Battle Name : | Take Prisoners Near Blair Cluster [Imperial Campaign: Imperial Task Force Vengeance, Mission 1] |
Battle Location : | At the edge of the Blair Cluster (Asteroid Field) in the Airam Sector |
Battle Occurred : | Some time after the Battle of Hoth |
Battle Type : | Inspection Ambush (For the Empire) |
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Airam Criminals / Rebel Alliance / Airam Pirates |
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ISD Rage, Interdictor Compellor, Stormtrooper Transports Sigma 1-4 (Stormtroopers), Avenger Squadron (TIE Interceptors have shields and Jamming Beam), Gamma Squadron (TIE Fighters have 4 Concussion Missiles) and Beta Squadron (TIE Bombers have 12 Proton Torpedoes) |
Airam Personnel : | Unknown |
Airam Force Composition : | Escort Shuttle Ellichon (8 Beings on board), ETR Redeye (5 Beings on board) and YT-1300 Squit (10 Beings on board) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | Gallofree Yards Medium Transport Gilder (39 Beings on board) and 6 X-Wings |
Airam Pirate Personnel : | Unknown |
Airam Pirate Force Composition : | Dreadnaught Anat, Assassin-class Corvette Grom 1 and 2, Mallet Squadron (12 R-41 Starchasers armed with Advanced Proton Torpedoes) and Spike Squadron (12 T-Wings) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | ISD Rage, Interdictor Compellor, Stormtrooper Transports Sigma 1-4, Avenger Squadron, Gamma Squadron and Beta Squadron |
Imperial Loses : | Light |
Airam Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | All surrendered |
Airam Loses : | Escort Shuttle Ellichon, ETR Redeye and YT-1300 Squit (All Captured) |
Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | None |
Rebel Loses : | Gallofree Yards Medium Transport Gilder (39 Beings on board) and 6 X-Wings |
Airam Pirate Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | None |
Airam Pirate Loses : | Dreadnaught Anat, Assassin-class Corvette Grom 1 and 2, 12 R-41 Starchasers and 12 T-Wings |
The ISD Rage and the Interdictor
Cruiser Compellor were ordered to set up an inspection ambush near a frequently
travelled hyperspace transit point at the edge of the Blair Cluster. This
check point was set up to catch retreating Rebels since Imperial Forces
under the command of Admiral Senn who ordered the pursuit of retreating
Rebels in this neutral territory. The TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers stayed
close to the capital ships to protect them from any counterattacks. Avenger
Squadron was deployed to force ships that were pulled into realspace by
the Interdictor's gravity wells to surrender. The first vessel to be pulled
into realspace was the shuttle Ellichon, the shuttle tried to make a run
for the asteroid cluster but it did not succeed. Avenger Squadron was cleared
to open fire upon the vessel, after taking a few hits the shuttle surrendered
and one Stormtrooper Transport was deployed to board the craft. Soon after
the appearance of the first shuttle, came the transport Redeye which was
again forced into surrender. Another Stormtrooper Transport was launched
to board the craft. Soon after the YT-1300 Squit was pulled into the area
and once again it was forced into surrender with the threat of destruction
by Avenger Squadron. And yet again another Stormtrooper Transport was launched
to board the transport. Airam criminals were not the only catch of the
day, Interdictor Compellor was able to pull the Rebel Medium Transport
Gilder and its escort from the safety of hyperspace. Avenger Squadron responded
immediately. The Rebel X-Wings conducted their attack on the recently launched
Stormtrooper transport Sigma 4, but they did not succeed in destroying
the transport. The Rebel Medium Transport also fell to the same fate as
the other vessels that were pulled into the area. Without warning an Airam
Pirate group entered into the area with hostile intent. TIE Bombers were
sent to deal with the Assassin-class Corvettes first, while Avenger Squadron
and the TIE Fighters dealt with the T-Wings. The Dreadnaught was too far
away to engage any of the Imperial capital ships, but it deployed its R-41
Starchaser squadron and started to head towards the ISD Rage to engage
it. The R-41 Starchasers targeted the Interdictor Compellor and let of
volleys of advanced proton torpedoes at their target, but they did not
cause any serious damage to the Imperial vessel. Once the Modified Corvettes
were destroyed, the TIE Bombers turned their attention on the pirate Dreadnaught.
The T-Wings nor the R-41 Starchasers would survive the battle against Imperial
Forces and the Dreadnaught Anat also met the same fate that day due to
the efforts of Imperial TIE Bombers. After the conclusion of the battle,
all the ships that surrendered were destroyed after everyone aboard those
vessels were captured. Everyone of the vessels stopped either had wanted
criminals and/or illicit cargo aboard. The prisoners captured would be
interrogated to determine where should the Empire strike next.