AT-TE
All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, Six Legs
History of AT-TE
The All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE), nicknamed "six legs" by the Separatist Droid Army, was a multipurpose military ground walker and tank used by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. It had six legs, six laser cannon turrets along the body and a heavy projectile mass-driver cannon on the top of the walker. It was one of the main ground vehicles for the Grand Army of the Republic throughout the Clone Wars. Built by Rothana Heavy Engineering, the All Terrain Tactical Enforcer became the principal battle tank of the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. The B1-series battle droids of the Separatist Droid Army took to calling the AT-TEs "six legs." It was used in many large scale open battles and was also used in operations smaller in scale, such as charging up a mountain face during the Battle of Teth to rescue Rotta the Huttlet. During the Battle of Devaron, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, knowing that the walkers were pressurized and had magnetized feet, deployed two AT-TEs, ATAT300 and 773, onto bounty hunter Cad Bane's Munificent-class star frigate while it was in the vacuum of space. This strategy was condemned by Admiral Wullf Yularen when Skywalker proposed it, but Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain CT-7567 "Rex" understood his logic and commended his thinking. Ultimately, it was successful, though Skywalker and his team were unable to retrieve the Jedi holocron they were sent to retrieve. AT-TEs continued to be used throughout the war. During the Conquest of Kaller, at least one AT-TE of General Depa Billaba's clone force fought against a battalion of battle droids, but the walker was taken out by fire from Armored Assault Tank Mk Is. A blast from an AT-TE was Clone Commander Cody's chosen method in executing Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi when he received Order 66, since it allowed him to fire on Kenobi in a surprise attack, as Kenobi was not yet aware of the clones' betrayal. However, the blast only succeeded in knocking Kenobi into water, and he later escaped to safety. Upon the establishment of the Galactic Empire, and in keeping with the doctrine of Imperial uniformity, Republic AT-TEs were stripped of their burgundy-colored accents and thrust into Imperial Service. Several walkers were deployed on the Separatist capital of Raxus Secundus by Captain Bragg to disperse protestors after the remaining senator of the Parliament, Avi Singh, refused to let the Empire keep the supposed peace it worked hard to achieve after the deaths of the Separatist Council. One AT-TE was later hijacked by Clone Force 99 to rescue Singh and his droid GS-8. Several more AT-TEs were destroyed by the squad as they fled the city. Five years after the end of the Clone Wars, AT-TEs could be found on the junkyard planet Bracca along with ships and other Republic war machines used during the conflict, where they were dismantled and their parts reused. Fifteen years after the end of the Clone Wars, Captain Rex, along with Commanders Wolffe and Gregor, were living in a modified AT-TE on Seelos. They, along with the Lothal Rebels, later used the tank to evade Imperial forces, which consisted of three All Terrain Armored Transport walkers. The tank's mass driver cannon was able to destroy one AT-AT in the sandstorm before Rex ordered a direct assault on the other two while the Rebels escaped. The mass-driver cannon was not strong enough to penetrate the AT-AT armor, with the exception of the walkers' necks. The AT-TE was able to sustain multiple shots from both AT-ATs before Wolffe rammed it into one of the walkers. The cannon was temporarily knocked out, but Gregor was able to restore power when the rebels returned and hijacked one of the AT-ATs, giving Rex the opening to shoot the last walker in the neck. The AT-TE was destroyed when the AT-AT collapsed on it. Several AT-TEs were later modified by Rebel Alliance mechanics in order to be used as an attack vehicle during the Galactic Civil War. A number were modified with thicker armor and more powerful armament, becoming known as Elite AT-TEs. At least one AT-TE was used in the Imperial defense of the Kuat Drive Yards.
AT-TE is also known as; All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, Six Legs
