The First Battle of Kuat, and the first shots of the Otiosian War.
The First Battle of Otiosa was the opening battle of the Otiosian War, in which the forces of the Dominion attacked the New Republic-held shipyard planet of Otiosa. Although the battle was a victory for the Dominion, and Kuat would serve as their main base of operations in the Core Worlds and Inner Rim throughout the war, the mining of the space surrounding the Utopia Planitia Otiosa Starship Construction Array, denying the Dominion access to one of their most important objectives of the invasion.