Evacuation of Korriban

"Go tell the Sith we die that they might live."

- Inscription upon the base of a monument to the Tsistaralkut in ,

The Evacuation of Korriban was a battle of the that occurred on  in late. The last major military engagement of the Sith genocide, the Evacuation was generally viewed as a  for the joint - coalition force and a  for the &mdash;though the battle resulted in the destruction of the  and the eradication of the Tsistaralkut, it saw the successful departure of the  for   and the resultant founding of the  in the decades that followed.

Prelude
In the immediate aftermath of the,  authorized a joint - counter-invasion of the  aimed at the  of the. During the last days of this, the  gathered a vestigial remnant of the Sith people aboard an  in the hopes of reestablishing the Sith Empire on , a forgotten Sith world far from the Republic's reach. Assembling on Republic-occupied, the fleet's s were restocked and refitted for the journey, hidden in the of the  and protected by artillery emplacements manned by survivors of the Tsistaralkut.

Battle
Obscured from view by the Lower Wilds' tangle of canyons and ravines, the Sith exodus fleet would have likely remained hidden indefinitely if not for the arrival of a dozen s of the. These capital ships had been independently tasked by the overseeing Jedi high command with destroying the monuments, tombs, and structures in the Valley of the Dark Lords by means of a and had only stumbled upon the hidden Sith fleet by accident. Despite their attempts to move within attack range of the docked Sith dreadnaughts, these battleships were repulsed by extensive Tsistaralkut artillery fire and were forced to remain off-station, occupying their attention with the destruction of the tombs located in Valley's upper canyons.

The Navy's relentless shelling of the upper Valley generated a dust storm that was driven downwind into the Lower Wilds by an easterly breeze, interfering with the s of the Sith artillery and permitting Republic ground forces to land under cover. A task force consisting of several dozen Jedi and two s was dispatched from aboard the Republic Navy battle group and landed out of range of the Tsistaralkut cannons near the pass from the upper Valley to the Lower Wilds. Charged with disabling the Sith artillery to clear a path for the Republic Navy, this group subsequently split into several smaller forces that fanned out across the Lower Wilds and assaulted each Sith cannon simultaneously. Their numbers were subsequently reinforced by additional Republic Army forces ferried to the Valley from occupied.

Faced with no choice except to flee, Vitiate ordered the Sith exodus fleet to depart in its present condition. Karos, the commanding officer of the Tsistaralkut, knew the fleet had no hope of escape without the suppressive covering fire of the Sith artillery holding off the Republic Navy. With his followers scattered across the Lower Wilds in defense of the Valley's artillery emplacements, he realized that they would not have enough time to abandon their guns and embark aboard the last Sith dreadnaught before coming under attack by the Republic capital ships and bombers. Not wanting to jeopardize the safety of the young refugees aboard the dreadnaught, Karos chose to remain behind with the remnants of his paramilitary, providing covering fire until the fleet's successful jump to.

Aftermath
Though the battle officially ended with the successful departure of the exodus fleet for Dromund Kaas, fighting continued in the Lower Wilds for several hours. Karos, a noted, bought time for his surviving followers to escape into the red wastes of Korriban by invoking the  ritual and summoning an army of s. Defended by his lieutenant Kazarkasimus and a volunteer bodyguard unit formed from the surviving of the Kohortwotok Wishastuwan, Karos and his undead horde engaged the Jedi and Republic ground forces in the Lower Wilds. The protracted skirmish continued until Karos alone remained. Engaging the overseeing Jedi Master in single combat to the death, Karos was finally cut down. No longer opposed by Sith artillery, the Sienar Battleships of the Republic Navy subsequently advanced into the Lower Wilds and shelled the various structures lining its canyon walls, bringing an end to the battle and the greater Sith genocide.

Though considered a for the Republic, the evacuation was a long term  for the Sith. The Sith exodus fleet eventually came to the lost colony world of Dromund Kaas after a lengthy perambulation across, establishing a  under Vitiate that eventually returned to the greater galaxy a millennia and a half later during the. Though the escape had come at the cost of the Tsistaralkut's eradication, the Sith paramilitary were not forgotten among the survivors of the Sith genocide. In addition to a number of monuments dedicated to their self-sacrifice, the Tsistaralkut were immortalized in the pages of the Qoritottoi, a  that recounting the events of the Sith genocide.