Operation: Shadow Hand

Operation: Shadow Hand was a mission carried out in 20 ABY by a fleet in the. The mission was meant to be the staging point for a war with the, which had disastrous effects for the Remnant in the end. Upon arriving back in the, the fleet was ambushed by a Republic patrol fleet, led by General. The ensuing battle wiped out all of the forces that came back to the. Meanwhile, in the Imperial occupied Sol system, the rebel Terran Alliance uses the depletion of Imperial forces used for the operation to launch an attack of their own.

Commandeering two land-to-space energy cannons, the rebels launched a surprise attack on the ship orbiting the planet Earth, the Imperial Super Star Destroyer, Dominance. The Star Destroyer was carrying most of the Remnants Sith acolytes, and once destroyed by the attack, caused all but the acolyte's leader, Tel Vaal, to perish. On the ground, the Imperials attacked the canons within moments after the Destroyer's destruction, killing many Terra troopers. The end result was the beginning of the Third Terran War.