Battle of Kashyyyk (Infinity War)

The Battle of Kashyyyk was a large-scale engagement in 145 ABY and the start of the Infinity War. Dark Reach invaded the homeworld of, and came into conflict with defending Federation of Free Planets forces and soon Galactic Arbiter forces.

Prelude
Following the fall of the and the founding of Dark Reach, Darth Cyrus plotted plans to invade the Federation of Free Planets using the remaining sovereign governments in the galaxy, including the Yevethan Empire and the. Wanting to make the war start, he invaded the homeworld of.

The battle
A Dark Reach fleet composed of Yevethan ships and Cyrus' Sith ships left hyperspace over, engaging satellite defenses over the planet immediately. The Dark Reach ships had numerical superiority to the Federation defense forces, which included small CY-180 corvettes and defense satellites developed by Cybe Drives.

Dark Reach dropships went to the surface of Kashyyyk, clearing space to land troops. Dark Reach land troops landed, ranging from Sith troopers to HAT-1As. The Dark Reach forces were met by warriors and Federation forces.

Dark Reach forces however had again, much like during the space battle, numerical superiority, outnumbering Wookiee and Federation forces alike. The Federation and Wookiee forces were ultimately pushed back to the corners of the planet in mere days, leaving only small portions of the planet under Federation control.

In retaliation, the Federation launched a counter-offensive against the forces of Dark Reach over Kashyyyk. In charge of the offensive were s Crassk and Kai Ar'Lya, later joined by Taw-Aet Menndal and his apprentice. Crassk and Kai led a large-scale battle in orbit of Kashyyyk, fighting the Dark Reach navy in order to allow space for the dropships to land forces.

Essentially, the dropships got through the defense layers planted by Dark Reach, dropping only a handfull of troops on the planet of those who were sent, the others having died in the process. The remaining Federation troops, led by Taw-Aet Menndal, managed to capture a better landing location, and immediately contacted the fleet in orbit, which was still busy fighting.

Nearby n forces joined the space battle, hyperspacing to Kashyyyk in order to secure the planet's orbit for Dark Reach. Galactic Arbiter Raphael Talon recieved word of the assault, and immediately prepared a fleet, judging that Dark Reach overstepped their borders. In mere hours, Raphael joined the Federation's forces against Dark Reach in orbit.

Kai Ar'Lya was informed by Taw-Aet Menndal about their progress in securing a landing location. Taw-Aet requested that landing troops were to be sent towards the planet, including his apprentice, Sarah Hex. Many vehicles, mainly CVW-803 tanks were brought planet-side to aid the pending invasion troops. Many Wookiees were found enslaved by Dark Reach, and consequently freed by the Federation troops as part of a plan to gain planetary forces.

Having freed most of the Wookiees without drawing attention, the Federation ground troops assaulted the Dark Reach stronghold that was forged of the remains of an old Wookiee fortress. Given the damage the fortress had taken in the invasion of Dark Reach, little remained of the fortress, and it would not take long for the Federation to destroy the walls. Soon, a firefight broke out within the fortress between Federation-aided Wookiees against the Dark Reach troops, which the Wookiees eventually won.

The Dark Reach ground presence was, eventually, retreated from the planet, that what remained was recalled to Xelos V, and having the Dark Reach naval forces continue fighting the Federation until the ground troops were evacuated. Following the evacuation, the remaining Dark Reach ships retreated into hyperspace.

Aftermath
Following the recapture of, Dark Reach retreated forces from Federation space, preparing for another attack, as well as for a counter-attack from the Federation.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Infinity War
 * Dark Reach