TIE Predator attack on Shelkonwa | The Crimson War Part 1

With the reformation of the Stygian Caldera Society into The Crimson Empire and the mysterious death of Admiral Nuress, the imperial forces on Shelkonwa were left in inner conflict and confusion. Most of the imperial troops on the planet were servants of Nuress. When news of her death has reached them, some were infuriated. The new Empire did not provide much information about the cause of her death but everyone knew that she was last seen boarding the super star destroyer Pandemonium. Whispers arose that she was assasinated by one of the Crimson Empire’s command. Over time and with the division of the imperial forces on the planet, some loyal to the new Empire and some loyal to Admiral Nuress, a local civil war began. 

The imperial forces kept on fighting one another resulting in massive civilian and imperial casualties. City warfare was constant and it was a common sight to witness two AT-STs going at one another. This conflict was of course not left unnoticed, and the Empress has ordered Nuress’s loyalists to surrender and bow to their new Empress. This order of course was ignored with an offensive response to the Empress from the leader of Nuress’s resistance. With the Empress’s plans of controlling the M9 grid square, such a local war on Shelkonwa could not be allowed to continue. The ongoing war and preparations for invasions the Empress reached out to Lord Valtros of The Imperial Consortium asking for aid on several M9 planets crucial to the Empire’s plans. Lord Valtros has agreed to aid in the Crimson War in return for some favors from the Empress personally. 

With the losses of Chandrila, Coruscant and Brentaal IV, Moff Ashlon had plenty of time on his hands, which made him the perfect candidate to be in charge of the Empire’s conquest of M9. Moff Ashlon instantly accepted the missions for everyone knew his likings of The Empress. The first mission the Empress gave to Ashlon was to settle the local war on Shelkonwa and eliminate Nuress’s loyalists. Ashlon after consulting with the consortium’s admirals has come up with a rather aerial based strategy to resolve the conflict. With the production of the new TIE Predator fighters. Ashlon thought it was the perfect opportunity to test them out, so he dispatched several squadrons of them to Shelkonwa, targeting the Nuress resistance. The newer and faster fighters have quickly breached the enemy aerial defenses and started striking and destroying their on-ground forces. In the Shelkonwa’s streets there wasn’t much cover for the imperial troopers so they were quickly destroyed. With the Shelkonwa’s civil war finally ended, the Empress has set a bounty on the leader of the Nuress’s loyalists before he reaches the New Republic and leaks them the new Empire’s intel. Ashlon has accomplished his mission and brought peace to Shelkonwa again.