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|prev=[[Bleak Point Invasion]]<ref name="PoT">''[[Planet of Twilight]]''</ref>
|conc=[[Campaign against Adumar]]<ref name="TNEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'', pp. 174-176</ref>
|next=*[[Invasion of the Antemeridian sector]]<ref name="TNEC" />
*[[Ambush at RZ7-6113-23]]<ref name="CE3.1">[[Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1|''Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost'' 1]]</ref>
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|name=Battle of Nam Chorios
|conflict=[[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]<ref name="PoT" />
|date=[[13 ABY/Legends|13 ABY]]<ref name="PoT" /><ref name="TCSWE">{{CSWECite|I|34|Antemeridian sector}}</ref><ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref><ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> (48:3)<ref name="Months">The [[Battle of Orinda]]&mdash;which occurs a month before Nam Chorios, according to the ''New Essential Chronology''&mdash;occurs in [[12 ABY/Legends|12 ABY]]. The only way for Orinda to occur in 12 ABY and Nam Chorios in 13 ABY is if Nam Chorios was within a month of the division between the years, or 48:3; and Orinda must occur in 48:2, a month earlier.</ref>
|place=[[Nam Chorios/Legends|Nam Chorios]]
|result=[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]/[[Tsil]] victory
|side1=*New Republic
*[[Tsil]]s
*[[Oldtimer]]s
*[[Independent Company of Settlers]]
|side2=*[[Antemeridian sector]]
*[[Loronar Corporation/Legends|Loronar Corporation]]
*[[Newcomer]]s
|commanders1=*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]
*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]
*[[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]]
*Admiral Natasi Daala
*Chorian crystal mind
|commanders2=*[[Seti Ashgad/Legends|Seti Ashgad]]†
*Admiral [[Larm]]†
*[[Dzym]]†
|forces1=*2 [[DP20 frigate|Corellian Gunships]]
**''[[Courane]]''
**''[[Fireater]]''
*[[Kyp Durron]] in [[Sundance]]
*[[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']]
*[[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|X-wing starfighters]]
*[[E-wing escort starfighter]]s
*Daala's forces
*[[Needle fighter]]s (late battle)
|forces2=*3 [[Imperial-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyers]]
*2 [[Interdictor]]s
*6 [[Carrack-class light cruiser/Legends|''Carrack''-class light cruisers]]
*[[TIE/LN starfighter|TIE fighters]]
*[[Needle fighter]]s (early battle)
|casual1=*''Fireater'' destroyed
*Minimal
|casual2=Heavy}}
The '''Battle of Nam Chorios''' was a battle in [[13 ABY/Legends|13 ABY]] that took place on [[Nam Chorios/Legends|Nam Chorios]].

==Prelude==
Prior to the battle, [[Seti Ashgad/Legends|Seti Ashgad]]&mdash;who represented the [[Newcomer]] colonists on the planet&mdash;had aligned himself with [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Tol Getelles|Getelles]] of the [[Antemeridian sector]] and [[Loronar Corporation/Legends|Loronar Corporation]]. Getelles had agreed with Ashgad to devastate the Meridian Sector through the use of the [[Death Seed]].

[[File:Seti.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Seti Ashgad.]]
His navy would then invade, armed with automated [[Needle fighter|CCIR Needles]] supplied by the Loronar Corporation. The corporation's CEO had also promised to arm various rebel groups throughout the plague-weakened Sector in exchange for rights to mine Nam Chorios's valuable crystals. If this plot succeeded, Ashgad would be wealthy, Getelles would be considered a hero by the Imperials, and worst of all, millions would be dead as a result of the Death Seed.

Nam Chorios's indigenous and dominant species were the [[Tsil]]s&mdash;unique intelligent, silicon-based creatures. As a result, they were targeted by the Loronar Corporation as programmable matrices used to pilot [[Synthdroid]]s and CCIR Needles. However, they were blocked by the [[Oldtimer]]s, the descendants of convicts exiled to the planet by the [[Grissmath Dynasty]]. The Oldtimers prohibited any form of technology on Nam Chorios to prevent the [[Droch]]s (which carried the Death Seed) from going off-world and spreading the deadly disease.

==The battle==
However, their efforts were blocked by [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Leia Organa Solo]]. Before the battle, Ashgad had the planetary cannon ''[[Bleak Point Station]]''&mdash;which was under the control of the [[Oldtimer]]s&mdash;destroyed to provide a safe path into space where Getelles's fleet lay in orbit. This allowed him to escape into space. Luke pursued him on his starfighter, though it was shot down by enemy fire. However, Skywalker managed to convinced the Chorian crystal mind of the threat that Ashgad posed to the galaxy if his plans succeeded. As a result, when Ashgad's vessel was about to dock with a waiting Imperial Star Destroyer, several Needle fighters revolted and opened fire on the vessel. This ended the life of Ashgad though Getelles still had not been defeated.

A New Republic fleet under [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] then arrived and encountered Getelles' fleet. Previously, they had been searching for Leia Organa Solo and had discovered entire worlds within the Meridian Sector infected with the disease. Thus began the battle which pitted the New Republic's aging and outdated warships against powerful [[Imperial-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Imperial Star Destroyers]]. However, the tide of the battle changed when the former Imperial [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Natasi Daala|Daala]] arrived. Daala had left the Newcomers after learning about Getelles's power-seeking plot. She was furious and disgusted that supposedly loyal Imperials would align themselves with people like Ashgad and Dzym. Her fleet of warships was essential in defeating Getelles's fleet and letting it go in favor of the New Republic.

==Aftermath==
{{Quote|The New Republic pressed its advantage and entered Moff Getelles's Antemeridian sector with two full ﬂeets. Getelles was powerless to stop them, and the sector (allong with a huge chunk of neighboring space) became New Republic territory.|[[Voren Na'al/Legends|Voren Na'al]]|<ref name="The New Essential Chronology">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref>}}
After the battle, Skywalker succeeded in negotiating with the Chorian crystal mind which agreed to send hundreds of tsils off world to destroy every droch in the sector, in return that every tsil which had been forcibly installed in a Loronar synthdroid or Needle fighter be returned home. The New Republic punished the Loronar Corporation by forcing it to comply with the decree and canceling a government contract for future shipments of [[Strike-class medium cruiser|''Strike''-class cruisers]].

General Solo's fleet later went on Nam Chorios for mop-up.<ref name="CE3.1" />

Following the Battle of Nam Chorios, the New Republic [[Invasion of the Antemeridian sector|attacked]] Moff Getelles's Antemeridian sector in retaliation with two full [[Fleet/Legends|fleets]]. Imperial forces were unable to stop them, and the sector along with a huge part of neighboring space fall in New Republic territory.<ref name="TNEC" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Planet of Twilight]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1|''Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost'' 1]] {{Imo}}
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Ascension]]'' {{Imo}}
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Ascension (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Ascension'' audiobook]] {{Imo}}

==Sources==
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']] {{1stID}}
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''
*''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''

==Notes and references==
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