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Etahn A'baht was a pragmatic career naval officer, devoted to military service. AmaleDornean, he served in theDornean Navy with distinction, rising to command the entire eighty-ship force and using it to keep theGalactic Empire from conqueringDornea. He fought with theAlliance to Restore the Republic at theBattle of Endor, but Dornea declined to join that body or theNew Republic until after A'baht had driven the Empire from Dornean space entirely.
When Dornea joined the New Republic, A'baht was recruited into theNew Republic Defense Fleet. He defeated ImperialAdmiralGilad Pellaeon's forces at theBattle of Celanon in13 ABY and, in16 ABY, he became the inauguralcommander of theNew Republic Fifth Battle Group, which was quickly put to the test in theBlack Fleet Crisis. Despite causingPresidentLeia Organa Solo to doubt his judgment when he became irritated with her reluctance to consider theYevetha a threat, A'baht was fully backed bySupreme CommanderGial Ackbar and regained Organa Solo's confidence. He led the Fifth Fleet, and later a double-sized combined force, againstViceroyNil Spaar of theDuskhan League, defeating the Yevetha in theBattle of N'zoth.
A'baht later left command of the Fifth and accepted a demotion tobrigadier general. He remained an important officer in thefleet, and served as one of the top strategic advisors to Supreme CommanderSien Sovv during the earlyYuuzhan Vong War, urging Sovv to abandon his strategy of defending only strategically vital worlds and leaving the rest to fend for themselves. When his superiors failed to listen, A'baht resigned his commission and returned home to defend Dornea.(Read more…)
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