Addendum 1: Operation Sidestep [CLASSIFIED]
In the eighth week of the Clone Wars, General Sev''rance Tann and the Confederate Second Fleetunched her second major offensive, designation: <em><strong>Operation S</strong></em><strong><em>ideste</em></strong><em><strong>p</strong></em><strong><em>.</em></strong>
With the Separatist cause recently losing ess to Hutt Space, their supply lines into the Trailing Sectors have copsed, stranding many prominent systems such as Ando, Falleen, and Anteen, making them vulnerable to Republic attack. Facing imminent disaster, the Second Fleet staged a desperate, all-or-nothing attempt to break through the Republic encirclement and reestablish a direct hypene connection with the Confederation''s primary holdings in the north.
<strong>Phase One.</strong> The Second Fleet will redeploy to Nexus Ortai, counterattacking and routing the Republic''s Iron Lance Fleet at Christophsis, before pursuing them to Leritor. Separatist General Grievous pursues the Open Circle Fleet to nic, before being recalled to Pammant. At the same time, the Confederate First Fleet will be strategically redeployed to Nixor from the Foundry in order to support Operation Sidestep, and ced under themand of Separatist Admiral Pors Tonith. Admiral Tonith''s previousmand is merged into the Second Fleet.
<strong>Phase Two.</strong> Corporate Alliance forces ambush the Iron Lance Fleet in the Manda System, inflicting minor damage. While the skirmish was proved indecisive and somewhat pyrrhic, it still aplished its objective of forcing the Iron Lance Fleet to retreat deeper into Bothan Space. The First Fleetunches its assault on the Republic-aligned world of Dang.
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<strong>Phase Three, </strong>the Bothawui Offensive. The First Fleet pushes onwards to Lannik, detaching a satellite force to secure the Gamor Run. A detachment of the Second Fleet upies Dressel, while the mainstay moves to invade Bothan Space, having sessfully gathered its adversaries into one location in the Bothawui System.
While the Second Fleet''s primary objective is to reestablish logistics lines, its secondary objective is to upy Bothan Space and liquidate the infamous Bothan Sp, which is suspected to serve Republic interests. While staff officers draftary invasion ns for Bothawui, Kothlis, Moonus Mandel, and other Bothan-aligned worlds, the Second Fleet will first have to break thebined Republic-Bothan defense.
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