Battle of Osarian

The Battle of Osarian was the beginning of the Osarian-Rhommamool conflict between Osarian and its neighbour Rhommamool. The confrontation between the two worlds was a result of the oppression the Rhomamoolians suffered under their richer Osarian neighbours. While the Osarians lived in relative luxury, the vast majority of Rhommamoolians lived in poverty as miners. The Rhommamoolians were also underrepresented in the Osarian government which ruled both worlds and had suffered because of this. Though most of the miners had immigrated to Rhommamool voluntarily, a considerable amount were also convicts exiled from Osarian as a result of their crimes.

The Yuuzhan Vong agent Nom Anor took these tensions by turning it into something zealous and religious in nature. He founded the fanatical Red Knights of Life which hated all forms of technology ranging from droids to even landspeeders. He also called for his followers to look for "truth" in nature and the life of the universe and to resist the joining of planets in "false confederations". The Red Knights also hated the New Republic and the Jedi. In 25 ABY, the Red Knights took control of the planet and went on a rampage destroying any form of technology. They would drag droids to the Square of Hopeful Redemption in the Rhommamool city of Redhaven, where they would throw droids into a large pit and bombard them with rocks until they were nothing but a pile of metal, most notable of which was C-9PO.

In response to the growing tensions, the New Republic dispatched Leia Organa Solo and her daughter Jaina, and their friend Mara Jade Skywalker to meditate the conflict with Nom Anor. Later, the Mediator-class battle cruiser Mediator was dispatched under the command of the Mon Calamari Commander Ackdool to oversee the New Republic's mediate of the dispute between Rhommamool and Osarian. They had even scheduled a meeting on the Mediator between the Red Knights of Life and their Osarian counterparts.

However, Nom Anor arranged for several high-ranking Rhommamoolians to be assassinated and then blaming the Osarians for it. Nom Anor suggested a missile strike against the Osarian capital Osa-Prime. However, he was opposed by Tamaktis Breetha who feared open war between the two worlds. Unfortunately, he found little support. To prevent the Mediator from intercepting the shuttles and to make sure the missiles hit their target, he and Shok Tinoktin studied the planetary courses and the positioning of the New Republic starship.

These missiles were launched from a point where the initial explosive liftoff and subsequent burn would be most difficult to detect. Having broken orbit, the missile were shut down to make them appear as little more than insignificant specks to the crew of the Mediator and then fired again, entering Osarian's atmosphere and hitting the target: Osa-Prime. By the time the Mediator and the Osarians realized it, it was already too late. The Osarians attempted to destroy the missiles by firing more missiles and sending starfighters to intercept them but to no avail and soon Osa-Prime was in flames.

When Commander Ackdool contacted Nom Anor, he took full responsibility and claimed that they were in retaliation for the assassination of several Rhommamoolian officials before cutting of contact. Later, Nom Anor and Shok Tinoktin left Rhommamool on an empty booster shell with a modified A-wing and nuclear fission explosives tucked inside, since they planned to detonate the shell once within the Mediator, presumably killing Nom Anor and making him a martyr for Rhommamool while they escaped on their A-wing. During this mission, they were forced to travel through a maze of starfighters and missiles. By then, large red thermonuclear blast clouds were forming over the surface of Osarian.

Soon, the booster shell came approached the Mediator and then opened line with the battle cruiser. At the capsule's cockpit, he placed a villip which imitated his actions, acting as a decoy while he remotely piloted the booster shell from their A-wing. As they were conversing, they were attacked by Osarian Z-95 Headhunters. Nom Anor then offered Ackdool a promise to cease fire in return that they be protected on their way to the Mediator and escorted home to Rhommamool following the discussion. When in position, the A-wing detached from the booster shell. Nom Anor and his accomplice Tinoktin escaped on their A-wing while the booster shell crashed into the battle cruiser's lower docking bay and exploded, destroying a huge section of the lower floor of the Mediator, thus crippling it.

Nom Anor was presumably killed, making him a martyr for Rhommamool and worsening the conflict. However, he and his accomplice escaped. Following that, Nom Anor was contacted by Prefect Da'Gara who suggested that their next target be Sernpidal which would be destroyed through the Yo'gand's Core tactic which involved using a dovin basal to cause a planet to collide with one of its moons.

Appearances

 * Vector Prime