| Battle Name : | Trapped by Pirates! [Battle 9 (TIE Defender Technology Campaign), Mission 5] |
| Battle Location : | Near Nav Buoy CRM-114 |
| Battle Occurred : | Well after the Battle of Hoth, well before "Shadows of the Empire" |
| Battle Type : | Piracy (For the Rneekii Pirates) |
| Force Making Attack : | Rneekii Pirates |
| Opposing Forces : | Rneekii Pirates / Galactic Empire |
| Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire |
| Imperial Personnel : | Maarek Stele (Delta 1) and Chief TIE Defender Scientist |
| Imperial Force Composition : | 1 TIE Defender [Delta 1] (8 Advanced Concussion Missiles and Improved Tractor Beam), Lambda-class Shuttle G'nabgib (Disabled), TIE Defender prototypes 11,12, Assassin-class Modified Corvettes Hashim 1,2,3 (Corvettes holding TIE Defenders) and Assault Gunboats Nu and Tau (Total of 4 Assault Gunboats) |
| Pirate Personnel : | Unknown |
| Pirate Force Composition : | Strike-class Cruiser Intombe, 6 Troop Transports with boarders (Armed with Proton Torpedoes), 12 R-41 Starchasers (Armed with Mag Pulse Torpedoes or Concussion Missiles) and 32 Type B Mines |
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| Imperial Survivors : | Maarek Stele |
| Surviving Forces : | 1 TIE Defender, Lambda-class Shuttle G'nabgib, TIE Defender prototypes 11,12, Assassin-class Modified Corvettes Hashim 1,2,3 and Assault Gunboats Nu and Tau |
| Imperial Loses : | None |
| Pirate Survivors : | Unknown |
| Surviving Forces : | Strike-class Cruiser Intombe and Troop Transport Ibutho 1 carrying captured Chief TIE Defender Scientist |
| Pirate Loses : | 12 R-41 Starchasers, 5 Troop Transports with boarders and 32 Type B Mines |
When the convoy carrying
the TIE Defenders came out of hyperspace, they were surprised to find themselves
surrounded by an ion cannon mine field (Type B Mines), which was placed
there by the Rneekii Pirates. Imperial reinforcements were called, but
they would arrived too late to stop the pirates from taking the entire
Imperial convoy, so Maarek Stele piloting TIE Defender Delta 1 was the
Empire's only hope. The Rneekii Pirates had already disabled and boarded
shuttle G'nabgib, capturing the data and personnel onboard, when TIE Defender
Delta 1 was launched out of modified corvette Hashim 3. Troop Transport
Ibutho 1, which was carrying the TIE Defender Scientist was able to hyper
out of the area before Stele could disable the transport. The Type B Mines
in conjunction with the combined efforts of the Rneekii Pirates' Troop
Transports and R-41 Starchasers attacked the modified corvettes to disable
and capture them. The modified corvettes fought as best they could but
in the end, they were disabled. Stele first concentrated on destroying
the Troop Transports to ensure the Pirates could not capture the disabled
Imperial ships, while taking shots at mines in passing. Once the transports
were destroyed, Stele turned his attention to totally eliminating the R-41
Starchasers, in which he was successful. But during this time of combat,
Troop Transport Ibutho 4 attempted to capture one of the corvettes but
it was destroyed before it could do so. Soon after, Assault Gunboats from
Nu and Tau groups arrived to assist in the situation. Both the Assault
Gunboats and the TIE Defender cleared away the mine field and drove off
the Rneekii Pirates' Strike Cruiser Intombe. Assault Gunboats from Nu group
hypered out of the area to get help for the disabled convoy and TIE Defender
Delta 1 returned to Hashim 3's hanger. The Galactic Empire was able to
stop the Rneekii Pirates from capturing any of the modified corvettes containing
the TIE Defenders and help for the convoy is to arrive soon, since the
TIE Defenders remain vulnerable to capture. However, the Rneekii Pirates
made off with some of the key scientists and data aboard shuttle G'nabgib,
which now presented a serious problem for the Empire.