Battle Name : | Ambush Arms Smugglers near Ytha'ac Cluster [Battles-Rebel Alliance Operation: Quick Strike, Mission 4] |
Battle Location : | Ytha'ac Cluster in the Ytha'ac System. Near Nav Buoy Hazard |
Battle Occurred : | Sometime after the Battle of Hoth, before "Shadows of the Empire" |
Battle Type : | Ambush (For the Empire) |
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire |
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance + Airam Smugglers |
Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ATR Sigma 1 and 2 (Stormtroopers), 16 Assault Gunboats (8 from Tau and 8 from Mu) and 4 TIE Advanced (Concussion Missiles) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | Red Squadron (8 X-Wings, no warheads), Gold Squadron (8 X-Wings, no warheads) and Cargo Ferries Rongo 1 and 2 |
Airam Personnel : | Unknown |
Airam Force Composition : | Cargo Ferries Fanir 1 (Container Type A [Missiles]) and Fanir 2 (Container Type A [Torpedoes]) |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Assault Gunboats |
Imperial Loses : | Both ATRs, all TIE Advanced and heavy losses to Tau Squadron and severe losses to Mu Squadron |
Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Red Squadron, Gold Squadron and Cargo Ferries Rongo 1 and 2 |
Rebel Loses : | Light Loses to Red Squadron |
Airam Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Cargo Ferries Fanir 1 and Fanir 2 |
Airam Loses : | None |
The Empire learned of a
cargo transfer between the Rebels and Airam weapon smugglers that would
take place in an asteroid cluster, in the Ytha'ac System and decided to
ambush them. The Airam weapon smugglers were bringing the Rebels stolen
Imperial munitions, however the two Imperial Capture Teams arrived before
the Airam and the Rebels believed that they were led into a trap. However,
the Rebels still stayed and waited for the arrival of the smugglers. Their
waiting paid off. Gold Squadron was sent to engage Mu Squadron, while Red
Squadron would engage Tau Squadron, and both Gold and Red Squadrons would
engage the ATRs. Moments after the battle started the Airam smugglers arrived.
The Airam smugglers did not stay for the battle, after hypering into the
area, they dropped off their cargo of stolen Imperial munitions and hypered
out. Moments after the arrival of the Airam Cargo Ferries, the Rebel Cargo
Ferries arrived to pick up the cargo that was dropped off. The Assault
Gunboats, that made it passed the Rebel fighter screen went after the Rebel
Cargo Ferries to disable them for capture, while the TIE Advanceds concentrated
their attention on the Rebel fighters. Early in the battle, the Empire's
ATRs arrived and headed towards the Cargo Ferries to capture them and to
recover the stolen Imperial munitions. The Rebel fighters were successful
in stopping the Assault Gunboats from disabling the Cargo Ferries and were
able to destroy both ATRs, thus ensuring that the Empire could not recover
its stolen munitions. Once the Rebel Cargo Ferries made their jump into
hyperspace, the Rebel fighters soon followed.