Second Battle of Bilbringi

"I think I've just about had it with Bilbringi"

- General Wedge Antilles

The Second Battle of Bilbringi was fought near the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, and was one of the few battles to involve the Galactic Alliance and the Imperial Remnant fighting alongside each other.

The Galactic Alliance, in an effort to cut off Coruscant from the major systems in the Inner and Mid Rims, launched three major attacks within a month or so of time - one at Duro, another at Fondor, and the last at Bilbringi. The attack was orchestrated by Admiral Sien Sovv and three of his other commanders&mdash;Admiral Traest Kre'fey, General Wedge Antilles and General Garm Bel Iblis.

Dubbed as Operation Trinity, the taskforce was divided into three groups namely Alpha fleet, Beta fleet and Gamma fleet, under the commands of Wedge Antilles, Gilad Pellaeon and Traest Kre'fey. The first point of the operation was for Wedge to enter the system and scout for any weakness in the enemy fleet. Then he was to send the most tactically suitable entry points to the other two fleets.

However, just before Wedge's fleet went in, the Yuuzhan Vong released their latest creation, the Mabugat kan, which brought down several Holonet relay stations. Since the entire operation depended on the Holonet, Wedge wasn't able to call in the other fleets for help. His fleet was trapped in a system full of hostiles.

Many of his ships were destroyed in the battle, most notably the Interdictor Cruiser Memory of Ithor commanded by Major Pash Cracken. The only bright side of the whole debacle was Wedge managed to inflict heavy casualties to the Yuuzhan Vong forces as well, destroying the Interdictors and at least three cruiser type ships.

Wedge's fleet narrowly escaped being completely obliterated by the Yuuzhan Vong. Only with his brilliant tactics and the timely intervention of a cloaked Golan Defense Platform, commandeered by Han Solo allowed Wedge to take the remainder of his fleet away from the system. He then later met up with Pellaeon's fleet in an unnamed system after the battle was over.

Appearances

 * The Final Prophecy