Battle of Viv Rhinos

The **Battle of Viv Rhinos** was a small battle taking place in and outside of the Abelton Confederation-occupied Aesiro's Hand base on the Shadows of the Viv Rhinos. The base was the result of two groups of people conspiring to assassinate Ri Abelton. It resulted in the the breaking up of the Abelton Confederation, and the splitting up of the two groups into further missions. The battle is also seen as the final event in the so-called Abelton Warpath which began with her freedom from prison and ended here.

## Background

### Abelton Warpath

Ri Abelton's path of violence since being freed from Republic prison angered many people, leading to the two groups which conspired to assassinate her. After the Firefight over Skako Minor, Abelton, with Alistyr Kaj, travelled to Dárth, more unstable and violent than ever before. Along the way, she continuously mistreated one of her soldiers, Dremknitt. On Dárth, she shot Kaj in the back and decimated a Dárthian village. Soon after, both Kaj and Dremknitt intended to kill Abelton.

### Occupation of Aesiro's Hand Base

Abelton made more enemies after taking what was left of the Abelton Confederation to the Shadows of Viv Rhinos, where Aesiro's Hand, led by Chloe One, had a base. Abelton took over the base, killing the majority of the Aesiro's Hand members there, leading to Chloe One wanting to kill Abelton as well.

### Formation of the Two Crews

After the destruction of the Dárthian village, Kaj left with Barthyos Foul and Velda Kiff to find and kill Abelton. Along the way, they were attacked by Kanjiklub, led by Razol Sen-Fre. After a scuffle, Razol joined their side since he knew Abelton was on Viv Rhinos. When the crew arrived at Viv Rhinos, Abelton's original base had already been taken by Dremknitt's crew, and they were directed to the Aesiro's Hand base.

The other crew was began by Dremknitt, who, in a cantina on Viv Rhinos, met the Recruiter. The Recruiter agreed to do the job, joining not only Dremknitt but W'ssholian mercenary Rhe Beacj, ex-CONA Zilkin Efros Forrellio, modified IG droid Terrence, brutes Morose Argotin and Enric Kediche, and the elusive Masked Man. The Masked Man, Argotin, and Kediche secured Abelton's original base while the others went and attacked the Aesiro base, where Abelton was residing. As they did this, they were captured. As they were being transported outside, however, Kaj's crew landed and the battle begun.

## The Battle

### Outside

Outside the battle, Kaj's crew, Dremknitt's crew, and the Abelton Confederation fought. The crews were aided by the Recruiter's Bada Snorin Katan and Beacj' rhino. Beacj was killed in the fight and Dremknitt fled. The crews, however, were still able to take the upper hand by banding together and defeating the oncoming soldiers. Many soldiers, after seeing Abelton disappear, left. After an hour or so, the battle was won by the two crews.

### Inside

Kaj went inside the base with Barthyos to find Abelton. Along the way, Chloe One came too, and a chase for Ri began. Barthyos stayed behind but Chloe and Kaj continued. Chloe lagged behind and Kaj followed Ri to a hangar, where they both boarded a ship, which Ri launched into the air. The ship, however, went down into the nearby forest shortly after launching.

## Aftermath

### Kaj and Ri

The battle's direct aftermath was Kaj and Ri being stuck in the Viv Rhinos forest. Kaj was going to kill Ri before she alluded to "survivors" on Vaxamine, Kaj's home planet. This frightened Kaj and he knew that he needed her alive to find out more about this. Now, the two enemies had to work together to escape the forest. They were able to, after some scuffles with each other and with beasts. Ri was on the verge of mania. After they escaped the forest they were confronted by Velda, the Recruiter, and Chloe. There was a fight, but Kaj and Ri were able to fly away, en route to Vaxamine. The other three followed them shortly thereafter.

### The Crews

In the immediate aftermath of the battle, the two crews split up further. With her dying words, Beacj told Terrence and Efros to stop her brother's oppressive regime on her home planet of W'sshole. Barthyos Foul and Razol overheard this, both deciding to join along—Barthyos, to find purpose, and Razol, for money.

Velda and DJ, as mentioned, pursued Kaj and Ri.

### The Abelton Confederation

With the Battle of Viv Rhinos, the Abelton Warpath came to a close. Ri, the force of violence that seemed to always had the upper hand, became alone and defenseless. The Abelton Confederation was broken up and destroyed.