Raid on B'Knos colony

The Battle of B'Knos was fought during the Ssi-ruuvi invasions in 0 ABY. The B'Knos mining colony was one of many small human colonies that were lost to the invaders.

Prelude
When Emperor Palpatine made contact with the alien invaders called the Ssi-ruuk, he made a deal with them: In exchange for their battle droid technology, the invaders were allowed to attack smaller colonies at the edge of colonized space. The B'Knos mining colony in the Abran asteroid belt was one of these.

The battle
Not much is known about this battle, except that the Ssi-ruuk won and the miners were either killed during the fight or enteched afterwards.

Aftermath
Since the Empire wanted to keep the presence of the Ssi-ruuk a secret, they released a cover-up story at 35:8:16, which was published through Imperial Holovision and Galaxywide NewsNets. According to it, the supply ship Ambitious crashed into the mining colony due to interferences of the local star and the mineralogical composition of the asteroids. The captain of the Ambitious, Vin Freen was posthumously awarded for his bravery, since he tried to stop the disaster by destroying his own ship.

Nonetheless, rumors escaped about this and other incidents and spacers whispered about them in the galaxy's cantinas.