At some point during the war between the Der'kal Empire and the United Federation of Planets, the Federation launched an attack on a Resurgent-class Star Destroyer. The attack followed the Der'kal Empire's capture of a Federation shuttlecraft.
Prelude[]
The loss of the Federation base on D'Qar forced Starfleet Command to evacuate their base. However, General Armitage Hux tracked the Federation fleet through warp and gave chase through space. Vice Admiral Thomas Chavdri eventually sacrificed himself and his ship to allow the remaining Federation forces to escape to the planet Crait in the Crait system.
Members of a Starfleet team stationed at a base in ancient ruins on a planet were briefed on a mission by operative Rey via a hologram projected by BB-8. The team boarded a shuttlecraft piloted by Typhuss James Kira and escorted by Poe Dameron in his T-70 fighter, Black One. The shuttle crossed paths with the Finalizer, got caught in its tractor beam, and was brought on board. Dameron was forced to flee the scene in order to go for help.
The attack[]
The Federation members were taken captive and scheduled to be interrogated before they were broken out of their cell by another group of Federation operatives who had infiltrated the ship. They included John Martin, who was secretly on board disguised as a stormtrooper. During their escape in a shuttle, the Federation members crossed paths with stormtroopers, All Terrain Armored Transports, and Kylo Ren. The crew of the Der'kal Empire ship was taken by surprise when a large group of Federation fighters, bombers, frigates and other vessels jumped out of hyperspace and warp led by Dameron in his fighter, starting the attack.
The Federation fleet engaged the Star Destroyers, while fighters attacked one another. During the engagement the fleeing recruits were nearly captured by Kylo Ren before a frigate broadsided the Star Destroyer, but was soon destroyed by overwhelming attacks from the Finalizer's weapons emplacements. The recruits' transport then boarded an escape pod that traveled through the space battle and returned them back to the ruins on the planet, where their pod came in for a rough, but relatively safe landing.
Aftermath[]
Due to the heavy damage sustained by the Finalizer during the battle, Kylo Ren transferred his command to his new flagship, the Steadfast. He brought Hux with him to the destroyer, where he would now serve below General Pryde and have little independent authority.