The Battle of Mandalore was the bloodiest, and fiercest, battle of Operation: Dissection. The Xen'Chi launched a massive counter-attack on the Mandalorian homeworld itself, in response to the humiliating defeat they suffered during the Battle of Myrkr. Though the Mandalorians had managed to ward off a complete Xen'Chi victory, they had suffered heavy casualties, and thus their "victory" was merely a word, as even Mandalore Cadden Blackthorne could not consider the battle a true victory.