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TheBattle of Kolatill was a smallengagement fought in8 ABY at theplanetKolatill in theKathol sector of theOuter Rim Territories. The engagement was contested between the combined forces of theNew Republic and theKolatill Defense Force, andImperialforces allied toMoffKentor Sarne, the Imperialwarlord of the Katholsector. Thatyear, Sarne wasousted from hiscapital,Kal'Shebbol, byNew Republic forces. In response, Kolatill overthrew itsImperial governor and declared allegiance to the New Republic. This act of defiance resulted in theTon-Falk-class escort carrierKathol Protectorbombing the capitalcity ofDomaz.
Following the bombing, theKolatill Council sent out adistress signal to the New Republic forces at Kal'Shebbol. TheCR90 corvetteFarStar responded to the call, and was inorbit of the planet when theKathol Protector returned to assault Kolatill for a secondtime usingTIE bombers armed withpathogenic bombs. The New Republiccorvette and itsstarfighter complement engaged the Imperial force, aided by the localTIE/LN starfighters of the Kolatill Defense Force. The battle was fought both in the planet's orbit and within itsatmosphere, with theFarStar and a number of itsstarfighters engaging theKathol Protector directly while the Kolatill Defense Force and the remainder of the corvette's screening force engaged the escortcarrier'sbomber force. The joint effort between the New Republic and the Kolatill Defense Force managed to neutralize the threat posed by the pathogenic weapons and drive off the escort carrier. However, the battle was not without cost to the victors—CaptainKeleman Ciro,commanding officer of theFarStar, was captured by Imperial forces during the battle, and his younger brother,pilotNoell Ciro, was killed in the engagement.(Read more…)
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