Yevethan Purge

The Yevethan Purge, also known as the Cleansing or Great Purge, was an act of xenocide carried out by the Duskhan League in 16 ABY. A highly xenophobic species, the Yevetha aimed to exterminate the "vermin"—all non-Yevethan sentient life—from the Koornacht Cluster by military force. To keep the Purge quiet, Nil Spaar sparked a political crisis in the New Republic. While the galactic media covered the scandal on Coruscant, Yevethan warships began their missions in the isolated Koornacht Cluster.

The purge was primarily carried out by the Imperial warships of the former Black Sword Command and saw virtually no casualties on the side of the attackers; the sole fatalities among the Yevethans were a starfighter pilot who was shot down by Plat Mallar while flying one of Polneye's six TIE/IN interceptors, and a weapons master who committed ritual suicide to atone for the "failure" that allowed the pilot to die. The sole survivor was Plat Mallar whose testimony of the events on Polneye helped sway public opinion in favor of military intervention against the Dushkan League.

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