Battle Name : | Rocket Attack |
Battle Location : | Near Nav Buoy NB-73 |
Battle Occurred : | Months after the Battle of Hoth, after TIE Advanced received its hyperdrive unit |
Battle Type : | Assault (For the Empire) |
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance |
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | 12 TIE Advanced (6 Have 4 Heavy Rockets and the rest of Concussion Missiles) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | MC80 Ardent, Nebulon-B Frigate Inamo, 12 Z-95 Headhunters, 12 A-Wings (Have Concussion Missiles), 4 X-Wings, Stormtrooper Transport Mule 1, Lambda Shuttle Argus (Officers) and Type D Containers Pi 1-4 (Supplies), Xi 1-4 (Supplies) and Chi (Supplies) [None of the Cargo Containers have shields] |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | TIE Advanced |
Imperial Loses : | Light Losses |
Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | MC80 Ardent |
Rebel Loses : | Entire Force, except MC80 Ardent |
After patient observation of a Rebel supply cache, the Empire was rewarded with an opportunity to destroy a Rebel Nebulon-B Frigate. The Rebel Nebulon-B Frigate Inamo would be vulnerable during a refit. With that in mind, the Empire decided to strike. A squadron of TIE Advanced were split into two groups, Alpha and Beta. Alpha group initiated the attack by hypering into the area 6 seconds before Beta group. Alpha group headed directly toward the Rebel frigate which was 9 km away while Beta group headed towards the supply cache which was less than 4 km away. Many moments after the start of the battle, Rebel X-Wings hypered into the area some distance away. However the X-Wings were unable to stop Alpha group from accomplishing their mission. The Rebel Stormtrooper Transport Mule 1 which was working in the supply cache attempted to flee but it was destroyed.
Alpha group quickly destroyed
the Rebel frigate in a barrage of heavy rockets, while Beta group engaged
the X-Wings. The MC80 Ardent arrive after all of the supplies and
the Rebel frigate were destroyed. The MC80 deployed its squadron of Z-95
Headhunters. Though most of Alpha group's heavy rockets were expended,
the pressed an attack on the MC80. The engagement caused severe damage
to the MC80. Once its hull had reached the 50% mark a shuttle was launched.
However that shuttle did not get far. Unfortunately the MC80 was able to
escape its destruction in this engagement. Soon after two waves of 6 A-Wings
arrived. But they met the fate that the MC80 Ardent was able to
escape.