Sack of Mindoir

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Sack of Mindoir Part of the Human-Batarian border conflict
Date:	7 November 2170 CE
Location:	Colony Quebec / Mindoir / Halley / Kepler Verge
Outcome:	Hegemony victory Mindoir successfully raided Civilian population is slaughtered and/or enslaved Systems Alliance forces are unable to penetrate batarian defenses Heavy blow dealt to Alliance colonization programs Lays the groundwork for Balak's raid on Elysium
Belligerents Systems Alliance Batarian Hegemony Commanders Cooper Vessex Miranda Stevens Ernesto Zabaleta Elanos Haliat Kharak Rac'megan Strength Systems Alliance Navy Eighth Fleet 14th Carrier Patrol Group 1 Lincoln-class escort carrier SSV Einstein 4 Warsaw-class light frigates Systems Alliance Marine Corps 135 marines Systems Alliance Colonial Army Mindoir Colonial Guard 500 guardsmen Hegemony Slaver Corps 4,000 troops 19 ships Casualties 470 guardsmen killed, other 30 enslaved 54 marines killed Hundreds of civilians murdered or sold into slavery 36 troops killed 6 ships damaged, 2 destroyed

"We tried to reach them, but we were pinned down; the batarian defenses were too heavy. There was nothing we could do but simply sit there and watch as they were hauled away in cages, collars on their necks like they were animals. And those were the lucky ones: the others had control chips forced into their brain without anasthetic. After that...something in me snapped. Space didn't seem so marvelous after that."

— Former Lieutenant Ernesto Zabeleta.

The Sack of Mindoir, alternatively called the Raid on Mindoir or the Atrocity at Mindoir, was a large-scale attack by forces of the Hegemony Slaver Corps on Mindoir on November 7, 2170 CE. The attack came without warning in the early morning on November 7, and the local colonial Alliance garrison was quickly overrun before the bulk of the slaver fleet had arrived. Given that Mindoir only had one settlement, Colony Quebec, the batarians focused their assault on the one area. Hundreds of civilians were either slaughtered or enslaved. Some were placed in cages with electric shock collars, while those deemed to be troublemakers had control chips surgically placed in their brains without anesthetic. The few Alliance soldiers that survived were also enslaved, sent back to Khar'Shan to work the mines. The attack exposed a "weakness" in Alliance defenses that Balak hoped his people would exploit. However, perhaps ironically, the attack on Mindoir led to an increase in military activity along the Alliance border with the Hegemony, directly resulting in the enormous losses suffered by the batarians at the Battle of Elysium, which would occur six years later.

The 14th Carrier Patrol Group, a detachment of the Eighth Fleet assigned with patrolling the Kepler Verge cluster, got wind of the attack and deployed several platoons in an attempt to repel the attack. The batarians were prepared for this however, and were able to hold back the marines long enough to extract the civilians, torch the settlement and escape. The attack was orchestrated by Balak Uhtero, then using the alias of Elanos Haliat.