Operation Argo
| Operation Argo | |
| Second Galactic Civil War | |
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| Date | Year 12 Day 118 |
| Location | Adbauniac |
| Result | New Republic victory |
| Belligerents | |
| New Republic | Black Sun |
| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Chief of State Taka Aioko | |
| Strength | |
| 2 Full BGs, civil forces | |
| Casualties and Losses | |
| None | Adbauniac lost |
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The Operation Argo was the military attack carried by New Republic forces that achieved the liberation of the Gas Giant Adbauniac from Black Sun.[1] Adbauniac was a planet located in the Brak Sector, Skone System (northern area of the galaxy) and according to the current galactic coordinate system it corresponds to Gazari II.
Historians managed to put their hands on declassified information sources, and the following records include views from the NR side of the events.
Preparations
On Year 12 Day 109 New Republic's High Ambassador Cheda Quche sealed a trade with the Old Republic, acquiring a group of outposts and facilities that were used in a failed attack against Black Sun in Adbauniac planet.
Chief of State Taka Aioko, who was selected as the Galactic Alliance's Secretary General on Year 12 Day 62 and after having led Operation Blackbeard just a couple of months before, started planning the attack along with Battle Group Commander Wedge Achilles.
The plan that was conceived basically had two phases. First, infiltrating the planet unnoticed with a small group in order to restart the rebellion attempts that had failed in the past, and second, securing the territory over two weeks later with a large group of officers.
Infiltration
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| Skone System Infiltration |
On Year 12 Day 118 Chief of State Aioko, piloting the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter "Babieca", and Minister of State Franco Nejo, piloting the YT-1210 'Road Runner', entered the Skone system from the east. When they arrived to the system they discovered that Black Sun had the system covered with a grid of satellites and they also had many ships stationed near Adbauniac.
The list of Black Sun ships dectected was composed by:
- 3 MC-80bs.
- 1 MC-80a (stationed at Adbauniac's orbit).
- 2 Kaloth Battlecruisers (one of them also stationed at Adbauniac's orbit).
- 1 Lictor-class Dungeon.
- 2 Bayonet-class Light Cruisers.
- 58 Y-Wing BTL-S3s.
- 24 Vipers.
- 1 R-41 Starchaser.
- 1 Pursuer Enforcement Ship.
- 1 Delta-Class JV-7 Escort Shuttle.
As soon as they exited hyperspace, both CoS Aioko and MoS Nejo rushed to Adbauniac's surface, coordinates (0,0), where the construction efforts were planned. Taka was transporting more than a thousand engineers that he helped putting to work on the facilities that were abandoned by the Old Republic forces some time ago. Franco offered support with the YT's long range sensors, and he was also in charge of scanning the four enemy outposts. A R-41 Starchaser was detected in the ally outpost were construction was restarted.
No new construction was started nor enemy facilities were depowered in order to avoid alerting Black Sun forces. During a little over two weeks Taka and Franco stayed in the planet organizing construction to finish at the same time, while two battle groups were left on call in case Black Sun started arresting in the area, but that never happened.
Assault
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| Adbauniac assault routing |
Initially Flight Marshal Achilles was expected to lead the final assault on Adbauniac, while the Thyferran Aioko was focusing on his Chief of State and Sec-Gen duties, but an expected LOA changed plans so the later finally took over. 29 pilots, counting personnel from Orion BG, Legacy BG and civilians forces, were instructed and organized on how to build camouflaged outposts around the Gas Giant. Military forces used a-wings, while most civilians used fast YT freighters.
On year 12 Day 133, 17:49hs the attack began and all pilots moved to Adbauniac planet. During the first 24 hours 296 outposts were built, and High Ambassador Quche was also able to struck a deal with Loronar Corporation acquiring 10 outposts said company had built during those hours. Coordination wasn't easy due to the high amount of pilots, with routes changing due to inactivity, mistakes, and the intention to cut off third parties building outpost too.
The whole planet was covered the day after and the New Republic was able to secure over 98% of the unaccounted territory (New Republic forces added 387 outposts, Black Sun 7). The New Republic totaled 389 outposts, and Black Sun ended up with 11.
Some of the ships that were sighted by NR forces were Shas'o Cho's ATR-6 'Insidious', Corvis Orion's BFF-1 Bulk 'CV Sloth', Tar Alaks' YT-2000 'Baktal'ruuk', Black Sun's A-wing 'Falcon #1' and BFF-1 'Blood Lust', Jando Kai-ur's BFF-1 Bulk 'HCS Kazukhan' and Tyriss Haxim ETA-2 '{TH} Storm Shadow'.
The next step was forming a government in the planet, and shielding it. On Year 12 Day 138 a new treaty was established on Adbauniac between governing officials and diplomats from the New Republic, those documents formalized the transition of power to becoming a protected territory of the government, a move largely embraced by the citizenry.
Deren Strife Incident
(See also Anzatan's version of the incident.)
Aftermath
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