Battle of the Murgo Choke

The Battle of the Murgo Choke was a battle that occurred during the Dark Nest Crisis.

The Murgo Choke is a group of four blue-white stars near the Utegetu Nebula. The intense gravity wells exerted by the four stars prevent any sort of hyperspace travel, hence the name "Murgo Choke". The Killiks had built fifteen hive ships, with which they were going to leave Utegetu and attack both the Chiss and the Galactic Alliance. The Fifth Fleet, under the command ofthe Bothan Admiral Nek Bwua'tu, had blockaded the Choke because of an attempted Jedi mediation mission to the Utegetu Nebula. They wished to capture the Jedi on the mission. Leia Organa Solo and Saba Sebatyne were being held on the Admiral Ackbar (Bwua'tu's flagship) at the time because they were trying to rescue the Jedi on the mission, but were captured. Their team of Jedi in StealthX's, Mara Jade and Kyp Durron among them, had no choice but to put themselves in Jedi trances and wait for rescue. Bwau'tu wanted to capture these StealthX pilots. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Jae Juun, and Tarfang were meanwhile trying to find and kill Lomi Plo, the Queen of the Gorog. To achieve this end, they stowed away on the Gorog nest ship. Earlier on, the partnership of Juun and Tarfang had delivered Killik spinglass busts of Bwua'tu to the Admiral Ackbar. Unbeknowest to them, the busts each contained a number of tiny Gorog assasin bugs, which were released at about the same time as the Killik hive ships made their move on the blockade. The blockade largly consisted of the Admiral Ackbar, the Mon Mothma, and the capital ships's starfighter squadrons. With his ship being invaded and the Killiks trying to break his blockade, Bwua'tu ordered the StealthX pilots onto his ship for refueling, then to go out and fight. Although Bwua'tu and his crew, aided by Leia Organa Solo and Saba Sebatyne, fought bravely, they could not hold the Ackbar, and had to abandon it. The Killiks seized the Ackbar, and left the Choke with it to go and attack the Chiss. Meanwhile, Luke and his team had to face down Lomi Plo on the surface of the Gorog nest ship. They managed to send Plo into retreat, but Luke was hurt. The battle ended with four Killik nest ships and the Ackbar escaping the Choke. Which side gained victory is questionable. The Galactic Alliance managed to hold their blockade (partially) and keep eleven nest ships at the Choke, but the Chiss now thought that the Galactic Alliance had actually given the Ackbar to the Killiks to use against them