Battle of Barakua

"It's still a battle that rings endlessly in my head. I won't bother to ask if we did the right thing... I know we didn't."

- Caustan Melek Operation Deep Wound also known as the Battle of Barakua or The Great End to the Barakians, was the final and cataclysmic battle of the Great Imperium War. The battle displaced the Barakian population and virtually annihilated the planet of Barakua, leaving behind a shattered husk of a world. The battle stood as a symbol of the ferocity of the Great Imperium War, while also serving as the first location where the controversial Kalypsithenos policy was implemented in the Odestrian military doctrine. This policy involved the eradication of an enemies military and infrastructural capabilities so that they would never serve as a threat to the people of Odestria again.

Behind the scenes
This battle was created by User:Legion4hire for the purpose of creating the cataclysmic end to the Great Imperium War. While the initial reasoning for this creation has been muddled to memory, the intent was to create a battle in which no side could ever be considered the "good guy." To do this, he later took inspiration from the existent Battle of Malachor V to do this. In terms of real-world inspiration, he looked at the Battles of Berlin and Okinawa from the second world war as well as the Battle of Aleppo in Syria in order to craft the utter devastation and human loss that Operation Deep Wound ended up costing.