During the era of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic launched a mission aimed at wresting control of the floating city known as Nexus on the planet Quarmendy from the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Leading the charge against the Separatist vulture droid squadrons was Jedi General Plo Koon, while simultaneously, Clone Commander Wolffe endeavored to infiltrate Nexus. Emir Wat Tambor, in a move to prevent the Republic from seizing Nexus, opted to destroy the city entirely; however, the Republic successfully extracted Orkle, the custodian of Nexus, without suffering any losses.