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DEFIANCE ARMADA: THE BATTLE OF SARAPIN
With the alliance forged at Manaan, the newly-coined invasion fleet of Defiance Armada moved quickly upon the Imperium. Set with the goal to eradicate the Sith rulers of the Imperium or die trying, the massed fleet - a combination of Rebellion, Jedi, Hutt and Bogan forces - along with a host of civilian vessels and other, small organizations lending their aid to the task, the enormous force quickly moved into deep space in order to avoid detection. From their staging point in orbit around a dead star, the fleet, led by the former Jedi Master, Kara Vaalki, plotted their avenue of invasion into the core.
From Manaan, there were two avenues the fleet could use to reach the heart of the galaxy. The first involved passing perilously close to the Kuat system, host of the famous Kuat Drive Yards - a hardened fortress with a host of dreadnoughts and hardened defences that would give even the colossal armada pause. Any campaign in that system had the potential for dragging out for months - time enough for the Imperium to amass their forces and crush the armada in its first battle.
The alternative, however, was far more appealling. The volcanic world of Sarapin was only moderately defended - far from the edge of Imperial territories and sparsely populated, the planet served as a valuable source of energy for the core worlds, the ashen landscape dotted with enormous laser drills and energy collectors. Imperial influence was centralized in a main garrison facility that housed the Energy Collection Repository for the planet, a sprawling, twisted facility that stored the gathered energy before it was shipped off-world. For such a vital facility, however, the garrison was relatively light - the harsh planet prevented the Imperium from establishing a larger presence, and the garrison relied heavily on supplies being delivered from off-world - a costly exercise to defend a facility that had not been the site of a battle in over a thousand years.
The target chosen, Defiance Armada elected two individuals to lead a taskforce to secure the facility and eliminate the garrison, in order to allow the bulk of the fleet to pass further into the Core inhindered. For this task, the Mandalorian Tal Veran (@Phœnix ) and the Matukai Xeus Qel-Droma (@Korvo ) were chosen to lead the assault and given command of one fully-loaded Galaxon-A Escort Cruiser each to transport the troops for the ground assault.
As the two vessels dropped out of hyperspace over Sarapin, they immediately began to scramble hyperwave signals to prevent the Imperium being alerted to their presence. Moving swiftly, fully loaded shuttles and dropships issued forth from the vessels' hangars, beginning the long descent through the atmosphere to the ashen landscape below.
((Tagging @Galad J. Victus and @Moheep as well. Posting order will be us first, then you guys. OOC THREAD CAN BE FOUND HERE))