The Wookiee Genocide

''"Round up the Wookiees, we're having barque tonight!" - Chancellor Palpatine''

"We're not getting involved with this shit, the Chancellor is out of line" - Commander Stevo

The "Wookiee Genocide" was a nickname given to a mission given by Chancellor Palpatine himself. The mission consisted of the forces of the Poseidon landing on the planet of Kashyyyk, rounding up most of the Wookiee population in the Shadowlands, and killing them all. The mission was highly secretive, and through the use of a mind wipe command embedded in each clone's control chip, nobody except a few defunct clones remember the events that transpired.

Mission Overview
Unknown to both the Republic and the Jedi, Chancellor Palpatine was actually Lord Sidious, the last known member of the Sith order during this time period. Through his manipulation of the senate, Palpatine managed to organise and execute many operations against the Republics best interest. One of these operations was an attempt to neutralise a small population of Wookiee's on their home planet of Kashyyyk.

The Chancellor contacted a Venator class ship called the Poseidon, and through the use of deception, he convinced the Republic forces on board the vessel to land and round up the local Wookiee population centred around the Shadowlands. Upon landing and receiving the Chancellor's orders, Commander Stevo of Talon Squad decided to invoke order 5 - an order which can be invoked when high ranking members of the republic military can refuse to follow certain orders that oppose the aims of the Republic. Instead of rounding up the Wookiee's to be killed, Talon Squad took some of the local Wookiee population that could escape, and hid them inside a fortified bunker.

Upon realising that a somewhat large portion of Wookiee's were missing, the remaining forces of the Poseidon focused their efforts on attacking the bunker rather than herding captives that escaped. After a long firefight, Talon Squad eventually surrendered to the Republic.

Aftermath
The Wookiee's Talon Squad was protecting ended up being killed. Commander Stevo, 2LT Aidybee, LT Hawk and SGT Sparta were arrested for treason, but were cleared of all charges due to the secrecy of the mission. However, Commander Stevo a few weeks later disappeared and was replaced by Commander Katarn, who was then killed by a Corellian Monkey Lizard. Katarn was replaced by Commander Doom.

The actual mission was forgotten by most clones due to a mind wipe function included in the chip inserted in each clone's neck. There were faulty clones who did remember the mission somewhat.

Notable Characters

 * Chancellor Palpatine (Lord Sidious)
 * Commander Stevo
 * Commander Katarn
 * Commander Doom

Classification
This information has been marked as Top Secret.