Raid on Kuat

"Sir, you're not going to like this."

- A clone trooper to an engineer

The Raid on Kuat was an attack on Kuat, an important Republic shipbuilding planet, during the Clone Wars by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The battle, occuring in 20 BBY, resulted in the capture of the Asperity, a prototype Super Star Destroyer, by the Separatists. The CIS fleet was under command of Admiral Merak, a Mon Calamari officer in the Confederate Navy. His spies reported that a large new vessel nearing completion was spotted there (the Asperity). Elements of his Confederate Second Fleet raided the planet, destroying much of the Kuati security forces. OOM droid marines then boarded the Super Star Destroyer, killing much of its skeleton crew and engineers aboard.