Fiction:Great Xonexian Schism/Battle for the Milky Way/First Battle of Katar

The First Battle of Katar was the first of several large-scale engagements around the during the. The battle was one of the largest engagements of the early war.

On April 22nd of the Terran calendar the retreating Allied forces reached the outskirts of the Katar Sector, pursued by the forces of Commander Yaxourq. The Katar Sector was a backwater of the galaxy, its strategic significance a fluke. Most of the Katarians lacked even hyperspatial vessels, and despite the efforts of the allies the tiny, unadvanced nations of Katar were unprepared for what was to come.

As DCP forces began their push into Katar they were met with a heavy Angelfire barrage, initially from the Sector's Nantes stations, and later from Angelfire bases across the sector. Both sides sustained heavy casulties as the Allied forces continued their retreat along the Concordat. Within hours the DCP forces had reached the territory of the.