Battle of Nod Kartha

The battle of Nod Kartha was a lengthy sortie which took place just prior to the Jedi assault on Geonosis in 22 BBY. The pirate Nym's Lok Revenants and the Mere Resistance led by Sol Sixxa had previously joined together to fight the Trade Federation activity in the Karthakk system prior to 22 BBY. The two spacers led their forces in battle against the mercenary Sabaoth Squadron commanded by Cavik Toth. To shut down Toth's Trihexalon production, Nym's and Sixxa's combined fleet staged an assault on the orbital defenses that surrounded the planet Nod Kartha in an attempt to locate and compromise a Trihexalon production facility on the planet's surface. The fleet was joined by Jedi Master Adi Gallia, who had been sent to scout Trade Federation activity in the Karthakk system.

The allied spacers gathered their forces and emerged from hyperspace in range of Toth's Orbital Defense Cannons. One of the Mere cruisers, the Kethor, was disabled, and the resistance fighters became embroiled in a dogfight against the Trade Federation and Sabaoth Squadron forces. Eventually, the damaged cruiser rammed one of the Planetary Defense Platforms, which allowed the starfighters to breach the remaining defenses and descend upon the planet surface.

A commando force disembarked from the Havoc, Nym's personal starfighter and infiltrated the deflector shield generator facility. Master Gallia defended the ground from the air while the commandos planted explosives on the generators. When they ran into trouble, Gallia landed and fought through B1-Series battle droids to ensure the detonation of the final charge. The facility subsequently went up in flames, which resulted in the deactivation of the Trihexalon factory's shield. The commando team returned to their fighters to eliminate the factory. Sol Sixxa sliced into the factory controls to open the main gate, although he was countermanded by droid slicers. In the Havoc, Nym disabled the droid transmitter and neutralized the solar towers which powered the facility. He then destroyed the reactor after Sixxa opened the blast door and exposed it, and the pilots flew back into orbit as the factory exploded.

The crew of the remaining Mere cruiser, the Tritus, scanned the debris field, and ascertained they could salvage an Orbital Defense Cannon, but their efforts were hampered by the arrival of a Sabaoth destroyer. Nym and his wingmen escorted Mere Tugs to pick up the pieces while simultaneously engaging Trade Federation Tugs, which were also trying to capture the debris. Ultimately, the resistance fighters recovered the debris and fled the battle. They took the cannon to Lok, where it was later used to recapture Nym's base from a decade-long Trade Federation occupation.

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