Battle of Cardassia

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|name=Battle of Cardassia
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|conflict=First Order-Tune Squad War
|date=August 9-12, 2039Star Wars: Timelines
|place=*Cardassian systemThe Musketeers: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
*Korhal system
|result=*Pyrrhic First Order victory
**Deaths of a majority of Tune Squad High CommandThe Musketeers: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
**The Tune Squad forces flees to Korhal
**Deaths of Principal Cinch, General Don Wei, Admiral Gial Ackbar, Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, Mr. Gronkle, Galvatron and Supreme Leader Snoke, who is succeeded by Kylo Ren
**Dissolution of the Elite Praetorian Guard
**Destruction of Captain Kirk's USS Enterprise
**The First Order Navy suffers heavy losses, including the Supremacy
|side1=*First Order
*Knights of Ren
*Martian Empire
*Klingon Empire
|side2=*Tune Squad
*Jedi Order
*United Federation of Planets
|commanders1=*Supreme Leader Snoke†
*Master of the Knights of Ren Kylo Ren
*Queen Scarlett
*Principal Cinch†
*Commander Wallflower Blush
*Commander Marvin the Martian
*Khan Noonien Singh
*Queen Tyr'ahnee
*Galvatron†
*Commander Kruge
|commanders2=*Queen Minnie Mouse
*Admiral Gial Ackbar†
*Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo†
*General Don Wei†
*Commander Molly Wei
*General Zoey
*Sinnoh Champion Cynthia
*Captain James T. Kirk
*Captain Jean-Luc Picard
*General Olivia Flaversham
*Lieutenant Dawn
*Captain Ameila
*Princess Twilight Sparkle
*Jedi Knight Sunset Shimmer
*Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke
|unit1=*Elite Praetorian Guard†
*Supremacy task force
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|forces1=*Knights of Ren
*1 Mega-class Star Dreadnought
**Supremacy
*90 Resurgent-class Star Destroyers
**Finalizer
*30 Klingon Bird-of-Preys
**Kruge's Bird-of-Prey
*95 Martian starcruisers
*105 Jem'Hader battle cruisers
*1 Miranda class
**USS Reliant (NCC-1864)
*1 TIE/vn space superiority fighter
**Kylo Ren's TIE silencer
*Martian starfighters
*Jem'Hader fighters
*TIE/fo space superiority fighters
*TIE/sf space superiority fighters
*Executioner troopers
*Klingons
*Megablaster heavy assault troopers
*Riot control stormtroopers
*Snowtroopers
*Stormtroopers
*First Guard†
*Third Guard†
*Seventh Guard†
|forces2=*10 Jedi
**Huckle Cat
**Lowly Worm
**Ursula
**Gwen Dracula
**Lucy Heartfilia
*12,000 Tune Squad personnel
*41 Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbusters
**Ninka†
*36 CR90 corvettes
**Burke†
**Dodonna's Pride
**Masanya
*10 Vakbeor-class cargo frigatesStar Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections
**Vigil†
*19 Marauder-class corvettes
**Albion
**Bellerophon†
**Bonaventure†
*82 Nebulon-C escort frigates
**Anodyne†
*29 Nebula class
**USS Lexington (NCC-30405)†
*1 Constitution II class†
**USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)†
*8 Akira class
**USS Thunderchild
*16 Defiant class
**USS Defiant
*RLS Legacy
*1 submarine cruiser†
**Ulysses†
*28 Assault Frigate Mark IIs
*23 Miranda class
**USS Majestic†
**USS Sitak†
**USS Trial
**USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)†
*1 Sovereign class
**USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
*28 Galaxy class
**USS Venture (Galaxy-class)
*68 Excelsior class
**USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)
**USS Melbourne†
*1 MC85 Star Cruiser
**Raddus†
*RZ-2 A-wing interceptors
*T-70 X-wing starfighters
*BTA-NR2 Y-wing starfighters
*100 U-55 orbital loadlifters
*1 stolen First Order All Terrain Scout Transport
*1 stolen Xi-class light shuttle
*1 yacht 
**Libertine 
|casual1=*Snoke
*Principal Cinch
*Galvatron
*Many First Order officers
*Many Megablaster heavy assault troopers
*Many stormtroopers
*At least 2 executioner troopers
*Elite Praetorian Guard
*Supremacy crippled
*40 Resurgent-class Star Destroyers crippled or destroyed
*15 Klingon Bird-of-Preys
*55 Martian Starcruiserss
*30 Jem'Hader battle cruisers
*Many TIE fighters
*Many Martian Starfighters
*Many Jem'Hader fighters
*Keiji Arima
|casual2=*Many Tune Squad personnel
**Gial Ackbar
**Mr. Arrow
**Mr. Gronkle
**Guila Angira
**Idrosen Gawat
**Amilyn Holdo
**Don Wei
**B
**Tallissan Lintra
**Stomeroni Starck
**Ushos O. Statura
**Unidentified Anodyne pilot
**Unidentified transport pilot
*355 Tune Squad ships destroyed
*Raddus
*Ulysses
*USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
*55 U-55 loadlifters
*Many Tune Squad starfighters
*The hijacked AT-ST
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The Battle of Cardassia took place in August 2039 when the First Order attacked the Tune Squad within the Cardassian system, intent on destroying the New Republic that opposed their conquest of the galaxy. Owing to technological innovations pioneered by Queen Scarlett, the First Order military had the ability to track the Tune Suqad fleet through hyperspace. Possessing enough fuel for only one more jump to lightspeed, the Tune Squad searched for another way to escape from the First Order.
Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo and General Zoey took charge of the Tune Squad after an attack on the command ship Raddus incapacitated Queen Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck. While Holdo planned to sacrifice the Tune Squad's starships in order to hide the survivors on Korhal, Commander Molly Wei, General Don Wei and the Sinnoh League Champion Cynthia took matters into their own hands by devising a plan to save the fleet. Twilight Sparkle and Lucy Heartfilia therefore traveled to Canto Bight on Cantonica, intent on recruiting Professor Quirinus Quirrell so that they could disable the First Order's active tracker.
Meanwhile, Sunset Shimmer boarded the Supremacy, flagship of the First Order Navy, and was taken prisoner by her rival Kylo Ren. Following her short and unconventional training under Jedi Master Mickey Mouse, Sunset left the planet Earth intent on confronting Ren in person. The bond between them in the Force had shown Sunset that there was still light within the former Ken Ichijouji, leading her to believe that the dark warrior was in fact the key to defeating the First Order.
Twilight and Lucy also made it to the dreadnought with Quirrell's assistance. However, they were caught and apprehended by Principal Cinch's stormtroopers, leading the professor to betray his allies in order to save himself. Molly and Don Wei, whose conflict with Holdo came to a head, staged a mutiny and took control of Raddus. Although Molly secured control of the bridge, Minnie and Daisy regained consciousness and subdued the Tune Squad pilot, thus ending the insurrection.
By then, Kylo Ren had taken Sunset directly to his dark side master, Supreme Leader Snoke, who tortured and interrogated Sunset in order to learn the location of Mickey's hermitage. Having gained the knowledge he sought, Snoke ordered Ren to execute Sunset, but Ren instead saved her by killing his master. They stood together as allies against the late Snoke's Elite Praetorian Guards, all of whom fell in battle against the two Force warriors. When Sunset beseeched Ren to call off the First Order's attack on the Tune Squad, Ren revealed he had no intention of saving the queen's insurgents and invited Sunset to rule the galaxy at his side. Disillusioned, Sunset rejected Ren's entreaty and decided to save the Tune Squad on her own.
After the crew of the Raddus embarked to Korhal via several transports and the remaining starships, Holdo sacrificed her life by piloting the MC85 Star Cruiser directly through the Supremacy at lightspeed, cutting the Star Dreadnought in half. Don Wei then sacrificed his life by activating the self-destruct sequence of the USS Enterprise directly through the First Order fleet, destroying 85 ships in the process. In the ensuing chaos, Kylo Ren stepped forth to claim his fallen master's throne, although he had to intimidate Queen Scarlett into recognizing his ascension as the new Supreme Leader of the First Order. After Ren secured Scarlett and Wallflower Blush's allegiance, they personally oversaw the First Order Army's deployment to Korhal. Vowing to forge a new galactic order, Ren invaded Korhal with the intention of ending the war once and for all. As such, he instructed his army to give no quarter nor take any prisoners.
==Prelude==
In the aftermath of the destruction of Starkiller Base, the forces of the First Order attacked the Tune Squad base on D'Qar. Having failed to annihilate the planet before the superweapon was destroyed, the First Order Navy deployed a fleet of Resurgent-class Star Destroyers along with the Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought Fulminatrix. While the Tune Squad evacuated their starbase, Commander Molly Wei engaged the dreadnought alone, using her Whizzing Arrow III to clear the surface turrets before ordering a bombing run. Though her plan succeeded in destroying the warship, the Tune Squad fleet sustained medium losses before escaping into hyperspace.
Queen Scarlett was likewise admonished by her superior, Supreme Leader Snoke, who telekinetically assaulted the former Director by way of the Force. In an effort to assuage the Supreme Leader's anger, Scarlett revealed that the First Order had developed the hyperspace tracker, a technological breakthrough that would allow their forces to track the Tune Squad's movement through hyperspace and determine their likeliest destination. Snoke was pleased with his queen's plan, though less so with his apprentice, the dark warrior Kylo Ren, who returned to his master shortly after the loss of Starkiller Base. Where he once considered Ren the natural heir of his legendary heir, the Sith Lord Delightful Children from Down the Lane, Snoke berated Ren for failing to defeat Sunset Shimmer, a Jedi Knight girl with many experience in lightsaber combat. In losing his master's favor, Ren flew into a rage and destroyed his combat helmet, and then instructed his subordinates to prepare his personal starfighter.
==The battle==
===Chasing the Tune Squad fleet===
Upon entering the Cardassian system via hyperspace, the Tune Squad immediately set to work by combing its fleet when they were set upon by a fleet of First Order Star Destroyers, which began the Battle of Cardassia.Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy Comprising ninety Resurgent-class vessels, thirty Klingon Bird-of-Preys, ninety-five Martian starships, one-hundred Jem'Hader battle cruisers and the Supreme Leader's flagship, the Mega-class Star Dreadnought Supremacy, the First Order fleet destroyed the Vakbeor-class cargo frigate Vigil, before it could activate its deflector shields. Though the means were unknown to them at the time, the Tune Squad deduced that the First Order had discovered a way to track ships through hyperspace, making another jump to lightspeed futile as well as a waste of fuel. General Zoey and Commander Molly volunteered to lead a counterattack in order to defend the Tune Squad command ship, the MC85 Star Cruiser Raddus. At the same time, Minnie instructed the Tune Squad ships in her fleet to attack the First Order aliens ships and move out of range of the Star Destroyers.
At that same moment, the battle quickly generated into a melee as the Tune Squad ships closed to point-blank range with the First Order forces. With ships so widely dispersed among the First Order fleet, inter-ship coordination became more difficult. When the First Order ships started firing, cutting off starships' contact with each other, the melee dissolved into a total free-for-all, with every ship fighting practically on its own, or at most in twos and threes.
For the Tune Squad, it was very quickly becoming a winning or losing battle. Unable to concentrate their attack on specific points in the enemy fleet, the First Order's superior firepower gradually wore down the swifter but less powerful Starfleet vessels. Many of the older Excelsior class and Nebulon-C escort frigates starships were lost in this phase of the battle, overwhelmed by incoming fire from all sides.
The Raddus' hangar was destroyed by a torpedo fired from Kylo Ren's TIE/vn space superiority fighter. Several pilots died in the attack, including Tallissan Lintra, although Mr. Gronkle narrowly survived. Following his successful assault on the hangar, Ren had an opportunity to destroy the submarine cruiser Ulysses. Several crewmembers died in the explosion, although Strawberry Shortcake and Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke narrowly survived. Following his successful assault on the submarine, Ren had an opportunity to destroy the bridge of the command ship but found himself unable to open fire on Queen Minnie Mouse. However, a member of Kylo Ren's personal squadron, Keiji Arima, held nothing back and crashed straight into the bridge, desiring to make the Tune Squad suffer for the destruction of Starkiller Base. The attack obliterated the Tune Squad High Command, killing Admiral Gial Ackbar and other Tune Squad officers with the exception of Minnie and Daisy Duck, who called upon the Force to survive the vacuum of space and return to the Raddus. Queen Scarlett insisted that Ren and Wallflower Blush return to the Supremacy, which could end the first wave of attack due to the distance between the First Order and the Tune Squad ships. Although Ren and Wallflower complied, their squadmates were shot down by the Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster Ninka.
With Minnie and Daisy incapacitated and the other high-ranking officers killed in the attack, command of the Tune Squad defaulted to Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, and General Zoey who's had a great experience of leading the New Republic. Designed from the Admiral's plans, Molly, Zoey, General Don Wei and the Sinnoh League Champion Cynthia devised their own plan to save the fleet with the help of Tune Squad technician Lucy Heartfilia and Princess Twilight Sparkle. Using the information that Twilight acquired from her past service aboard the Lusankya, the trio intended to disable the hyperspace tracker so that the Tune Squad could jump to lightspeed without fear of being tracked. Their plan required the service of Professor Quirinus Quirrell, and as such, they contacted Maz Kanata, who pointed them to the casino city of Canto Bight on Cantonica. Time was of the essence, however, as the Tune Squad fleet was running high on their fuel supply.
The remaining Tune Squad ships continued to attack the larger First Order vessels, their speed and strong shields able to keep them just out of range enough for the Supremacy turbolasers to be ineffective. However, their fuel reserves were running low, and one by one, the other ships ran out of shields and were immediately destroyed once they had drifted into range of the enemy. The Nebulon-C escort frigate, Anodyne which was also their medical frigate, was also run dry and was shortly followed by Holdo's former ship, the Ninka.
Even though, both their crews successfully managed to evacuate their doomed craft before their destruction. This left the Raddus, the USS Enterprise the RLS Legacy and the remaining 44 Tune Squad ships in the fleet, carrying what now amounted to the entire Tune Squad. Vice Admiral Holdo revealed her plan to evacuate the Tune Squad on to small transports. Believing the action to be too risky and foolish, Molly incited a mutiny and had the leadership held at gunpoint by at least three Tune Squad members as she, Dawn, Don Wei, and two other Tune Squad members went to contact Twilight and Lucy. The two had found Professor Quirrell who successfully got them onto the Supremacy.
===Infiltrating the Supremacy===
Meanwhile, Twilight, Lucy, Quirrell, and BB-8 infiltrated the Supremacy and got into the room where they could disable the tracker. However, a First Order astromech droid, BB-9E, had found the group out earlier and called in reinforcements, causing them to be confronted by Galvatron, Principal Cinch and her troops. However, after being caught by Cinch's troops, Quirrell told the First Order the Tune Squad's plan, which he had overheard Twilight and Lucy mention, in exchange for money.
Twilight and Lucy were about to be executed by the First Order when the sudden destruction of the Supremacy sent everyone into chaos. The duo freed themselves and attempted to make for a nearby shuttle, only for Cinch and Galvatron to emerge from the flames and begin firing on them. Suddenly, an AT-ST started firing on Cinch and her troops, soon revealed to be piloted by BB-8. In the chaos, Twilight engaged Cinch with her lightsaber, and was initially overpowered, but she eventually managed to hit Cinch and Galvatron in a surprise attack before they fell into a fiery pit to their deaths. Twilight, Lucy and BB-8 then hijacked a shuttle and escaped the remains of the Supremacy, heading toward the Terran Dominon world on Korhal.
===Mutiny on the Raddus===
Aboard the Raddus, Holdo fought back against Molly's mutiny as she and her allies stunned her allies. As Molly heard about the capture, Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck broke into the room she locked herself in and stunned her, returning her to Holdo as the Tune Squad fighters prepared to evacuate the Raddus. Holdo decided to stay onboard to confront the First Order in an act of self-sacrifice, and when Molly came to, Captain James. T Kirk then hails the Bird-of-Prey, demanding that the crew surrender within two minutes or face destruction. Kruge determines that Enterprise is less of a threat than Kirk is letting on, and calls Kirk's bluff, ordering them to surrender instead. The captain finally gives in, and Kruge gives Kirk fifteen minutes to prepare to be boarded. As Molly Wei saddened for what she had done, Jordan comforts her but she tells him that sacrificing the Enterprise would be another compromise in a long line of compromises in Humanity's dealings with the First Order. "No further," Molly intones, for she intends to make the First Order pay for what they've done.
Seemingly defeated, Cynthia examines the broken pieces of the Whizzing Arrow model and gently chides the commander that her little ships are broken and begins to exit the lounge. "See you around, Ahab." As she does, the words of Moby Dick echo from her memory…
"…and he piled upon the whale's white hump; the sum of all the rage and hate felt by his whole race. If his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it."
Cynthia confesses she never actually read the book. With a smile on her lips, Molly explains that Captain Ahab had spent years hunting the whale that had crippled him, but his quest for vengeance eventually destroyed him and his ship. Realizing that she is indeed walking the same path, Molly sets her phaser rifle next to the broken pieces of the Whizzing Arror model and enters the bridge consulting with Sulu as to the crew numbers of a Bird-of-Prey, realizing that their only chance of survival is to eliminate as many of the Klingons as possible in one go. Molly Wei finally gives the order…
"Prepare to evacuate the Enterprise."
Molly orders Kirk, Cynthia, Jordan, Worf, Jean-Luc Picard and Sulu to go to the transporter room and set beam-down coordinates for the transports, while she, Don Wei, and Dawn activate the ship's auto-destruct sequence from the science station. With the five-minute countdown begun, Picard, as hopeful as he was following the destruction of the Enterprise-A, quips that there are still "plenty of letters left in the alphabet." Worf turns to exit as Molly stops him, regretting some the remarks she made to him earlier. The pilot adds that the Klingon is the greatest Klingon she's ever known. Worf accepts the apology and they shake hands. Molly, Picard, and Dawn make a hasty departure to the transporter room, and then the seven crewmembers leave the Enterprise for the last time while Don Wei decided to stay onboard to confront the First Order in an act of sacrifice.
Having learned of the Tune Squad's plan from Quirrell, the First Order fired the Supremacy turbolasers batteries at the unprotected escape vessels, destroying all but 45 of them. They saw that the Raddus and the Enterprise was preparing to jump to hyperspace, but believed the cruisers was deserting the Tune Squad. Once they realized the ship was turning towards the Supremacy, a frantic Queen Scarlett ordered to fire all cannons on the Raddus and the Enteprise, but it was too late. Holdo jumped into hyperspace, shearing the massive ship in half and completely destroying fourty other Star Destroyers on escort duty or being repaired on one of the lower hangars. The Enterprise's auto-destruct detonates: the bridge is engulfed in explosions that instantly kill the Klingon boarding party. As the saucer disintegrates in a series of explosions, a final detonation destroys the primary hull and knocks the lifeless hulk that was once the USS Enterprise out of orbit and into the atmosphere of Korhal.
===Duel aboard the Supremacy===
While the First Order pursued the Tune Squad fleet, Sunset Shimmer and Kylo Ren discovered that they shared a powerful Force-bond with each other. Their connection was raw and unprecedented; it not only made it easier to sense the other's thoughts and emotions, but also allowed them to see and hear each other across a distance spanning light-years.The Musketeers: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition The bond, which both Ren and Sunset became aware of to an extent upon their encounter, was manipulated by Snoke, who bridged the minds of his apprentice and the pony girl from Earth, knowing that Sunset would be drawn to the conflict within Ren. At the time neither Ren nor Sunset were aware of Snoke's machinations, and the animosity Sunset felt towards the dark apprentice gradually gave way to a new understanding as their bond granted her insights into Ren that not even her reluctant mentor, Jedi Master Mickey Mouse, could see. Sensing that their destinies were somehow entangled, Sunset confided her fears and sadness to Ren, having sensed that he also suffered from feelings of solitude and abandonment. But they assured each other that neither of them was alone, and through their bond, discovered that they could physically touch hands across the stars. In that moment, Sunset was convinced that good still existed within the former Ken Ichijouji, and as such she regarded him as the galaxy's last hope.
When Mickey wanted to end his exile on Earth, Sunset sought out Ren on her own, hoping he would renounce the dark side and embrace the light with her help. Although Ren exulted at the way that Sunset left Mickey to join him aboard the Supremacy, he brought her to the Supreme Leader who wished to interrogate the prisoner himself. As they made their way to Snoke's throne room, Sunset implored Ren to abandon his journey down the dark path, having sensed Ren's conflict and how it caused him so much pain. Her confidence was further bolstered by the Force vision she experienced during their last connection, explaining that when they touched hands she saw a future where Ren no longer bowed before Snoke. However, Ren also had a vision of his own, one where he saw Sunset standing by his side.
Sunset's confrontation with Snoke led to her brutal interrogation by way of the Supreme Leader's Force powers, and as a result the location of Mickey Mouse's hermitage was successfully probed from her mind. Snoke, who intended to kill the last remaining Jedi after dealing with the more immediate threat of the Tune Squad, held Sunset in stasis and commanded Ren to kill her, exclaiming that this act would be the fulfillment of his dark destiny. Ren's emotions were even further churned up by the bond between himself and Sunset, but his newfound resolve and clarity reassured Snoke that his oft-conflicted apprentice would not give into sentiment again. In the end, Snoke's visions and Force senses failed him for he did not see his end at the hands of his own disciple. Through guile and subterfuge, Ren cleaved Snoke in half with Sunset's lightsaber, ending his master's life in an act worthy of the Sith Rule of Two.Star Wars: The Dark Side
With the death of their Supreme Leader, the Elite Praetorian Guard encircled and engaged the two Force-sensitives, attempting to avenge their slain master. Kylo Ren and Sunset drew their lightsabers and stood together as allies against the crimson armored sentinels. Despite the Guard's efforts, all eight were killed in battle. But while Ren had indeed turned against Snoke, killing the Supreme Leader in order to save Sunset, the now former apprentice had no intention of turning from the darkness. As Sunset beseeched him to call off the First Order's attack on the remaining Tune Squad ships, Ren saw a chance to fulfill what he believed was his birthright: ruling over the weaker beings of the galaxy.The Musketeers: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
Once more, Sunset implored him to resist the temptations of the dark side, hoping to reach the side of Kylo Ren that was still Ken Ichijouji. Believing that Sunset was still clinging to the past, Ren revealed to her the full truth of the vision he saw when they touched hands, that Sunset was in fact the daughter of insignificant junk dealers who sold her into child labor before dying in the desert regions of Equestria. He suspected that in her heart Sunset already knew the truth but had suppressed the memory of her abandonment. Sunset desperately tried to block out Ren's words, but she could sense that there was no deception in his intentions, and that he really was telling her the truth, causing tears to fall from her eyes as she slowly came to terms with her origins. Yet even though Sunset came from a family of no background, she was not irrelevant to the son of Mr. Ichijouji and Mrs. Ichijouji, for Ren now envisioned them ruling together over a new galactic order. However, Sunset chose to turn her back on Ren, disillusioned by his choice to remain in darkness. As a result, they struggled for control over the fabled Elder Sword that Sunset had claimed as her own, causing it to split in two which rendered Ren unconscious.
Sunset was initially tempted to end Ren's life while he was unconscious and defenseless, just as she and Mickey had been on the night his temple burned down. She ultimately rejected the idea, having found her faith in the Force and now believing herself and Ren to be instruments of its will. Though still disappointed that her vision had not come to pass as she saw it, Sunset did not believe it was her place to decide Ren's fate. For better or worse, it was the will of the Force that he continued to live, and therefore Sunset left him alive and escaped from the Supremacy using the Millennium Falcon.
==Aftermath==
Queen Scarlett and Wallflower Blush hurried to Snoke's throne room following Holdo's attack on the Supremacy, only to find the Supreme Leader's bisected remains along with the corpses of his Praetorian Guards. They also found Kylo Ren alive but unconscious. Ren had awakened forcing Wallflower to asked about what had transpired in the throne room, Ren lied to the girls by telling them that Sunset was the one who killed Snoke. Scarlett likewise informed Ren that the girl had already left the Supremacy, yet Ren was unconcerned with her whereabouts, knowing she would travel to Korhal in an attempt to save the Tune Squad. He ordered Scarlett and Wallflower to deploy their military forces to the planet, determined to bring a decisive end to the war, to which Scarlett scoffed at Ren, neither willing to recognize Ren's authority nor surrender command of the army to him.
Scarlett's indignation towards Ren gave way to fear when she suddenly found herself struggling to breathe. The dark warrior and Wallflower had begun choking the queen by ways of the Force, threatening to asphyxiate Scarlett unless Ren accepted his place in the new order of things. As a result, Ren successfully claimed the mantle of Supreme Leader, having compelled Scarlett to recognize his claim as Snoke's successor. With that, the queen complied with the new Supreme Leader's orders, although Ren decided to keep Scarlett and Wallflower at his side in order to discourage any treacherous actions during their assault on Korhal.
Members of the First Order not present of the battle were not immediately aware of what had happened, believing that the Tune Squad had been completely destroyed during the evacuation of D'Qar and that Snoke remained the Supreme Leader. Such was the case of Colonel Barrut, who was informed by Molly of the Tune Squad's survival and the change of Supreme Leader during the Battle of Grail City, yet Barrut insisted to her men that Molly was lying.Molly Wei 31
Rumors of Minnie's exploit during the attack made their way to the planet Batuu through an offworlder known to Savi.Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
==Behind the scenes==
The first footage of the attack on the Tune Squad fleet was shown in the The Musketeers: The Last Jedi teaser trailer on April 4, 2017.
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay
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*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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==Notes and references==
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