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Battle of Nocto

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The Battle of Nocto marked the final engagement between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire's Task Force Vengeance. It was the last-ditch attempt of Admiral Wooyou Senn to destroy the Alliance shipyard in the system with the meager remainders of his task force.

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Prev: Battle of Dega
Conflict: Galactic Civil War (Spreading the Rebellion)
Date: c. 3 ABY
Place: Nocto system
Result: Both sides claim victory; Pyrrhic strategic Alliance to Restore the Republic victory; Mutual destruction of critical Rebel Alliance and Imperial assets in the Airam sector
Side 1: Alliance to Restore the Republic
Side 2: Galactic Empire
Commanders (side 2): Admiral Wooyou Senn†
Forces1: Telgorn shipyardf; Calenz; A-wings; Red Squadron; X-wings; Rogue Squadron; B-wings; Green Squadron; BTL Y-wing drone fighters (fitted with explosives); MC80 cruiser; Liberty; Modified Strike-class medium cruiser; Peregrine; 3 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers (fitted with explosives); Lupo; Nicodemus; Topol; CR90 corvette (fitted with explosives); Thunder
Forces2: Executor-class Star Dreadnought; Vengeance; At least 3 Imperial-class Star Destroyers; Rage; TIE Avenger; Avenger Squadron; Talon Squadron; TIE bombers; Gamma-class ATR-6 assault transports; Omicron Squadron
Casual1: Very Heavy; Calenz; X-wings; Heavy Rogue Squadron casualties; B-wings; Heavy damage to Liberty; All Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers (destroyed in suicide runs); Thunder (destroyed in suicide run)
Casual2: Very Heavy; Vengeance; Rage; Majority of the remaining task force

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