Battle Name : | Rescue From Star's End [Tour of Duty 2 (The Great Search Campaign), Mission 1] |
Battle Location : | Near the planet of Kashyyyk |
Battle Occurred : | Months before the Battle of Yavin, just after the destruction of the ISD Invincible |
Battle Type : | Rescue Operation (For the Rebels) |
Force Making Attack : | Rebel Alliance |
Opposing Forces : | Rebel Alliance / Galactic Empire / Neutral |
Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ISD Intrepid, 26 TIE Fighters, 11 TIE Interceptors, 9 TIE Bombers (Have Concussion Missiles) and Stormtrooper Transport Lambda (Stormtroopers) |
Neutral Personnel : | Unknown |
Neutral Force Composition : | BFF-1 Freighter Genue (Rebels) |
Rebel Personnel : | Captain Keyan Farlander (Red 1) and Lieutenant Cardacs (Red 2) |
Rebel Force Composition : | Red Squadron (2 A-Wings, have 12 Concussion Missiles) and Lambda Shuttle Drago (Rescue Team) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | ISD Intrepid |
Imperial Loses : | 26 TIE Fighters, 11 TIE Interceptors, 9 TIE Bombers and Stormtrooper Transport Lambda |
Neutral Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | None |
Neutral Loses : | BFF-1 Freighter Genue (Captured) |
Rebel Survivors : | Captain Keyan Farlander and two Rebels (The Rebels were Captain Samuel Raider and Toalagar) |
Surviving Forces : | Red Squadron and Lambda Shuttle Drago |
Rebel Loses : | 1 A-Wing |
Two Rebel pilots in a daring
escape were able to escape from Star's End and were able to hide aboard
a freighter headed for Kashyyyk. The Empire just begun to search all spacecraft
in the surrounding systems and were able to locate and disable the freighter
carrying the Rebels. The Rebels had two minutes before a Stormtrooper Transport
would complete its docking operation an capture the freighter carrying
the Rebels. The ISD Intrepid was in the area overseeing the capture
operation, and had deployed starfighters to protect the capture operation.
The Rebel A-Wings hypered into the area and immediately sped towards the
disabled freighter. Farlander ordered his wingman to attack the second
of two TIE Interceptors that were coming towards them. Farlander targeted
the leader and destroyed him with concussion missiles. The next pair of
Imperial starfighters were TIE Fighters. Farlander once again ordered his
wingman to attack the second TIE, while he would destroy the leader with
his laser cannons. Farlander reached the transport, he settled behind it
and cut his speed to zero. Farlander let off four concussion missiles into
the Stormtrooper Transport and finished it off with his cannons. After
which, he set out to assist his wingman with the TIE Fighter he was having
trouble with. At this point the ISD Intrepid launched reinforcements,
which were 4 TIE Fighters and as the Rebels headed towards them, more TIE
Fighters were being launched. By now the Rebels were within the range of
the ISD's guns, Farlander believed that the constant maneuvering due to
the dogfighting would keep them safe from the ISD, he was wrong. His wingman
was caught in the ISD's fire and was destroyed. Then 3 TIE Bombers were
launched. With that Farlander broke away from the fighters switched to
missiles, once he was in range he destroyed the TIE Bombers. A replacement
wave of TIE Bombers were launched and they too met the same fate as did
the first. At the mid point of the battle the Rebel Shuttle Drago
arrived. Farlander was battling with TIE Fighters and when he destroyed
a couple of them, 3 TIE Interceptors were launched and were headed towards
the Rebel shuttle. Farlander was able to chase the leader and one of his
wingmen down. Farlander got the last one which got passed him with his
last missile. After that Farlander turned back towards the ISD and soon
after a replacement wave of TIE Interceptors was launched. However Farlander
had to weave to prevent the pursuing TIE Fighters from destroying him as
he made his way towards the TIE Interceptors. The Rebel shuttle was able
to capture the freighter and both of them hypered out of the area. While
Farlander was able to prevent any harm from coming to the shuttle. He destroyed
the remaining TIEs near him and hypered out of the area.