Battle Name : | Ambush Rebel Leader at Airam Platform [Battles-Imperial Operation: Clean Sweep, Mission 5] |
Battle Location : | In the Airam Sector, near Airam Nav Buoy Nav |
Battle Occurred : | After the Battle of Hoth, before the Airam Sector campaigns and battles |
Battle Type : | Ambush (For the Empire) |
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance / Airam |
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | Mu Squadron (Assault Gunboats, have 8 Concussion Missiles) and ATRs Omega 1 and 2 (Special Operations [Stormtroopers]) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | CR90 Corellian Corvette Intrepid (Rebel Ambassador), Green Squadron (X-Wings, have no warheads and 7 Flares) and Gold Squadron (6 A-Wings, have Advanced Concussion Missiles and Flares) |
Airam Personnel : | Unknown |
Airam Force Composition : | XQ1 Platform Airam (NDBBM), Muurian Transport Nee 2 (Rescue Team) and Shiv Squadron (10 R-41 Starchasers) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Mu Squadron and ATRs Omega 1 and 2 |
Imperial Loses : | Extremely Light Losses to Mu Squadron |
Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Green Squadron and Gold Squadron |
Rebel Loses : | CR90 Corellian Corvette Intrepid, extremely heavy losses to Green Squadron and light losses to Gold Squadron |
Airam Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | XQ1 Platform Airam and Muurian Transport Nee 2 |
Airam Loses : | Shiv Squadron |
The Empire learned that
a leader (diplomat) of the Rebellion was on a mission with the neutral
Airam, in an attempt to subvert them into the service of the Rebellion.
The Empire saw this as an opportunity to capture a high ranking Rebel.
However the situation was sensitive, since at the time the Empire was trying
to convince the neutral Airam to join the Empire to help crush the Rebellion.
The Rebels feared for the disabling of their corvette, since the Airam
would send out a repair vessel to repair the corvette and the Airam would
think that the Rebels were weak and would not wish to join the Rebellion.
When Mu Squadron came out of hyperspace to attack the Rebels from two sides,
they were contacted by the Airam and told that the Rebel craft were under
their protection. Mu Squadron engaged the Rebel escorts and made sure that
no shots were fired at the Airam platform. It was not long after that,
two Imperial ATRs came out of hyperspace. With the arrival of the ATRs
it helped draw some attention off of Mu Squadron. With parts of Mu Squadron
freed up, they attacked the Rebel Corvette Intrepid. Once the Rebel
Corvette was disabled, ATR Omega 1 conducted a boarding operation
on the vessel. With the capture of the Rebel ambassador by the Stormtroopers
from the ATR, all remaining Rebel fighters hypered out of the area to save
themselves from destruction. The Stormtroopers left a little surprise onboard
before they detached from the Rebel corvette. With the Rebel safely in
Imperial hands, the ATRs made their way to their hyperspace point, back
to an Imperial base. The surprise left onboard was to go off in about a
minute. With Imperial Forces leaving the area, the Airam platform launched
the Muurian Transport Nee 2 to repair the Rebel corvette, moments
after it was captured. The Airam craft was being escorted by 5 R-41 Starchasers,
which were deployed some moments after the ATRs arrived to battle the Rebels.
The Airam transport docked with the corvette some moments after the ATRs
left the area and it was able to repair the Rebel corvette and it begun
to return to the platform. Moments later, the Rebel corvette exploded and
it took the 5 R-41 Starchasers with it. 5 more R-41 Starchasers were launched
from the platform, but they too met the same fate as the other R-41s and
the reason for their exploding is unknown.