War of Galactic Emancipation

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> "Any system engaging in the slave trade must cease all activity related. Imperial citizens participating on the side of slavery will be considered seditious against the New Order." - Anakin Skywalker
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The **War of Galactic Emancipation**, also known as the **Galactic Remedy** and the **Slug Stomp** by Imperials was a relatively large-scale conflict that erupted in the Outer-Rim of the galaxy following the aftermath of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire.

## Origins

### Background

For 25,000 years the Hutts have maintained a large section of space on the border of the Mid Rim and Outer Rim. The current Hutt Cartel (also known as the Hutt Clans) is the product of the Hutt Empire which collapsed around 15,000 BBY. While the Hutts have at times entangled themselves in wider Galactic politics, such as Tionese War, for the most part the Hutts have kept to themselves. In order to maintain their territory the Hutts have developed a vast criminal enterprise that penetrates all parts of society in Hutt Space. The Hutts also rely on a slave economy, with the most powerful Hutt families employing vast slave populations.

The Galactic Republic would always have an uneasy relationship with the Hutts. In 12,000 BBY, Supreme Chancellor Contispex I would declare a crusade against the Hutts, leaving a permanent scar on the relationship between the two powers. In the ensuing millennia the Hutts and Republic would sign several treaties formalising relations and establishing borders. Around this time explorers would come across the Ootmian Pabol trade route which gave the core region direct access to Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa. During this time Nal Hutta a to rival Courscant as the centre of interstellar power. However around 4,000 BBY the Kyyr System would be destroyed by its star going supernova, leading to the decline of the Ootmian Pabol and the rise of the Corellian Run. Nal Hutta would quickly slip into only a regional power centre.

While the Republic and Hutts for the most part interacted little, the Republic remained uneasy with the criminal network the Hutts had developed as it posed a threat to many worlds near Hutt Space. Furthermore the Republic condemned the continued use of slavery by the Hutts as it violated the Rights of Sentience clause of the Republic Constitutions. Despite the Republic's disgust with Hutt slavery, the Republic would never take formal action against the Hutts.

### Prelude to War

During the Clone Wars, the Hutts would loosely align themselves with the Galactic Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems by allowing Republic forces through Hutt Space. This would prove incredibly beneficial to the Republic's war effort in the Outer Rim. However this cordial, though strained, relationship would come to an end in 19 BBY (0 DNO).

At the end of the Clone Wars the Galactic Republic would be replaced by the Galactic Empire, which Anakin Skywalker would quickly assume leadership of. Having lived as a slave on the world of Tatooine, Anakin would take a harder stance against slavery in the Galaxy. During his speech to the newly formed Imperial Senate declaring himself Emperor Anakin would declare that,

> "foreign bodies outside of Imperial governance that continue to engage in the practice of commodifying sentient beings must cease the practice in two weeks time or be considered engaging in acts of war against the Galactic Empire and the galaxy at large." - Anakin Skywalker, Imperator of the Galactic Empire.
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While not naming the Hutts specifically, they would take notice of the new Emperor's declaration. The leaders of the most powerful Hutt families would assemble in the wake of Anakin's speech and release a statement that they would not submit to this new policy, and that they would use military force to defend themselves and their way of life.

## The War

### The Early Campaign

> "The Empire forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah!
> Down with the slavers, up with the cause" - *The Battle Cry of Freedom*
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When the two week period Anakin had set out in his accession speech passed with no action to end slavery by the Hutts, Anakin would waste no time in punishing the Hutts for their insolence. The newly formed Imperial Army and Navy would focus their early efforts on securing the Ootmian Pabol. Once the hyperlane was in Imperial hands the Hutt core space would be wide open for Imperial forces.

#### New Apsolon Proxy War

The world of New Apsolon was a centre of technological development which would secede from the Galactic Republic to the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. New Apsolon relied on a highly entrenched class based society. The population was split between the Workers, composed of the poor and the labourers and the the Civilised which were the far wealthier caste.

In the lead up to the Clone Wars the Civilised would align themselves closely with the interests of the CIS and the Hutt Cartel. Even after the destruction of the Confederate Council and Droid Army, New Apsolon would refuse to join the newly formed Galactic Empire in the weeks following the rise of the New Order.

While Imperial forces were massing for the invasion of the Ootmian Pabol, Anakin directed Imperial Intelligence to begin an operation to provoke an uprising amongst the Workers. It wouldn't take much outside agitation from Imperial agents for a large portion of the Worker population to engage in open rebellion against the Civilised. Imperial Intelligence would then use Shadow Troopers to arm the Worker rebels.

While the initial rebellion was a mass movement with little in the way of organised leadership, eventually with the help of Imperial Intelligence the Revolutionary Workers Front under the leadership of Irisini. The RWF would prove effective despite their poor training and ragtag organisation. The government forces focused most of their early efforts on securing the major cities against riots, leaving much of the planet on the nominal control of the RWF.

When the major cities of New Apsolon had been fully brought to heel by government forces, they would turn their attention to attempting to uproot the RWF from the various areas they had taken control of, mainly the Tiyl Jungles, Loran River Valley, and the Poul Drylands. While government forces prepared to organise for the planetary campaign they would need to launch in order to wipe the rebels out, the RWF began entrenching the territory under their control and preparing for a protracted guerrilla war.

The RWF and New Apsolon forces would first engage each other in the Tiyl Jungles. New Apsolon forces under the command of the Neimoidian Commander, Sumde Utgar. Utgar's first move was to secure the small population centres in the jungles before launching an offensive to clear out the jungles. It would be during these opening phases that the tempo for the war would be set. The Government forces relied on the advanced but limited supply of armour and artillery given to them by the Confederate Army, while the RWF would harass and inconvenience them with small arms fire, mortars, and hand-held anti-armour platforms.

The first large scale battle that the RWF and New Apsolon forces would engage in was the Battle of Kastrye Ravine. The RWF had hoped to ambush a regiment of government infantry moving into secure the ravine. Once the 3rd New Apsolon Volunteers under the command of Major Mennex entered the location of the ambush the RWF unleashed a barrage of blaster fire and mortar strikes. the 3rd Volunteers would have been quickly overwhelmed by the ambush, however Major Mennex was able to quickly call for reinforcement due to the failure of RWF jamming equipment. Sumde Utgar would deploy the 2nd Armoured Battalion to relieve the trapped infantry. A column of AATs would soon enter the ravine, swinging the tide of battle towards the New Apsolon forces. The RWF scrambled to bring up their Anti-Tank weapons to counter the arrival of government armour. After several hours of intense fighting, the battle would end in stalemate as both sides slowly withdrew.

Despite failing to destroy the 3rd Volunteers, the Battle of Kastrye Ravine would prove to be far more costly for government forces than their RWF enemies. The 2nd Armoured Battalion would lose 7 AATs, those were losses the government could ill afford. For their part the RWF lost no heavy equipment. Sumde Utgar would shift strategies, rather than risking the valuable equipment in battles with the RWF in unfavourable terrain he would shift to attempting to overwhelm the RWF with infantry and artillery fire. For this to work, Utgar pressured the New Apsolon government into a program of conscription of loyal Workers. The government would hesitate to Utgar's request, but eventually they would submit.

With a injection of large amounts of infantry, Utgar set about enacting his strategy. Several battalions of government infantry would sweep a sector of jungle, looking for RWF positions. When a unit encountered the RWF they would signal near by units and New Apsolon Command. From there governmental forces would rain howitzer fire on the RWF while the other battalions moved in to engage. In theory the RWF would be disorganised from the artillery fire and then over run by the mass of infantry descending on them. This tactic would prove successful in its initial uses but the RWF would soon adapt. When engaging government forces, the RWF would quickly withdraw most of their men and strike at the moving elements or would bait over zealous commanders into close engagements- catching government troops in their own artillery strikes.

The campaign for the Tiyl Jungle became a quagmire for the New Apsolon Army. They could not dislodge the RWF without committing a large amount of armour and support vehicles to battle, a move the conservative government commanders were not willing to make. Receiving consistent supplies from the Galactic Empire, the RWF was more than happy to allow the government forces to bleed themselves dry in the jungle.

Seeing very little gains in the Tiyl Jungles, the New Apsolon Army moved to engage RWF forces in the Poul Drylands, however this too would turn into a protracted mess for the government's army. Much of the fghting turned to urban combat in the small cities of the drylands. This fighting has been especially brutal on the local populace as most of the fighting was house to house. This would be the first battle the RWF would employ vehicles in, having captured some APCs and IFVs.

The New Apsolon Proxy War is on ongoing conflict in the wider War of Galactic Emancipation. The RWF has been unable to secure a real victory against the New Apsolon Government while the Government has been far too cautious when fighting the RWF.

#### Kashyyyk Invasion

In the closing days of the Clone Wars the Droid Army would mount a full scale invasion of the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk. Initially the Wookie Militia would be routed and forced into secondary positions. The Wookies would then hold the line against the droid onslaught, paying dearly for it though. It was only with the arrival of Jedi Grand Master Yoda with the 41st Scout Battalion that the Wookies would be able to repel the droid invasion.

Some violence would break about between Republic forces and Wookies during the confusion of Jedi liquidation, however this would be quickly remedied. While Galactic Republic began its transition to the Galactic Empire, the 41st would withdraw from the system and the Wookies would take the mantle of the planet's defence.

The peace on Kashyyyk would be short lived however, as shortly after Anakin's declaration against slavery Imperial forces would return to Kashyyyk as a staging ground for their invasion of Hutt Space. The fiercely independent General Tarfful and the other Wookie chieftains would object to the presence of the Imperial military, viewing the official reason for their presence to be a lie to cover up and occupation of Kashyyyk.

Despite Imperial reassurances that the military presence was simply as a staging ground for ongoing operations against the Hutt Cartel, the Wookies continued to protest. Tensions would explode into violence when Captain Merumeru, a Wookie chieftan, brought an armed group of Wookie warriors with him to confront an Imperial outpost. Merumeru accused Imperial forces of stealing food from a nearby village and demanded compensation. It is unclear as to who fired the first shot. Tensions burst and a prolonged firefight broke out between Wookie and Imperial forces. The fight ended poorly for the Wookies, being cut down by E-WEB fire.

Imperial Command on the planet did their best to rectify the situation: they offered financial compensation, rotated the unit involved in the shootout off of Kashyyyk, and promising the officer in command of the outpost would face a tribunal. Despite the Empire's attempts to smooth over the situation, the damage had been done. Tarfful was enraged and privately gave his consent to the other Wookie leaders to launch attacks against Imperial forces.

Following the orders of the Imperator, Imperial Military Command ordered that Imperial forces should only defend themselves from Wookie attacks and should do their best to route or incapacitate their attackers. The Empire hoped that the Wookies would soon lose their bloodlust and return to a peaceful state. Time would prove the Empire's hopes false though. Weeks dragged on and Imperial outposts and bases continued to suffer Wookie raids and assaults. Morale among Imperial forces plummeted.

> "HOW MANY BLASTER BOLTS... DOES IT TAKE TO KILL THAT WALKING CARPET" - CPL TLY-9521, 95th Imperial Stromtrooper Battalion. KIA.
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One particular raid on an Imperial outpost would shift Imperial tactics. The isolated jungle post, Outpost Krill, would be completely overrun by Wookie warriors. The complement of 24 troopers and support staff were killed. When Imperial forces arrived the next day to relieve the troops at Outpost Krill they found their bodies butchered and torn apart. This brutal scene would finally force the Empire to change to a policy of retribution. Attacks by Wookie Warriors would be met with attacks and arrests against the local population by Imperial forces. In response to the butchering of Krill, Imperial Command authorised an Imperial expedition force to sack Rowrakruk. Imperial Stormtroopers would burn the Wookie village and move the Wookies to refugee camps.

    This tit for tat pattern of attacks would continue for the next month or so. Imperial forces would attempt to police the areas near their staging bases, blurring the line between martial law and occupation. While often brutal, the counter attacks the Imperial launched against the Wookies would eventually wear the Wookies to exhaustion. Tarfful would convene a council of chieftains, where they agreed to accept Imperial rule. Once the violence ended, Imperial forces withdrew from their police rolls back to their bases. The Invasion of Kashyyyk would prove a tactical victory for the Empire, they were able to maintain their bases and supply lines. However, Kashyyyk would also claim the lives of dozens of Imperial personnel.

#### Trandosha Blockade

Trandosha had always been an anomaly in the Republic. The Trandoshans were slavers on a cultural and religious level. While Imperial forces were engaged on their protracted Kashyyyk campaign, Anakin ordered a Naval Taskforce under the command of Line Captain Shirl Hamoter. The taskforce's mission was simple, blockade Trandosha.

Anakin saw the Trandoshans as the perfect example of the decadence of the late Galactic Republic. His hatred for the Trandoshan people burned bright and his blockade was meant to inflict as much suffering on the Trandoshan people as possible. Trandosha's population of 42 million was unable to feed itself alone, considering the arid environments that dominated the planet. Imperial analyists expected mass famines as a result of the blockade.

While the Imperial officers assigned to the blockade baulked at the idea of the assignment, the Trandosha blockade would prove valuable in winning back some support from the Wookies. The blockade would also pit much of the Galactic Empire's population against Trandoshans throughout the galaxy. Soon Trandoshans found themselves suffering mass discrimination.

#### Battle of Randon

Randon was a mercantile planet that sat in the middle of several important trade routes, most important for the Empire was the Ootmian Pabol. Like many planets in the region, Randon sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. Randon's merchant upper class found natural allies in the Techno Union who supplied the planet with a great deal of military material to defend itself. In spite of the droid shut down order the Randoni have managed to retrofit a few dozen NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer tanks into organic operated armour. When the New Order was declared, Randon refused to surrender to the Empire and accepted mass material aid from the Hutt Cartel.

Imperial Command determined that Randon would be a prime location to stage an invasion of Hutt Space from. Anakin would authorise the deployment of the 10th Sector Army from Taris to lead the invasion of Randon with support from the 3rd Sector Army while the 12th Sector Army would hold the nearby space. This would be the largest military operation conducted by the Galactic Empire at the time, totalling some 2.3 million soldiers would land on Randon.

The Invasion of Randon would not only be of great strategic importance for the New Order as it would be the first real example of Imperial might. The overall commander of the invasion General Hurst Romodi faced many difficulties ahead of the invasion. First would be the small fleet that were in Randon's orbit. This was handled easily by Admiral Terrinald Screed, who dispatched the few frigates and support craft. The far greater challenge would be the ground campaign ahead of him. The Randoni had heavily entrenched their planet during the Clone Wars and many of those fortifications remained in place. City shields, flak cannons, turbolaser emplacements, thousands of miles of trenches across the planets, and a whole host of local defences. The Imperials would also face the Randoni army, a highly motivated and decently professional force. Alongside the Randoni Army were an army of Hutt mercenaries and the equipment they had brought from Hutt Space.

##### Battle of Glenush Mesa

While General Romodi would maintain a 2:1 advantage in available troops, being an experienced battlefield commander Romodi knew his force could easily be chewed up by the defences on Randon. Romdoi was also aware he could not afford a protracted siege, the Emperor was anxious to crush the Hutts. Romodi decided first to establish a headquarters on Randon itself. To this end Romodi would deploy the 79th Mobile Battlegroup under High Colonel Zhukov to secure the Pluafis Highlands and the Vagona Airbase.

The 79th would be met with intense flak fire during their landing on the Glenush Mesa. They would make groundfall and push on towards Vagona Airbase. The 79th would meet with heavy resistance on the ground from entrenched Hutt forces. General Romodi would arrive planetside and take command of the 79th himself. The 79th would slowly but steadily establish a clear landing zone using their repulsorcraft and APCs as cover. As the 79th held the line against repeated Hutt and Randoni attacks the 66th Line Corps slowly began to trickle and and reinforce the 79th Battlegroup. Once the 66th Corps was at full strength, General Romodi ordered a full assault against the Hutt positions. Initially, General Romodi planned to keep the 79th in reserve however the officers of the Battlegroup requested the honour of being the first over the trench line, an honour Romodi would grant. The 79th would lead the charge and would create the breakthrough in the Hutt lines. They would exploit their speed once they had broken through the Hutt lines and would quickly secure the Vagona Airbase.

In the first day of combat operations the Empire had secured its primary objectives though it hadn't been easy. The 79th would suffer 3686 casualties, nearly 40% of their combat strength. They had however distinguished themselves well during the battle. Equally as intense as the battle on the ground was the battle in the air. The Hutts and Randoni had deployed HH-87 Starhoppers and M3-A Scyk interceptors against the Imperial Starfighter Corps. In their first major engagement the Starfighter Corps would claim 683 kills while only losing 47 themselves.

The first day's Battle of Glenush Mesa would be a fountain of propaganda stories for the Empire, from the heroism of certain units to individual acts of heroism. The first day would be the easiest for the Imperial Army on Randon. Over the following day the 12th Army would be landed and deployed to secure the Pluafis Highlands, engaging Randoni forces and Hutt mercenaries. The 607th Walker Battalion would meet particularly stiff resistance in the Iudane Hills south of Romodi's airfield at Vagona. The 607th found themselves surrounded by a mobile enemy force piloting skiffs. Over the course of 3 hours the 607th would fight an intense battle, breaking out of the encirclement they were trapped in.

##### The Battle of Evrath

The Empire fought tooth and nail for the Highlands, fighting for over a week to drive out the last enemy forces. However with the highlands secure Romdoi could afford to bring the full force of the 10th Sector Army to bear against the Randoni forces. Romodi would quickly strike out North towards the Randoni capital. The first objective for Romodi's offensive would be the Cuchora Plains that fanned out below the Highlands. The Randoni Regional Commander, Kalchar Meadhens being an ambitious man chose to meet Romodi head on in battle. The vangaurd of Romodi's army the 31st Armoured Corps would crash into the 2nd Randoni Tank Corps in the Battle of Evrath.

The battle opened when a recon platoon of Meadhens engaged the scout company of the 653rd Battalion near the village of Evrath. Rather than waiting for Romodi to attack him in an entrenched position Meadhens' mobilised the majority of his tanks, N-99 Enforcers and AATs to engage Romodi's force- leaving a small garrison at his headquarters. The two tank corps would clash in the early afternoon in a massive tank battle. It seemed at first that Meadhen's gambit would work, despite the smaller size of the Randoni Army, the 2nd Tank Corps seemed to outnumber their Imperial foes. Just as the Imperial line began to give up ground, the reality of Meadhens' situation became clear. The air suddenly became filled with Imperial starfighters and close air support craft and Imperial tanks raced towards Meadhens' flank. In a masterful coup de grâce, Romodi's full force slammed into the stunned 2nd Tank Corps.

In half an hour Meadhans would be force to surrender his tank corps to Romodi. For very few casualties, the Imperial army had deprived the Randoni Army of a large amount of irreplaceable heavy equipment. Romodi would easily seize the 2nd Corps headquarters by the end of the day. An operation that Romodi estimated taking several days was over in one. Imperial morale was high going into the hardest part of Romodi's offensive.

The next Romodi would spend planning his offensive against the line of trenches and forts that stood between him and the highway to the capital. Romodi would deploy the 11th Army to secure the southern archipelago. Under the command of Lieutenant General Adrryla Roside the 11th Army would engage in a four day long trench battle with Kargab Jarrait's 6th Randoni Infantry Corps. Eventually it would be Imperial air power that forced Jarrait's surrender and the fall of the archipelago.

##### The Vluror Campaign

Romodi would move ahead without the 11th Army, positioning his troops to take the Vluror Line. This would be the largest battle of Capital Campaign, the Vluror line stretched for 129 Kilometres (~80 Miles) and dug in with triple trench lines, local shield generators, emplaced armour, turbolaser towers, pillboxes, forts, and three artillery regiments to provide support. The Vluror Line was staffed with a both Hutt and Randoni troops, numbering upwards of 620,000 troops.

Attacking the Vluror Line across the line at once was an efficient way to lose Stormtroopers and equipment Romodi reasoned. Rather he chose to concentrate his forces into several large assault corps that would attack particularly weak points in the line with a combined arms attack. Once a breakthrough had been made, he would exploit it by rushing mobile units through, surrounding and cutting off the line from the rest of the Randoni Army. Assuming the plan went as Romodi expected, his troops would only have to face a fraction of the enemy.

Three days before the attack was set to begin, Romodi began an artillery barrage of the Vluror Line, while deploying scouts to probe the enemy line. Much to Romodi's luck there was a section of the line that was garrisoned by Hutt troops that had very few static defences. There were a few other prime locations but the Hutt garrison that Romodi designated Point Aurek was the best place to attack. Romodi would assemble a large number of his men, around 262,144 into four assault corps and made the final preparations for the attack.

In the early morning hours of the following day, Imperial forces would move to engage the Randoni and Hutt forces at the positions General Romodi had set out. As the sun rose over the vast defensive network, the vanguard of the Imperial assault columns began engaging Randoni and Hutt forces. Bolstered by Imperial Repulsortanks and Close Air Support, Imperial forces would make steady progress towards the trenchline. Imperial forces would find particular success at the skirmish for the Hobios Piedments that overlooked the centre of the Vluror line. A platoon of TX-130T fighter tanks would distingush themselves against overwhelming odds- holding off repeated Hutt attacks whilst waiting for Imperial infantry to reinforce them.

Romodi's prediction that Point Aurek would be the location of a massive break through seemed to be be proven right by the late afternoon of the first day's fighting. Imperial forces supported by A5-RX tanks and UT-ATs would begin forcing the Hutt Mercenaries from the first trench line. However General Romodi would be informed of a surprising development at the same time he was made aware of the progress at Point Aurek. The column at Point Cresh had taken their objectives.

Point Cresh was a partially constructed land fort that sat isolated from other major positions along the line. Despite its incomplete nature, Point Cresh was a formidable target for Imperial forces. The walls that had been completed were heavily reinforced and the areas that hadn't were entrenched and held by some of the best Randoni troops in the area. The fort also boasted an impressive array of mortars, Clone Wars era flak cannons and anti-infantry turrets. While the fort could certainly be taken, it would cost the lives of a great number of Imperial soldiers.

Imperial scouts would overlook one crucial flaw in the construction of Point Cresh however. A few dozen meters outside the walls of the fort sat a partially dug ditch. The embankment was clearly an attempt by Randoni forces to slow Imperial forces down while they were under mortar fire, however the ditch had not been fully dug out when Imperial forces began massing for an attack. As such the ditch was not deep enough to provide a serious impediment to Imperial forces. Conversely Randoni commanders had begun digging in the wrong area, as the ditch was below the minimum angle for their mortars. This allowed the 5th Siege Battalion to pull up several close range mortars and larger siege guns. Quickly Imperial forces find themselves under only a sporadic, albeit still deadly, spread of long range artillery fire rather than the constant close range mortar fire they'd expected.

For two hours the 5th Siege Battalion worked to both dislodge the Randoni from their trenches and to breach the walls of Point Cresh. The latter would come first as a section of the wall buckled under the near constant fire from the siege guns. Arising from the embankment two companies of Imperial Stormtroopers would surge towards the breach. As Imperial forces began exchanging fire with Randoni soldiers a summer squall would pour down the engagement. Blasterfire and grenades would soon give way to hand to hand fighting and the vibroknife. The fighting was exceptional savage, roughly 2,500 soldiers would die in the mud of Point Cresh. As twilight began to cast various oranges and reds across the sky, Imperial forces finally managed to force the Ranondi troops from the fort, capturing 1,200 of some of the best Randoni soldiers on the Line.

Captain Alev'vi of the 96th Infantry Regiment was one of the first men into Point Cresh once the 5th Siege had secured it. He would immediately message command to bring up two squads of engineers to help set up defences against the incoming Randoni horde. While the engineers worked on building defensive positions for the Imperial forces now garrisoning Point Cresh, one engineer would discover a shielded bunker below the mud. Not wanting to be ambushed, General Romodi would send more engineers to investigate. The engineers would finish right before the first Randoni forces rallied for their counter-attack.

Through the night Imperial forces would fight off repeated assaults from less-experienced Randoni units. As the stormtroopers did their best to hold the line, the engineers would struggle with overcoming the shield. The other Imperial attacks failed to unilaterally take their objectives. While Point Aurek held several enclaves of Randoni trenchline, their objective to completely route the Hutt Mercenaries was incomplete. The attacks at Besh and Dorn completely stalled out, as Romodi had expected. Overall the first day of Romodi's attack on the Vluror line met with unexpected success in some areas and slower than expected progress elsewhere.

The first major event of the second day came at mid-day when the Imperial troops attempting to seize Point Aurek made significant progress. Several of isolated holdings in the trench managed to link up, creating a large section of the Hutt line that was completely broken. From there the army troopers and stormtroopers could more easily prepare to destroy the mercenaries in the area. The progress at taking Point Besh on the over hand took a severe reversal when Randoni engineers managed to set off an artificial sinkhole.

Imperial engineers, for their part, were continuing to work on the underground bunker at Point Cresh. Imperial forces continued to hold the line despite heavy losses. The 5th Siege would take 27% casualties by the time Romodi ordered their replacement on the front line. The 5th Siege would be replaced with the 9th Heavy Infantry.

This status quo would hold for the next three days, Imperial forces attempting to take Besh and Dorn found themselves facing an increasingly difficult challenge as Randoni forces shifted to meet the Imperial assaults. By the fifth day the column at Point Aurek would declare that their objectives had been taken, having routed the Hutt forces in their operational area. The situation at Point Cresh would hold, the shields in the mud not yielding to the engineering teams. Romodi would recall the Dorn and Besh columns and deployed his scouts to look for developing weakness' in the line.

The next major development in the campaign would come from the Randoni commanders. At the crack of dawn on the 6th day the Imperial troops would come under a severe combined arms assault. Randoni regulars would be bolstered by the surviving elite forces that survived the first day's battle. Alongside the mass of infantry the 9th and 96th faced was a regiment of AAT tanks and atmospheric aircraft. Imperial forces would be driven from their primary positions by noon, forced back to secondary positions in the fort's central courtyard. Towards the early evening, stormtroopers from the 9th would reclaim their primary defensive works. By the time the moon dominated the sky, Imperial forces had fully restored their positions from the morning.

The Randoni assault on Point Cresh would continue into the 7th day, however the gains that the Randoni gained the 6th would not be replicated on the 7th. By the 8th day, Randoni forces were relegated to skirmishing with the Imperial garrison. The 8th day would mark a turning point in the battle. Imperial engineers were finally able to bring down the shields that protected the Randoni bunker. What they found was a power relay station, that the engineering officers theorised connected to the entire Vluror Line's power system. If the engineers were able to bring down the relay station, they may be able to fully bring down many of the defences the Randoni and Hutt forces relied on.

In anticipation of this possible outcome, General Romodi requested a squadron of Shadowtroopers from Imperial Intelligence. Intelligence would grant temporary use of a squad of Shadowtroopers from New Apsolon. They would arrive on day 10, the same day Imperial engineers felt ready to bring down the relay station. As the Shadowtroopers embedded themselves in key Randoni positions the relay station was brought down. Chaos erupted across the Vluror Line as Randoni and Hutt forces lost power and long range communications. Romodi would waste no time in exploiting this miracle. The troops that had been recalled from the attacks on Besh and Dorn now poured towards the Randoni line, smashing into it across nearly 23km of the trenches. Without communications, shields, or turbolasers the confused Randoni troops were slaughtered en masse. 206,701, over a third of the Hutt-Randoni forces would be killed captured or wounded. For the most part the survivors scattered to the wind. The vast majority of the Randoni troops would desert military service and many Hutt mercenaries would go into hiding or attempted to flee the planet.

Now General Romodi had almost 700km of open plains until the capital city of Randon with almost no serious resistance to Imperial advances. Imperial forces would waste little time in mounting up and storming towards the capital.