Conquest of Mure

The Conquest of Mure was a battle of the fought in  between the   and a -led coalition of, , and  for control over the  of Mure.

Background
A strategic emplacement atop the Mortis Line, Mure was a and  stronghold used to restrict the   to the  and prevent them from spreading unmolested into the eastern galaxy. Over the better part of nine hundred years, the Infinite Empire mounted a number of invasions of the Five Deaths system, all of which were repulsed by the Celestial-led coalition of, , and.

False flag operation
In, the Rakata successfully mounted a using captured Kwa vessels and gained access to the Monolith, a planet-encompassing  that guarded access to Mure's surface. Taking the Kwa, Gree, and Killik defenders by surprise, the Rakata vanguard wrestled control of the Monolith away from the Celestial forces and deactivated its and  in preparation for the main Rakata fleet's arrival. The subsequent battle for Mure was brief and saw the complete eradication of the Celestial-aligned forces in the system.

Legacy
The battle was marked by many historians, including noted expert , as being a critical turning point in the Celestial-Rakata War that saw the conflict begin to sway in the Infinite Empire's favor. In taking the Five Deaths system, the Rakata were finally afforded a means of bypassing the Mortis Line, permitting them to expand from their colonies in the towards the  and  in the eastern galaxy. In so doing, the Rakata sowed the seeds for their galaxy-spanning Empire and ushered in a period of known as the Pax Rakata.