Invasion of Hapes

Darth Dread assaulting the Palace

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 • The Deaths of the Mother Queen and her Family
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## Combatants

The New Sith Empire

Hapes Consortium

## Commanders

Sith Lord Darth Dread
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 • **Imperial Fleet Commander** Draves
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**Queen Mother**/**Royal High Commander** Ella Djo†
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 • **Hapan Fleet Commander** Gallina†
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## Strength

1 **Sith Lord**
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 Darth Dread
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 • 1 Squad of Elite **Mandalorian Supercommandos** and **Sith Knights**
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 •**Sith Troopers**
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 •**Imperial Troopers**
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 •**Stormtroopers**
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 •**Shadow stormtroopers**
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 •**Novatroopers**
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 • 1 ***Executor II*-class Star Dreadnought**
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 The Victor   • 3-4 ***Imperial II*-class Star Destroyers**
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 • 4-5 ***Imperial I*-class Star Destroyers**
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 • 2-3 ***Interdictor*-class Star Destroyers**
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 • 1-2 ***Invincible*-class Dreadnaught Heavy Cruisers**
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 • 5-10 ***Dreadnaught*-class heavy cruisers**
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 • 2-3 ***Dragon*-class heavy cruisers**
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 • 1-2 ***Arquitens*-class light cruisers**
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 •**TIE/rc starfighters**
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 •**TIE/fc starfighters**
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 •**TIE/IN starfighters**
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 •**Sith fighters**
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 •***Fury*-class starfighters**
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 •***Fury*-class Imperial Interceptors**
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 •**Mark VI *Supremacy*-class starfighters**
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 •**Mk. VII advanced interceptors**
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 •**B28 *Extinction*-class bombers**
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 •**TIE/sa bombers**
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 •**Heavy TIE Bombers**
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 •**TIE/IT Interdictor starfighters**
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•**Her Majesty's Select Commandos**
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 • **Hapan Royal Guards**
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 • 3-4 **Hapan Battle Dragons**
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 • 4-5 ***Nova*-class battle cruiser**
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 • 5-10 **Beta Cruiser**
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 •**Miy'til starfighters**
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 •**Miy'til assault bombers**
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 •**Hetrinar assault bombers**
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## Casualities

Very Heavy Casualties
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 • Many Imperial ships and troopers
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Very High casualties
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 • Most of the Hapan Fleet
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 • Many Hapan Starfighters and Bombers
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 • Many Hapan Guards and Milita
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 • Ella Djo†
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The **Invasion of Hapes** was a planetary conquest by the New Sith Empire during the New Sith/Jedi War. In 23ABY, the New Sith Empire launched its campaign into the Hapes Cluster and soon after taking control over the Algnadesh Ship Graveyards, Darth Dread would lead his forces towards the Capital Hapes. Soon the Imperial Taskforce exited out of hyperspace and under his orders launch an attack on the Hapan Defense Fleet, as both Fleets clashed, cloaked Imperial Troop Transports and Gunships soon headed down to the planet and began to land in the forest and soon Imperial and Sith Troopers began to surround the Palace. As the Army began to surround the Palace, the Imperial Taskforce began to surround the Hapan Defensive Fleet unleashed their fighters and interceptors who after breaking though the Hapan Fighter Squadrons would soon lead Tie and Sith Bombers in their bombing runs on the Hapan Fleet. As the Imperial Forces continued their assault on the Hapan Fleet, Darth Dread would soon land in the forest alongside his troopers and soon launched the assault on Palace.

As Imperial Forces under Darth Dread would launch their assault on Place and began to slaughter through the Hapan Royal Guards, Imperial Forces soon began to land near the city of Ta'a Chume'Dan and began their assault on the city. As the Imperial forces launched their ground assault, Many Hapan Ships began to collapse and soon the Hapan Defensive Fleet began to retreat and flee. As the Hapan Fleet began to flee, the Imperial Forces assaulted the capital city surrounding it and swiftly moving in taking out Hapan Guards and capturing the city. Darth Dread would be leading his forces in assault on the palace, he and the Imperial Forces would swiftly penetrate the Palace butchering all in his way and soon arrived at the Queen's Room. He would enter her room and after killing all her guards would butcher the Mother Queen and her Family and soon the occupation of the Hapes Cluster began.

## **The Invasion**

### **Battle above Hapes**

After their Successful Capture of the Algnadesh Ship Graveyards, the Imperial Taskforce under Darth Dread would launch their assault on the System's Capital Hapes. After exiting hyperspace, the Task Force under Darth Dread's Orders would split into 2 as one using its fighters assaulted the Fleet and lured them away from the Planet as the 2nd would slowly begin to surround the Hapan Fleet. Soon Imperial/Sith fighters would clash with the Hapan Fighters and Imperial Interceptors would engage Hapan Bombers attempting to bombard the Imperial Fleet and soon began to destroy many bomber and fighter squadrons. As the Hapan Bombers and Fighters began to fall, Imperial and Sith Bombers were launched guarded by Imperial Fighters and Interceptors began their bombing runs of the Hapan Fleet swiftly taking out many Hapan Ships and disabling other ships. As Many Hapan Ships began to fall, the Imperial Taskforce soon unleashed their fire aiding the Hapan bombers and soon many Hapan Ships began to collapse and soon many ships quickly attempted to flee and jumped into hyperspace.

### **Assault on the Fountain Palace**

> "I will never submit to the Sith, I know who your Master was, he would be very disappointe-"
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> -Mother Queen Ella Djo to Darth Dread before her death
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As the Hapan Fleet began to collapse and flee, Imperial Gunships and Troopships soon began to land in the forest surrounding the Palace and City of Ta'a Chume'Dan. Soon Darth Dread would land in his personal starfighter and joined by his squad of Elite Mandalorian Commandos and Sith Knights, he soon ordered the assault on the city and headed towards the Palace. The city soon began to fall into house-to-house fighting, as Hapan civilian militia and guards would clash with the Imperial forces and soon the Hapan forces would fall, and the city be occupied by Imperial Forces. As the City of Ta'a Chume'Dan would fall to the Imperial Forces, Darth Dread's Forces began their assault on the palace and Darth Dread swiftly lead his force into the palace ripping the palace doors open and soon the Imperial Forces began to massacre their way through the palace. As the Imperial Forces began to slaughter their way through the Hapan Guards, Darth Dread would breach the main hall and room of the Mother Queen swiftly killing her personal bodyguards then breaking into her room and slaughtering her family then after a brief conversation with the mother queen force choked her.

## **Aftermath**

After the death of the Mother Queen, the planet would fall to Imperial Forces and soon an Imperial Loyal Government would be established on the planet. Secret Hapan Rebel Groups and cells would soon be established in the Hapes Cluster and later in the year they would combine and join the larger Alliance.