Raid on Nar Kreeta

Raid on Nar Kreeta
Part of the Avatar Wars
CivGeneral (stormtrooper) and Thorvald (metrocop) confronting kulade in the Avatar base
Date 21 April–17 July 2008 Location Nar Kreeta Result Thunderfall rescued Combine Empire joins the Avatar Wars
Belligerents
Republic of Coruscant Stylesrj's forces	New Avatar Order Combine Empire CurtSibling Zombies?a
Commanders and leaders
CivGeneral Alyx Vance Thorvald of Lym Stylesrj	kulade ACU SEAL Warmech SEAL
Strength
Poker Alice Forward operating base	20+ 4 "Fatboy" mobile factories At least one spaceship
Casualties and losses
None	14
a – The zombie menace began during the raid; it is unclear whether the headcrab zombies seen on Nar Kreeta are an allusion, or part of Curt's army.

The Raid on Nar Kreeta was a commando operation conducted by CivGeneral against the New Avatar Order base on Nar Kreeta. Its specific objective was unclear beyond pursuing the Avatar Supreme Commander following his retreat from the Battle of Earth; CG and Thorvald of Lym rescued Thunderfall from Avatar custody, and learned that kulade had recruited the Combine Empire to supplement his depleted forces. Concurrently, Stylesrj led an assault on the base against two of his avatars that had been reconditioned for the main army after their mutiny the previous December.

Overview

Eleventh-hour intervention by the Eastern Union during the Battle of Earth inflicted catastrophic damage on the Avatar fleet and forced kulade's withdrawal. The Poker Alice tracked his retreat to Nar Kreeta, and CG and Thorvald made planetfall; eavesdropping on guards revealed the surviving fleet had been grounded while kulade sought to raise a mercenary army, and that Thunderfall was interred within the base. Gunning his way through the halls, CG was ambushed by kulade outside the cell, but the lightsaber duel was interrupted by Alyx Vance and kulade fled the scene.

Recovering Thunderfall, the group exfiltrated the base, discovering kulade had secured the support of both CurtSibling and the Combine Empire. Meanwhile, Stylesrj led a perimeter assault in a giant mecha; he was opposed by ACU SEAL and Warmech SEAL, robot avatars that had broken from the December mutiny following reprogramming by kulade.

The Poker Alice was recalled to Earth to confront a resurgent Avatar invasion. Nar Kreetan intervention failed to prevent the Poker Alice's escape; Stylesrj subsequently withdrew from the planet in favour of the impending conflict on Earth.