Battle of Kathol System

The Battle of Kathol was a battle for control of the Kathol System between the Galactic Empire and the New Republic

Bastion this Imperial-II class Star Destroyer served as the flagship for the fleet commanded by Captain Brannij, who was under orders from Imperial Moff Kentor Sarne. During the Battle of Kathol, the Bastion and the Raptor were called in to protect Kathol from New Republic forces, which were led by the Kursk Mal'ia and the Bothan Combat Response Element. The combined firepower of the two Star Destroyers began to turn the battle in the Empire's favor, but the death of DarkStryder and the defeat of Moff Sarne left the Imperial fleet without leadership. The Bastion took heavy damage, until Captain Brannij realized that Sarne was only worried about saving himself. Breaking off his service to Sarne, Brannij ordered the Bastion's guns to fire on the launch gate which orbited Kathol, destroying the gate and robbing Sarne of any hope of re-establishing the gates. Once Sarne was defeated, Brannij took the Bastion and the remaining Imperial ships and fled into hyperspace. (KR, E)

Battle of Kathol this was the name given to final conflict between Imperial Moff Kentor Sarne's forces and the crew of the FarStar. The FarStar was outnumbered two-to-one in the battle, facing a Victory-class Star Destroyer and an Interdictor-class cruiser. The FarStar was unable to escape, being trapped within Kathol's gravity well as well as being pinned down by the Interdictor. Just when the Imperials were about to smash the FarStar, the Bothan Combat Response Element, led by Kursk Mal'ia and the Boash'ua, intervened. The battle swung to the New Republic's favor until the Imperial Star Destroyer Titania appeared. Unfortunately, the Titania was unprepared for the Bothan reaction, and suffered massive damage in an all-out assault. The guns aboard the Titania continued to fire, even as other ship systems failed, and harrassed the Republic ships until the Raptor and the Bastion arrived. The Republic's forces were unexepectedly augmented by ships from the Qektoth Confederacy, which attempted to take the DarkStryder technology for their own, but they were not enough to save the FarStar. A smaller, subordinate battle erupted when the Sabriador Slavers and the Skandrei Bandits tried to join the battle and destroy the Qektoth, but a fleet of Aing Tii Sanhedrim warships arrived to destroy them. The forces of the New Republic were also augmented near the end of the battle by the forces of the Yvarema. In the end, the battle turned when the FarStar was destroyed. It plummeted into the surface of Kathol and exploded, destroying the Imperial garrison and wiping out Sarne's ground forces. The surviving members of the FarStar's crew set out to locate Sarne and eliminate him, as well as discover the secret behind DarkStryder. After the destruction of DarkStryder and the loss of Sarne's command, the Imperial Navy forces scattered, leaving Kathol in the hands of the New Republic.