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After a couple of minutes, the Terminator infantry are thoroughly wiped out. Only a few Clones were taken down.

But that's not the end of the fight.

Additional waves of Terminators (with heavy armor, no less) attacks from all directions, with a line of shielding infantry ahead of their main force. The Battlegroup rapidly reforms itself into the Open Circle formation. The outer ring of Riot Droids mostly created a solid barrier between within and outside, but they intentionally left spaces through which the main battle tanks can fire outwards. As the Open Circle formation slowly rotated, the formation core (comprised of all the heavy artillery) dumped mass driver projectiles and missiles through the 5 openings in the formation.

(Note: unlike old Greek and Roman formations, these Battlegroup Formations are relatively spread apart. The point is so that one well placed artillery doesn't wipe out everything. You can expect to see Clone Troopers and Battle Droids around while standing at any point in the Gate Room.)

Despite the Terminators possessing the element of surprise and a well-balanced attack formation, they lacked sufficient air cover and are being slaughered by the TIEs and Aethersprites flying overhead.