Battle of the Gauntlet
START WITHThunderclap holoterminal; General Garza
WHERE TO GOThunderclap → Coruscant Senate Tower → Gauntlet instance → Coruscant
MAIN OBJECTIVEDisable the station, plant charges and return to Garza.
Required previous mission: The Final Piece. If the purple objective is missing, finish the listed prerequisite and its ship or contact conversation, then check the story journal before taking unrelated planetary quests.
Follow these story objectives
- Use the Thunderclap holoterminal, travel to Coruscant and meet General Garza.
- Fly to the Gauntlet, activate the ship holoterminal and board the target.
- Override the tertiary, secondary and primary security systems.
- Regroup with Tanno Vik and plant explosives at the railgun barrel, thermal sink and reactor core.
- During the retreat defeat Gunnery Sergeant Shorzen, then return to the Thunderclap.
- Speak to your companions, use the holoterminal and return to Coruscant to report to Garza.
- Chapter 3 begins with Operation Talon.
Where players get stuck: Operational Hazards is an optional bonus; explosives alone do not complete the story.
Mission and dependency source: published SWTOR quest record. Names and objective order were researched, but exact doors, taxi pads and live-game map floors have not been verified in play. When a mission stage changes, use its updated in-game marker.