Battle of Renn Khy

Commanders| * Grand General Gordon DeHathem
* Grand Colonel Benjamin Kerr
* Lieutenant Commander Jamichael O'Neil
* Vaylia Neilson †
* General Quinsor

Strength| * Grand Army of the Lux
	+ Lux troopers
* Lux trooper pilots
* Lux Republic marines
* Lux shock troopers
* Lux Senate Guards
* Lux commandos
* Alpha Force
* British Wolves
* Phantom Corps
* Advanced Recon Commandos
* Republic soldiers
* Lux walkers
* Lux Terrain Scout Transports
* Lux Juggernauts
* Wolf-class fighter tanks
* Lux Assault Transports
* Emergency speeders
* Heavy Artillery
* Renn Khy Security Force assault ships
* Lux Navy
	+ The First Fleet
	+ Renn Khy Defence Fleet
	+ Lux Connaissance spacefighters
	+ Lux interceptors
	+ Alpha-class spacefighters
	+ 1 Rapid Assault Vessel
	+ Lux Light Cruisers
	+ Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers
	+ Lux Destroyers
	+ Lux carriers
	+ *Conquest* (captured during battle)
	+ 2 Lux battleships.
* One Cyborg General (Quinsor)
* Suezian Army
	+ Ghost troopers
	+ Ghost marines
	+ Ghost warriors
	+ Ghost Hailfire tanks
	+ Armoured Assault Tanks
	+ Multi-Troop Transports
* Suezian Navy
	+ Raven fighters
	+ Ghost transport shuttles
	+ Ghost landing craft
	+ At least 1,000 frigates
	+ At least 1,000 destroyers
	+ Supreme-class carrier/destroyers
		- *Godorz*
		- *Unitorz*
	+ Hulk Control Ships
	+ Several dozen Hulk battleships

Casualties| * Much of the Lux Republic fleet
	+ *Mockingbird*
	+ *Hurricane*
* Many of the Alpha Force, British Wolves and Phantom Corps
	+ Nexo Neilson
* Numerous Lux troopers
* Many of the Suezian Army
* Much of the Suezian Navy
	+ *Godorz* is temporarily destroyed

The **Battle of Rennh Khy**, also known as the **First Battle of Renn Khy**, was a crucial Second Ghost War battle that occurred on August 7, 2012. The Shadow King Asolas Danatheon, knowing that the planet Renn Khy was crucial to mining Tirinite crystals for the Lux Republic, Asolas ordered his Supreme Admiral Skorpiuz, leader of the Suezian Army and Navy, to invade the planet and kidnap Senator Eldridge Prather. The Suezian Navy, led by Admiral Skorpiuz, swept into the system, catching the Lux Republic completely by surprise. The Suezian Navy hammered the few defending warships, destroying them, before assaulting the planet itself. Meanwhile, Skorpiuz, along with the Suezian Army, landed on the planet, heading for Senator Eldridge Prather's secret bunker. Skorpiuz fought his way there, leaving destruction in his wake, as dozens of Lux troopers were killed. He succeeded in taking Prather, before fleeing to his flagship in orbit, the *Godorz*.

However, the Ghost Empire were unable to leave, as Lux Republic reinforcements had arrived. The two fleets engaged each other, firing volleys back and forth. Alpha VI, Tom Thompson, Matthew Abrams, Lewis Parker, Harrison Attwood and Will Wilkins, who had just arrived at the battle, flew into the heart of it, determined to rescue the Senator. They succeeded in boarding the *Godorz*, and after a duel, Vaylia Neilson and her brother Nexo were killed. With that, the Suezian Navy retreated, having lost much of their fleet. Senator Eldridge Prather was safe in Lux Republic hands.

## Prelude

Prior to the attack, the Ghost Empire had enmeshed thousands of Suezian warships in vast campaigns in the galaxy's spiral arms. As a result of this, most of the Lux Republic's battalions were locked up in battles far away from the Garlius system, and thanks to carefully controlled propaganda, the general populace believed that a total Lux Republic victory was near.

With the Lux Republic fleets spread throughout the Garlius system and the Renn Khy Defence Fleet depleted and off guard, the Ghost Empire had an opportunity to deal a mighty blow to the Lux Republic by attacking Renn Khy. Senator Eldridge Prather, leader of the Lux Senate, was aware that the Alpha Force were searching for the Shadow King Asolas Danatheon, a mysterious No'med Lord who they believed had orchestrated the war. Asolas planned a lightning raid on the planet led by Skorpiuz, Supreme Admiral and Warlord of the Suezian Army and Navy. Skorpiuz assembled an armada of thousands of destroyers and frigates—led by the *Supreme*-class destroyer *Godorz*—for a strike on Renn Khy.