Siege of Apatros

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The Siege of Apatros was a battle fought on the mining world of Apatros during the Clone Wars. When the Separatists tried to gain the favor of mining companies like ORO, the Republic eventually had to resort to military force to retake the planet from Dooku.

Prelude
Apatros was an Outer Rim world that had been being mined by companies like ORO for millennia. The Republic had always controlled the companies that were doing the mining, but in early 21 BBY, the Jedi discovered from scouts on Apatros that ORO and other huge mining companies had allied with the Separatists because of promises of more money and more workers for the mines. At first, the Republic tried to bargain with the companies, offering more credits and more workers than the Separatists. However, every time the Republic made an offer, the Separatists would top it. The companies eventually decided that they would side with the Separatists, as they had deduced that the Alliance was more likely to give them the credits. The Republic desperately needed metals like the cortosis being mined on Apatros for body armor for their troops, so they had to resort to sending in their military.