Order 41

Order 41 was one of the many contingency orders that the Clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic were trained to follow without any hestiation. The order was to be executed in the event that a planet affiliated with the Galactic Republic was confirmed to have seceded from the Republic and broke away to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems. In the event that any world were to break away from the Republic, the planet was to be put under a blockade until all loyalist government officials, police and military personel were evacuated and the planet was to be subjected to orbital bombardment and the destruction of all valuable resources was demaned as well.

The order was very controversial among the members of Republic High Command and decided to keep it as a desperate last-resort measure to ensure the continued loyalty from all member systems of the Republic to prevent its collapse and the ensuing Separatist victory in the process. The first world to have fallen victim to the order was Gatera after it was confirmed to have broken away to the Confederacy and was subjected to near-destruction of its resources and enviornment. Numerous attempts were made to execute the order against Ordonia, but to no avail.