User:PrivateAttorney/Sandbox III

Background
After its defeat in the, the remnants of the were forced to abandon the  and flee into uncharted. There, on the planet of Dromund Kaas, they rebuilt their civilization, under the leadership of a new Sith Emperor. The new Sith Empire spent thousands of years in isolation as it rebuilt its strength. Finally, in 3681 BBY, it emerged from the fringes of the galaxy and launched a massive invasion of the Galactic Republic. Its opponents were caught entirely by surprise, and Republic defenses crumbled before the Sith onslaught in the Outer Rim. The Empire made great gains by the end of the first year, destroying the shipyards at Sluis Van and taking back the ancient Sith homeworld of Korriban. It was during that first year of the conflict that the Imperial High Command decided to begin an offensive to seize the Minos Cluster, located on the edge of the Outer Rim and the location of many resource-rich worlds that contributed to the Republic's war effort.

Similarly to the other regions attacked by the Empire, much of the Minos Cluster was quickly occupied by the Imperial Military. However, tenacious resistance continued by Republic troops and local partisans, which were supplemented be recently-arrived Jedi Knights from Coruscant. The Imperial Armada began a blockade of the Rimma Trade Route, which ended in the Minos Cluster, to keep the Republic from resupplying its forces there. However, it was broken in 3680 BBY by a fleet of smugglers and a Republic Navy task force, and as a result Republic troops in the Cluster began the slowly regaining lost ground. In order to cut them off from supplies and communications with the Republic, Imperial High Command authorized an attack on the world of Travnin, the closest Coreward planet of the Minos Cluster. Travnin also sat on one of the main supply routes, allowing the Empire to cut off the defenders of the sector from supplies and reinforcements.

However, Republic Strategic High Command was also very aware of the planet's importance to its efforts in the Minos Cluster. Therefore, not long after the end of the Imperial blockade on the Rimma Trade Route, it deployed a large garrison of troops to Travnin under the command of General Davik Athelsyn, a veteran of the war's early battles. Athelsyn immediately began