The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai (short story)

"The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai"
Attribution information
Author(s)	Jason Fry
Illustrator(s)	John Van Fleet
Publication information
Publisher	Titan Magazines
Release date	March 13, 2012
Published in	Star Wars Insider 132
Reprinted in	Star Wars 2013 Del Rey Sampler Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1
Pages	6
Chronology
Timeline	17 BBY
Preceded by	A Two-Edged Sword
Followed by	Dark Vendetta

"The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai" is a short story written by Jason Fry that appeared in the magazine Star Wars Insider 132 in 2012, as a tie-in to The Essential Guide to Warfare.

Plot summary

The story covers the events of the Battle of Kelrodo-Ai during the Western Reaches Operation of the Reconquest of the Rim.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Ahrens (First mentioned) Amp (First appearance) Cutie (First appearance) Dibs (First appearance) Fara (First appearance) Eris Herro (First appearance) Shea Hublin Kaal (First appearance) Palpatine (Mentioned only) Rocket (First appearance) Starks (First appearance) Wilhuff Tarkin (Appears in hologram)

Droid models

Astromech droid Battle droid Vulture droid

Events

Western Reaches Operation (First appearance) Battle of the Feather Nebula (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Battle of Kelrodo-Ai (First appearance)

Locations

Deepspace Cimarosa (Mentioned only) Feather Nebula (Mentioned only) Imperial Center (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Steniplis Sector Kelrodo-Ai (First appearance) Citadel of Axes (First appearance) Western Reaches

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems Eriadu News Service (First appearance) Galactic Empire 77th Air Wing (First appearance) Blade Flight (First appearance) Blade Leader Blade Three Blade Two Captain Dagger Flight (First appearance) Dagger Leader Lieutenant Scimitar Flight Scimitar Leader Sword Squadron (First appearance) Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial Security Bureau (Mentioned only) Moff (Appears in hologram) Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Pirate (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Kelrodoan (First appearance) Human Clone

Vehicles and vessels

Star Destroyer (Mentioned only) V-wing fighter Z-95 Headhunter

Weapons and technology

Blaster (Mentioned only) Datapad Holocam Hypermatter annihilator Jammer (Mentioned only) Laser cannon Missile (Mentioned only) Planetary shield Power generator Proton torpedo Repulsorlift Viewscreen

Miscellanea

Holomessage Klaxon "Poodoo" "Stang"

External links

• New/Old Story: The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai by Jason Fry on jasonfry.substack.com (May 12, 2021) (archived from the original on May 12, 2021)

In other languages

• ქართული
• polski
• Türkçe