Battle Name : | Protect Resupply of ISD Rage Near Bes [Imperial Campaign: Imperial Task Force Vengeance, Mission 12] |
Battle Location : | Bes System in the Airam Sector |
Battle Occurred : | Some time after the Battle of Hoth |
Battle Type : | Hit and Fade (For the Rebels) |
Force Making Attack : | Rebel Alliance |
Opposing Forces : | Rebel Alliance / Galactic Empire |
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ISD Rage, Bulk Freighters Convoy 1 and 2 (Each carrying 2 Type A Containers -Warheads), Utility Tugs Bug 1-4, Avenger Squadron (TIE Advanced have 8 Concussion Missiles and Jamming Beam) and Talon Squadron (Assault Gunboats have 12 Proton Torpedoes and Tractor Beam) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | Dreadnaught Neva, 6 X-Wings (Armed with Proton Torpedoes and Chaff), 6 A-Wings (Armed with Concussion Missiles and Chaff), B-Wings (Armed with Proton Torpedoes and Chaff) and 4 Z-95 Headhunters (Armed with Advanced Concussion Missiles and Flares) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | ISD Rage, Bulk Freighters Convoy 1 and 2, 4 Type A Containers, Utility Tugs Bug 1-4, Avenger Squadron and Talon Squadron |
Imperial Loses : | Light Losses |
Rebel Survivors : | None |
Surviving Forces : | None |
Rebel Loses : | Entire Force |
The Empire knew of the impending
Rebel attack on the Bulk Freighters when they rendezvoused with the ISD
Rage for a badly needed supply of warheads. The Empire knew of this because
the Empire planted an agent in the mists of the Rebel Intelligence staff.
Admiral Senn was coordinating the final preparations for the Empire's assault
on the Rebel starship yard that had been located. The ISD Rage would rejoin
the task force once it was resupplied. The Rebels in this attack on Imperial
Forces would be using the sabotaged warheads that the Empire allowed them
capture. Once half the load of proton torpedoes were fired off, the fire
control system would then cause the remaining unfired proton torpedoes
to detonate. The Rebel X-Wings were the first wave of the attack force
to hyper in the area and went after the Bulk Freighters arrived. The X-Wings
targeted the Bulk Freighters which came out of hyperspace (before the X-Wings
arrived) a few kilometres from the ISD Rage and started to fire off their
load of proton torpedoes, while Avenger and Talon Squadrons did their best
to intercept those torpedoes before they could reach the freighters. Not
long after the Rebel X-Wings were taken by surprise when their fire control
system went berserk, moments after that their X-Wings detonated. During
the battle, the Bulk Freighters head towards the ISD Rage to drop of their
shipment of munitions. A second strike force of A-Wings came out of hyperspace
to the rear of the ISD Rage and a moment later a third Rebel strike force
of B-Wings came out of hyperspace right in front of the ISD Rage. The Rebels
fired off some more proton torpedoes, but then stopped since they were
on the Imperial sabotage plot on their sabotaged proton torpedoes. The
battle raged on and Imperial Forces were preventing the destruction of
the freighters. In the mid point of the battle, the Rebel Dreadnaught Neva
hypered into the area and launched its Z-95 Headhunters. The Bulk Freighters
at this time dropped off the cargo containers. With that, the Utility Tugs
were launched to bring back the munitions. Imperial Forces were beating
back the Rebel raiders. Once the shields on the Rebel Dreadnaught were
almost down it began to withdraw from the battle. Moments before the Dreadnaught
was destroyed the Imperial Bulk Freighters hypered out of the area. The
remaining Rebels were not as fortunate and were destroyed.