Duel at Neroko

"Well, that was fun." "Too bad Amil wasn't here to see it." "At least we won!" "Yeah, let's do this again sometime."

- Shadow Knife Squad remnants and Krey Undran

 was a duel between Krey Undran with the remnants of Shadow Knife Squadron and the Nerok Overlord with his attendants.

Background
The Third Nerok Uprising had already raged across the Galaxy, claiming countless lives--including Amil Braynk, the second-in-command of the Imperial Marines. After the funeral, General Krey Undran got together what was left of Amil's squadron and planned the most daring assault of his long career: a direct strike into the heart of the enemy territory. The rest of the Imperial Marines and some Sahharran Elite Agents would be a decoy, striking at the weapon foundries of the Nerok, while Krey and Shadow Knife Squadron would sneak into the Neroko Palace and kill the Nerok Overlord.

Beginning
The plan started out smoothly when the time bombs placed on the weapon foundries security mainframe by the Sahharran Elite Agents exploded around noon. In the wake of the explosion the Marines advanced with all weapons firing, only to face an entire legion of elite Nerok troops. Meanwhile, Krey Undran and his strike team infiltrated the Neroko Palace, taking out numerous security measures and Nerok guards before finally reaching the throne room.

Confrontation
"Demo, you crazy mother, that almost killed us all... But it worked."

- Krey Undran

The duel started when the Shadow Knife Squadron members took out the Nerok Overlord's elite guards with several precise sniper shots. However, the Nerok Head Shaman was still alive, and several of his men.

Krey directly attacked the Overlord, while the Shadow Knife Squadron engaged the Shamans.

One of the members of SK Squadron was killed by a Shaman when he recklessly attacked. The others quickly took cover and shot continuously at the Shamans, and several Shamans went down. The demolitions specialist on the squadron then formulated a plan: utilize the Shamans' arrogance to their advantage.

Meanwhile, Krey engaged the Overlord, whose power staff smashed back any assault Krey could bring.

The Shamans quickly made their way toward the Squad, and the plan was enacted. As soon as the Shamans reached a certain point, the squad (minus the Demolitions specialist) ran for other cover, with the Shamans in hot pursuit. One of the squad split off and began firing at the Overlord. This distraction was enough for Krey to slice the power staff into two pieces.

Meanwhile, the Demolitions specialist readied himself, and pressed the detonator.

All of the grenades that the entire squadron had exploded at once, flinging shrapnel and creating a massive explosion. The Shamans were in the direct path of the blast and all of them were killed nearly instantly. The Overlord found himself assaulted by even more enemies than he'd bargained on.

After a frantic struggle, the Overlord found himself with Krey Undran's wrist blade through his metallic chestplate... and the Third Nerok Uprising was over.

Aftermath
The Duel brought an end to the threat of the Nerok forever. The few Nerok still left were quickly mopped up by the Imperial Marines and the Sahharran Elite Agents. A few resurfaced in more recent times, brought back to life by scavengers on the desolate world... but they posed no threat, and the Jedi and Grey Knights alike decided that the Imperial Marines needed to become a more elite, more specialized group, essentially a last choice in an emergency.