Battle of Sepan 8 The Battle of Sepan 8 was a battle during Admiral Harkov ' s campaign to end the Sepan Civil War . After learning that the Dimok and Ripoblus were meeting to negotiate an alliance against the Galactic Empire , Harkov led his forces in an attempt to capture the leaders of both sides . Prelude . Up until this point , the Dimok and the Ripoblus had been fighting a 40 - year civil war with each other across the Sepan System . When the Galactic Empire deployed Admiral Harkov to forcefully end the war in an attempt to restore order in the system , the Dimok and Ripoblus set aside their differences and agreed to form an alliance with each other in an attempt to drive away the Imperial force . They agreed to meet above Sepan 8 in Lambda - class T - 4a shuttles . This possible alliance worried the Imperials , so Harkov was sent to capture the leaders in order to prevent the alliance and in order to blackmail the two factions into ending the war without further objection . The battle . Harkov sent four Alpha - class Xg - 1 Star Wing s from Nu Squadron to intercept the Dimok and Ripoblus fleets meeting above Sepan 8 . Maarek Stele flew as Nu 2 . Their mission was to disable shuttles " Keydon " and " Phantele " before the meeting could commence . The Imperials first cleared out the Ripoblus Delta - class JV - 7 escort shuttle s and Dimok Z - 95 Headhunters who were patrolling the area . Once this was done , the Imperials attacked the two shuttles and disabled them . Two Imperial Delta - class DX - 9 stormtrooper transport s from Omega Squadron then hypered into the area to capture the leaders . Gunboats from Tau Squadron arrived to escort the transports . Desperate to prevent the capture , the Dimok deployed more squadrons of Z - 95s from the Nebulon - B2 frigate " Manus Ferre " to destroy Omega Squadron . The Ripoblus sent in more squadrons of escort shuttles as backup . The Dimok called in various capital ships , including the Light Calamari Cruiser " Falaricae " to provide additional support . Despite fierce resistance from both factions , Stele and his wingmen decimated the enemy squadrons and Omega Group was able to extract all of the prisoners . The shuttles " Keydon " and " Phantele " were then destroyed . Stele held off the enemy forces while the transports made off with their prizes . Before leaving , he inspected two Dimok cargo ferries , Glaive and Godendag , escorted by CR92a Assassin - class corvette Runka that were confirmed to have been carrying Imperial arms . He then destroyed the ferries to prevent them being used in the war . Aftermath . Despite the success of the attack , the prisoners that the Imperials had captured were not in fact the leaders of the Ripoblus and the Dimok , but the children of the respective leaders . They were to be exchanged as hostages in order to keep the opposite factions in line as part of a new treaty . This treaty was made to make both sides set aside their differences and join forces to resist against the Imperials . The children were held by the Imperials but may or may not have been sent home following the war ' s end . The alliance was short - lived as the Imperials broke the system ' s will to resist after a series of bloody skirmishes left the Ripoblus and Dimok militaries effectively defeated . Stele ' s discovery of more Imperial arms among the two factions further added to fears that an Imperial traitor was selling arms to various groups for personal profit . The Imperials were determined to discover who this traitor was , but it was not until after his betrayal that Admiral Harkov revealed his disloyalty to the Empire . Behind the scenes . The conflict is described in the game Star Wars : TIE Fighter . It is Battle 2 Mission 4 in the game . The player takes the role of Maarek Stele who is assigned as one of the Gunboats in Nu Squadron . The player has the option of inspecting the Cargo ferries and modified corvette as part of the secondary objectives . The bonus objectives , which are hidden from the player are to inspect the capital ships .