Battle of Montmusart

The Battle of Montmusart was a major conflict that occured during the course of the First Expansion War. It was fought between the Gonian Ascendancy, aided by the Blue Sun Pirates, and the Vesperian Hegemony. It took place on the lush, tropical world of Montmusart. The Gonian Ascendancy's leader, Nadir Jahan, hated the leader of Vesperia, Rhulain Arkham, for supporting a rebellion in Gonian territory. After the rebellion was put down, the Gonian Ascendancy decided to assault Montmusart, a key world in the.

Battle
Rhulain Arkham, conqueror and leader of the powerful planet Vesperia, attracted the special hatred of Khan Nadir Jahan, not only as an ally of the New Republic but also for supporting the rebel guerilla known as the Freedom Fighters in the civil war after the death of Khan Tuman Timur. In 1514 ABY, Nadir led a huge armade into Vesperian controlled space, and assaulted the Vesperian forces on Montmusart.

After several brief skirmishes, the Vesperians retreated, poisoning the land behind them so that the Gonian Legion almost starved.

When the two armies met on the plain of Bissagos, however, it was the Gonian Ascendancy who triumphed, with their mix of infantry, heavily armoured tanks, and aerial forces beating the Vesperian infantry.

Aftermath
The Gonian Ascendancy went on to occupy the planet of Ecliptic, but a rebellion by the Fallout Division meant that the Gonian Ascendancy was forced to withdraw without achieving a decisive conquest.