In the year 3643 BBY, amidst the civil war raging on Ord Mantell, a Republic Special Forces sergeant with promise found himself tasked with a crucial mission: thwarting a planned ambush by the Separatists against a Republic convoy traveling through the Avilatan Badlands' road. This Sergeant successfully overcame the small Separatist force present, and managed to deactivate the explosives they had planted on the road, averting a potential massacre for the Republic forces.
This Avilatan Badlands mission is featured in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that BioWare launched on December 20, 2011. This mission depicts the occurrences of "The Ambush," a Republic trooper class storyline mission. In this mission, Aric Jorgan dispatches the player to eliminate separatists and prevent their ambush on the Republic convoy, which involves deactivating multiple bombs positioned along the road.