Battle of Korhal (Assault on Korhal)

The Battle of Korhal was the first major space battle between the United Earth Directorate forces and the Dominion Armada, occurring in and around the Dylarian Shipyards over Dylar IV.

History
Admiral DuGalle called a strategy meeting for plans to attack the Terran Dominion throne world of Korhal. Because Korhal had been devastated by nuclear weapons, the Dominion does not fear using them on its own throne world, and they had a large cluster of nuclear silos on the outskirts of Augustgrad. Without them, Mengsk would lose his core nuclear capabilities.

In addition, Arcturus Mengsk used a large fleet of battlecruisers for his planetary defense. The weapons systems of these ships were being power-up by several physics labs. Without these labs, Mengsk will be unable to power-up his ships.

The Captain was given a choice between destroying Mengsk's nuclear silos or his physics labs, which would prevent his battlecruisers from powering up their weapons systems. The sortie was a success, and the Dominion main military aesenal was destroyed.