Second Battle of Triton VII

The second battle of Triton VII was fought three months after the first battle, between the Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Planetary Alliance. The Imperials won the battle, and claimed the planet as part of the Empire, officially starting the war between the Empire and Alliance.

Prelude
The emperor had sent admiral Torstin Brant and a fleet of Imperial star destroyers to probe the alliance defenses above the water world of Triton VII. Despite the admirals force being defeated by the Alliance defenders, Imperial holo-cams had excellent footage of defensive techniques used by the Alliance fleet.

After the battle, Alliance admiral Naz Arvage went to Coruscant, to request reinforcements for planets bordering Imperial space. The senate denied his request, forcing the admiral to spread his fleet across several star systems, in order to soothe the worried governments of the planets,which left the fleet defending Triton VII and two other planets.

The Space  Battle
The Imperial fleet, lead by the emperor himself, aboard his flagship, the star dreadnought the Sword of the Empire, with Admiral Torstin Brant, aboard the Imperial star destroyer Dominance, dropped out of hyperspace in the planets outer space, and formed up in battle formation, the element of surprise allowing the Imperial ships to form up without harassment from the Alliance defenders.

The Sword of the Empire took the center, flanked by six star destroyers on either side. The smaller support vessels spread out in a battle line, outnumbering the enemy fleet, and moving in on the Alliance fleet. Admiral Naz Arvage, aboard the star defender Fearless managed to bring the fleet together in some semblance of defense. The Imperial ships deployed TIE Seekers, which engaged the Alliance T-wings, while the battle lines closed. Despite being outnumbered, the defenders managed to destroy three Imperial destroyers, and damage dozens of smaller ships.

The star destroyer Eminence' played a pivotal role in the battle, heading off an attempt by a pair of Liberator class cruisers to flank the Imperial line. Captain Firris was granted a field promotion to senior captain by the emperor, during the battle. Alliance captain Sennek, was killed during the battle, when the GIA heavy cruiser Adon was destroyed.

At this point in the battle, admiral Torsin Brants' knowledge of local space came invaluable to the Imperial fleet. The Imperial fleet slowly encircled the diminishing Alliance fleet, until the remaining alliance naval forces managed to punch through the Imperial lines, and withdrew from the battle. The Imperials deployed hundreds of troop transports carrying walkers, tanks, soldiers and stormtroopers.

The Battle
"This is general Decian. We've landed on Kadosk citys' northern platform. Our troops are deploying and sweeping aside the alliance defenders" - General Adrew Decian

Imperial dropships landed on the planets capital, Kadosk city. General Adrew Decian deployed Imperial soldiers, along with Stormhand hover tanks, that eliminated the first line of alliance defenders. Major Renn landed his own troops on the western platform, and occuppied the platform using AT-MTs to destroy building mounted defensive turrets.

Stormtroopers assaulted several strategic locations, held by GIA troopers and GIA Havoc troopers. The troopers met success at first, although the elite Havoc troopers managed to halt the Imperial advance to the planets surface. Unknown to the Alliance general, Geralt Fassen, several Imperial Commando squads deployed on the southern platform.

The commandos' sabotaged over a dozen defensive turrets, using them to destroy a troop barracks, and many Vulcan assault tanks. After the destruction of the barracks, AT-HTs', followed by soldiers and several companies of stormtroopers, who forced back the confused and demoralized GIA troops. Meanwhile, major Renns' and general Decians' forces joined up at the entrance to the central platform of Kadosk city. Alliance general Fassen rallied a force of assault tanks, the remaining Havoc troopers, and Alliance troopers, and managed to hold off the Imperial troops for several hours.

Unfortunately for the GIA, the stormtroopers and Imperial regulars had fought their way into the city from the south, and due to most of the Alliance forces fighting Decian and Renns' frontal assault, they easily defeated the Alliance troops, and assaulted the government building, taking the government hostage. The Alliance loyal governor, Gordon Cresk, refused to surrender, and was summarily executed. His assistant, and next in line for governance, transmitted an order for all Alliance troops to surrender.

General Farssen, assuming (correctly), that governor Cresk had been killed, refused the order, deciding to fight to the last. General Decians' forces overran the last of the Alliance defensive positions several hours later, although he lost many soldiers to Havoc snipers. The snipers, along with the rest of the GIA troops were wiped out when the southern Imperial forces outflanked them.

Aftermath
"My lord, we've completed our scan of the planet, and detected no Alliance signals. Triton VII is ours" - Admiral Torstin Brant, to Emperor Xavier.

After the battle, the empire fortified the planet, a garrison force arrived to permanently occupy the planet. Despite their initial resistance, most of the planets' inhabitants easily fit into Imperial life, as citizens. The senate finally began taking the threat the Empire posed seriously, having listened once more to admiral Naz Arvage. The admiral fell back with his fleet to Ord Mantell, while the Empire began setting up the three planets they'd taken for bases to continue their offensives.