▁Non eth eless , ▁Tor lek ' s ▁actions ▁become ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁to ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁from ▁log ist ical ▁recovery ▁( by ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁mobile ▁base ) ▁to ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁more ▁d ish on our ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁would - be ▁Emperor : ▁a ▁tra itor ous ▁offering ▁of ▁the ▁Tal ' I hn or ▁G ates ▁to ▁the ▁Rom ul ans ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁their ▁military ▁support ▁in ▁the ▁war . ▁As ▁Ch ang ' s ▁forces ▁intercept ▁Mel kor ▁and ▁the ▁Rom ul ans ▁in ▁the ▁Tal ' I hn or ▁system , ▁Brig ad ier ▁K ' m ak ▁reve als ▁his ▁un fortun ate ▁alignment ▁with ▁the ▁U sur per ▁( his ▁brother , ▁leader ▁of ▁his ▁house , ▁p led ged ▁support ▁to ▁Mel kor , ▁and ▁K ' m ak ▁was ▁duty - bound ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁same ), ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁task ed ▁with ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁entire ▁system ▁rather ▁than ▁let ▁it ▁fall ▁into ▁Ch ang ' s ▁hands . ▁Despite ▁Tor lek ' s ▁des perate ▁appeal , ▁K ' m ak ▁det on ates ▁a ▁gravit ic ▁dist ort ion ▁device , ▁which ▁causes ▁a ▁nearby ▁black ▁hole ▁to ▁dest abil ize ▁and ▁expl ode ▁like ▁a ▁super n ova . ▁The ▁Tal ' I hn or ▁system ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁enemy ▁war ships ▁present ▁are ▁ob liter ated . ▁K ' m ak ' s ▁warning ▁to ▁Tor lek ▁allows