Mission to investigate Geonosis

The mission to investigate Geonosis, also referred to as the mission to Geonosis, was an operation undertaken in 2 BBY by the Partisan leader Saw Gerrera. Gerrera traveled to desert planet Geonosis in the hopes of determining what major construction project the Galactic Empire had previously posted in the Geonosis system. He and his team were drawn by a deflector shield generator into an underground labyrinth that was inhabited by Klik-Klak, the sole survivor of the Sterilization of Geonosis. Believing that Gerrera and his team posed a threat, Klik-Klak killed most of the team except Gerrera.

Senator Bail Organa and Commander Jun Sato later dispatched the Spectres and Captain Rex to Geonosis to find Saw and investigate the apparent disappearance of the Geonosian species. Rex, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and Chopper encountered Gerrera and helped capture Klik-Klak following a prolonged pursuit. Meanwhile, Sabine Wren and Garazeb Orrelios discovered a deflector core. Following a heated debate, Bridger and his rebel comrades convinced Saw to let Klik-Klak and the last Geonosian Queen egg stay behind.

The mission was complicated by the arrival of an Arquitens-class command cruiser commanded by Captain Brunson. After a brief dogfight with TIE bombers, the Ghost retreated into a large air shaft which led to the depths of Geonosis. The rebels and Gerrera joined forces to fight off Imperial Jumptroopers. While returning Klik-Klak and the Geonosian Queen's egg, the rebels and Gerrera discovered poison canisters which the Empire had used to exterminate the Geonosians. They then managed to escape the air shaft before Brunson's light cruiser could bury them with debris. The rebels brought news of the Geonosian genocide and a new deflector core to the rebellion.

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