Battle of Meson

"It was totally awesome! There were Black Knight cruisers exploding everywhere! We out maneuvered them,out shot them, and basically went totally beast mode on them."

- Unknown Sahharran pilot

 was the battle that shredded the Black Knight presence in the Sahharran system and infused hope into Sahharran forces everywhere.

Prelude
The Battle of Meson is considered as the most predictable conflict in the entire Black Knight Crisis. It was easy to see that the Black Knight 3rd Fleet and the remaining battlecruisers of the Sahharran Home Fleet were on a collision course when Diamond Flight, a Sahharran reconnissance squadron, encountered the forward elements of the 3rd Fleet. The squadron barely made it out of the engagement, losing 3 out of 5 pilots before jumping into hyperspace. The remaining pilots made it to the Home Fleet's vanguard just as the 3rd fleet jumped out of hyperspace right in front of them. The vanguard was decimated, but the info was passed along and the rest of the Home Fleet was soon engaged in combat.

Engagement
The battle started out with the 3rd Fleet seemingly gaining the upper hand. 3 Sahharran battlecruisers were either destroyed or seriously damaged in the first half hour. However, the Home Fleet contained the famous Sahharran super carrier Wolverine, currently being commanded by equally famous Sahharran admiral, Oral Seemt, which arrived soon after the battlecruisers were destroyed. The Wolverines bomber force launched rapidly, along with an escort force of fighters, and soon began to shred the 3rd Fleet's forward elements. The 3rd Fleet's flagship, Arsonist, was hit extremely hard, and it was soon destroyed, along with the Black Knight commander, Admiral Fory Feli. Feli's second-in-command, Commander Relt Strey, attempted to hold the Black Knight forces together, but he too was killed when the bridge of his cruiser, Stonethrower, was destroyed by Ondre Bersson, who was flying with the Wolverines bomber force.   The loss of both their leaders threw the Black Knights into disarray, and when the Sahharrans gained enough courage to send boarding parties, they met surprisingly little resistance.

Aftermath
The Battle of Meson was a major turning point in the Black Knight Crisis. It resulted in the entire Black Knight 3rd Fleet being destroyed or captured. The loss of an entire battle fleet was a major blow to Black Knight morale, as was the loss of two influential and skilled commanders. Plus, it happened when the Black Knights were reeling from the loss of the Black Knight Emperor on Corellia, and thus due to both events Black Knight morale was reduced almost to zero. On the flip side, the battle was a huge boost to Sahharran morale, and the hope it gave to other Sahharran units lead to such essential victories as the battles of Kuat, Mon Calamari, and Kessel. These victories deprived the Black Knights of shipbuilding facilities and supply bases.