The Naboo Royal Navy possessed a base next to a river southwest of the city Spinnaker. It contained buildings such as a fortress, a troop center, multiple factories, shield generators, turrets, and a shipyard. In 32 BBY, during the invasion of Spinnaker, the Navy's forces attacked the Trade Federation Droid Army, which had occupied a village near the base. The droids overcame the initial forces and targeted the base with Droid Starfighters and energy pummels, ultimately destroying the entire base.

Description[]

The Naboo Royal Navy was part of the Royal Naboo Security Forces and served the Royal House of Naboo on the planet Naboo. The Navy's base was located southwest of the city Spinnaker and west of a village, both of which were inhabited by the Human Naboo. The base was surrounded by layers of trees on each of its sides and had a river that flowed from the north to the eastern side of the base. By foot, the base was only accessible by a shallow part of the river, which led to a paved path that forked towards Spinnaker and the village.^[1]

The terrain in the base itself was paved with bricks. The center of the base was occupied by a fortress, which was equipped with defensive autoturrets and anti-air missiles. In clockwise order, the fortress was surrounded by two troop centers, a power core, a Research Center, a mech factory, a Heavy Weapons Factory, a shield generator, another power core, a command center, and a War Center.^[1]

There were also five prefab shelters in the western corner of the base. The northern section of the base included a turret and power core, and its entrance was guarded by two turrets. On the river, there lay a shipyard that produced boats for the Navy. The base was tended to by PKN-49 worker droids. Later, during the invasion of Spinnaker, the droids constructed additional buildings, including another shield generator near the base's entrance, and an airbase and an animal nursery on the other side of the river.^[1]

History[]

In 32 BBY, Naboo was invaded by the Trade Federation, who targeted Spinnaker for its supply of nova crystals. Around the time that forces of the Trade Federation Droid Army arrived near the city, the PKN-49 worker droids constructed the additional shield generator and the airbase. The Droid Army, under the command of the B1-Series battle droid OOM-9, captured the Naboo village to utilize as a base. This prompted the Naboo Royal Navy and Spinnaker to send ground forces into the village to retake it,^[1] but the battle droids defeated them and began fortifying their position.^[2] The Navy continued to send troops to unsuccessfully attack the village, including royal troopers, boats, and NB-1 Royal Bombers from the airbase.^[1]

OOM-9 expanded his territory by taking control of the strip of land between the Navy's base and the village, sending six Droid Starfighters to protect a group of three worker droids that built two turrets around the nova crystals in that area. Next, OOM-9 had a group of ten fighters destroy the naval vessels on the river before attacking infantry troopers and turrets at the entrance of the base. The droids then sent in energy pummels to destroy the base's fortress, losing at least one to the fortress's turrets. Once it was destroyed, OOM-9 sent in his fighters and artillery to raze the base completely,^[2] and they were later victorious in capturing Spinnaker.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Naboo Royal Navy base was first mentioned in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Steven L. Kent, published on on November 7, 2001,^[3] before appearing in the LucasArts video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds,^[1] released on November 11 the same year.^[4] The base appears in the third level of the Trade Federation campaign, titled "Spinnaker's Spoils," and although it is not necessary for the player to destroy the base,^[1] it is recommended by the strategy guide.^[2]

The strategy guide states that the base is equipped with anti-aircraft turrets, multiple fortresses, and a spaceport,^[2] but in the game, there is only one fortress and none of the other building types. If given time, the Naboo Royal Navy's CPU may generate units from the base's initial military buildings to attack the player, such as infantry and pummels, and it will also create bombers from the airbase, which is always constructed after the player starts the level. The worker droids may also construct additional buildings outside of the base's initial boundaries.^[1] In the game's easy difficulty mode, the base starts out with two shield generators. In moderate and hard difficulty, the base's worker droids build the additional generator as soon as the level starts.^[1] This article follows the hard difficulty mode's version of events.

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (First mentioned)

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