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Early on Day 331, merchant vessels operating near the [[Woldona]] system intercepted some urgent cries for help from somewhere deep in the Sevetta Sector. These messages were relayed to [[Blue Star Dominion]] authorities on Woldona I, who quickly sent teams throughout the uncharted regions of the sector to search for the signal's origins. That evening, local time, [[Prush Greene]] arrived at Kowak in a Starspeeder 3000 and sent the astronavigation data back to Dominion headquarters, opening Kowak to greater galactic travel. They were able to make contact with several of the parties who had sent the distress calls, who described a dire situation on the planet's surface.  
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Early on Day 331, merchant vessels operating near the Woldona system intercepted some urgent cries for help from somewhere deep in the Sevetta Sector. These messages were relayed to [[Blue Star Dominion]] authorities on Woldona I, who quickly sent teams throughout the uncharted regions of the sector to search for the signal's origins. That evening, local time, Prush Greene arrived at Kowak in a Starspeeder 3000 and sent the astronavigation data back to Dominion headquarters, opening Kowak to greater galactic travel. They were able to make contact with several of the parties who had sent the distress calls, who described a dire situation on the planet's surface.  
  
 
Like many planets in the deep Outer Rim, Kowak was a neglected world. Its location was first described by explorers centuries ago, but it was lost in the shuffle of the near constant discovery of new worlds and the growing prosperity in the Core region. By the modern era, Kowak found itself well off the popular trade routes and saw little intersystem travel or trade. With no allies and little in the way of infrastructure or defense forces, Kowak was an easy target for various criminal cartels that plagued the region and wanted a base of operations beyond the arm of the law.  
 
Like many planets in the deep Outer Rim, Kowak was a neglected world. Its location was first described by explorers centuries ago, but it was lost in the shuffle of the near constant discovery of new worlds and the growing prosperity in the Core region. By the modern era, Kowak found itself well off the popular trade routes and saw little intersystem travel or trade. With no allies and little in the way of infrastructure or defense forces, Kowak was an easy target for various criminal cartels that plagued the region and wanted a base of operations beyond the arm of the law.  
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Greene attempted to land, but was met with heavy arms fire and ordinance, and was forced to move deeper into the system while the Dominion rallied their fleet. Back on Woldona, Cerdon Tryonel, leader of the Dominion, reviewed the preliminary scans and reports and decided to call in allies to ensure they could not only swiftly handle the situation on Kowak, but shield the system from incursion of those opportunists who might attempt to pillage the planet once its location became more widely known. Tryonel made several calls to nearby allies and to [[The Unity Protocol]] members and soon a coalition was formed to liberate Kowak. Hours later, vanguard forces from the Dominion the [[The Exchange]] arrived and a travel restriction was placed over the whole system, urging outside forces not to intervene in the operation. Within twenty four hours of the vanguard's arrival, fighter squadrons and corvettes began to appear from other allied groups and the commanders met aboard the Dominion-owned Star Destroyer ''Bastion'' to plan their campaign. Dropships and their starfighter escorts deployed from the rapidly growing coalition fleet, with many units using equipment supplied by the Dominion until their own government's frigates and capital ships could arrive in theater. The first firefight began at grid reference (07,05). In the chaos of the assembling fleet and rapidly changing situation, a C3 Cruiser registered to the Smugglers Incorporated and YT-class light freighter attempted to enter the system, but were intercepted and escorted away without incident.  
 
Greene attempted to land, but was met with heavy arms fire and ordinance, and was forced to move deeper into the system while the Dominion rallied their fleet. Back on Woldona, Cerdon Tryonel, leader of the Dominion, reviewed the preliminary scans and reports and decided to call in allies to ensure they could not only swiftly handle the situation on Kowak, but shield the system from incursion of those opportunists who might attempt to pillage the planet once its location became more widely known. Tryonel made several calls to nearby allies and to [[The Unity Protocol]] members and soon a coalition was formed to liberate Kowak. Hours later, vanguard forces from the Dominion the [[The Exchange]] arrived and a travel restriction was placed over the whole system, urging outside forces not to intervene in the operation. Within twenty four hours of the vanguard's arrival, fighter squadrons and corvettes began to appear from other allied groups and the commanders met aboard the Dominion-owned Star Destroyer ''Bastion'' to plan their campaign. Dropships and their starfighter escorts deployed from the rapidly growing coalition fleet, with many units using equipment supplied by the Dominion until their own government's frigates and capital ships could arrive in theater. The first firefight began at grid reference (07,05). In the chaos of the assembling fleet and rapidly changing situation, a C3 Cruiser registered to the Smugglers Incorporated and YT-class light freighter attempted to enter the system, but were intercepted and escorted away without incident.  
  
On the ground the situation was brutal. While coalition forces had superior training and equipment on hand, they were heavily outnumbered those first few days. The various planetary militias and enforcers proved ferocious adversaries. Local wildlife also proved much more aggressive than on other worlds- a phenomena not unlike the one encountered on [[Derra IV|Battle for Derra IV]], which is still the subject of investigation. It took three standard days of fighting to establish a landing zone on the planet. Curiously enough, the first landing zone was on grid reference (06,06) in the planet's southern ocean. [[Mika Noris]] led the first wave of attacks, using amphibious troops and landing craft to assist his trained Purgils. His valiant efforts cleared enough space for an engineering team led by [[Kara DuMonte]] to build a floating platform completed on Day 334 which would serve as a base of operations for battles throughout the southern hemisphere. Given the difficulty of fighting both aquatic creatures and amphibious pirate forces, sea based warfare was then relegated to DOM Trading and their [[Sauvax]] commandos.  
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On the ground the situation was brutal. While coalition forces had superior training and equipment on hand, they were heavily outnumbered those first few days. The various planetary militias and enforcers proved ferocious adversaries. Local wildlife also proved much more aggressive than on other worlds- a phenomena not unlike the one encountered on [[Derra IV|Battle for Derra IV]], which is still the subject of investigation. It took three standard days of fighting to establish a landing zone on the planet. Curiously enough, the first landing zone was on grid reference (06,06) in the planet's southern ocean. Mika Noris led the first wave of attacks, using amphibious troops and landing craft to assist his trained Purgils. His valiant efforts cleared enough space for an engineering team led by [[Kara DuMonte]] to build a floating platform completed on Day 334 which would serve as a base of operations for battles throughout the southern hemisphere. Given the difficulty of fighting both aquatic creatures and amphibious pirate forces, sea based warfare was then relegated to DOM Trading and their Sauvax commandos.  
  
 
On Day 333, the [[Void Wolves]] the regional affiliate of the criminal [[Zann Consortium]] announced to the galaxy that it was in touch with and providing support to the Kowakian cartels. However, no hard evidence has been found linking the Wolves to the various gangs and enterprises on Kowak, and the nature of their support remains a mystery and was eventually proven to be of little effect as the tide turned against the cartels.  
 
On Day 333, the [[Void Wolves]] the regional affiliate of the criminal [[Zann Consortium]] announced to the galaxy that it was in touch with and providing support to the Kowakian cartels. However, no hard evidence has been found linking the Wolves to the various gangs and enterprises on Kowak, and the nature of their support remains a mystery and was eventually proven to be of little effect as the tide turned against the cartels.  

Revision as of 15:24, 31 October 2021

The Battle for Kowak
Date22.33122.337 (CGT)
LocationKowak
ResultBlue Star Dominion control of the system and liberation from criminal elements
Belligerents
BsdLogo.pngBlue Star Dominion
ResistanceLogo.pngThe Resistance
The Antarian Rangers Logo.pngThe Antarian Rangers
15x-ARK-RA Logo Year21.png Rebel Alliance
Jo-logoTransparent.png Jedi Order
DOM Trading Company
15pxThe Exchange
The Grand Duchy of Foz
Invidlogo.pngThe Invid Order
Skull-White 150x150.pngMando'ade
Rogue Squadron Logo Year 13.pngRogue Squadron
Stryker Military Services
Ternion-Corps-logo.png Ternion Corps
Bothan Media Services Logo Year 12.jpgTIEFE
02eea0d450d534364221e7fb943077f1.pngVoid Wolves
Various criminal elements
Commanders and Leaders
Cerdon Tryonel
General Gand Xitwa
General Crueya Vandron
Major General William Siethr
Major General Eli Descartes
Andre Archer
Jaria Feri
Jedi Master Thragg Craghorn
Ranger One Char`Cargis Olort
Trorgg Krogg
Marshal Tomas o'Cuinn
Arbiter Kara DuMonte
Arbiter Kaze Zill
Grand Adirmal Jake Azzameen
Blot Hlidskjalf
John Calay
Supreme Commander Orion Chran


The Battle for Kowak was an effort of of a rebel coalition to liberate the planet Kowak from the criminal elements that governed it. The operation officially lasted six days from Day 331 to 337 of Year 22, though clean up operations continued until Day 339.


Early on Day 331, merchant vessels operating near the Woldona system intercepted some urgent cries for help from somewhere deep in the Sevetta Sector. These messages were relayed to Blue Star Dominion authorities on Woldona I, who quickly sent teams throughout the uncharted regions of the sector to search for the signal's origins. That evening, local time, Prush Greene arrived at Kowak in a Starspeeder 3000 and sent the astronavigation data back to Dominion headquarters, opening Kowak to greater galactic travel. They were able to make contact with several of the parties who had sent the distress calls, who described a dire situation on the planet's surface.

Like many planets in the deep Outer Rim, Kowak was a neglected world. Its location was first described by explorers centuries ago, but it was lost in the shuffle of the near constant discovery of new worlds and the growing prosperity in the Core region. By the modern era, Kowak found itself well off the popular trade routes and saw little intersystem travel or trade. With no allies and little in the way of infrastructure or defense forces, Kowak was an easy target for various criminal cartels that plagued the region and wanted a base of operations beyond the arm of the law.

Greene attempted to land, but was met with heavy arms fire and ordinance, and was forced to move deeper into the system while the Dominion rallied their fleet. Back on Woldona, Cerdon Tryonel, leader of the Dominion, reviewed the preliminary scans and reports and decided to call in allies to ensure they could not only swiftly handle the situation on Kowak, but shield the system from incursion of those opportunists who might attempt to pillage the planet once its location became more widely known. Tryonel made several calls to nearby allies and to The Unity Protocol members and soon a coalition was formed to liberate Kowak. Hours later, vanguard forces from the Dominion the The Exchange arrived and a travel restriction was placed over the whole system, urging outside forces not to intervene in the operation. Within twenty four hours of the vanguard's arrival, fighter squadrons and corvettes began to appear from other allied groups and the commanders met aboard the Dominion-owned Star Destroyer Bastion to plan their campaign. Dropships and their starfighter escorts deployed from the rapidly growing coalition fleet, with many units using equipment supplied by the Dominion until their own government's frigates and capital ships could arrive in theater. The first firefight began at grid reference (07,05). In the chaos of the assembling fleet and rapidly changing situation, a C3 Cruiser registered to the Smugglers Incorporated and YT-class light freighter attempted to enter the system, but were intercepted and escorted away without incident.

On the ground the situation was brutal. While coalition forces had superior training and equipment on hand, they were heavily outnumbered those first few days. The various planetary militias and enforcers proved ferocious adversaries. Local wildlife also proved much more aggressive than on other worlds- a phenomena not unlike the one encountered on Battle for Derra IV, which is still the subject of investigation. It took three standard days of fighting to establish a landing zone on the planet. Curiously enough, the first landing zone was on grid reference (06,06) in the planet's southern ocean. Mika Noris led the first wave of attacks, using amphibious troops and landing craft to assist his trained Purgils. His valiant efforts cleared enough space for an engineering team led by Kara DuMonte to build a floating platform completed on Day 334 which would serve as a base of operations for battles throughout the southern hemisphere. Given the difficulty of fighting both aquatic creatures and amphibious pirate forces, sea based warfare was then relegated to DOM Trading and their Sauvax commandos.

On Day 333, the Void Wolves the regional affiliate of the criminal Zann Consortium announced to the galaxy that it was in touch with and providing support to the Kowakian cartels. However, no hard evidence has been found linking the Wolves to the various gangs and enterprises on Kowak, and the nature of their support remains a mystery and was eventually proven to be of little effect as the tide turned against the cartels.

By Day 334, the coalition fleet had organized itself and patrols of both the system and outlying coordinates were happening around the clock. Nearby asteroid fields were scouted for lurking pirates and an array of satellites were set to monitor the entire system for incursion. Late on Day 334, the second and last incursion occurred when a Crusader-class corvette named the Retribution registered to Spectre appeared in the system and made its way towards planetary orbit. The ship was unresponsive to hails and warnings, either on autopilot or undeterred by the present fleet. A squad of Resistance A-Wings commanded by Bram Dupol fired warning shots across the front of the ship, who swiftly changed course and left the system. Those warning shots were the only shots fired in space during the entire operation.

Hour by hour more allied ships arrived in theater, bringing with them more soldiers, battle droids, and equipment from all over the region. These needed reinforcements quickly changed the situation on the ground. Now with the numerical advantage in many instances, coalition forces combed through Kowak's dense jungles and coordinated with bombers and fighter craft for air support as one by one the cartel strongholds fell. By Day 337, the rebel coalition had built enough depots and airfields throughout the planet that planetary control had been achieved, and the leadership declared an end to formal operations. Fighting still continued in the more remote regions until Day 339 when the Resistance and the other allies began to depart, leaving the Dominion to work with the local population and establish a government of their own.