Battle of Kirrek (Great Hyperspace War)

The Battle of Kirrek was a battle fought during the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY. During Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow's invasion of the Galactic Republic, part of his fleet was brought to the Koros system, in an effort to conquer the system. With a battle for the system certainly forthcoming, Empress Teta, ruler of the Koros system, appointed a man named Llaban to command the forces on Kirrek. Llaban had previously led an army of rebels and pirates in opposition to Teta's efforts to unify the system just a short time earlier. Llaban was told to re-gather his army, and along with the support of Teta's forces, Llaban was given the services of two Jedi, Draethos scholar Odan-Urr and Celegian Jedi Master Ooroo, as well as prisoners from the nearby colony world of Ronika.

The Sith force initially seemed unstoppable, and Kirrek's defenders were sent into a retreat while Odan-Urr's usage of battle meditation did not seem to have any effect. Finally, Master Ooroo formulated a plan and entered the fray. As a Celegian, Ooroo required a tank filled with cyanogen gas to exist in an oxygen-rich environment, his own native gas being lethal to oxygen-breathers; Ooroo shattered his tank and released the gas, which allowed the wind to carry it towards the invaders. The tactic worked to great success, drastically thinning the numbers of the Sith force. Soon afterward, the prisoners from Ronika arrived to replenish Llaban's forces, and led a charge into the heart of the Sith invaders. Although Ooroo perished due to the destruction of his cyanogen tank, Llaban and his forces were victorious in the Battle of Kirrek.

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