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Skyllian Blitz Part of the Human-Batarian border conflict
Clockwise from top left: Batarian warships disengaging at the Battle at 61 Ursae Majoris; Alliance marines search for batarian survivors after the Battle of Elysium; Alliance ships skirmish with batarian ships at the Skirmish over Elysium; SSV Quanzhou fires opening volley at the Second Battle of Torfan.
Date:	25 December 2176 CE - 9 March 2177 CE (2 months and 12 days)
Location:	Alliance Space / Milky Way Galaxy Skyllian Verge / Milky Way Galaxy Hegemony Space / Milky Way Galaxy
Outcome:	Decisive Alliance victory Hegemony Slaver Corps tactically defeated Hegemony of Khar'Shan finally ceases attacks on Alliance space Batarians close embassy on the Citadel and secede from the Council Batarian attempts to annex the Skyllian Verge end in failure Systems Alliance cements its hold on the Skyllian Verge and establishes itself as an effective galactic power Period of "Human-Batarian Cold War" begins
Engagements:	Battle of Elysium Skirmish in the Vetus System Battle at 61 Ursae Majoris Skirmish over Elysium Operation: Samson's Pillars Battle of the Dhopris System Battle of the Dhelile System First Battle of Torfan Second Battle of Torfan
Belligerents Systems Alliance Batarian Hegemony Commanders Marcus L. Shepard Norman Kyle Harold Sing Joseph H. Garrong Steven Hackett Osamu Nakamura Kastanie Drescher Chang Teoh Salvak Terrili Balak Uhtero Ghanis Ges'gabar Dhethor Dreg'rodrak Kharak Rac'megan † Strength Systems Alliance Navy Second Fleet 172 ships Third Fleet 247 ships Fourth Fleet 101 ships Fifth Fleet 89 ships Sixth Fleet 143 ships Seventh Fleet 199 ships Systems Alliance Marine Corps 22,000 marines 330 tanks 290 aircraft Systems Alliance Colonial Army Elysium Colonial Guard 3,000 troops Systems Intelligence Administration Hegemony Army 14,000 troops 560 tanks 134 aircraft Hegemony Slaver Corps Grand Slaver Fleet of the Verge 289 ships Grand Slaver Army of the Verge 10,000 troops 100 tanks 23 aircraft Hegemony Navy Hegemony Tar'hash Fleet 400 ships Casualties Close to 3,000 civilian casualties Hundreds of military casualties Tens of thousands of military casualties Just over a hundred ships destroyed or crippled Grand Slaver Fleet of the Verge wiped out Grand Slaver Army of the Verge wiped out

"Seven years ago, I was the strongest. I used my influence to assemble a fleet; the greatest slaver fleet ever seen! Together, we would have driven your kind from the Verge."

— Elanos Haliat, architect of the attack on Elysium.

The Skyllian Blitz, sometimes known as the Skyllian War and First Human-Batarian War, was a brief conflict between the Systems Alliance and the third-party slaver groups bankrolled by the Batarian Hegemony. Beginning on December 25, 2176 CE with the Battle of Elysium, the conflict continued until March 9, 2177 CE with the Second Battle of Torfan. The conflict was brief, but it cemented the hatred between humans and batarians, and ended with the Hegemony closing its embassy on the Citadel, seceeding from the Council and beginning the Skyllian Cold War.