Oviedo Engineering

Oviedo Engineering was a large research-and-development organization that manufactured military vehicles and weapon systems. Led by Director General Lorca Oviedo, it expanded its corporate portfolio years before 22 BBY. Around 21 BBY, during the Clone Wars between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic, Oviedo allied himself with the Confederacy.

While Oviedo traveled to the Republic's Core Worlds capital planet, Coruscant, his Consular-class cruiser and clone commando escorts were shot down by Separatist forces over the Expansion Region moon Asturias, crashing on the moon. While the Director General spoke with Separatist Wat Tambor via hologram, planning to return to the Republic and use its Senate's rearmament bill to task his industries with equipping the Republic's Army with weaponry, the commandos captured Oviedo. They brought him to Coruscant, where he died of respiratory failure. The Director General's treason resulted in the dismantling of Oviedo Engineering's operations.

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