| abstract | - The First Battle of Coruscant, also called the Invasion of Coruscant, was the first battle of the Alsakan Crisis in 13,000 BBY. Taking place between the Alsakan Union and the Galactic Republic, the battle resulted in the Galactic Senate fleeing from Coruscant after the Alsakans invaded. This effectively made Coruscant a territory of the Alsakan Union, something that had been a goal of theirs for centuries. The battle traced its origins back to a diplomatic meeting on Coruscant thousands of years earlier between the Republic and the Alsakans which both sides claimed to be disastrous. The Vicar of the Alsakan Union at that time had traveled to Coruscant for the meeting, and was taken ill when she saw the urbanization and globalization that had taken away the planets natural resources. This left her so ill that it eventually killed her, causing high tensions between the two governments. After this event, the Alsakan Union created a goal to take Coruscant away from the Republic and begin a terraforming process to, as the Alsakans said, restore nature to the planet. Shortly before the battle began, the Alsakans blockaded the hyperspace lanes surrounding Coruscant, leaving only one open. However, they placed gravimetric mines at the exit to the route, and when the Republic forces exited from it they received damage from the cascading explosions. The Alsakans outnumbered the Republic in their forces, and as they fought the Galactic Senate debated whether or not they should evacuate Coruscant. Some members of the Senate, such as Supreme Chancellor Relana Isolde Tanoor and Alderaanian Senator Alcor Bac, voiced their support for an evacuation while others such as Corellian Senator Judah Matthew Zaren were very vocal in their opposition. In the end, the supporters were the majority vote and the Alsakans allowed the Senate to leave as the Republic military also fled. Once Coruscant was under Alsakan control, they began their terraforming projects to restore the natural environment to the planet. The Republic set up a new base on Ord Mirit to begin planning retaliatory attacks, though the Jedi Order attempted to work with both sides to negotiate a peace before the conflict became a full-scale war. Coruscant remained under Alsakan control for months, though after the assassination of the Alsakan Vicar Lharra the Republic launched an attack on Coruscant which returned control of the planet to them. Despite this, the war continued on.
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