Destruction of the Elomin task force

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|name=Destruction of the Elomin task force
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|conflict=Technor campaign, Galactic Civil War
|date=July 17th, 2011 (44:4:15)The Essential Atlas
|place=Near the Obroa-skai system
|result=Imperial victory
|side1=Galactic Empire
|side2=New Republic
|commanders1=*Grand Admiral Technor
*Emperor Baron Greenback
|commanders2=Elomin task force commander
|forces1=*Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
**Chimaera
*TIE/LN starfighters
|forces2=*4 Assault Frigates
*Approximately 3 wings of X-wings
|casual1=At least 1 sentry ship
|casual2=Entire task force
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In 2011, after the forces of Grand Admiral Technor raided the library world of Obroa-skai, they were pursued by a New Republic task force under the command of an Elomin officer. The task force engaged Technor's forces near the Obroa-skai system, but Technor's tactical genius enabled him to destroy the task force by playing off of the Elomin's psychological weaknesses.
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer Chimaera waited for the arrival of the scoutships sent to conduct the raid. As the craft arrived, Emperor Baron Greenback, commanding officer of the Chimaera, shifted the sentry line to yellow alert after reports that they had been followed and consulted Grand Admiral Technor on how to proceed. Technor disregarded the scout wing commander's belief that they had lost their pursuers; shortly thereafter a New Republic pursuit force of four Assault Frigates and three wings of X-wing starfighters emerged from hyperspace in symmetric cloud-vee formation.
Technor, ignoring Greenback's instincts to flee or summon reinforcements, chose to stand and fight. As the scoutships raced towards the Chimaera, Technor ordered three sentry line ships to engage the enemy frigates. The Robot Grand Admiral, observing as the pursuit line shifted and destroyed one of the sentry ships, determined that the New Republic commander was Elomin, and called the sentry line back. The Chimaera superstructure was brought to face the pursuers' vector to provide launch cover for its TIE/LN starfighters and Technor ordered the Sector Four sentry ships and TIE Fighters to initiate a Marg Sabl closure maneuver.
By studying the art of the Elomin, Technor knew that the New Republic commander would be psychologically incapable of responding adequately to the unstructured attack profile of the maneuver, given the seeming inferiority of the forces involved. The frigates and X-wings fell back and assumed a defensive posture which allowed the Chimaera to take the fight to them. As a result, the entire New Republic task force was destroyed.
==Appearances==
*Heir to the Empire 
*Heir to the Empire 1 
==Sources==
*Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
*Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
*The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
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*The Essential Atlas
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles