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{{Quote|You see, Captain, there's an Elom ''[sic]'' commanding that force&hellip;and Elomin simply cannot handle the unstructured attack profile of a properly executed Marg Sabl.|Grand Admiral Thrawn, to Captain [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]]|<ref name="HTTE" />}}
The '''Elomin task force''' was a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] military formation consisting of four [[Assault Frigate Mark I]] [[Capital ship/Legends|capital ships]] and three [[Fighter wing/Legends|wings]] of [[Incom Corporation/Legends|Incom Corporation]] [[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|T-65 X-wing starfighters]]. Crewed exclusively by [[Elomin/Legends|Elomins]], the [[Task force/Legends|task force]] was on patrol in the [[Obroa-skai system/Legends|Obroa-skai system]] when [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] raiders conducted an information raid on [[Obroa-skai/Legends|Obroa-skai's]] library. The task force tracked the raiders back to their [[Starship/Legends|mothership]], the [[Imperial-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer]] [[Chimaera/Legends|''Chimaera'']], which was commanded by [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]]. Thrawn used his tactical skills to totally [[Destruction of the Elomin task force|decimate the task force]] by using the unstructured attack profile of the [[Marg Sabl/Legends|Marg Sabl]] maneuver against the Elomins, whose logical nature prevented them from countering it.

==History==
{{Quote|I hear rumors that there's someone new in charge out there. Someone who's been giving you a lot of trouble&mdash;like in the Obroa-skai system, for instance? I hear you lost an Elomin task force out there just a little while ago. Awfully sloppy, losing a whole task force like that.|The smuggler Dravis, to Han Solo|<ref name="HTTE" />}}
The [[Elomin/Legends|Elomin]] [[Task force/Legends|task force]] served the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] in [[9 ABY/Legends|9 ABY]] and was on patrol in the [[Obroa-skai system/Legends|Obroa-skai system]]<ref name="HTTESB">''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref> as part of the diplomatic efforts to bring the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] into the Republic. While the task force was in the [[Star system/Legends|system]], [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Scout/Legends|scout]] [[Starship/Legends|ships]] arrived in-system and conducted an information raid on Obroa-skai's extensive library.<ref name="HTTE" /> The Elomin task force moved to intercept, relaying a communication back to the New Republic with their intentions, and subsequently chased the raiders into [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]].<ref name="HTTESB" />

When the task force emerged from hyperspace, it found the scout ships heading toward an [[Imperial-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer]], the [[Chimaera/Legends|''Chimaera'']]. Deployed in a [[symmetric cloud-vee formation]], the task force moved to attack the [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyer]]. The commander of the ''Chimaera'', Imperial [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]], ordered three of the vessel's sentry ships to [[Destruction of the Elomin task force|attack]] the task force. The task force engaged the sentries, destroying one ship; Thrawn then ordered the sentry ships to withdraw.<ref name="HTTE" />

As the task force closed in on the ''Chimaera'', the Star Destroyer's Sector Four sentry line scrambled out of the way of the incoming ships. Thrawn then ordered the ''Chimaera''{{'s}} crew to rotate the ship so the superstructure was pointing toward the task force. As the Elomin force continued to move in, the Sector Four sentry line reformed behind them and began to jam all transmissions out of the area. At the same time, Thrawn ordered the ''Chimaera''{{'s}} [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]] [[Squadron/Legends|squadrons]] to launch while they were covered from the Republic ships by the bulk of the Star Destroyer. The starfighters then initiated a [[Marg Sabl/Legends|Marg Sabl]] closure maneuver, a tactic which the logically minded Elomin could not handle due to its unstructured attack profile. Thrawn, who was able to use art to understand a [[Species/Legends|species]]' psychological make-up, had determined that the [[Unidentified Elomin task force commander|commander]] of the task force was Elomin by the way that the task force had engaged the sentry ships and had used the tactic specifically to defeat the Elomin force. As the Imperial fighters tore into the task force, Thrawn ordered the ''Chimaera'' to join the attack. The battle lasted for an hour, resulting in the destruction of the task force.<ref name="HTTE" />

[[File:ElominTaskForceWreckage-HttE1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The wreckage of the task force]]
The loss of the task force proved to be a minor embarrassment for the New Republic, as no one was able to determine exactly what had happened to the [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] after it left Obroa-skai. Former [[General/Legends|general]] [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] stopped by the Obroa-skai system while ''en route'' to [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] to investigate the loss, but found nothing, while [[Smuggler/Legends|smugglers]] such as [[Dravis]] were aware of the fleet's disappearance. The loss became a point of contention between [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Gial Ackbar/Legends|Gial Ackbar]] and [[Borsk Fey'lya]], who both served on the [[New Republic Advisory Council]]. Despite being high-ranking Republic officials, they were often at odds with each other over Ackbar's control of the military, a position which Fey'lya coveted.<ref name="HTTE" />

==Organization==
{{Quote|Sensors are picking up four New Republic Assault Frigates. Plus at least three wings of X-wing fighters.|Lieutenant [[Tschel]] to Grand Admiral Thrawn|<ref name="HTTE" />}}
The Elomin task force consisted of four [[Assault Frigate Mark I]]s, supported by at least three [[Fighter wing/Legends|wings]] of [[Incom Corporation/Legends|Incom Corporation]] [[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|T-65 X-wing starfighters]].<ref name="HTTE" /> The task force was manned exclusively by Elomins, who preferred to work in units consisting of their own species.<ref name="HTTESB" />

==Behind the scenes==
The Elomin task force first appeared in the opening chapter of ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'', the first novel in [[Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy|the Thrawn Trilogy]] by [[Timothy Zahn]].<ref name="HTTE" /> The task force was later depicted in the [[Heir to the Empire 1|first issue]] of the [[Heir to the Empire (comics)|comic adaptation]] of ''Heir to the Empire'',<ref name="H1">[[Heir to the Empire 1|''Heir to the Empire'' 1]]</ref> and was mentioned in the ''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]'' published by [[West End Games]].<ref name="HTTESB" /> In [[2012]], the task force was mentioned in ''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''.<ref name="TEG">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Heir to the Empire 1|''Heir to the Empire'' 1]] {{1stp}}

==Sources==
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Dark Force Rising Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*{{FFCite|5|THR 4, "Grand Admiral Thrawn"}}
*{{FFCite|97|THR 1, "Return of the Grand Admiral"}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''

==Notes and references==
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