Skyllian Blitz

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Quarian-geth conflict
Anhur Civil War
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Akuze Massacre
Skyllian Cold War

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

Engagements:

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
Casualties
  • Close to 3,000 civilian casualties
  • Hundreds of military casualties
 
"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.

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Human-Batarian Tensions Pre-Blitz[edit | edit source]