Mokivj droid factory

During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems established a droid factory on the planet of Mokivj. This factory used to be another factory, for manufacturing material, until the Separatists arrived and changed it. The facility would be managed by Duke Solha. The purpose of this secretive factory was two-fold; both of which involved production of armor with a cortosis weave rendering it largely impervious to lightsabers and blaster bolts. The first and more obvious purpose of the factory was to produce a cortosis-armored variant of the Separatist Droid Army's B2 super battle droids. The second, more nefarious purpose was producing clone trooper armor strengthened with cortosis as a contingency plan for Darth Sidious and Count Dooku's planned Order 66 and Great Jedi Purge.

The Mokivj droid factory was built there because of a nearby rich deposit of cortosis, an extremely rare metal. The cortosis vein was the site of a cortosis mine, which provided the factory with cortosis for several months.

Duja, a former handmaiden of Senator Padmé Amidala, uncovered the Separatist's operation which ultimately resulted in her death. Before her death, however, she was able to get a message about her discovery to Amidala, who proceeded to look into the matter.

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