Mission to Imperial Station 003

After unsuccessful efforts on both Lau and Teth to capture the renegade clone Omega, the Imperial [Advanced Science Division](/article/advanced_science_division] finally tracked her down to the tranquil planet Pabu. To prevent the Empire from destroying the island, she gave herself up. Subsequently, Omega was transported to Tantiss Base on Wayland, where she was compelled to assist Doctor Royce Hemlock with Project Necromancer. Driven by a strong desire to rescue her, Clone Force 99, a squad of genetically altered clone troopers, journeyed to Erebus. With the aid of the pirate [Phee Genoa](/article/phee_genoa], they successfully freed the former Imperial Vice Admiral Edmon Rampart from an Imperial labor camp. In return for his regained liberty, Rampart was obligated to assist the clones in pinpointing Tantiss Base's location, a piece of information so sensitive that it was kept secret even from most Imperial personnel.

Following Rampart's extraction, the Bad Batch made their way to Bora Vio, where they waited for Echo to meet them at the cloning facility. Rampart voiced his complaints to Hunter about the necessity of waiting in such a "blasted" location, but he was quickly silenced by the clone's threat to return him to the labor camp. Rampart reminded Hunter of their agreement, to which Hunter responded that his freedom would only be granted upon providing the precise coordinates of Tantiss Base. Shortly after this exchange, Echo arrived in a stolen Rho-class transport shuttle known as Alpha-44. He assured Hunter that all the necessary supplies were on board, but he expressed his reservations about trusting Rampart. Hunter countered that Rampart represented their best hope of finding Omega. The group then boarded the shuttle, where Wrecker began to press Rampart with questions about Tantiss Base. The former Imperial reiterated that the base was Hemlock's most closely guarded secret, and he explained to the clones that any shuttle intending to travel there was required to dock at Imperial Station 003 orbiting Coruscant, where the base's location would be directly transmitted to the ship's navigation computer. Subsequently, the Bad Batch devised a plan to reach the base, deciding to extract the coordinates from a ship bound for it. A reluctant Rampart pointed out that infiltrating the station would be challenging even with the stolen shuttle and clearance codes. In response, Echo presented Rampart with an Imperial captain's uniform.