Battle Name : | Escape from Fest |
Battle Location : | On a mountain on the planet Fest, located in the Atrivis Sector in the Outer Rim Territories. This planet is located near the Mantooine System |
Battle Occurred : | Well after the Battle of Yavin, after the Battle Above Taloraan |
Battle Type : | Rescue Mission (For the Rebels) |
Force Making Attack : | Rebel Alliance |
Opposing Forces : | Rebel Alliance / Galactic Empire |
Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
Imperial Personnel : | Moff Seerdon |
Imperial Force Composition : | 3 AT-ATs, over 19 XR-85 Tank Droids, a small number Stormtroopers which came from the 3 Snowtrooper Barracks, 1 Imperial Vehicle Bunker, 8 Turbolasers, 2 Missile Turrets, 1 shield generator, 8 TIE Bombers and 1 Imperial Research Facility |
Rebel Personnel : | Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles and Kasan Moor |
Rebel Force Composition : | 5 Snow Speeders from Rogue Squadron, 3 AT-PTs (Stolen by Rebel Commandos), and 1 Y-4 Transport |
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Imperial Survivors : | Moff Seerdon |
Surviving Forces : | Very few if any |
Imperial Loses : | All AT-ATs destroyed, over 15 XR-85 Tank Droids destroyed, possibly all of the Snowtroopers, most likely some of the Bunkers, 8 Turbolasers, 2 Missile Turrets, 1 shield generator, 8 TIE Bombers and 1 Imperial Research Facility |
Rebel Survivors : | Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles and Kasan Moor |
Surviving Forces : | 5 Snow Speeders from Rogue Squadron, 3 AT-PTs (Stolen by Rebel Commandos), and 1 Y-4 Transport |
Rebel Loses : | Most likely none |
Rogue Squadron was ordered
by General Carlist Rieekan to help a blotched Rebel escape attempt with
3 AT-PTs that were stolen by Rebel Commandos from a top secret Imperial
Weapons Research Facility, where experiments are conducted to create new
metal alloys. These Rebels Commandos were conducting their operation during
the Battle Above Taloraan and when their escape had been compromised, the
gate into the valley was blocked off and they were being pursued by an
AT-AT. The Snow Speeders from Rogue Squadron when they arrived were coming
from a landing pad, over a hill, while doing strafing runs on the Stormtroopers
positioned there. Rogue Squadron located the AT-PTs, and did a strafing
run on the Snowtroopers in area and on the AT-AT. Skywalker ordered Rogue
8 and 9 to concentrate their fire on the gate blocking the valley while
he, Rogue 7 and 10 would trip and destroy the AT-AT before it could destroy
the Rebel AT-PTs. They were ultimately successful in taking out the AT-AT,
since Skywalker was the one who tripped the walker, while in the process
of tripping the AT-AT, orders from Moff Seerdon ordered Rogue Squadron
to surrender themselves to the Empire, but the Rebels did not. By the time
the gate was destroyed and the AT-PTs coming through the now cleared path,
Skywalker was able to trip and destroyed 2nd AT-AT all the while facing
defending Snowtroopers, Turbolasers and XR-85 Tank Droids. Note that all
Snowtrooper loses were due to the strafing runs of the Snow Speeders. The
2nd AT-AT was between the shield generator and the gate, the AT-AT would
have been firing at the escaping AT-PTs if it hadn't been that Rebel-Luke
Skywalker. Surviving XR-85 Tank Droids conducted a long range attack on
the Rebel AT-PTs, but they were unsuccessful in destroying them. The AT-PTs
were going down a canyon to get to the landing pad where a Rebel Y-4 Transport
was waiting for them, it arrived as soon as Rogue Squadron located the
AT-PTs and tripped the pursuing AT-AT. A 3rd but last AT-AT was blocking
the path to the waiting Rebel Y-4 Transport and once again Skywalker was
able to trip and destroy this AT-AT. Moments after 12 XR-85 Tank Droids
lumbered over the canyon walls to eliminate the Rebel AT-PTs, in response
the Rebel Snow Speeders and the AT-PTs returned fire and they were able
to destroy the 12 XR-85 Tank Droids. The stolen AT-PTs were once again
faced with 3 more XR-85 Tank Droids that were blocking their path to the
Rebel Transport, but they too unfortunately met the same fate as the other
XR-85s. To end this Rebel escape, 4 waves of 2 TIE Bombers were launch
to conducted a bombing run to destroy the stolen AT-PTs, however they were
also destroyed before they could destroy the stolen AT-PTs. Once all 3
of the stolen AT-PTs made it to the landing platform Rogue Squadron was
then ordered to destroy the Imperial Research Facility, which was protected
by 1 Snowtrooper Barracks, a few Snowtroopers, a few XR-85 Tank Droids
and 6 Turbolasers outside of its protecting shield and 2 Missile Turrets
and a few Snowtroopers who were inside of the protecting shield. The shield
generator was protected by remaining XR-85 Tank Droids, surviving Snowtroopers,
1 Imperial Vehicle Bunker, 2 Snowtrooper Barracks and 2 Turbolasers. The
Rebels destroyed the shield generator its defences, with the shield no
longer protecting the Imperial Research Facility the Rebels destroyed its
remaining fixed defences and then destroyed the facility before leaving
the area. The stolen AT-PTs would have been used by Moff Seerdon who was
consolidating his forces to cut off the Rebel's bacta supply.