Battle of Nar Shaddaa (GDE/Legion)

"Never thought I would have to fight another fellow droid. A freaky Sith droid who can use the force, at that." "Never thought I'd have an opponent so weak!"

- Unit 8311 and Darth Tyler

The Battle of Nar Shadda was a fierce battle between the Galactic Droid Empire and the Steel Legion.

Background
The Sith battle droid, Darth Tyler, was in need of funds and resources. He approached several companies and corporations, but they quickly refused him. Soon, he noticed a droid crime lord, Unit 8311. 8311, head of the massive crime syndicate known as the Steel Legion, was, like Tyler, was an ex-CIS battle droid. 8311 also had access to vast funds and resources, and Tyler thought that 8311 would be more than willing to give him funds.

However, 8311 considered Tyler a freak due to his usage of the Force. Viewing Tyler as a disgrace to droids, 8311 declared war on Tyler, wishing to purge him from the galaxy. Tyler realised that he would have to end the conflict quickly to avoid being brought down by the Legion, so he immediately commenced an attack on Nar Shadda, HQ of the Legion. 8311 was expecting this, however, and had already prepped Legion forces for attack, and also had his own droid forces built at his home of Hypori.

The battle
"Attack!"

- Tyler

Orbital mines crippled Tyler's fleet as it exited hyperspace above Nar Shadda. A Legion fleet began engaging Tyler's ships, and whilst this was happening, Tyler led forces down to the planet to commence an attack on 8311's palace.

The space battle
Above the planet, Legion and GDE ships furiously engaged in combat. The Legion vessels were led by one of 8311's favoured admirals, who had had experiance in the Empire. Both sides were more or less evenly matched in all respects, but the GDE had the advantage in starfighters, which were overwhelming the outdated Legion Z-95s.

The ground battle
Tyler's contingent successfully landed, but came under heavy Legion fire. 8311 had also bribed the local militia, which further hindered Tyler's droids. However, most of the local militia was destroyed by orbital bombardment from Tyler's flagship, the Medal. Meanwhile, Legion troops, 8311's droids and Tyler's soldiers engaged in brutal urban combat, levelling several buildings.

Then, Tyler got word that 8311 was waiting for him in an abandoned smelting refinery not too far from his palace. Tyler headed there, confident his Force powers would put an end to 8311.

The Duel
"Well, well, well. If it ain't the skinny little B1 freak who thinks he's so clever just 'cause he can wave a glowstick about. Now, I recommend you commence preparations to get your skinny durasteel ass kicked." "Is the only thing that you haven't upgraded your fat B2 ass? Hey, at least I can do all that acrobatic Jedi crap without no Force nonsense. Now, are ya gonna come to me, or do I have to go over there and slam yo thin little body into the dust?"

- 8311 and Tyler

Tyler entered the refinery, where 8311 was waiting. Tyler was sure that he would gain the advantage over 8311, who was lumbered with a B2 body. To his horror, Tyler discovered that 8311 had heavily modified his body in preparation for the fight. Now 8311 was equipped with repulsorlifts, a seismic blast generator, a density projector, and an EMP blaster.



After a brief slanging match between the two droids, the battle commenced. Tyler found his efforts to Force Push 8311 futile due to his density projector, and his attempts to throw objects at 8311 were also made redundant due to 8311's shield. Meanwhile, 8311 began attacking Tyler with blasters and missiles, but Tyler dodged them.

Realising his projected attacks to be futile, 8311 converted his blasters into electromagnetic grapples, and leapt at Tyler, blasting his lightsabre away. The two furiously engaged in hand-to-hand combat. 8311 suffered damage to his midpoint, and Tyler lost an arm. During the fight, much of the surroundings were destroyed, reducing a large part of the refinery to ruin. Very quickly, both combatants were exhausted and damaged, and had come to a stalemate. Tyler offered to make peace. 8311 agreed.

Aftermath
With that, both recalled their forces, and shortly after they signed a treaty promising not to fight each other. 8311 would occasionally provide funding for Tyler (since the Steel Legion had far more credits than the GDE), who in turn allowed him to open Legion activites on his worlds (since the GDE had far more planets that the Steel Legion). When the GDE merged with the New CIS, the Steel Legion doubled their funding, and the New CIS/GDE's planets doubled to over three hundred.