War was terrifying, but we should learn to love it. —Records of the Fourth Empire's Military Stars, Qi Jian, Chapter 28, Section 7.
20 BBY, Galactic Standard Time, July 21, 19:34.
Under the command of Fleet Commander Admiral Matt Horner, the Duchy of Dawn fleet stationed in the Yago-Dur system launched a proactive attack!
He could no longer afford to wait.
If the Republic fleet were allowed to settle in here, they would further consolidate their logistics and perhaps even expand their frontline supply base into something far larger. After that, they would begin gathering an unimaginably vast fleet.
By then, the Yago-Dur system would have no possibility of defense left!
Because the Yago-Dur system did not have the Galactic Republic's nearly limitless reinforcements and logistical supplies. And even within the Duchy of Dawn, most of its military forces were currently being deployed toward the Modell Sector. There would be no more reinforcements coming from this direction.
When Admiral Matt Horner himself had rotated into this post, Tang Xiao had nearly stripped him of the Consul-class aircraft carrier that he had only received a few days earlier, before he had even had time to settle into it—his 3,175-meter-long flagship—and kept it in the Modell Sector.
Fortunately, he argued his case and sternly told Tang Xiao that since the Yago-Dur system was unsuitable for human habitation, he absolutely needed a sufficiently powerful flagship to ensure command efficiency. Otherwise, what if the Galactic Republic beheaded him shortly after the battle began? And speaking of decapitation strikes, Sefrans Tann certainly wouldn't be sleepy anymore—you should ask her how she did it.
After much pleading and persuasion, he finally managed to secure that Consul-class aircraft carrier.
So in the end, Matt Horner could only strike the Galactic Republic hard while it had yet to