Battle Name : | Trap and Destroy Rebel Convoy Near Rocrin [Imperial Campaign: Imperial Task Force Vengeance, Mission 3] |
Battle Location : | Rocrin System in the Airam Sector |
Battle Occurred : | Some time after the Battle of Hoth |
Battle Type : | Ambush (For the Empire) |
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance |
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ISD Rage, Interdictor Compellor, Avenger Squadron (TIE Interceptors have shields and Jamming Beam), Gamma Squadron (12 TIE Fighters armed with 4 Concussion Missiles) and Beta Squadron (12 TIE Bombers armed with 12 Proton Torpedoes) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | Assassin-class Corvette Croisade (Technicians), CR90 Corellian Corvettes Veed and Droo (Troops), Gallofree Yards Medium Transports Anuto and Anuti (Construction Workers), Modular Conveyor Rakan 1 (Fabricator) and 2 (Reactor), Cargo Ferry Nubo 1-4 (Construction Equipment), Bulk Freighters Guril 1-4 (Supplies), 12 A-Wings (Armed with Concussion Missiles) and 14 X-Wings (Armed with Proton Torpedoes) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | ISD Rage, Interdictor Compellor, Avenger Squadron, Gamma Squadron and Beta Squadron |
Imperial Loses : | Moderate Loses. Beta Squadron lost a minimum of 3 TIE Bombers |
Rebel Survivors : | None |
Surviving Forces : | None |
Rebel Loses : | Entire Convoy |
When the Empire learned
of coordinates of the hyperspace transit point of a large Rebel convoy
that would be passing through the Rocrin System, the ISD Rage and the Interdictor
Cruiser Compellor were dispatch to ambush and lay waste to the Rebels.
The Rebels were pulled back into realspace and the Imperial ambush on the
Rebels began. Avenger Squadron initiated the attack by engaging the Rebel
Convoy's 12 A-Wing escorts, while at the same time identifying the convoy
ships as opportunities presented themselves. Beta Squadron would only destroy
a Rebel convoy vessel after it was identified. Gamma Squadron stayed close
to the Imperial capital ships to protect them. They engaged any A-Wings
that came too close to the Imperial capital ships. The A-Wings were concentrating
their attacks on Beta Squadron's TIE Bombers, since they posed the greatest
threat to the Rebel convoy. Some time after the A-Wings were eliminated,
Rebel X-Wings hypered into the area to begin their torpedo attack on the
Interdictor Compellor in an attempt to save the remaining Rebel convoy
ships. With that the Rebels only hope was to force the Interdictor flee,
the Rebel convoy turned itself around to engage and attempt to drive off
the Interdictor, all the while dealing with Imperial starfighters and the
ISD Rage to get to the Interdictor. In the end however, the Rebels did
not succeed in their plan and all of their forces in the area were destroyed.
Unfortunately, the Rebel X-Wings did manage to cause the Interdictor Cruiser
Compellor to lose most of its shield strength. The Rebel convoy was inspected
on orders by Admiral Senn, so the Empire would be able to determine the
Rebels plans. The contents of the convoy were everything needed to build
a large base or production facility. With the destruction of the Rebel
convoy, evidence continued to mount on a substantial Rebel build-up in
this sector.