Due to the planet's sensor-blocking atmosphere, they were initially unaware of the presence of massive Conqueror-class atmospheric dreadnaughts in use by CIS forces that were chewing up the militia fighters. When Kenobi and Skywalker began attacking the platforms, the CIS forces in space started sending waves of missiles to the surface, but they were destroyed by Skywalker, who eliminated them in a series of complex acrobatics. He destroyed the next wave by Force pushing a platform into their path.