Battle Name : | Prisoners from Kessel |
Battle Location : | Near the Planet Kessel |
Battle Occurred : | Before the Battle of Yavin |
Battle Type : | Rescue (For the Rebels) |
Force Making Attack : | Rebel Alliance |
Opposing Forces : | Rebel Alliance / Galactic Empire |
Victorious Force : | Rebel Alliance |
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown |
Imperial Force Composition : | ISD Tiger, 2 TIE Fighters, 6 TIE Interceptors and Lambda Shuttles ST 213, ST 224, ST 227, ST 247 and ST249 (Prisoners) |
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown |
Rebel Force Composition : | Red Squadron (3 Y-Wings have 8 Proton Torpedoes) and Lambda Shuttles Rescue 1-5 |
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Imperial Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | ISD Tiger and all Lambda Shuttles (Disabled) |
Imperial Loses : | All TIE Fighters and TIE Interceptors |
Rebel Survivors : | Unknown |
Surviving Forces : | Red Squadron and Lambda Shuttles Rescue 1-5 |
Rebel Loses : | None |
Rebel Alliance Intelligence
learned of a transfer of Rebel prisoners from Kessel to the ISD Predator,
however when the Rebels did arrive it turned out that the Star Destroyer
was the ISD Tiger. Unfortunately overconfidence led the Empire to
believe that two TIE Fighter escorts were sufficient enough to escort the
shuttles to the Star Destroyer. The Rebels conceived a bold plan to rescue
their fellow terrorists. Three Y-Wings hypered into the area behind the
Imperial Lambda Shuttles. The Y-Wings engaged and destroyed the TIE Fighter
escorts that broke off to engage them. The Imperial shuttles had quite
some distance to cover before they could reach the ISD. With the TIE Fighters
eliminated, the Rebels inspected and disabled the shuttles. The Rebel rescue
shuttles arrived after the Imperial shuttles were disabled. Six TIE Interceptors
were launched early in the battle from the Star Destroyer in an attempt
to stop the Rebels. In the end unfortunately, the Rebels were able to destroy
the TIE Interceptors sent out to eliminate the Rebel presence. The Rebel
shuttles were able to dock with the Imperial ones and were able to rescue
their comrades before hypering out of the area. The participating Rebel
pilots were all rewarded the Corellian Cross for their bravery in this
battle.