New Republic task force ( Kal ' Shebbol ) A task force served as part of the New Republic Navy during the Galactic Civil War . In 8 ABY , the task force was assigned to the liberation of Kal ' Shebbol , the capital of the remote Kathol sector , an area of space that was under the rule of Imperial warlord Moff Kentor Sarne . The task force arrived in the Kal ' Shebbol system at a specific time , which allowed a freighter carrying elements of Page ' s Commandos to infiltrate the planet with the intention of bringing down the planetary shields . The task force battled Sarne ' s forces in orbit , but were unable to prevent the Moff from escaping the planet in the " Carrack " - class light cruiser " Ambition " . However , despite this setback , Page ' s Commandos were successful in lowering the shields , allowing the New Republic to take Kal ' Shebbol . After the liberation , the task force was given three days to assist in securing the planet before it was to head to the Minos Cluster , hook up with Sarin Virgilio and his unit , and proceed to the Bozhnee sector to counter an Imperial official that Admiral Gial Ackbar was trying to box in . Because of these assignments , the Admiral in command could not afford to commit a large amount of manpower or equipment to a mission that had been planned to hunt down Sarne . However , he did release as much personnel and supplies as was possible . History . During the Galactic Civil War , a task force was part of the New Republic military . In 8 ABY , it was assigned to liberate the planet Kal ' Shebbol , the sector capital of the Kathol sector in the Outer Rim Territories . Since the death of Emperor Palpatine four years earlier during the Battle of Endor , the sector had been ruled by Moff Kentor Sarne as a breakaway warlord empire . As part of its campaign to deal with the Imperial warlords that had sprung up in the wake of the Empire ' s destabilization , along with rumors that Sarne was in possession of advanced alien technology , the New Republic chose to end Moff Sarne ' s rule . Commanded by an admiral , the task force entered the Kal ' Shebbol system at a pre - arranged time and place . As part of the battle plan , an unmarked civilian Ghtroc Industries Class 720 freighter carrying elements of the elite Page ' s Commandos , led by Lieutenant Judder Page , had entered the system prior to the task force ' s arrival . Using the confusion of the assault as cover , Page ' s Commandos were to infiltrate Moff Sarne ' s headquarters and lower the planetary shields . The task force engaged Moff Sarne ' s forces in orbit and bombarded the shields . While the task force fought with Sarne ' s ships in orbit , the Moff himself managed to escape the planet in the " Carrack " - class light cruiser " Ambition " . While Page ' s Commandos were successful in taking down the shields , Sarne marshaled his forces and disengaged from battle with the New Republic task force , managing to escape without revealing his hyperspace exit vector . With the shields down and Sarne ' s forces in retreat , the liberation of the planet began . With Kal ' Shebbol in New Republic hands , a mission was planned to follow Sarne into the Kathol sector . However , the task force had orders to leave Kal ' Shebbol in three days to rendezvous with a force under the command of New Republic officer Sarin Virgilio in the Minos Cluster . Admiral Gial Ackbar , Supreme Commander of the New Republic Defense Force , was trying to deal with a rogue Imperial causing trouble in the Bozhnee sector , and needed forces to deal with him . Lieutenant Page , the planner of the mission to track down Sarne , wanted the Admiral in command of the task force to release a ship from his command to undertake the mission , but the Admiral refused . He did inform the Lieutenant that if Page could find a ship and a crew to undertake the mission , then he would release as much personnel and supplies as he was able to assist the mission . When Page found a modified CR90 corvette that Sarne had abandoned in his retreat , the Admiral honored his word , transferring personnel — including starfighter pilots Lieutenant Commander Ranna Gorjaye , Dasha Defano , and Noell Ciro , navy Petty Officer Colton , and Page ' s Commandos support operative T ' achak T ' andar — and starfighters to the corvette , which had been christened as the " FarStar " . Shortly after transferring the needed personnel and supplies to the ship , the task force departed for the Minos Cluster . Organization . The task force was comprised of capital ships and starfighters with enough strength to defeat the forces of Moff Sarne and capture the planet Kal ' Shebbol , provided that the planetary shields had been disabled beforehand . The task force was commanded by an admiral , and the task force included pilots and support personnel for Page ' s Commandos . Behind the scenes . The task force was first mentioned in " The Saga Begins " , a short story written by Timothy Zahn that served as the lead - in to " The DarkStryder Campaign " , which was published by West End Games in 1995 .