First Battle of Korriban (Bane Crisis)

The First Battle of Korriban was a battle fought between the Disciples of Bane and the Old Republic during the early years of the Bane Crisis. It resulted in the Disciples breaking the Republic occupation of the planet, which then became the Disciple's headquarters.

Lead up to Battle
The Republic had kept a permenant occupational force on Korriban since the last Sith revolt in an effort to stop one happening again. However, this force had recently been weakened in order to strengthen Republic forces in the Core, following their defeat at the Battle of Thwaite.

Darth Destru, one of the members of the Disciple's governing body, the Triad of Darkness, having heard of the lack of defenses around Korriban, decided that it was the perfect time to attak the Republic. However, his fellow member of the Triad, [[Darth Baden and Darth Galepius favoured a more cautious approach. However, when he finally revealed that his target was Korriban, this temporarily united him with Baden and the plans went ahead, depite Galepius's concerns.

The Battle
The Disciples force was split into two fleets, the first was commanded by Destru himself while the second was commanded by one of Galepius's men Darth Razor. Destru would go in and draw the Republic fleet out while Razor would come in from behind and wipe them out.

The attack went just as planned, the Republic's commander on the planet didn't see the trap until it was too late. Having sent his fleet in to confront Destru's force, he was helpless to stop Razor's force coming out and massacreing it. Following the fleet's destruction, the planet quickly fell to the Disciples.

Aftermathe
Although the Disciples now had control of Korriban, the temporary alliance of the various factions egan to fall apart. Galepius saw that Korriban was too much of a target while Destru and Baden wanted to defend it at all costs.

Also, victory at Korriban gavce Destru the support to make decisions without consulting the rest of the Riad. This brought him into conflict with Baden and resulted in a civil war and both their deaths, leaving Galepius as head of the Disciples.