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During the seventh day the anomaly persisted and New Republic forces used the time to regroup and reorganize. Sarcophagus was prospected and plans were laid to start mining said moon: now the operation was in serious danger of being prolonged for months. Being Sacorria deep inside Imperial territory made it easy for them to keep pouring reinforces and assets, while Republic forces started to struggle to keep providing a steady flow of raw materials for the operation.
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Day 357 arrived. It was Black Forest Day, also known as the Kashyyyk Massacre Remembrance. With the anomaly now gone, the cry of hundreds wookiees yelling for freedom flooded the battlefield, and in a matter of hours Sacorria was freed. Wookiees and Trandoshan, who generally cannot bear each other, showed an uncommon bravery in fighting side by side against the Empire. The remembrance of the useless and groundless massacre at their expenses might have spurred them to do their outmost to avoid the same experience to another innocent people.
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The local population quickly acknowledged the NR as having an important role in their independency process, and very gladly recognized the New Republic as their government, as announced by the Galactic Flashnews "A new treaty was established on Sacorria today between governing officials and diplomats from New Republic; these documents formalize the transition of power to becoming a protected territory of the government, a move largely embraced by the citizenry."
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In the afternoon the New Republic fighters started arresting the enemy builders, and they were moved to Sarcophagus. It was the begging of the conflict's end.
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===Aftermath===
 
===Aftermath===

Revision as of 04:56, 13 November 2016

Battle of Sacorria
Second Galactic Civil War
OperationChiron.jpg
DateYear 11 Day 350
LocationSacorria
ResultNew Republic victory
Belligerents
New RepublicCorSec
Galactic Empire
Commanders and Leaders
Minister of State Taka Aioko
Strength
Originally 13 people
Casualties and Losses
Sacorria lost

The Battle of Sacorria (also known as Operation Chiron by the New Republic) was the liberation of the planet Sacorria from CorSec and the Galactic Empire by New Republic forces. Sacorria (later Callos VII) was a planet located in the Corellian Sector, core area.

At the same time the battle took place Imperial Union leaders had gathered in Coruscant, just a few hours away from the conflict. The IU leaders were there to recognize the ascension of Thomas Cherokee to the Imperial Throne as well as hold a summit to address Union matters, including the ratification of a revised Charter. It was the first time the Union leaders have gathered in one location since the Coronation Ball of King Alexander of Hapes, earlier that year. It was called The Coruscant Summit and it was the first real meeting between the Union leaders since the admission of the Trade Federation to the Union on Day 295 of Year 9.


Preparations

During his time as Minister of State Taka Aioko noticed that the a few enemy planets had fissures in their defenses, so he began researching the feasibility of their liberation, and then planning the operations. Time was a big factor due to the city decay crisis and inminent volatility of the solar systems reorganization.

During the planning process the operation received the key name of "Raid Core", and parallely other two operations were organized: "Raid UR" which would later be renamed to Operation Blackbeard, and "Raid OR-F4" which would later morph into Operation Argos.

Minister Aioko recruited 13 people for the assault, and those who accepted, including other AC members, didn't know anything other than general details. The enemy or the planet were never undisclosed and the day of the assault wasn't shared with the team until two days before the assault, same reason why many people refused to participate.

Regarding the secrecy, Taka said in an interview "I trusted most of the people I tried to recruit for the Operation, but when you trust someone with a secret, you can count on them to trust other people with it, and then it's only a matter of time before it reaches the wrong ear. The Empire always had agents between us, so I was even vague on my own notes during the preparations." Recruiting wasn't easy so Taka decided to include one SFC officer who was assigned to him but wasn't cleared for this operation in particular.

The main rendezvous point was Kashyyyk, where thousands of Wookies and Trandoshans were recruited to assist with the construction efforts. Two MTCs were used as motherships, Modular Taskforce Cruiser NRS Dues and the Modular Taskforce Cruiser NRS Prospero. The fleet also counted with nine A-Wings and several Bulk Freighters. When all assets were docked, both MTCs jumped to Corellian space.


Alpha team

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Minister Ceveri
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Director Solman


Beta team

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Minister Aioko
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Minister Gualdieri
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Wing C. Cornforth
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Master Saracco
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Rekka Deott


Gamma team

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Secretary Nejo
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SC Griffiths
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Group Captain Wan
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President Ortesma


Delta team

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Director Maximus
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Diplomat Skyff


On year 11 day 347 Taka gave the last briefing:

"This next day 350 at approximately 8 hours we are going to be arriving to our target's orbits, one moon and the main target, a planet. I will talk to you all individually to clear out doubts, so don't worry. In this step coordination is going to be a key, we need Beta and Gamma teams to start building at the same time and finish as soon as possible, because every minute is going to count in our favor.

Beta team is going to attack our main target city at coordinates (4, 2) and Gamma team will be aiming for a hidden post at (2, 9). Alpha team will be creating a small diversion in a moon and Delta team will be leaving a decoy at the planet's atmosphere level.

I'm not going to lie to you guys, we are going to be fighting a strong and determined enemy who knows their territory like the palm of their hands, so I expect to find resistance and at some point it might get hairy. But if they don't react fast or they don't make the right decisions, we can liberate the planet. We have the advantage, we are prepared.

May the Force be with you all."

Day One

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Sacor System

On early day 350 Alpha team moved to Sacor system from the north while the other teams entered from the south. Alpha team quickly moved to the moon Corri II and the rest headed to Sacorria planet.

As Taka always used to do in his operations, he was the first to set foot on the ground. He used to say "In order to inspire your men by your example, you have to be with them. And to address the situation correctly, you have to be on the field."

Within an hour most build commanders (Minister Taka Aioko, Minister Jay Ceveri, Commander Walter Griffiths, Secretary Franco Nejo, Wing Commander Evan, Master Colin Saracco) were in position and construction started. Master Saracco couldn't make it in time so he was replaced by Group Captain Wan.

Most of the day was spent working hard on construction, involving hundreds of ground builders, mainly Wookiees and Trandoshans. A reserve of 2000 builders were awaiting at Sacorria's orbit. 800 flats were started out of the 600 they needed to supply the troops. The goal was to be able to build new city posts on the third day.

Tension faded away with the passing hours, as no enemy activity was seen, but a problem emerged for Alpha team as they didn't have all the raw materials they needed for their construction plans, but they had enough to fullfil their objective.

The New Republic also counted with a friendly base in the nearby moon of Sarcophagus.

That night Cruz Skyff was on watch around Sacorria and Rekka Deott waited at atmosphere level piloting his YT-1210. No imperial forces were present during the first day.

Day Two

Day two was a pretty calm day, Minister Aioko spent most of the time answering questions through his holoprojector for his Chief of State campaign.

By the end of the day two enemy ships were sighted. A Sleuth that made it to Sacorria's orbit and a Y-Wing Longprobe that landed at coordinates (4, 2).

Day Three

The third day started busy, many builders were arrested and more imperial forces showed up. Vizier Jacen Varos, Petty Officer Ron Mock, Imperial Admiral and CorSec 2IC Bru Michaels, Rear Admiral, CO 7th Imperial Fleet Markus Saretti, Private Tobi Beck were among them.

For the first few hours the battle looked like a dance party, with the Imperials arresting builders, and the New Republic forces unarresting them and putting them back to work, with the Imperials also chasing the build commanders. A few hours later the Imperial forces started executing on sight.

Long hours were spent trying to keep construction ongoing and rescuing the builders that finished their work. The following afternoon would become one of the most dangerous and bloodiest hours of the era.

By the end of the day the Imperial forces started laying new city posts.

Day Four

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Sacorria's race.

After hundreds of builders being executed, finally during the early morning of Day 353 CorSec lost planetary control as the Galactic Flashnews announced "It appears today as though brute force is not quite enough to keep the citizens of Sacorria down, as they have stepped up and taken power from the old leader, long hailed as a puppet of CorSec, and forced all CorSec-aligned politicians to resign their positions, ceding power to local control."

A race between the New Republic and Imperial forces to build posts around the planet began, and the New Republic forces were running from behind, but they built theirs in hidden positions, disorienting the enemy.

In just a few hours the New Republic was able to secure 54% percent of the territory, while Imperial forces only secured 44%. 2% was uninhabitable.

Minister Aioko communicated the news to the troops "I'll be really short this time because I'm pretty sleep deprived like all of you. After 3 days of work and risking our necks, we were able to win the battle in the last hours. Out of 100% of the territory, 2% is volcanic, 54% is now ours and the enemy has only 44%, so they can't push us back.

For those of us who stay to finish the job, the Imperials are still able to arrest in the planet until our power generators finish and we take control of the planet. We have to be extra careful and work in groups of two, at this point it doesn't make any sense to take any risks. I will leave handcuffs in orbit for when the time comes or for any inconveniences. We will attempt to secure the planet now that we have the manpower and the tactical advantage.

I think I will never forget how bravely you fought the last two days, it was really impressive. And not long from now we will start planning the next place where we need to kick some butt, so I will eventually ask you guys if you're interested."

Unexpectedly the Imperial forces didn't give up the fight, they doubled down and sent a lot more help to stop the New Republic from stablishing a government in the planet. The imperial forces now also included construction teams.

While assisting a group of wookiee builders Wing Commander Cornforth passed out for more than 40 minutes outside his ship, risking his life. A transcript of the radio communication during the Evan Conforth incident was published a few years later. Soon after the incident Evan's CO would ask him to leave the operation as he didn't have the proper authorization, but he would be allowed to stay after reconsideration.

By the end of the day an Imperial Victory Star Destroyer I with 303 passengers and 60 ships, including bulks, arrived to Sacorria's orbit. On the New Republic's part, the military proper joined the fight providing 6 A-Wings under Alexandre Daigle's command.

Day Five

Day five was a fierce battle around the New Republic's power generators that were under construction. Republic forces started to decipher which one was the best way to instruct builders how to avoid arrest depending on the Imperial arrestor in the area. Both forces started new construction projects in the planet.

By the end of the day Master Evan Traner, who had initially refused to take part of the operation over lack of information, arrived to Sacorria.

Day Six

Just a handful of hours before the New Republic was able to gain control of the planet a disturbance in the Force affected all construction accross the galaxy, preventing them from progressing or finishing. This anomaly gave the Imperial forces a second wind, while morale within New Republic ranks diminished as the hours went by.

The imperial forces put more and more pressure on the attackers' power generators, as reinforces arrived. Arrests and executions continued for hours while New Republic forces were only able to watch.

Day Seven

During the seventh day the anomaly persisted and New Republic forces used the time to regroup and reorganize. Sarcophagus was prospected and plans were laid to start mining said moon: now the operation was in serious danger of being prolonged for months. Being Sacorria deep inside Imperial territory made it easy for them to keep pouring reinforces and assets, while Republic forces started to struggle to keep providing a steady flow of raw materials for the operation.

Day Eight

Day 357 arrived. It was Black Forest Day, also known as the Kashyyyk Massacre Remembrance. With the anomaly now gone, the cry of hundreds wookiees yelling for freedom flooded the battlefield, and in a matter of hours Sacorria was freed. Wookiees and Trandoshan, who generally cannot bear each other, showed an uncommon bravery in fighting side by side against the Empire. The remembrance of the useless and groundless massacre at their expenses might have spurred them to do their outmost to avoid the same experience to another innocent people.

The local population quickly acknowledged the NR as having an important role in their independency process, and very gladly recognized the New Republic as their government, as announced by the Galactic Flashnews "A new treaty was established on Sacorria today between governing officials and diplomats from New Republic; these documents formalize the transition of power to becoming a protected territory of the government, a move largely embraced by the citizenry."

In the afternoon the New Republic fighters started arresting the enemy builders, and they were moved to Sarcophagus. It was the begging of the conflict's end.


Aftermath

Awards

Quotes


Second Galactic Civil War
Belligerents
Rebel Alliance

Rebel Alliance

Other Anti-Imperial

Blue Star Dominion · The Antarian Rangers and Galactic Alliance-ARK- · The Invid Order · Jedi Order · The Resistance · TIEFE · Rogue Squadron · Triumvirate Coalition)

Imperial Union

Black Sun · Galactic Empire · The Faerytail Family · Tresario Star Kingdom

Imperial Union-aligned

CorSec

Galactic Concordiate

Aurodium Legion · Mandalore · Tion Hegemony

Galactic Concordiate-aligned

The Wraiths

Shadow Dominion

Zann Consortium · Biotech

Battles and Conflicts
Major Conflicts

Adlentar · Alderaan · Bacta Wars · Berchest · Beta · Churnis · Corellia · Dellalt · Dostra · Dressel · Hosnian · Kashyyyk · 2nd Krmar II · Meridian · N'zoth · Sacorria · 1st Tatooine · 2nd Tatooine · Trellen

Major Hostile Takeovers

Takeover of The Antarian Rangers (Y9 D221 - Y10 D341) · Corporate Sector Authority Nationalisation (Y5 D139 - Y10 D102) · Takeover of the New Republic

Wars of the Galaxy

Black Sun Crisis (Y3 D53 - Y3 D293) · Cron Conflict (Y11 D64 - D297) · First Imperial Civil War (Y-2 - Y0) · Second Imperial Civil War (Y1 D307 - Y3 D290) · Third Imperial Civil War (Y6 D318 - Y10 D160) · Fourth Imperial Civil War (Y11 D291)

Related Wars

Outer Rim War (Y7 - Present Day) · Mandalorian Civil War (Y16 D35 - Present Day)