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Next Battle of the Maelstrom[1][2] Battle of Taral V Conflict Second Great Galactic War[3] Date 3,642 BBY[4] Place Taral V[3] Outcome Republic victory[3] Combatants Galactic Republic[3] Jedi Order[3] Sith Empire[3] Commanders Fleet Admiral Oteg (Remotely)[1][3] Grand Moff Rycus Kilran (Late battle)[3] Lord Hasper †[3] General Edikar †[3] Captain Shivanek †[3] Doctor Zharen †[3] Handler Gattan †[3] Strength First Expeditionary Fleet[3] Telos[3] Dantooine †[1] Farstar[1] Nova[1] Onasi[1] Serroco †[1] Many starfighters[1] Republic strike team[3] At least 1 Harrower-class dreadnought[3] At least 2 Terminus-class destroyer[3] 1 general[3] 1 Sith Lord[3] 19 Sith Warriors[3] 1 doctor[3] 9 field medics[3] 25 Imperial officers[3] 128 Imperial troopers[3] 8 Imperial commandos[3] 3 Imperial Intelligence operatives[3] 6 security agents[3] 15 Imperial Mark IV Sentinel Droids[3] 23 defense droids[3] 4 experimental war droids[3] 2 vine cats[3] 12 jungle crawlers[3] Casualties Medium[1] Dantooine[1] Serroco[1] Large number of starfighters[1] Very heavy[3] [Source]

As the peace from the Treaty of Coruscant began to dissolve around 3,642 BBY, the Jedi Master and Republic Fleet Admiral Oteg was contacted by the spirit of the long-dead Jedi Meetra Surik. Surik implored Oteg to rescue a vital Jedi prisoner from the Maelstrom nebula, as the prisoner possessed information on the Sith Emperor himself. To that end, Oteg gathered an elite strike team of troopers, Jedi, and other Republic-allied individuals to attack the Imperial fortress on the planet Taral V to recover a computer designed by the Gree species that would allow the Republic fleet to navigate the Maelstrom.

PreludeEdit

In the aftermath of the Sith Lord Darth Angral's campaign of vengeance against the Galactic Republic, as well as other proxy conflicts,^[5] the tenuous peace brought about by the Treaty of Coruscant began to fracture. Both the Republic and the Sith Empire began preparing for war. It was around this time that the Jedi Master Oteg,^[1] a former member of the Jedi Council^[5] and a Fleet Admiral of the Republic Navy, received a visit from the Force ghost of Meetra Surik.^[1] Surik had been killed over three centuries earlier during a failed attack on the Sith Emperor, and ever since she had been lending her strength to her ally Revan as the Emperor fed off of Revan's strength and knowledge.^[6]

Surik gave Oteg knowledge of Revan's predicament, and asked that the Jedi Master rescue him from his prison in the unnavigable Maelstrom nebula. To reach the prison, Surik told Oteg to recover an astrogation computer on Taral V—a computer designed by the mysterious Gree species. To that end, Oteg gathered an elite strike team of Jedi, Republic troopers, and other Republic-allied individuals to retrieve the computer.^[1]

The battleEdit

Using a stolen Imperial shuttle, the strike team landed on Taral V near the main Imperial fortress. They then made their way up to the fortress' security outpost, fighting through the various Imperial soldiers, jurgorans, gundarks, and Imperial commandos that crowded their path. Handler Gattan and his pet vine cats were killed in the process, and strike team's assault on the security outpost saw them destroy several Imperial war droids and eliminate over a defense defenders. Captain Shivanek's futile last stand and death enraged his pet jurgoran Ripper, forcing the strike team to kill the large creature before deactivating the fortress' outer defenses. They then proceeded further up the path and crossed the bridge to main fortress.^[3]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

•  Media - "Flashpoint: Taral V" on The Old Republic's official website (backup link on Archive.org)
•  News & Updates - Taral V Developer Walkthrough on The Old Republic's official website (backup link on Archive.org)

Notes and ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Taral V on Star Wars: The Old Republic Wiki