BATTLE FOR REPLEETAH ENDS
During the years, the focus of the Kilrathi Wars drifts away from the decade-long Battle of Repleetah. Supply ships and reinforcements have long since ceased to visit the planet. Finally, by late 2664, only a handful of troops remain on either side. The sole surviving Terran officer, Lieutenant Miles D'Arby, leads his men in a last-ditch effort to overrun the Kilrathi position. It is believed that no one lives through this last action. The Battle of Repleetah has finally come to an end.

SECOND ENIGMA CAMPAIGN
Following the disaster of the first Enigma Campaign, the Confederation is forced onto the defensive in the Enigma Sector. Finally, in 2665, Confederation forces, led by the TCS Concordia, once again go on the offensive. A daring jump behind enemy lines results in the destruction of the Kilrathi sector headquarter at K'Tithrak Mang.

In the meantime, the Confederation forces in the Deneb Sector are annihilated by Kilrathi forces under the direction of Crown Prince Thrakhath.

[ Chronicled in Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi ]

THE GETTYSBURG INCIDENT
Mutineers from the TCS Gettysburg take over the Rigel supply depot. The mutiny, it seems, was sparked by the commander of the Gettysburg ordering his crew to fire upon an unarmed Kilrathi civilian transport. The mutineers were divided into two factions: those who wish to continue their new careers of piracy and those who would rather return to the Confederation, if possible. Eventually, the pirate faction is destroyed and the remaining mutineers return to the Confederation under pardon.

Meanwhile, several Kilrathi worlds on the front lines of the war, in particular Ghorah Khar, defect, the first instance of direct insubordination of Kilrathi rule.

[ Chronicled in Special Operations I ]

THE SOCIETY OF THE MANDARIN
The Society of Mandarin seeks for the Confederation to submit to the Kilrathi, in hopes of assimilating the Kilrathi from the bottom up. To achieve their goals, the Society of Mandarin has no compunction about sabotaging the Confederation war efforts.

Major Zack "Jazz" Colson, a talented and efficient pilot, is linked to the Society of Mandarin and sentenced to death for treason. Before Colson's sentence is carried out, however, Mandarin agents manage to hijack the transport on which Colson is held. Eventually the Mandarins are traced to their primary base at Ayer's Rock, where they have stolen a prototype of the new Morningstar fighter. Confederation forces launch an attack on Ayer's Rock, destroying the Mandarin base, killing Colson in the process, and breaking the power of the Society of Mandarin.

[ Chronicled in Special Operations II ]

HIT AND RUN FADE ATTACKS
Terran fleets, spearheaded by new escort carriers, strike hard against Kilrathi forces behind the front lines, eliminating nine carriers under construction and crippling dozens of transports and four shipyards. As front-line assets dwindle, the Kilrathi were forced to retreat.

[ Chronicled in the novel End Run ]

FALSE PEACE
As the pendulum of war swings toward the Terrans, a peace accord is unexpectedly offered by Kilrah. All Terran fleets are withdrawn, even those in the midst of combat. In the following months, several frontier colonies refuse to abide by the armistice rulings, investing both ships and men in an attempt to search out suspected active shipyards on the far side of the Kilrathi Empire. Using captured stealth equipment, private forces intercept a holovid of the rumored facility, along with a message that a secret Kilrathi force of Hakaga-class supercarriers are embarking to attack Earth directly. The armistice is renounced, and a hastily assembled force of still-intact Confederation ships, bolstered with private vessels, prepare to defend against the imminent attack.

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