Battle of Mon Calamari (Second Imperial Civil War)

"Stazi's pitiful fleet will be caught between us and the automated defenses. This time there will be no escape."

- Admiral Dru Valan

The Battle of Mon Calamari was a major battle between Darth Krayt's Sith Empire and the Galactic Alliance Remnant, which took place during the Anti-Sith Insurgency in 137 ABY.

Background
"We are in danger of becoming just another pirate fleet, raiding for supplies. We need to make military strikes, and for that we need the Imperious!"

- Admiral Gar Stazi

The world of Mon Calamari was a longtime supporter of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, as well as the New Republic and Rebel Alliance that preceded it. In the seven years following the defeat of the Alliance in the Sith-Imperial War, native Mon Calamari provided spare parts, bacta, and recruits to the Galactic Alliance Remnant, under Admiral Gar Stazi.

Despite the fact that the Quarren were now in control of the planet and the world was under Imperial occupation, several key Mon Calamarians and Quarren saw that more was needed to aid the struggling remnant forces of the Galactic Alliance. Gial Gahan, a former member of the Alliance Triumvirate, helped hatch a plan to capture the new Advanced Star Destroyer Imperious, which was undergoing the final stages of construction in the Imperial-controlled Mon Calamari Shipyards. By sabotaging the computer systems that controlled the Shipyards automated defense systems, Gahan allowed the Alliance fleet an opportunity to jump into the system and seize the new Star Destroyer. Stazi however, wary of an Imperial trap, sent only a single Alliance taskforce, with himself in command.

Battle
"Gar Stazi. This is Admiral Dru Valan of his majesty Darth Krayt's Third Fleet. Your arrival was anticipated. The planetary defense system is once again activated and my troops have retaken the Imperious. Only one choice is left to you now -- surrender or be destroyed. Which will it be Stazi?"

- Admiral Dru Valan



However, former Triumvir Gahan was unaware that Imperial Admiral Dru Valan had planned a trap for Stazi's forces. And though he already expected as much, Stazi still attempted to hijack the Imperious.

Stationing stormtroopers on the new Star Destroyer, Valan's forces ambushed Alliance commando units infiltrating the vessel. Once Admiral Stazi's forces jumped into the system led by the Indomitable, Valan's Outer Rim Third Fleet appeared at Calamari, trapping Stazi between his fleet and the planet's defense systems. Valan contacted Stazi and told him to surrender or die. Stazi, repeating his choice from Caamas, refused to surrender. But what Valan didn't know was Stazi had been prepared for his trap all along.

The Real Trap
"Stazi to the fleet. On my command, fire at designated coordinates... Now!"

- Gar Stazi



Stazi ordered his fleet to open fire on Valan's fleet. Valan was confident that the automated guns of the shipyards would stop Stazi. But the truth was they had been hacked by Monia Gahan. The combined fire-power of the Alliance fleet and the shipyard's guns inflicted heavy damage on the ships of Outer Rim Third Fleet. Meanwhile, the stormtroopers that had re-seized the Imperious were actually Alliance troops under the command of Hondo Karr. They hijacked the Advanced Star Destroyer and got it to one of the Alliance bases.

Enraged that he had been outmaneuvered, Valan ordered his forces to destroy the Indomitable. While the rest of the Alliance fleet evacuated the system, Stazi had his ship take the Imperials' fire, while the Alliance's CF9 Crossfire starfighters fought the Imperial Predator-class fighters.

Eventually, Stazi ordered the entire crew evacuated save himself, as he planned to ram the Indomitable into the shipyards so the Empire couldn't use them. However, Stazi was knocked out by Rogue Leader Jhoram Bey and evacuated. Instead, Captain Yorub rammed the ship into the shipyards, destroying a third of them and damaging a quarter.

Aftermath
"We must be ready, Jhoram. There will be reprisals. The Sith do not forgive. It is only a question of how hard the hammer will fall... and where."

- Gar Stazi



The battle was a major victory for the Alliance. Not only had they escaped with minimal casualities, but they now possessed a ship that could out-gun the Empire's best ships.

Following the battle, the Alliance taskforce gathered at their designated rendezvous point where they assessed the results of of the battle. Stazi promoted Jhoram Bey to Captain Yorub's position and ordered him to prepare for the reprisal of the Sith.

Meanwhile, aboard the Relentless, a shocked Admiral Valan left the task of writing a report to Darth Azard, the Sith Lord overseeing the Third Fleet, to his aide, Captain Hoge telling him to report whatever he desired. Having failed to defeat Stazi once again, he retired to his quarters, contemplating suicide.

Galactic Alliance Remnant

 * Admiral Gar Stazi
 * Captain Jaius Yorub &dagger;
 * Commander Jhoram Bey
 * Gial Gahan
 * Andurgo
 * Anj Dahl
 * Monia Gahan
 * Ronto &dagger;
 * Hondo Karr
 * Sergeant Remolo

Darth Krayt's Sith Empire

 * Admiral Dru Valan
 * Captain Hoge
 * Lieutenant Strom Dubrok

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy: Indomitable

Schlacht von Mon Calamari (137 NSY)