The Battle of Gorash VII was the final major battle of the Narn-Centauri War.
Prelude[]
Narn intelligence had shown that Gorash VII was lightly guarded and seemed to be the prefect target for a military strike. The Narn hoped that, by uniting most of their remaining G'Quan class heavy cruiser warships into a single armada, so they could destroy the Centauri supply base and force the Centauri to temporarily halt their advance. This would give the Narn time to regroup and rebuild their forces. The danger of this plan was that, in order to create a fleet large enough to make the assault, the defenses of the Narn homeworld were severely depleted, thereby leaving it open to attack if the Centauri discovered the Narn's plan. Nevertheless, the Narn government decided to go through with the attack, despite warnings from G'Kar.
Unfortunately for the Narn Regime, Lord Antono Refa learned of the upcoming attack and made sure with Londo Mollari's reluctant help that a fleet of Shadow warships were allowed to guard Gorash IIV while the Centauri fleet headed to the Narn homeworld in order to lay waste to the planet.
The Battle[]
The Narn fleet, under the leadership of Warleader G'Sten, was ambushed in orbit around Gorash VII when it exited hyperspace by at least four Shadow vessels and a squadron of twenty-five Shadow fighters. Most of the Narn ships were destroyed in the first few minutes of the engagement. The Shadows themselves suffered no losses, except for one vessel being lightly damaged. Faced with imminent defeat, G'Sten ordered what was left of the Narn fleet to retreat. The Shadow vessels, seeing this refused to allow any witnesses or survivors to escape and report what they've seen. The Shadow vessels quickly disrupted the escaping Narn ships' jump points, collapsing them. The resulting blast destroyed the last retreating Narn G'Quan class warships including G'Sten's personal flagship, leaving no survivors whatsoever. The Shadow vessels then immediate returned to their homeworld soon after helping one of their slightly damaged vessels, leaving no evidence.
Aftermath[]
The destruction of the Narn fleet at Gorash VII all but ensured the Centauri total victory over the Narns. [1]
References[]
| Battles of the Narn-Centauri War | ||
| Second Battle of Quadrant 14 • Fourth Narn-Centauri Battle • Battle of Gorash VII • Fall of Narn | ||