Batonn insurgency

The Batonn insurgency, also known as the Battle of Batonn, informally dubbed the war for Batonn, and remembered by the Galactic Empire as the victory at Batonn, was a conflict of the Batonn sector insurgency, which took place sometime before the mission to Reklam Station. Local dissatisfaction with the rule of Governor Restos fueled the emergence of an insurgent movement led by Nevil Cygni, a shadowy former pirate and consultant who adopted the persona "Nightswan." Nightswan engineered the Batonn insurgency as a means of destroying the Chiss Admiral Thrawn, a rising star in the Imperial Navy. The Batonn insurgents seized the Imperial garrison on Scrim Island and successfully fended off Admiral Durril's attempt to recapture the island.

Studying the insurgents' tactics, Admiral Thrawn managed to defeat the insurgents on Scrim Island and force their surrender. The surviving Batonn insurgents led by Nightswan regrouped at the Creekpath Mining and Refining complex on Batonn's main continent. The Empire and Batonn Defense Force lay siege to the mining complex. Thrawn's attempts to end the crisis peacefully were fraught by an Imperial Security Bureau operation to blow up the mine and Nightswan's distrust of the Empire.

Ultimately, the Lothalian Governor Arihnda Pryce ended the insurgency by blowing up the Creekpath mine to hide her murder of the ISB Agent Gudry. The resulting explosion killed all the Batonn insurgents and numerous civilians. At the urging of Pryce, Thrawn took credit for ending the Batonn insurgency and was promoted by Emperor Palpatine to the rank of Grand Admiral.

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