Battle of Fort Nowhere

The Battle of Fort Nowhere took place one year after the Battle of Endor. Fort Nowhere was a Class Two military instalment functioning as a city and a smuggler's haven. It was situated on Ruusan and was inhabited primarily by smugglers and colonists from Sulon. The two sides were Jerec's Imperial Remnant branch - who were searching for the Valley of the Jedi which was situated not far from the fort - and the local settlers at Fort Nowhere.

Before the battle
Prior to the battle Dark Jedi and Imperial representatives Sariss, Boc, and Yun parlayed with mayor Byron Devo III of Fort Nowhere. The settlers initially being very hotsile, Sariss nearly Force choked a settler named Lasko to death to "soften up" the dwellers of Fort Nowhere. The Dark Jedi drained Mayor Devo for relevant information and promised to leave Fort Nowhere alone despite the fact that, according to Imperial law, virtually averything about Fort Nowhere was illegal.

The battle
Jerec ordered the settlement destroyed even though Devo had cooperated with Sariss. The Imperial assault was primarily ground-based; the Imperial forces consisted of six TIE fighters and four assault shuttles worth of stormtrooper platoons (that is, four times forty stormtroopers in all). The TIE fighters attacked first, destroying larges portions of the Fort's defences - including the walls - with laser fire. Then the assault shuttles followed, landing their troops in the middle of the chaos. The smugglers managed to down one TIE fighter and one assault shuttle, both of which were shot down by settlers Dinko and Marie Peeno. The remaining three shuttles managed to land though, and soon the smugglers and settlers were overrun by stormtroopers.

The Fort Nowhere forces where no match for the Imperials and the battle lasted only thirty-five minutes: fifteen minutes to subdue the fort itself and another twenty to clear out its underground system of caves and tunnels.

The three Dark Jedi participated actively in the battle. Sariss personally beheaded Mayor Devo during the battle, while Boc amused himself by finishing off wounded smugglers and settlers. Yun was ordered to destroy the fort's subsurface farms.

After the battle
Fort Nowhere was completely razed and most of its inhabitants were killed; only very few managed to escape, most of whom were later hunted down by trainee stormtroopers. Apart from the downed TIE fighter and assault shuttle, Imperial losses were minimal.

Some hours afther the battle, when the Imperials had proceeded to the Valley of the Jedi, Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors arrived at what was once Fort Nowhere in the Moldy Crow. Shocked with the devestation, the Rebel agents searched in vain for survivors among the ruines. Later they encountered three survivors of the battle in the deserts of Ruusan: Grif Crawley, Carole Crawley and Lasko, who helped them find the Valley of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Dark Forces: Jedi Knight