Battle of Kiros

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|name=Battle of Kiros
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=November 10, 1982Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the Battle of Mon Cala and the Skirmish in Theed to 1982. As the episode this event takes place within takes place between the events of the episodes the other events are attached to according to , this event must also take place 1982.
|place=Artisan Colony of Kiros
|result=*Galactic Republic victory
**The Republic is unsuccessful in finding the Togruta colonists
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=*Confederacy of Independent Systems
*Zygerrian Slave Empire
|commanders1=*Jedi General Sam Gamgee
*Jedi General Frodo Baggins
*Admiral Wullf Yularen
*Jedi Commander Eowyn
*Clone Marshal Commander CC-2224 ("Cody")
*Clone Captain CT-7567 ("Rex")
|commanders2=Darts D'Nar
|forces1=*3 Jedi
*Clone troopers
**212th Attack Battalion
**501st Legion
*BARC speeders
*All Terrain Recon Transports
*All Terrain Tactical Enforcers
*Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry's
*Low Altitude Assault Transport/carriers
*2 Arquitens-class light cruisers
*1 Consular-class cruiser
*1 Acclamator-class transgalactic military assault ship
*1 Venator-class Star Destroyer
|forces2=*Battle droids
**B1-series battle droids†
**B2-series super battle droids†
**BX-series droid commandos†
**1 T-series tactical droid†
*C-9979 landing crafts
*2 Droideka Sharpshooters†
*Armored Assault Tanks†
*Flitknot speeders†
*1 Aurore-class freighter
**Tecora
|casual1=Light
|casual2=All forces save for D'Nar
|civilian=Entire Togrutan population enslaved}}
A battle took place on the planet Kiros during the War of the Ring between the joint Confederate-Zygerrian occupation and a Galactic Republic intervention force.
==Prelude==
In 1982, the Togrutan Artisan colony of Kiros chose to stay neutral during the galaxy-wide War of the Ring. However, the Confederacy of Independent Systems and Zygerrian Slave Empire decided to invade and occupy Kiros. Upon seeing the initial invasion, Governor Gupat Roshti contacted the Jedi Council's Grand Master Bilbo Baggins for aid. Bilbo promised to send help and warned him not to trust Saruman the White, who was present there with his forces.
After Roshti and Bilbo ended their communication, the Droid Army troops came from their landing crafts. Saruman, a tactical droid, and Zygerrian Commander Darts D'Nar then came out from the YV-865 Aurore-class freighter, Tecora. Together, they met Governor Roshti. Saruman assured him that this was a peaceful occupation, not an invasion. He then offered Roshti and his people sanctuary away from the War. Roshti, seeing no other choice, agreed to Saruman's offer. In truth, Saruman had made an alliance between the Confederacy and the Zygerrians' Slave Empire to provide them with slaves. Thus, D'Nar then had the Droid Army round up all of Kiros' people. D'Nar then all the Togrutas shipped to Zygerria where they would sold into slavery at Queen Miraj Scintel's slave auction. D'Nar was then left in command of Droid Army's occupation force and had his headquarters in the Governor's tower.
==The battle==
Three hours later, at 11:15 a.m on November 10th, the Republic forces arrived led by Jedi Generals Sam Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Jedi Commander Eowyn, Clone Commander "Cody," and Captain "Rex." The republic forces then landed on surface. As the Republic landing ship made its landing, the Republic forces deployed AT-TEs, AT-RTs, and their troops. The Jedi and their troops then started their ground assault. Gamgee, Baggins, Eowyn and Rex then took several of their troops on BARC speeders ahead towards the Governor's tower. Together they were able to take out several commando droids on Flitknot Speeder Bikes as well the AATs and the rest of the battle droids. Captain Rex was able to destroy the last one with his missile launcher.
However, en route to the tower, Rex and Eowyn saw that there were no people anywhere. They found it suspicious since the Droid Army was not shy about using hostages such as they did during the Angmar Campaign. As their forces surrounded the tower, Commander Cody then received a message from D'Nar, who wished to discuss terms of surrender with Gamgee. However, Frodo did not like the fact the D'Nar was Zygerrian slave trader and wanted to deal with him himself. However, Gamgee insisted that he should do as D'Nar wished. Gamgee then had Frodo contact Admiral Yularen and start a bio-scan to find the colonists. Sam then went into the tower and left his com-link on for Frodo to listen on his discussion with D'Nar.
As Gamgee entered tower's office, he interrupted D'Nar's conference with Saruman and Prime Minister Atai Molec, who were surprised that he had not left yet. After Saruman introduced Gamgee to Molec and D'Nar, he demanded to bring Gamgee to him on his knees. D'Nar then demanded that Gamgee surrender to him. He told Sam that he had planted Thermal annihilator bombs through out the city. He would detonate them and kill anyone who nearby. D'Nar then had his tactical droid set one off near the Republic forces.
Frodo then canceled the bio-scan and had R2-D2 scan for bombs. Sam then distracted D'Nar by pretending to surrender. D'Nar considered killing as revenge for the Jedi's termination of their slave empire, but knew Saruman would rather have him alive. Gamgee then offered D'Nar a chance to fight him in the Zygerrian way without his lightsaber. Thus, the two of them fought each other without their weapons.
Frodo and Eowyn then too a pair of AT-RTs took disarm the bombs with their lightsabers. The battle droids attempted to inform D'Nar of this to no avail due to Gamgee destroying his projector. As Frodo and Eowyn were about to disarm the last two bombs in a courtyard, they then came under attack by several super battle droids. They were then pinned down by a pair of Droideka Sharpshooters.
Frodo and Eowyn were unable break through their shields. However, they saw that the droids were vulnerable on their sides. Together they were able to destroy the droids and disarm the last two bombs. As D'Nar was winning his fight against Gamgee, the tactical droid showed him a message from his battle droids, telling that all the bombs had been disarmed. D'Nar then took the detonator and tried to set the bombs off to no avail. Sam then destroyed the commando droids and retrieved his lightsaber. Sam then offered him the chance to surrender again. D'Nar refuse and decided to set off the last one that was on the back of the tactical droid. As the bomb was going off, D'Nar made his escape. Gamgee tossed the tactical droid out the tower and the droid was destroyed in the bomb's explosion.
Sam then told Frodo and Eowyn that D'Nar was escaping to his ship, the Tecora. As D'Nar started to take off, Frodo and Eowyn were able to use the AT-RTs to reach the ship. Frodo was then able to damage one of the Tecora engines. D'Nar then spotted the two jedi and decided to unleash his pet, a Blixus upon them. Frodo then fought the creature while Eowyn stabilized the ship. Eowyn then went the cockpit where she found D'Nar. The two them fought until Eowyn was subdue him. Frodo was then able to kill the Blixus. Frodo then went to cockpit and demanded the location of the togrutas. At first, D'Nar refuse until Frodo held his sword, Sting at his neck. D'Nar then revealed that his queen was going to have slave auction on Zygerria.
==Aftermath==
Following D'Nar's capture and the destruction of Droid Army occupation force, Kiros was liberated. However, all the colonists were still nowhere to be found. Admiral Yularen that they were no where on the planet. Frodo, Sam, Eowyn, and Yularen informed the Jedi Council of this. Master Gimli believed that the Zygerrians were using the Confederacy to rebuild their Slave Empire. Thus, Sam, Frodo, Eowyn and Rex undertook a mission to Zygerria to find the colonists. The Republic then returned the colonist to Kiros after finding them on Kadavo.
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles