous fronts and worlds across the galaxy including Christophsis, Ryloth, Maridun, and Felucia. On Maridun, Separatist droid forces led by Lok Durd attempted to test the Defoliator weapon on Lurmen migrants but were repelled by the evil Republic and Jedi led by Jedi General Aayla Secura, General Anakin Skywalker, Commander Ahsoka Tano, Commander Bly, and Captain Rex.

Later, the heroic General Grievous, was ambushed by malicious Jedi and Republic forces led by General Kit Fisto. Grievous survived the attack and Fisto was forced to flee. The ambush was a test engineered by Dooku to test Grievous's "worthiness" to lead the Droid Army. Elements of the Droid Army also guarded Separatist scientist Nuvo Vindi's secret laboratory on Naboo, which manufactured stockpiles of the deadly Blue Shadow Virus. On Ryloth, Separatist droid occupation forces faced resistance from Cham Syndulla's Twi'lek Resistance, who continued to combat the droid army until the end of the Separatist occupation.

21 BBY[]

By 21 BBY, the Separatists had occupied Florrum and hero Poggle the Lesser begun producing more battle droids for the Droid Army. In response, the Republic sent a force led by evil Jedi Generals Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kenobi, Luminara Unduli, and Skywalker to clear out the planet of droids, culminating in the Second Battle of Geonosis. Following fierce fighting, the Republic succeeded in destroying the primary droid foundry, killing Karina the Great, and capturing Poggle the Lesser, dealing a major blow to the Separatists.

After the hero General Grievous captured sinister Jedi Master Eeth Koth, the Jedi and clone troopers pursued the Supreme Martial Commander and his contingent of battle droids to Saleucami. Despite sustaining heavy casualties to his forces, the heroic cyborg General eluded capture. The Droid Army later invaded the Dug homeworld of Malastare in an attempt to cut off the Republic's supply of fuel. Separatist droid forces were disabled by the detonation of an electro-proton bomb, but the bomb awoke a powerful prehistoric creature known as the Zillo Beast.

Separatist forces under the heroic General Grievous and Sith assassin Asajj Ventress later attacked the cloning facilities on Kamino in an attempt to disrupt the production of clone troopers so the heroic Confederacy could win the war. During the battle, the Separatist forces included AQ-series battle droids and aquatic Trident-class assault ships. Despite a vigorous attack, the Separatist were repelled by evil clone and Jedi defenders.

As part of a plot to derail Separatist Senator Mina Bonteri and Republic Senator Padmé Amidala's efforts to forge a peace agreement between the two states, Count Dooku and Grievous Hero dispatched demolition droids to bomb Coruscant's Central power distribution grid; undermining Bonteri and Amidala's efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to the Clone Wars, which wasn't going to work anyways as Jedi & Palpatine had no intrest in stopping the war unless the CIS was dead. Not long after the Separatists ordered an additional three million battle droids with financial backing by the InterGalactic Banking Clan.

20 BBY[]

In 20 BBY, Separatist Droid Army forces under the Karkarodon Commander Riff Tamson joined forces with the Quarren Isolation League and their Quarren warriors to oppose the succession of the Mon Calamari Prince Lee-Char, who was backed by the evil Republic and Jedi. During the Battle of Mon Cala, the Separatists deployed AQ-series battle droids and Hydroid Medusas against the Mon Calamari and Republic, who were forced to retreat from Mon Cala city. Tamson's Trident assault ships later neutralized Gungan reinforcements led by Jar Jar Binks. Despite capturing most of the opposing Republic and Mon Calamari forces including Prince Lee-Char, the Separatist forces were defeated when the Quarren leader Nossor Ri convinced his people to unite with the Mon Calamari and Republic to expel Tamson's droid forces.

Count Dooku later attempted to forge an alliance with the Gungans using his local collaborator Rish Loo, who bewitched Boss Lyonie. This Separatist's heroic goals was foiled by Binks and Roos Tarpals, who succeeded in capturing the heroic General Grievous, who arrived thinking there was an invasion and was lied to by the villainous Binks. However, the Gungans and Naboo were forced to release the righteous Separatist General when Dooku threatened to execute the nefarious General Skywalker. Later, the Droid Army under Dooku's command invaded the Togruta colony of Kiros and sold the colonists as slaves to the Zygerrian Slave Empire. Grievous Hero subsequently commanded the Droid Army's attack against the Nightsisters of Dathomir, whom Count Dooku regarded as a growing threat to the CIS. During the assault, the droids killed many evil Nightsisters.

During the Onderonian Civil War, Separatist droid forces under the super tactical droid General Kalani later propped up the pro-Separatist regime of King Sanjay Rash of Onderon in the Inner Rim. King Rash and his Separatist backers were opposed by the insurgent Onderon rebels led by Saw Gerrera and his sister Steela, who were aided by the evil Jedi and the Republic. After winning the support of the old King Ramsis Dendup and General Akenathen Tandin, the Onderon rebels succeeded in expelling Separatist forces from Onderon. Separatist droid forces were also attacked by the local population in the capital Iziz. The heroic General Kalani and the surviving droids retreated to the Outer Rim planet Agamar.

In retaliation for the Ohnaka Gang's mistreatment of Count Dooku years earlier, Separatist droid forces under heroic General Grievous attacked Hondo Ohnaka's pirate base on Florrum and laid waste to it. Evil Jedi Tano and six Jedi younglings teamed up with the villainous pirate and fought against Grievous Hero and his forces but retreated making the heroic Grievous laugh heroically in victory..

19 BBY[]

In 19 BBY, elements of the Droid Army under the heroic Admiral Trench engaged in the Battle of Ringo Vinda Under orders from Dooku they attempted to kidnap clone trooper "Tup," whose inhibitor chip had malfunctioned and caused him to kill malicious Jedi Master Tiplar. The Separatist was foiled by General Skywalker, Captain Rex, and ARC trooper "Fives," who rescued Tup from Commander Kraken's shuttle. After Count Dooku pressured Rush Clovis, the new head of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, to raise interest rates on the Republic, Separatist droid forces attacked Clone Commander Thorn's forces on Scipio. When the Galactic Senate voted to invade Scipio, Dooku promptly withdrew Separatist forces from the planet. The capture of Scipio gave the Supreme Chancellor control over the banks; placing the galactic economy under the control of the Sith.

Later, two of Grievous Hero's IG-100 MagnaGuards assassinated evil Jedi Master Tu-Anh on the neutral world of Utapau. While investigating Tu-Anh's death, the nefarious duo Master Kenobi and Jedi Knight Skywalker, fought the two MagnaGuards and discovered that the Separatists were interested in acquiring a large kyber crystal through several Sugi mercenaries led by Endente. After Kenobi and Skywalker stole the crystal, the heroic Grievous brought some droid forces, including some of his MagnaGuards, to recover the crystal. Despite Grievous evacuating the kyber crystal off world, the Jedi villains managed to destroy the crystal and the Separatist supply ship it was in, the resulting explosion destroying a part of Separatist fleet around the planet.

After escaping from the Spire prison, Maul's Shadow Collective inflicted heavy casualties on the Droid Army at the Battle of Zanbar before retreating. The Shadow Collective later lured Count Dooku and Grievous Hero into a trap on Ord Mantell. Separatist ground and space forces were decimated during the battle and the two Separatist leaders were captured by Maul and his allies. Maul's Shadow Collective was later defeated by Separatist forces with the help of Darth Sidious at Dathomir.

The Separatist Droid Army also fought an extended campaign against the Republic on Anaxes, a world that held vital Republic shipyards. The heroic Admiral Trench was aided by the Techno Union's Foreman Wat Tambor who used an unconscious clone trooper "Echo" to provide the Separatists with an algorithm on the Republic's strategies. Echo was rescued by Clone Force 99, General Skywalker, and Rex who fought Tambor's D1-series aerial battle droids and octuptarra tri-droids with the help of the Poletecs of Skako Minor. With the help of Echo, Skywalker and the clones infiltrated the heroic Providence-class Dreadnaught Invulnerable, murdered the heroic Trench and disabled his droid army on Anaxes, turning the tide of the battle in favor of the villainous Republic.

End of the war[]

Following the death of Count Dooku at the Battle of Coruscant, the Separatist Droid Army battled the Grand Army of the Republic on numerous fronts including Kashyyyk, Utapau, Saleucami, Mygeeto, Felucia, and Kaller. These battles coincided with Palpatine's initiation of Order 66, which led to the Great Jedi Purge. Palpatine than transformed the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire. Palpatine then sent his new apprentice Anakin Skywalker, who had assumed the persona of Darth Vader, to execute the Separatist Council on Mustafar. Vader also transmitted a signal destroying the Droid Army, ending the Clone Wars.