Battle of Gazzari The Battle of Gazzari took place in 1032 BBY during the second " Charge Matrica " . Following the destruction of a Daimanate testing facility , the Sith Lord Daiman planned to ambush his brother , Odion , at the planet Gazzari . Daiman allowed the captured Bothan Narsk Ka ' hane , who was responsible for the destruction of the facility , to overhear a conversation between Daiman and the Sith Lord Ayanos Bactra , who agreed to deliver an arxeum mobile university to Gazzari . Daiman then allowed Ka ' hane to escape and flee to his master , Odion , to alert him of the meeting . Unaware that Jedi Knight Kerra Holt had stowed aboard his ship , Daiman traveled to Gazzari with several mercenaries — including Jarrow Rusher , Mak Medagazy , and a Nosaurian mercenary — whom he had hired for the ambush . After Daiman ' s forces had assembled themselves on the ridges of a massive crater , Bactra arrived at the planet with the arxeum , which landed in the crater along with four transports filled with students . The forces of Odion then arrived and landed inside the crater with a massive siege tower known as a Death Spiral . Odion ' s forces engaged Daiman and the mercenaries , destroying all four transports and significantly damaging the arxeum . The mercenaries bombarded the Death Spiral with cannon fire , but were unable to destroy the tower , which deployed several speeder bikes , airspeeders , and walkers from its base . As many of the mercenaries began to retreat , unable to withstand the firepower of the Death Spiral , Holt shepherded the students off the battlefield to the cliffs of the crater . Strapping explosives to a speeder bike , Holt jammed the bike ' s accelerator and sent it into the Death Spiral ' s speeder bays , which resulted in an explosion that destroyed the tower . Holt then convinced Rusher , who had lost the majority of his forces , to allow her and the students aboard his ship , the " Diligence " . Ka ' hane , meanwhile , received a message from his true master , Vilia Calimondra , who wished for her grandchildren , Daiman and Odion , to unite their forces and destroy Bactra . Ka ' hane delivered the message , and Daiman and Odion immediately turned on Bactra , whose forces were observing the battle near Gazzari ' s sun . Bactra ' s ships retreated into hyperspace with Daiman and Odion in pursuit , while the " Diligence " , too damaged to continue fighting and crowded with the student refugees , made for Byllura , a planet located in another Sith state . Following the battle , the brothers invaded and conquered Bactra ' s territory , and Odion captured Bactra ' s capital . Prelude . In 1032 BBY during the second " Charge Matrica " , the Bothan spy Narsk Ka ' hane , who secretly worked for the Sith Lord Vilia Calimondra , was hired by Calimondra ' s grandson , the Sith Lord Odion . Odion ordered Ka ' hane to gather information on Odion ' s younger brother Daiman ' s starship , " Convergence " , which was under construction at the Daimanate Dynamic Testing Facility on the planet Darkknell , and , subsequently , to destroy the ship . Using a Cyricept Personal Concealment System , Mark VI stealth suit , Ka ' hane infiltrated the testing facility and downloaded the " Convergence " technical readouts onto a datapad . Leaving several baradium thermal charges with the ship , Ka ' hane left the facility . However , he was spotted by Jedi Knight Kerra Holt , who hoped to obtain the Mark VI for her own use against Daiman . After a chase through the streets of the city Xakrea , Holt incapacitated Ka ' hane and activated his remote detonator , which caused the destruction of the testing facility . Taking Ka ' hane ' s Mark VI and detonator , Holt left the Bothan in a garbage bin , where he was captured by Daiman ' s police , the Corrector s . Daiman , with suspicions of Odion ' s involvement in the destruction of the facility , plotted to ambush his brother . He brought Ka ' hane to his fortress , the Sanctum Celestial , where he contacted the Quermian Ayanos Bactra , a neutral Sith Lord who preferred to gain power through corporate bureaucracy rather than military might . Daiman had recently allowed one of Bactra ' s corporations , Industrial Heuristics , to recruit students from Darkknell and elsewhere in his territory — known as the Daimanate — in exchange for the fruits of the students ' research . Daiman requested an arxeum , a mobile university dedicated to the science of war , as well as recruits that Industrial Heuristics had taken from the Daimanate . In exchange , Daiman granted Bactra safe passage through the Daimanate to strike at Vellas Pavo , a gadolinium - rich planet . Bactra agreed to deliver the arxeum and the students to the volcanic world of Gazzari , on the frontier of Daiman ' s border with the Odionate — Odion ' s territory . Intending to lure Odion to Gazzari , Daiman allowed Ka ' hane to listen in on his conversation with Bactra and secretly ordered the bonds holding the Bothan spy to be loosened , so that Ka ' hane could escape and tell Odion what he had overheard . With the help of Holt , who sneaked into the Sanctum with Ka ' hane ' s Mark VI , the Bothan fled and told his master of Daiman ' s plans . Daiman had also invited several mercenaries to the Sanctum Celestial to help him execute the ambush . Among them were Brigadier Jarrow Rusher , Mak Medagazy , Kr ' saang the Togorian , and a Nosaurian mercenary . After his meeting with Bactra , Daiman hired the mercenaries and directed them to Gazzari , where they were to deploy their forces and await the arrival of Odion . Kr ' saang , though , refused to work for Daiman , insisting that he only participated in direct confrontations , not in ambushes . Instead of allowing Kr ' saang to leave , however , Daiman killed the Togorian with his lightsaber . He then sent Correctors to appropriate Kr ' saang ' s shock trooper s and his ship , the " Dar ' oosh " , making them a part of his slave army . Daiman also met resistance from Rusher , who was uncomfortable with the idea of using young students as bait . When Daiman began Force - choking the brigadier , however , Rusher agreed to participate . The mercenaries departed for Gazzari , as did Daiman , unaware that the Jedi Holt , who was in possession of several baradium nitrate charges stolen from Darkknell , had stowed aboard his ship , the " Era Daimanos " , with the intention of assassinating the Sith Lord . Holt , however , was unable to locate Daiman aboard the ship during its journey to Gazzari . The " Era Daimanos " landed upon its arrival — although Daiman left the rest of his fleet outside the system — while Rusher ' s Brigade landed in the ship " Diligence " . Rusher ' s eight battalions — Coyn ' skar , Dematoil , Flechette , Rantok , Ripper , Sat ' skar , Serraknife , and Zhaboka — assembled their Kelligdyd laser cannons on the eastern ridge of a massive bowl crater several kilometers across . The Nosaurian mercenary positioned his Brock - Eight cannon s on the northern ridge , and Medagazy ' s battle droids were arranged among the crevasses inside the crater . Due to the constant ash and rainfall on the planet , the floor of the crater had turned to a thick tar , which made landing a starship or building a structure virtually impossible inside the crater . However , Daiman and his mercenaries built several temporary structures to give enemy vessels the opposite impression . Daiman ' s forces , invisible from orbit due to the thick clouds of volcanic ash , lined the ridge on all sides , surrounding the crater , where the trap set for Odion was to be sprung . The battle . Odion ' s arrival . Upon reaching Gazzari , Kerra Holt left the " Era Daimanos " and shed her Mark VI , which had become useless due to the planet ' s volcanic ash that clung to the suit . Carrying the baradium nitrate in a bandolier she had taken from Ka ' hane on Darkknell , Holt made her way toward Daiman ' s command dome , planning to use the baradium and the remote detonator to kill him . She was spotted by a Nautolan trooper , but quickly killed him by suffocating the trooper with his own head tendril . She picked up the trooper ' s rifle and reached the command dome , where she heard Daiman speaking with his aide , Uleeta . Before Holt could detonate the explosives , however , four transports from Industrial Heuristics arrived and descended into the crater . Within a few moments , the arxeum set down a kilometer to the east of the transports . The transports lowered their landing ramps , and the young students inside them poured out , making their way toward the arxeum . Holt , realizing that the students were being used as bait , resolved to protect them . Cutting down two Daimanite troopers with her lightsaber , she ran toward the students in the valley , but was hindered by a stinging pain in her heart , caused by the arrival of Lord Odion in the system . Aboard his flagship , " Sword of Ieldis " , Odion — who had taken Ka ' hane to Gazzari with him — ordered his Givin navigator , Jelcho , to search for Daiman ' s forces . Although they saw no trace of Daiman ' s fleet in the system , they did spot about a dozen of Bactra ' s ships near Gazzari ' s sun , where they could observe the events on the planet from a safe distance . Although Odion knew that Bactra had just delivered the arxeum , he ordered his fleet not to fire on the Quermian ' s forces . Instead , his flotilla — which consisted of a quarter of his home fleet — formed an orbital perimeter around the planet and awaited the arrival of his most important weapon , a massive siege tower called the Death Spiral . Once the Death Spiral exited hyperspace behind Odion ' s fleet , the Sith Lord ordered his Thunder Guard units to their transports . He then boarded his own transport , ordering Jelcho and Ka ' hane to come with him . The Death Spiral landed in the crater , directly between the Industrial Heuristics transports and the arxeum , cutting the students off from their intended destination . After releasing scores of speeder bikes , airspeeders , and three - legged armored walkers from its base , the Death Spiral raised a powerful energy shield . The artillery units of Rusher and the Nosaurian mercenary began to pummel the Death Spiral with laserfire , but when Rusher noticed the Death Spiral continue to move and fire , he demanded a damage assessment from his spotter , Sergeant Wenna ' lah . Wenna ' lah reported that the Death Spiral had taken no damage , and Rusher ordered Ripper and Sat ' skar Battalions to concentrate projectile attacks on the Death Spiral . He also commanded his energy weapons crews to fire on Odion ' s vehicles and personnel , which were fanning out across the valley toward the arxeum and the Industrial Heuristics transports . Once Odion ' s forces had landed , Daiman ' s fleet made the hyperspace jump to Gazzari , hoping to trap Odion ' s forces in the system . On the surface , the members of Odion ' s Thunder Guard — many on speeder bikes — engaged Medagazy ' s battle droids , which were charging the valley from the east . Three members of the Thunder Guard on speeder bikes broke off to engage Holt , who was still trying to reach the students . Holt killed the three troopers and hijacked one of the speeder bikes , using it to reach the students . She shepherded them toward the arxeum , where they could use its massive body for cover from the Death Spiral . Turn of events . The Death Spiral meanwhile continued to rain fire on Daiman ' s forces , and disabled many of Rusher ' s Kelligdyd cannons . Tun - Badon , commander of Serraknife Battalion , was ordered by Rusher to unload the Gweith Brothers concussion missile launchers from the " Diligence " . However , the constant fire from the Death Spiral had put Serraknife , Flechette , and Sat ' skar Battalions out of action . While Rusher searched for a safe route to pull his battalions back to the " Diligence " , Ryland Dackett , the " Diligence " master , led a recovery team to Serraknife ' s position , hoping to salvage equipment and survivors from the battalion . Although Dackett had intended to stay on the ship , the presence of Odion was , unbeknownst to many , causing troops on the battlefield to act recklessly , even suicidally . Dackett was injured before he could reach Serraknife , but he was rescued by the clumsy Duros recruit Beadle Lubboon , who pulled him to safety with a cargo crawler and a makeshift stretcher . Rusher , meanwhile , ordered a general retreat , using the battalions on either side of the " Diligence " to protect the ship and the forces returning to it . Aboard one of Odion ' s transports , Narsk Ka ' hane , under surveillance by the navigator Jelcho , received a signal from his true master , Vilia Calimondra . The Sith Lord wished for her grandsons to unite against Bactra , who was still observing the battle from space , and she ordered Ka ' hane to deliver her message to them . However , the Bothan ' s comlink was not working due to his proximity to the Death Spiral ' s energy shield . Convincing Jelcho to leave him and join the battle against Daiman , Ka ' hane made his way south of the Death Spiral , where he hoped the reception would be clearer . However , he waited to deliver the message , as both Odion and Daiman were on the battlefield , approaching each other and preparing for a duel . With both Sith Lords engrossed in the battle , Ka ' hane found it unlikely either of them would receive his message . Meanwhile , Holt , who was still trying to lead the students to safety , also felt the subconscious suicidal effects of Odion ' s presence . As she leaped off her speeder bike to impale one of Odion ' s Vodran troopers , she noticed Daiman ' s command dome , untouched beneath its raised energy shield . Believing she had left the baradium nitrate just outside the dome , Holt prepared to detonate it , unaware that the bandolier was still slung over her shoulder . She was saved by Tan Tengo , a Sullustan student , who distracted Holt and prevented her from detonating the explosives . Holt , suddenly realizing that the bandolier was on her shoulder , saw a speeder bike flying toward her , piloted by Jelcho . Standing her ground , Holt used the Force to telekinetically push the bike to the ground and then knocked the Givin unconscious . Using her bandolier to secure Jelcho to the bike , Holt jammed the bike ' s accelerator and sent it flying into the speeder bays of the Death Spiral . Once the explosives were inside the speeder bays , Holt set off the explosives using the detonator she had stolen from Ka ' hane , destroying the siege tower . She then led the students to the east , where the laser fire from the Death Spiral had created a path to the top of the ridge . Climbing to the top , Holt encountered Jarrow Rusher and the remnants of his brigade , whose members were now loading their weaponry onto the " Diligence " . After a lengthy argument , Holt convinced Rusher — who had lost five - sixths of his forces , including all of Dematoil , Sat ' skar , and Serraknife Battalions — to allow her student refugees aboard his ship . After the destruction of the Death Spiral , Ka ' hane was able to deliver Calimondra ' s message to Odion and Daiman . One ship each from the Odionate and the Daimanate met on the surface of the planet as the " Diligence " , carrying Rusher , Holt , and the arxeum students , made for space , where the battle had been just as fierce . Several ships from both sides had been destroyed , while Bactra ' s forces observed the carnage untouched . As Daiman ' s mercenaries fled the planet , ships from both the Daimanate and the Odionate fired on them , unsure of whose side they were on . Witnessing the destruction of the infantry carrier " Remorseless " , Rusher ordered that the " Diligence " be brought closer to Bactra ' s forces , hoping to hide there for safety . However , Calimondra ' s order was finally received and transmitted to the fleets of both Daiman and Odion , and their forces began firing on Bactra ' s ships , destroying half of the Quermian ' s flotilla in under a minute . Nevertheless , the " Diligence " survived the onslaught as Bactra ' s forces fled to hyperspace , and Daiman and Odion ordered their troops to the planet Jutrand , Bactra ' s capital . As the forces of all three Sith Lords made for Jutrand , the " Diligence " , too damaged to continue fighting and carrying over a thousand students seeking refuge from the battle , fled to Byllura , a planet in the Sith state known as the Dyarchy , where they hoped they could find safety for themselves and the refugees . Aftermath . The forces of Daiman and Odion spearheaded an invasion into Bactra ' s holdings , known as the Bactranate . Numerous Sith of the Calimondra family , including Daiman , Lioko , and Malakite , all captured portions of Bactra ' s territory , and Odion himself captured the capital of Jutrand . On Byllura , Holt and Rusher found that the planet ' s entire population were slaves to the Sith twins Quillan and Dromika , and as a battle broke out , they fled , taking Quillan with them . The planet was then captured by Arkadia Calimondra , Vilia Calimondra ' s granddaughter and the older sister of Quillan and Dromika . Arkadia , offering protection for Holt , Rusher , and the students , took the " Diligence " to the planet Syned in her own territory , the Arkadianate . According to her , Bactra had fled to a Quermian retirement colony following the fall of his capital . Vilia Calimondra later initiated a Bequest , a meeting of her family , in which she praised her Sith grandchildren for their destruction of the Bactranate and doled out Bactra ' s various corporations to them . Vilia allowed Odion to maintain control of Jutrand , but gave control of Industrial Heuristics to Daiman . The " Diligence " later escaped the Arkadianate with the help of Narsk Ka ' hane , and fled to Republic space . Behind the scenes . The Battle of Gazzari was created by John Jackson Miller for use in his first professional novel , " Knight Errant " , which was released in January 2011 . Although the timing of the battle fits with the Sith civil war of the Republic Dark Age , Miller prefers to categorize the battle as part of the second " Charge Matrica " . Although this does not refute the possibility that the battle is indeed part of the Sith civil war , the novel gives the second " Charge Matrica " as the foundation of the conflict between Daiman and Odion .