Battle of Byss (Outer Rim)

"Admiral Merak staged an attack on Byss, in the Outer Rim. It is under Separatist control now."

The Battle of Byss was an attack on the planet in the  by the  in 19 BBY. The attack was led by Admiral Merak, a officer in the, who led it from his flagship, a stolen  prototype  known as the Asperity. The Republic had a only a small defense there and it was quickly defeated by the Super Star Destroyer and the rest of the Confederate Second Fleet, bringing Byss into the hands of the Confederacy.