Near the end of the Clone Wars, Clone Trooper Kix began to question the events at Ringo
Vinda, where his fellow Clone Brother Tup had his inhibitor chip activated early, killing
Jedi General Tiplar.
After Count Dooku discovered that Kix was on the verge of figuring out the biochip conspiracy
for Order 66, he Kidnapped him and placed him aboard a separatst ship in hopes to send
him directly to Darth Sidious for interrogation.
Command of the ship was ultimately left in the hands of one B1 Battle droid, who ultimately
causes the ship to crash land on a desert planet and remain stranded for 50 years.
So who was this b1 battle droid and why did his actions result in Kix being frozen all
the way to the time of the new republic?
I’m going to break down exactly why this battle droid is responsible for Kix’s 50
year disappearance and later discovery by pirates.
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B1-CC14 was a B1 battle droid created by the Confederacy of Independent systems on Geonosis,
just like all of the other B1 units.
After Count Dooku ordered the kidnapping of Clone Trooper Kix because of his discovery
of the inhibitor chips inside of the head of every Clone, he decided to send Kix directly
to his home world of Serenno for further questioning with Darth SIdious.
To do this, Kix was frozen and placed inside of a cryo stasis pod, and then loaded onto
the separatist cruiser known as the Obrexta III.
The B1 battle droid, b1-cc14 was placed on board the ship to guard the frozen clone trooper,
as it travelled to serenno and to ensure that he was kept alive during the journey.
As the Obrexta 3 was on its way to serenno, it was viciously attacked by Republic Forces,
not knowing that Clone Trooper Kix was on board, leaving the separatist ship badly damaged
on all sides.
Realizing that the ship was in absolutely no shape to make it all the way to Serenno,
B1-CC14 disobeyed his orders from Count Dooku and activated the ship’s emergency distress
beacon.
He then rushed to the ship’s bridge, activating it’s hyper drive and jumping a very short
distance.
After the swift hyperspace jump was completed, the ship arrived at the dusty atmosphere of
a desert planet known as Ponemah Terminal.
After entering the hazy fog of the Ponemah skies, the separatist ship began to fall towards
the ground, burning as it went down.
The actions of this one b1 battle droid causes the ship to crash into the surface of the
planet, leaving Kix frozen for 50 years and all of the droids on board in a lower power
mode for the same amount of time.
Let me know in the comments down below if you think the droid did the right thing here.
If the droid had decided not to jump to hyperspace, maybe the separatists would have recovered
the ship, but maybe it would still be floating in space 2000 years later, so it’s a tough
call.
It could also have been captured by the Republic, which would have revealed Order 66 to the
Jedi prematurely.
Following this, the wreckage of the ship and the frozen Kix were left stranded on the surface
of Ponemah for a whole 50 years, until an Ion storm on the planet struck the vessel.
When this storm hit, power was restored to some of its systems, including the droids
on board and an emergency broadcast system.
An emergency broadcast that the b1 battle droid had sent 50 years ago during the attack
on the ship was finally beamed out to the surrounding area, alerting everyone on the
desert planet.
This attracted a large number of pirates and mercenaries on the planet to the wreckage,
believing the Obrexta III ship was the legendary lost treasure of Count Dooku, a hugely popular
myth among pirates of the time.
After a pirate known as the Crimson Corsair and his crew managed to sneak past the security
measures of the vessel and get on board, B1-CC14 briefly powered back up and activated a failsafe
that would mobilize every b2 super battle droid on the ship.
The b2 battle droids began to attack the Crimson Corsair, but his crew were able to quickly
deal with the threat and the B2 battle droids were deactivated soon after.
Eventually, the Crimson Corsair and his crew were able to save Kix from his frozen state
and he was able to join their pirate crew, after they told him how much of galactic history
he had missed, being frozen for a whole 50 years.
So if you want the full story of what happened to Kix after the Clone Wars and Order 66,
make sure you click the card on screen now or check the pinned comment down below for
a link to that video!
B1-CC14 was sadly destroyed in the explosion of the Crashed separatist ship, putting an
end to the journey of the battle droido who saved the life of Clone Trooper Kix.
So that is how one battle droid saved Kix’s life and left him frozen on a desert planet
for 50 years.
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