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|name=Blockade of Sif'kric
|conflict=[[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] ([[Caamas Document Crisis]])<ref name="Specter" />
|date=[[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]]<ref name="Specter" />
|place=[[Sif'kric]]<ref name="Specter" />
|result=New Republic victory<ref name="Specter" />
|side1=*[[Sif'krie]]<ref name="Specter" />
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]<ref name="Specter" />
|side2=[[Frezh]]lix<ref name="Specter" />
|commanders1=[[General/Legends|General]] [[Garm Bel Iblis/Legends|Garm Bel Iblis]]<ref name="Specter" />
|commanders2=Speaker [[Plarx]]<ref name="Specter" />
|forces1=*120 civilian transports<ref name="Specter" />
**''[[Hoopster's Prank]]''<ref name="Specter" />
*[[Peregrine (Dreadnaught-class)|''Peregrine'']]<ref name="Specter" />
*2 [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates]]<ref name="Specter" />
*3 [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]] [[Squadron/Legends|squadrons]]<ref name="Specter" />
**[[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]]<ref name="Specter" />
|forces2=*2 [[Kruk battle-wagon]]s<ref name="Specter" />
*5 [[Lancer-class frigate/Legends|''Lancer''-class frigates]]<ref name="Specter" />
*30 [[Jompers pursuit ship]]s<ref name="Specter" />
|casual1=Minimal<ref name="Specter" />
|casual2=Blockade overthrown<ref name="Specter" />}}
{{Quote|All ships, this is General Bel Iblis. We've just been informed that a strong Frezhlix force is moving on the Sif'krie homeworld of Sif'kric.|[[Garm Bel Iblis/Legends|Garm Bel Iblis]]|<ref name="Specter" />}}
The '''Blockade of Sif'kric''' was one of the first armed inter-species conflicts that plagued the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] during the [[Caamas Document Crisis]].

==Background==
{{Quote|Ten to one it's the Frezhlix; they've been feuding with the Sif'kries ever since we chased the Empire out of the area.|[[Corran Horn]]|<ref name="Specter" />}}
The [[Frezh]]lix and the [[Sif'krie]]s had opposed each other since the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] withdrew from the [[Sector/Legends|sector]] they shared. When the Frezhlix introduced a resolution in their [[sector assembly]] opposing the [[Bothan/Legends|Bothans]], the Sif'kries opposed it, this preventing their common [[Senator/Legends|senator]] from supporting the anti-Bothan [[Drashtine Initiative]] in the [[New Republic Senate/Legends|New Republic Senate]]. The Frezhlix responded by blockading the Sif'krie homeworld of [[Sif'kric]], cutting them off from outside communications and threatening to destroy up to 20% of their economy, based in [[pommwomm]] export.

==The battle==
{{Dialogue|Garm Bel Iblis|Frezhlix attack force, this is General Bel Iblis of the New Republic. Please state your intentions.|Plarx|I am Plarx. I speak for the Frezhlix. Our intentions do not concern the New Republic. This is a private matter between ourselves and the Sif'kries.|Bel Iblis|I'm afraid I cannot accept that. Any aggression against a New Republic member is our concern.|attr=Garm Bel Iblis and [[Plarx]]|src=Specter of the Past}}

However, a New Republic task force under [[General/Legends|General]] [[Garm Bel Iblis/Legends|Garm Bel Iblis]] was nearby, and responded. When they attempted to search the ''[[Hoopster's Prank]]'', a ship run by [[Booster Terrik]], the Frezhlix fleet fired on the New Republic ships, allowing them to legally intervene and disperse the blockade. Shortly after the battle, the New Republic forces had to depart for [[Mengjini]].

==Appearances==
*''[[Specter of the Past]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Specter of the Past (unabridged audiobook)|''Specter of the Past'' unabridged audiobook]]

==Notes and references==
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