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Duel on Socorro

Ambush on Daluuj^[1]

Concurrent

Skirmish on Vendaxa^[4]

Duel on Socorro

Conflict

Second Imperial Civil War^[1]

Date

137 ABY^[1]

Place

Imperial Mission temple, Socorro^[1]

Outcome

Imperial Mission temple is set ablaze^[1]
Darth Talon learns of Princess Marasiah Fel's whereabouts^[1]
Elke Vetter is defeated and killed^[1]

Combatants
One Sith^[1] Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire^[1]	Empire-in-exile^[1] Imperial Knights^[1]
Strength
Darth Talon^[1]	Elke Vetter†^[1]
Casualties
None^[1]	Elke Vetter^[1]

[Source]

"Excellency, we've just received word from our contacts on Socorro. The Imperial Mission there is burning! The Princess is missing, and her protector, Elke Vetter, is dead!"

―General Oron Jaeger to Roan Fel^[src]

The Duel on Socorro was a confrontation between Sith Lord Darth Talon and Imperial Knight Elke Vetter in 137 ABY.

1 Prelude
2 The duel
3 Aftermath
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
- 6.1 In other languages

PreludeEdit

"I have learned she is currently at the Imperial Mission on the planet Socorro, hiding in its temple. She travels with an Imperial Knight by the name of Elke Vetter. Listen well, Darth Talon. This is what I want…"

―Darth Krayt, telling Darth Talon of Marasiah Fel^[src]

After usurping the Imperial throne from Emperor Roan Fel in 130 ABY^[5] and sending him into exile, the Sith Lord Darth Krayt repeatedly sent forces of his new Galactic Empire to hunt down Fel^[1] and his daughter, Princess Marasiah Fel,^[6] for seven years.^[1] Marasiah often evaded Krayt's agents with the help of Imperial Missionary Astraal Vao; although the Mission was overseen by Krayt's Empire, Vao was a trusted friend of the princess.^[6]

In 137 ABY, as the Second Imperial Civil War raged between Krayt's forces and Fel's Empire-in-exile, Marasiah traveled to the planet Socorro with her bodyguard, the Imperial Knight Elke Vetter. They were on a quest to discern who among Krayt's Empire was still loyal to her father, and Vao welcomed them into Socorro's Imperial Mission temple. Krayt soon learned of this and hatched a plan to capture both Fels. When a young Sith apprentice completed her training, Krayt christened her Darth Talon, his new Sith Hand, and dispatched her to Socorro. Her mission was to kill Vetter and allow Marasiah to escape in the hope that the princess would lead the Sith to her father.^[1]

The duelEdit

"Kill me if you will, Sith! The princess has escaped!"
"Yes. She is with Astraal Vao, the local missionary. The plan was for them to escape."

―Elke Vetter and Darth Talon^[src]

Talon arrived on Socorro and set the Imperial Mission Temple ablaze. Marasiah and Vao fled into the wilderness while Vetter engaged the Sith in lightsaber combat. The two dueled in a courtyard of the burning temple until Talon severed her opponent's left hand from the wrist. The Sith followed it up with a stab to Vetter's right thigh and a kick to her chest. Vetter dropped her lightsaber and collapsed to the ground, but she remained content in the knowledge that Marasiah had escaped. Talon informed Vetter that such had been her intention, and used the Force to drain knowledge of the princess's whereabouts from her opponent's mind. She afterward killed the Imperial Knight with a blast of Force lightning.^[1]

AftermathEdit

"She's dead, Astraal! The Sith killed Elke! I felt her die in the Force! Felt her anguish and despair! I'm going back! The Sith needs killing!"
"No, princess! Please! She gave her life so you could escape! Returning would only dishonor her sacrifice!"

―Marasiah Fel and Astraal Vao, following the duel^[src]