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Bal'demnic was a tropical ocean planet adorned with rocky tropical islands in the Outer Rim. It was also homeworld to the Kon'me species.
History[]
During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy saw the occupation of Bal'demnic and its cortosis as vital to the war effort.[1] Fitting in with their campaign to direct Republic forces away from the Core, the Confederacy descended upon the ocean world during the third year of the Clone Wars.[3] The invading force ordered the native Kon'me to either allow cortosis mining operations to begin or be destroyed. The upper-class cliff-dwelling Kon'me consented to Confederate occupation and allowed the operations to begin. Despite this, the beachfront Kon'me were outraged and began to develop small pockets of resistance against the invaders.
Kon'me had risen up and cast off the yoke of Confederate rule, using high-tech weaponry that had been smuggled to them by war profiteers.[1] With mounted weaponry in their bubble-like cliff dwellings, the Kon'me were pitted against the combined armor of the Confederate droids. The Confederacy, in turn, dispatched OG-9 homing spider droids to overrun the Kon'me positions.[4] When Koon's clone troopers landed, the situation only escalated, resulting in the natives firing on all offworlders, regardless of affiliation. Due to the unusual and unfamiliar island terrain, both the Confederate and Republic forces retreated. With the Confederacy no longer able to harvest the cortosis, the Republic left an orbital fleet above Bal'demnic to dissuade any further incursions from their adversaries.
Appearances[]
Star Wars: Clone Wars -- "Chapter 22" (First appearance)