Skirmish aboard TB-73

A skirmish occurred during the Clone Wars aboard the Pelta-class frigate TB-73 while it was en route to the Ord Cestus medical station. The cause was due to the clone trooper Scythe being infected by a brain worm while on the planet Geonosis, and subsequently bringing a backpack full of the parasites onboard the frigate. Jedi Padawans Ahsoka Tano and Barriss Offee had been charged with taking the frigate to Ord Cestus to pick up medical supplies to be delivered to Jedi General Mace Windu's forces on Dantooine. However, while almost everyone onboard the frigate was asleep, Scythe used the opportunity to infect most of the other clones onboard with the worms.

The infected clones subsequently attacked and killed the frigate's two pilots, before going after the Jedi. Offee was eventually captured and infected after she and Tano split up, leaving the Togruta Padawan as the only un-infested individual still alive on board. After getting in contact with her master Anakin Skywalker, Tano was eventually informed that the worms, coming from a hot planet, were vulnerable to the cold, and ruptured the coolant systems to flood the ship and bring the temperature down, incapacitating the clones. Offee, being Mirialan, was less affected, but Tano managed to incapacitate her and destroy the worm controlling her after the frigate dropped out of hyperspace. Offee and the surviving clones made a full recovery.

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