The Crater of Lost Souls was the final battle point in the War of Chapek IX. The Republic forces were losing ground against the Exchange, pirates and the droid army, causing them to sacrifice their own men in order to wipe out all the droid, pirate and Exchange forces. With a numerous amount of capital ships in orbit, the Republic let them all fire down on the center of the last battle, destroying all but a few droids and pirates and nearly all their own forces.