Kilrah (star system)

Kilrah
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Sector	Kilrah Sector
Quadrant	Kur'u'khag Quadrant
Locations	Kilrah, Largkza, Igrathi
Jump Links	Tr'Kpa, Kur'u'khag (10), Tr'p-Khar, Tal'q, K'Cris, H'rissth, Goran-Pak, Vuwarg, Freya, Hyperion, Munro

Kilrah is a star system in the Kilrah sector and is comprised of six planets, multiple asteroid belts and the remains of the planet Kilrah, the destroyed home world of the Kilrathi. As such, Kilrah was the throne world of the Kilrathi Empire until its collapse in 2669 at the conclusion of the Terran-Kilrathi War.

The Kilrah system was once the very heart of the expansive Kilrathi Empire. It was the political, military, and economic center of the Kilrathi Empire, and among the most heavily-fortified systems in the known galaxy. Situated deep within the Kilrah Sector, no Terran dared to venture towards the star system throughout most of the war.

Kilrah possessed a jump point that led to Munro deep within the Terran Confederation, which in turn led to Earth itself. Munro was one of the most contested systems as a result, and had the Confederation succeeded in maintaining control of the system, Kilrah would have been even more vulnerable to Terran attack.

Kilrah was infiltrated a handful of occasions before its ultimate destruction in 2669. In 2668, a task force led by the TCS Tarawa raided Kilrah in an attempt to severely reduce the Kilrathi's military strength. Although the Confederation suffered heavy casualties for the attack, the damage they managed to inflict on the Kilrathi home world also proved to be a major political defeat for the Kilrathi.

However, by 2669, the Kilrathi were close to victory in the war against the Terrans. Desperate to save Earth, the Confederation launched two major efforts to conquer Kilrah. The first was a strike by the TCS Behemoth, which was ultimately destroyed before reaching the Kilrathi home system. The second was Lancelot Flight, during which Colonel Christopher Blair launched the Y22A-1 Temblor Bomb on Kilrah and destroyed the planet, effectively ending the war in a Confederation victory. After Kilrah's destruction, the Kilrah system's strategic importance and population was greatly reduced, and the survivors were forced to relocate to other star systems. The remnants of Kilrah formed an asteroid field by 2681, a sombre memorial to the Kilrathi Empire's former glory.

The Kilrathi system became open to the Confederation after the war, and proved to be a valuable source of natural resources. Most of its Confederation visitors were miners and scientists, and included Terrans and Firekkans.

In 2681, Kilrah returned to prominence when an alien race known as the "Nephilim" invaded the Orion Arm of the galaxy by occupying Kilrah as a site for their wormholes. It was here that a civilian research ship, the TCS Devereaux was destroyed, alerting the Confederation to a new threat. Kilrah was quickly occupied and became a Nephilim stronghold.

Kilrah was liberated after a concentrated assault on the wormhole gate by Confederation forces from the TCS Midway. In a twist of irony, Commodore Christopher Blair, the pilot responsible for the destruction of Kilrah, was among the Confederation officers leading the assault.