Battle of Crustai (Chiss Civil War)

In the closing weeks of the year 3,732 BBY, the Chiss Confederation began their first attack against the Chiss Ascendancy. The Battle of Crustai was the first offensive in the Chiss Civil War. Its casualties were heavy for both sides and was the only Ascendancy victory.

Origins
Stikke had told Stran that they needed to make an effort to take the Chiss Ascendancy by the end of the year if they were to keep most of their forces. Many had looked at rejoining the Ascendancy after three months of sitting around floating in space with the Chiss Confederation. Stikke proposed to attack the planet of Crustai. Stran agreed and set the date for two days from the meeting to make a quick strike.

The Battle
The battle started with a small portion of the Confederation Fleet attacking the docked ships. Stran had dictated that their might was so great and the Chiss Ascendancy was so inferior that only a small group could attack and take the planet. Boy, were they wrong.

The CCF landed on Crustai only five hours after the battle started but it would take two more days until the battle was over. Reports had brought in false numbers of the Chiss troops stationed on the planet. The reports told of 10,000 enemy troops but they really had 35,000. Because of this, Stran only sent 15,000 troops, and most were inexperianced.

The Chiss Army met the Confederation in the jungle. It was a battle was fierce and neither side was ready for the jungle warfare. Each side had heavy casualties with a Chiss Ascendancy victory. Once the Chiss Army had driven away the Chiss Confederatio, the casualties were counted. On the Chiss side was 17,439 dead and the Chiss Confederation had 13,932 dead. Stran was furious by the loss.