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| Battle of Beta | |
| Galactic Civil War | |
| Date | Year 4 Day 338 — Year 5 Day 8 |
| Location | Beta system |
| Result | Decisive Imperial victory |
| Belligerents | |
| Galactic Empire | Falleen Federation |
| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Emperor Greyson Uebles Executor Black Lodge Brigadier General Durand Somerville Vodo Bonias | King Eldrik Kuraine† Prince Tholin Dur`aak Zechs Darius Bisz Aldaris |
| Strength | |
| IMS Sovereign 9 Star Destroyers 3 Imperial Army Battalions | Libra Battlestation Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers |
| Casualties and Losses | |
| Minor Year 5 Day 8 | King Kuraine and his consort killed Libra battle station destroyed |
The Battle of Beta, also known as by its Imperial codename of Operation Morning Thunder, was a major battle in the ongoing Galactic Civil War in which Emperor Greyson Uebles' Galactic Empire fought King Eldrik Kuraine's Falleen Federation and its allies for control of the system of Beta (now Loronar) in southwestern ???. The battle took place between Year 5 Day XX and Year 5 Day XX. It was the largest battle on the Eastern Front and was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties. It is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million. The heavy losses inflicted on the Falleen Federation and its civilian population made it a turning point in the war. After the Battle of Beta, Falleen forces never recovered their earlier momentum, and attained no further strategic victories in the East.
An uncharted system, Beta was first discovered during the search for the legendary Grand Admiral Gorn Veynom, a notable Imperial figure who disappeared into the Unknown Regions during the chaotic events of the Second Imperial Civil War. At that time, the Beta system was the symbolic stronghold of Kuraine's Falleen Federation and contained two keys planets, Ul Yanin and Ulrike, as well as the noteworthy space station known as Libra. An estimated three billion sentient beings lived on the main planet of Ul Yanin.
The Battle of Beta was fought between the Galactic Empire under the leadership of Emperor Greyson Uebles and Falleen Federation under Lord Commander Zechs Darius in late Year 5. Under King Eldrik Kuraine, the Falleen Federation had achieved a number of victories against the Galactic Empire, notably capturing the Imperial Star Destroyer Shadowstone.
Imperial forces were victorious in the battle, with minimal loses, assisted by the defection of a senior member of the Falleen Federation. The Libra was destroyed, and the entire population of Ul Yanin killed, mainly by the Imperial Army under the command of Brigadier General Durand . Kuraine and his consort were also killed by the Sith Lord Thraken Solo aboard the Shadowstone, although the Empire failed to recapture it.
Operation Beta, also known as the Beta Campaign, was a historic campaign with the Galactic Empire against the Falleen Federation, then ruled by King Eldrik Kuraine, in late Year 5. An uncharted system, Beta was first discovered by the Empire during the search for Grand Admiral Gorn Veynom.
Imperial forces were victorious in the battle, with minimal loses, assisted by the defection of a senior member of the Falleen Federation. The massive Falleen Federation-controlled space station Libra was destroyed, and the entire population (an estimated three billion sentients) of Ul Yanin killed, mainly by the Imperial Army. Kuraine and his consort were also killed by the Sith Lord Thraken Solo aboard the stolen Imperial Star Destroyer Shadowstone, although the Empire failed to recapture it.
With the Battle of Beta being fought between the Galactic Empire during the reign of Emperor Uebles and forces within the Falleen Federation, after a number of small incursions inevitably resulted in the commandeering of the Imperial Star Destroyer Shadowstone by Falleen Federation forces. As this occurred, Imperial forces mobilized in the Beta System, which was first discovered during the search for Gorn Veynom. As battle ensued, forces from the Galactic Empire and the Falleen Federation engaged along with members of the Black Sun Crime Syndicate under Dark Prince Plojo Rosom and Eidolan forces under Keir Santage. During the battle, the late Sith Lord Thraken Solo killed King Eldrik Kuraine along with his consort, while the larger battle also saw infamous pirate Keir Santage killed by Plojo Rosom, while many Falleen Federation troops sought refuge after the battle was lost, including Warlord Squall Chitose who even after a number of Imperial engagements could not halt their advance, and former Lord Admiral Bisz Aldaris.
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Battle
Prelude
- Main article: The Shadowstone Affair
During Year X, King Eldrik Kuraine of the Falleen Federation conspired with Teniel Djo of the Eidola Pirates to steal the modified Imperial Class Star Destroyer Shadowstone from the Imperial Navy. In order to gain access to the prized vessel, Kuraine bribed a disgruntled Imperial governor, Vir Calder, to assist in its theft. Shortly thereafter, a band of Eidola Pirates boarded the vessel and, after a bloody firefight, succeeded in wresting the ship from the clutches of the Empire. The news of this brazen and outrageous heist under the Empire's very nose angered the Imperial High Command.
In response, the Imperial High Command assembled on Coruscant for a top-secret meeting. During the subsequent hours of debate, Emperor Greyson Uebles was advised by his master Vodo Bonias to undertake a full retaliation against both Kuraine and the Falleen people. Bonias suggested an audacious and direct assault against Falleen's fearsome stronghold in the Beta system. Uebles reluctantly agreed to Bonias' plan.
Realizing his meager Falleen forces were no match against the Emperor's legions, Kuraine paid the Rebel Alliance to assist in the defense of the Beta system. In response, the Alliance dispatched three Jedi Masters to the Beta system to advise and lead the defending forces. At the same time, Kuraine informed his officers and followers that he would not lead the battle. Instead, Kuraine appointed Lord Commander Zechs Darius and his subordinates to defend his stronghold against the impending attack of the Imperial war machine.
While the Falleen Federation planned the defense of the Beta system, Emperor Uebles, Vodo Bonias, and Darth Knyte devised a plan to infiltrate Kuraine's flagship, the stolen Imperial Star Destroyer Shadowstone and assassinate him. They clandestinely persuaded a disgruntled Falleen prince Tholin Dur`aak — the former monarch of the Falleen Federation — and asked him to betray both his homeworld and his people. Believing the Falleen Federation and the Rebel Alliance had little chance of success against the Empire, Du`raak agreed to betray his comrades on the condition that the innocent citizens of Ul Yanin and Ulrike would be spared.
Battle
After Prince Dur`aak agreed to facilitate Kuraine's demise and granted the Empire access to Kuraine's flagship, Shadowstone, a sinister plot was set in motion that would change the tide of the upcoming battle.
Using an old ship with outdated identifications codes, Thraken Solo and two other Sith lords entered the ISD Shadowstone, subdued the crew, the droids defending the King and executed both the King Kuraine and his lovely consort. Kuraine's severed head was later presented as a gift to Emperor Uebles and as a public warning to those who would commit future crimes against the Empire.
The Falleen Federation reeled in shock upon learning of the death of their beloved king. While still recovering from this blow, the Empire presented them with an ultimatum: The Federation could comply with the terms of a negotiated surrender and spare the lives of billions of their citizens, or they could all perish at the hands of the Dark Side.
Amid the confusion after Kuraine's death, Bisz Aldaris was hastily chosen to succeed him as monarch of the Falleen Federation. At that time, Aldaris was a diplomat with no prior decision-making experience. Upon discovering that Prince Du`raak had betrayed their cause, Aldaris ordered the permanent exile of Du`raak.
Desperate to win a losing battle, Aldaris proposed the Falleen forces attempt to feign surrender to the Empire as a ruse in order to launch a surprise attack. Thus, as Imperial forces approached the system, the Falleen surrender turned out to be a charade. A space battle ensued, but the Falleen lost. Their last remaining ship entered hyperspace and left the system, joining the other retreating Falleen who fled and left their people defenseless.
Understanding the battle was lost, the three Jedi aboard the station likewise fled the system. For this reason, the surviving populations of the planets Ul Yanin and Ulrike forever regard the Jedi in a disdainful light.
Aftermath
After the retreat of the Falleen battle fleet into hyperspace, Grand Admiral Black Lodge instructed the Imperial fleet to completely destroy Libra station, the pride of the Falleen Federation. In its wake remained only a quickly dissipating cloud of radioactive dust dispersing into space.
As the Falleen had failed to agree to the Imperial ultimatum, Emperor Uebles ordered the death of 1.5 billion Falleen and foreign national citizens on the two planets surfaces. He dispatched an Imperial legion of approximately 50,000 troops, hundreds of Imperial AT-AT Walkers and other assault vehicles. TIE Bombers entered the atmosphere and dropped high density payloads on military targets and defense infrastructure. The Star Destroyers in orbit over the planet bombarded the planet for 12 straight hours with rapid turbo laser fire and missile attacks.
The planet of Ul Yanin was left in ruins with smoke billowing from both hemispheres, every major city completely destroyed.
The Imperial naval forces were commanded by Grand Admiral Black Lodge, and the Imperial Army was commanded by General Durand.
General Durand, Commander of the Imperial Army forces used to invade Ul Yanin earlier this day. You see thousands of Imperial stormtrooper going from house to house, pulling survivors from their homes and executing them in the streets. As you watch these images, Dark Master Bonias' voice is dubbed into the recording. You also hear the sounds of the troopers blaster fire and the screams of the executed.
Simultaneously, the troopers on the planet went from door to door, dragging resisters out from their homes, executing them for the crimes of King Kuraine and their interim leaders. The blood shed of the citizens of the Falleen Federation could have been spared, had the King surrendered his system to us, had their leaders supported the valiant diplomatic efforts of their Princes and had their Jedi stayed to defend peace, truth and justice as their oath mandates. Instead, they fled like cowards and labeled their Princes traitors to the throne.
Uebles ordered that "trace of the civilizations on these two planets should remain." By 20.00 Imperial Standard time, Executor Black Lodge received orders to perform a full Base Delta Zero maneuver over both planets. This means the total destruction of the planetary surface from orbit. The land will be smelted, the oceans and the atmosphere will be boiled away; the planets will be left barren and inhabitable for all times.
The Imperial fleet moved through the cloud of dust and debris that once was the galaxy's largest space station and approached the planet Ul Yanin. The Sovereign fired the first salvo, aimed at the former capital. Hundreds of turbolasers and missile launchers spit bright death into the atmosphere, soon joined by thousands of others, as the other ships of the fleet join into this merciless barrage.
From the surface of the planets, dead bodies were scattered through the streets of the cities. Terrorized survivors stumbled through the ruins that once where prospering cities when the first bolts of heavy turbolaser fire hit. A series of tremendous explosions cover your view from horizon to horizon, shortly before they are replaced by static as the camdroids are destroyed by the blasts.
Legacy
The cowardice of the three Jedi in retreating from the system would shame the Order for decades to come. For this reason, the surviving populations of the planets Ul Yanin and Ulrike forever regard the Jedi in a disdainful light.
The Beta system became a morgue, forever haunted by the memory of the battle and its genocidal aftermath.
The Imperial fleet entered the system and met little resistance, with the main defense forces clustered around the planet Ul Yanin and the space station Libra in its orbit. Defectors from the Falleen forces allowed the Empire to send a team of Sith assassins onto the stolen ISD Shadowstone and kill the Falleen "King" and his consort, causing massive upheaval in the defense force. Upon learning of his death, the cowardly rebels immediately fled the battle, afraid of meeting the full might of the Imperial military, despite their promises and boasting prior to the battle.
When the Imperial fleet was joined by reinforcements and approached the enemy position around Ul Yanin, their naval forces fled without even trying to exchange shots with the Imperial fleet. Only one Dreadnaught left behind to try to lure me into a trap with a very obvious tactic of challenging me to a duel aboard this Dreadnaught. The Falleen leadership got their final chance to svfe their system and its inhabitants, but their ignorance and attempts to betray the Empire once more, sealed their fate.
A daring landing maneuver of an Army Special ops team and several Sith assisting them, quickly disabled the defense grid of Ul Yanin and the planetary shields and shield projectors for the space station. The Imperial fleet immediately started a massive assault on the behemoth station while the Army dropped over 50 000 troops and dozens of walkers on Ul Yanin to destroy all defenses and resistance under cover of Imperial fighter and bomber craft. While massive and horrendously overpowered, Libra station couldn't survive an assault by more then a dozen Star Destroyers led by the Sovereign. The battle lasted mere minutes with no imperial casualties. Several hundred survivors of the thousands of Falleen troops on the station and on the surface tried to surrender at this point, but were summarily executed by Zero-G units and the ground forces. After mere hours Ul Yanin was pacified with only minor casualties on the Imperial side. Ulrike, the second inhabited planet and all other space installations in the system fell even quicker.
Uebles ordered a complete annihilation of all assets and infrastructure in the system and a Base Delta Zero mission for the planets Ul Yanin and Ulrike, which was executed in less then a day, leaving the system uninhabited and barren. Falleen and allied casualties are estimated at 1.2 Billion while Imperial Casualties are less then 500 (NPCS). The Falleen Federations "King" and his consort plus two other high ranking members of the FF are dead, two planets have been destroyed, taking with them at least a third of the total Falleen population and infrastructure. Libra station and two other Falleen Federation space stations have been destroyed along with about a dozen enemy ships, while the Empire didn't lose a single fighter.
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Chronology
- Year 4 Day 304: Squall Chitose replaces Trevelan as leader of the Falleen Federation Army.
- Year 4 Day 322: Keir Santage of Outrider Trading assumes leadership of Biotech.
- Year 4 Day 334: Uebles unveils a treaty between the Galactic Empire and Hapes Consortium.
- Year 4 Day 338: Grand Admiral Black Lodge declares that Operation Morning Thunder has begun.
- Year 4 Day 362: King Eldrik Kuraine of the Falleen Federation is murdered by Sith assassins.
- Year 4 Day 363: The death of King Kuraine is announced on the Galactic News Service (GNS). Chaos ensues.
- Year 5 Day 8: Following mop-up operations, Emperor Uebles declares an end to the Battle of Beta and claims victory.
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