| Battle Name : | Protect Returning Starfighters |
| Battle Location : | Somewhere in the Galaxy |
| Battle Occurred : | Before the Battle of Yavin |
| Battle Type : | Defence (For the Rebels) |
| Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
| Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance |
| Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
| Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
| Imperial Force Composition : | Nebulon-B Frigate Terminator and 12 TIE Bombers (Have Concussion Missiles) |
| Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
| Rebel Force Composition : | MC80a Cathleen, Red Squadron (2 A-Wings with 12 Concussion Missiles and 2 X-Wings), Blue Squadron (3 A-Wings), Gold Squadron (4 X-Wings) and Lambda Shuttles Blue 1 and 2 (Commandos) |
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| Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
| Surviving Forces : | Nebulon-B Frigate Terminator |
| Imperial Loses : | 12 TIE Bombers |
| Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
| Surviving Forces : | MC80a Cathleen, Red Squadron, Blue Squadron, Gold Squadron and Lambda Shuttles Blue 1 and 2 |
| Rebel Loses : | None |
The MC80a Cathleen
was recovering Rebel starfighters that were battle weary and damaged, after
a successful attack on Imperial shipping in the Corporate Sector. To protect
the recovery operation, Red Squadron was deployed, the X-Wings maintained
point defence around the MC80a, while the A-Wings watched the perimeter.
The Imperial Nebulon-B Frigate Terminator hypered into the area
some distance away from the MC80a, a short time after the Rebel recovery
operation had begun. The Imperial frigate deployed 6 TIE Bombers before
hypering out of the area. With that the Rebel A-Wings raced to engage the
TIE Bombers. A short time later, the Imperial frigate reappeared again,
this time on the other flank of the MC80a, still quite some distance away.
The frigate once again deployed 6 TIE Bombers and hypered out of the area.
However, in the end the Rebels were able to destroy the TIE Bombers, without
a disruption in their recovery operation. A short time after the destruction
of the TIE Bombers, the MC80a and the protecting Rebel starfighters hypered
out of the area.