Battle Name : | Destroy Imperial Convoy [Tour of Duty 1 (A New Ally Campaign), Mission 1] |
Battle Location : | Near Dellalt (Planet) in the Dellalt System |
Battle Occurred : | Half a year before the Battle of Yavin |
Battle Type : | Hit and Fade (For the Rebels) |
Force Making Attack : | Rebel Alliance |
Opposing Forces : | Rebel Alliance / Galactic Empire |
Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
Imperial Personnel : | Captain Nogdra (Bixby) |
Imperial Force Composition : | CR90 Corellian Corvette Bixby (Defectors), BFF-1 Freighters Esorp (Mines) [Shields down], Arreis (Robo-Haulers), Nigiro (Munitions), Orcim (Munitions) [Shields down] and Murtceps (TIE Fighters) |
Rebel Personnel : | Hamo Blastwell (Red 1), Lieutenant Keyan Farlander (Red 2) |
Rebel Force Composition : | Red Squadron (2 X-Wings, have 6 Proton Torpedoes), Blue Squadron (2 Y-Wings) and Stormtrooper Transport Dagger (Commandos) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | BFF-1 Freighter Murtceps |
Imperial Loses : | CR90 Corellian Corvette Bixby (Defects), BFF-1 Freighters Esorp, Arreis, Nigiro and Orcim |
Rebel Survivors : | Hamo Blastwell, Keyan Farlander and Captain Nogdra |
Surviving Forces : | CR90 Corellian Corvette, Red Squadron, Blue Squadron and Stormtrooper Transport Dagger |
Rebel Loses : | None |
When the Rebels commenced their attack on an Imperial convoy in the Dellalt System, the Rebels were greeted with an unexpected surprise from a treacherous crew of the escorting corvette. Blue Squadron reported back to their Rebel comrades informing them that the crew of the escorting Imperial corvette wished to defect. Rebel Intelligence believed that the Imperial convoy was part of a re-supply operation in preparation for a major Imperial offensive in this sector. It was hoped by Rebel Intelligence by capturing the crew of the corvette, that they would learn more about this intended campaign. The traitors stopped their corvette and dropped their shields. Red Squadron was sent in to finish off the Imperial freighters in the convoy while Blue Squadron watched over the corvette. When Farlander came out of hyperspace, he directed all of his laser energy to his shields and redirected all cannon power to the engines. The nearest two freighters (Esorp and Orcim) already had their shields down and Blastwell went after them, while Farlander went after a freighter (Arreis) that was 8 km away.
All of the Imperial freighters
were frantically racing to their hyperspace points. As soon as Blastwell
destroyed the two freighters, he hypered out of the area. During this the
Rebel Stormtrooper Transport hypered into the area, and made its way towards
the Imperial Corvette Bixby. Farlander switched to proton torpedoes
and when he was in range he let off two pairs of torpedoes on the BFF-1
Freighter Arreis, he then reset his recharge rates for his fighter
and finished off the freighter with his laser cannons on duel fire mode.
He then set his sights on the Freighter Nigiro which was 4 km away
and repeated the previous tactic, but this time only using a pair of torpedoes.
The Freighter Murtceps was the only freighter in the convoy that
was able to escape destruction. Soon after the Freighter Nigiro's
destruction, the Rebel transport was able to capture the Imperial corvette
that defected.