Kell-Hutt War

The Kell-Hutt war, also called the Kell Invasion, was an interstellar conflict pitting the against the Kell Empire that began in 152 ABY, immediately following the New Slave War.

Background
The war between the Kell Empire and the Hutt's Grand Council was a conflict born primarily of circumstance. The Kell Empire, whose civilization had already dominated all of, began planning to invade the galaxy since first making contact with the in 139 ABY. For years they used disguised as traveling s to map  and monitor for any weaknesses. It was during that period that the Kell first encountered the Hutts, a race of gastropods who sickened the Kell in every way from their excessively indulgent lifestyles right down to their biology. It was early into their first encounters with the galactic races that the Kell decided the Hutts were not only unworthy of the that they possessed but they were also unworthy of their collective existence in what they believed would soon be a Kell-controlled galaxy.

In 152 ABY, only days after the conclusion of the New Slave Wars in which the Hutts were left defeated and devoid of allies, the Kell made the opportunistic decision to launch an invasion force against Hutt Space to conquer the region and establish their first true foothold in the galaxy -- a territory from which to conduct further campaigns against the rest of the galaxy.

Opening engagements
The war did not begin with any official declarations but rather a surprise attack. By order of Axion,  of the Kell Empire himself, the Kell Imperial Navy dispatched its First Expeditionary Fleet into Hutt Space through the territory's eastern boundaries. Under the command of Seiz, the Kell fleet was divided and broke through Hutt Space's borders along several points simultaneously, attacking numerous border-worlds and outposts with the most prominent of these early offensives taking place at, , and. Due to the disarray that followed the Hutts' defeat in the New Slave War as well as the Kells' element of surprise, the Hutt Council went unaware of the attacks on their worlds until after Ziugen fell, days after the invasion had already began.

In an attempt to repel the incursion into their realm, the did what they could to cobble together a force that could repel the Kell long enough for an effective defense to be assembled. Because they were the wealthiest and most well-off after the Slave War, the  led this early defense under the command of Joga Tiure. The Desilijic army, supplemented by s and skilled, provided a fairly strong defense and stalled some of the Kell armada's advance but the largest Kell force -- the Alpha Assault Group led by Seiz -- broke through each fortified position along the  before reaching , the capital of Hutt Space.

Fall of Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa
After routing the Hutt forces at, the Alpha Assault Group pushed hastily into the to Nal Hutta. Unsurprisingly, the system was guarded by dozens of Hutt warships and battle-stations, the bulk of which were positioned in orbit of the, where the Kell met their first major opposition in the system. After a brief clash between the two forces, Kiskua's fleets were forced to retreat to Nal Hutta's orbital region followed closely by Seiz's forces.