Second Battle of Vontor

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"The Second Battle ended when Xim blasted through Kossak's fleet, making off with a valuable haul of Vontorian kiirium."
―Professor S. V. Skynx, The Despotica Reader, Third Edition[1]

The Second Battle of Vontor (circa 25,100 BBY) was the second indecisive battle fought between the expansionist Hutts and the Empire of Xim the Despot.

Background

"Then, according to the Hutts, he marauded worlds of the Cluster to recoup resources for a vengeful strike on Vontor. And because he wanted Kossak to bear the brunt of the beating he would inflict, Xim dared the Hutt to a second ritual combat. Kossak was caught off-guard at the request. Such a challenge was unprecedented in Hutt history: never had an individual of another species openly invoked the Hutt rituals."
―Professor S. V. Skynx, The Despotica Reader, Third Edition[1]

The Hutt Empire had been competing with the empire Xim had carved out in the Tion Cluster for control of the Si'Klaata Cluster for some time. The planet Vontor was the focal area of the cluster's control along the Hutt's route of invasion.

The battle

"Kossak's army laid a death blow to the last (and best) of Xim's biological troops, the Duinarbulon Star Lancers, in a massive surface engagement. But the Star Lancers also inflicted massive casualities on Kossak's Cyborrean, Jilruan, and Weequay mercenaries, knowing all along they were sacrificing themselves for the greater glory of the Daritha."
―Professor S. V. Skynx, The Despotica Reader, Third Edition[1]

One battle had already been fought over the planet, but Xim was determined to try again.

Aftermath

"Kossak had just declared victory when he noticed Xim's ships shooting from the poles, every one of them plated in kiirium. The Hutt general employed the same tactics that won him the First Battle, not anticipating the versatility of Xim's automatons. The mechanicals did not experience the side-effect of blinding as organic entities and had no trouble calculating the trajectory and turbolaser adjustments necessary for combat in space."
―Professor S. V. Skynx, The Despotica Reader, Third Edition[1]

The battle's indecisive conclusion led to the the hiring of Vodran, Nikto, and Weequay mercenaries by the Hutts, thus ensuring their victory over Xim at the Third Battle of Vontor.

Legacy

"Xim—did you not hear my cry? Do you not see my blood?
Brutes they were, the vermin, horde after endless horde,
Jilurian dervishers on Cyborrean battlemounts,
Weequays without braids,
a thousand or more vanquished on my lance alone
broken now, but a stick
seaweed untwined, vamplate cracked,
malkite drenched in antidote
my spit
while your stardrives boomed, blinding us with storms,
how could you leave your legions, your lancers,
your love
for but a lode of dust
how could you?"
―A nameless Duinarbulon Star Lancer, in the poem "The Gleam of Kiirium"[2]

The Second Battle of Vontor was featured in "The Gleam of Kiirium," a poem purportedly written by the Croke poet Asenec in the days before his death in 244 BBY.[2]

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 HyperspaceIcon Xim Week: The Despotica (Part I) on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut, Part 3 - "Xim the Despot" on StarWars.com (backup link)
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