Mission to Ord Mantell (Clone Wars)

The mission to Ord Mantell was a mission undertaken by two squads of the Grand Army of the Republic's clone commandos to the Mid Rim world of Ord Mantell, during the first year of the Clone Wars. After an important package bound for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from Malastare diplomats was stolen by a group of Trandoshan bounty hunters, the Republic commandos of both squads were sent to Ord Mantell to retrieve the parcel and return it to Coruscant before the Trandoshans could sell it to the Separatists. On Ord Mantell, the clones located and engaged the bounty hunters, but one squad was killed when the Trandoshans struck back with thermal detonators. The other squad tracked the bounty hunters as they attempted to flee, and destroyed a number of battle droids sent to retrieve the object, though one of the squad members fell to droid fire. When the squad finally confronted the Trandoshan bounty hunters, a firefight ensued in which two more commandos and all but the Trandoshan's leader were killed. squad's sergeant and only surviving member, Sarge, jumped onto the final bounty hunter as he attempted to flee, killing him, and recovering the package for the Republic. The package would turn out to be little more than a Malastarian trinket of which was little interest to Chancellor Palpatine, and following its delivery, the Chancellor had the item stored away with numerous other political gifts.

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