Rescue of Liko Eil

'''Sting could still remember the faces of each member of the squad before the shuttle took off. Out of all the people, he didn't expect the General to be the most calm. He couldn't help but respect that kind of devotion to tranquility and calm."''

- Sting remembering the moments just before the mission began.

The Rescue of Liko Eil was a covert rescue operation carried out by Nightingale Squad and their leader, Jedi Master Jeden Vesal, ordered by the Jedi Council themselves. The goal was to rescue archivist and Jedi Consular Liko Eil, a friend of Jeden who had been captured by General Grevious and his forces on Mygeeto.

Background
Liko Eil, a peaceful Jedi archivist and lover of planetary lore, was on Mygeeto collecting data for the Jedi Archives when the Clone Wars started. The Banking Clan, a part of the CIS and a holder of power on the industrial planet, launched an offensive which the Republic tried to counter, sending Clones to the planet. Liko, noticing a battalion of Clones injured from the fighting being chased by battle droids, diverted the droids attention before handing himself in, buying the Clones time to steal some speeders and flee. Liko was imprisoned in a Banking Clan stronghold by General Grevious, who had previously never been seen by any Jedi or Clones.

After the Banking Clan ransomed Liko, the Jedi Council held a meeting which lasted a total of six hours, and included non-Council members, including the Supreme Chancellor, other Jedi archivists and Jeden Vesal (a close friend of Liko) and his Clone squad of four, named Nightingale Squad. Knowing the CIS would most likely keep Liko after the ransom money arrived and would not give him back to the Republic, the Council eventually decided to send Jeden and his stealth-equipped flagship, the Phantom to Mygeeto space. From there, he would go with his squad to the planet and rescue Liko before any information could be gotten from him or before he was killed.

The Mission
Arriving in the space of Mygeeto in stealth mode, the Phantom launched a small cloaked shuttle to Mygeeto. Stopping just above the prison, the Squad rappeled down, before the ship hid in the upper stratosphere. Slicing in to the roof of the prison, Wraith (the tech wizards of the squad) shut down the power throughout the base, while Jeden tried to sense Liko's presence.

Eventually, the squad found Liko in a ray shield, being guarded by two super battle droids. However, when the squad destroyed the droids and freed Liko, a figure appeared at the door: General Grievous. Attacking Jeden, Grievous only had one lightsaber at the time, but haf three spare arms for blasters and anything he could pick uo and throw. The Clones made it to the roof once more while Jeden dueled Grievous, with the Jedi Master eventually slicing off two of Grievous' arms, forcing him to flee. Escaping in the same shuttle, a fleet then dropped out of hyperspace above Mygeeto, bombarding the stronghold and ripping it apart.

Liko was taken to Coruscant, where he was healed at the Jedi Temple (he had sustained some wounds from Grievous' torture). Nightingale Squad was commended by the Jedi Council and the Supreme Chancellor, and (after discovering he had surrendered himself to save the life of injured Clones) the Jedi Council promoted Liko to the rank of Jedi Master and Elder Archivist.

Long term
The operation was one of the first conducted by Clone special forces, and was the first time that a Clone unit of any size was publicly commended by the Supreme Chancellor. It also showed Republic Special Forces and Nightingale Squad in a positive light, and Jeden's victory against Grievous made him one of very few Jedi to have defeated the General in lightsaber combat.

However, the mission did reveal Grievous to the Republic, and the general would go on to become a menace for the Republic during the Clone Wars. Also, while the Mygeeto offensive started well with the stronghold being destroyed, the campaign would drag on for the entire war, only ending with Order 66.