Battle of Restuss

"What is happening at the Battle of Restuss? Really? I wish I would be transferred over there soon and show them the might of the Emperor!"

- An Imperial stormtrooper in Theed

The Battle of Restuss was a major battle between Imperial and Rebel forces primarily on and around the Naboo moon of Rori. The battle involved aspects of both ground and space warfare and encompassed events occurring across several different planets. One noteworthy aspect of the battle was the Empire's acquisition of Crusader MK III armor from the Black Sun organization.

The prelude
"I am Marles Jacobe of the Corellia Times. I am investigating the military buildup here in Restuss. It has already caused the entire city to be evacuated, displacing thousands of families. And with tensions running high there is sure to be a showdown. What are your thoughts on this whole situation?"

- Marles Jacobe

Restuss was the second of two major cities built on Naboo's moon of Rori during the time of the Galactic Republic. Its history was mired in tragedy, as Restuss was originally used as a quarantine zone for those affected by the Brainworm Rot Plague. When the plague was finally vanquished, the Republic ordered that the city remain quarantined, out of fear that the disease might somehow resurface. This angered the citizens of Restuss, prompting an unarmed revolt. Huge portions of Restuss, including the hospital and detainment center, were razed to the ground in the ensuing riots. The Republic reluctantly lifted the quarantine, and Restuss was rebuilt around a small starport, which served as the town's primary meeting place and financial center.

With the rise of the Galactic Empire, Restuss served as little more than an isolated artist's retreat, largely removed from Naboo politics. The populace rarely discussed the raging Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic, but when they did, they discussed it as though the conflict was taking place in some far distant corner of the galaxy. All that would change however, when after the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, the Galactic Empire started using a secret research facility in the city of Restuss to develop an energy cell capable of powering a Death Star scale installation. This power supply, known as a Star Core, was devised by Galactic Emperor Palpatine and was designed to be small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.

Operatives of the Rebel Alliance, conducting reconnaissance in the Naboo system, discovered the facility used by the Empire to develop the Star Core. The Rebellion recognized the unimaginable energy supply the Star Core could provide, and concocted a plan to not only deprive the Empire of this power, but to claim it as their own. The Rebellion hoped that possession of such a power source could be used as leverage to convince undecided or frightened star systems to join their cause. With this in mind, the Rebellion began construction of a small base north of Restuss, which they planned to build up in preparation for a larger offensive on Restuss. When the Empire learned that information regarding their secret project was in the hands of the Rebel Alliance, they issued an encoded Imperial Directive calling on Imperial forces in the Naboo system to report to their small base south of the city.

Sensing the buildup in military tensions, the Galactic Empire ordered a civilian evacuation of Restuss. East of the city, outside the main metropolitan area, a new spaceport was constructed which served as a safe haven for some of the city's residents and visitors. Marles Jacobe of the Corellia Times traveled to this spaceport, and interviewed spacers on their thoughts about the military buildup and evacuation. News of the escalating situation reached as far as the Outer Rim Territories. Even citizens in Mos Eisley were not immune from an Imperial draft which threatened to send them to the front lines of Restuss. Meanwhile, the Empire and Rebellion also called on willing supporters to assist in building up their respective bases on the opposite sides of the city. In preparation for the major Rebel offensive, Lieutenant Pofko tasked loyal weaponsmiths with manufacturing rocket launchers and E-11 carbines for the Imperial Army. Lieutenant Ingri of the Rebel Alliance similarly commissioned the manufacturing of these same weapons for their Rebel troops. However, the scope of the oncoming battle was not just limited to the isolated city of Restuss. A Zabrak Imperial lieutenant named Wholding and a Nautolan lieutenant of the Alliance named Romer sent miners to the Kessel system and deep space to harvest asteroids for obsidian ore and organometallic gas. These raw materials were then used to aid in the construction of their respective bases outside of Restuss.

To secure the space above Rori, Lieutenant Wulf of the Imperial Navy tasked a pilot with crippling the Alliance Fleet in the Corellian system, so that Imperial capital ships could be successfully mobilized. The Empire succeeded in this objective, but the Rebellion was not willing to let go of their superiority over Corellia so easily. When Imperial spies learned that the Rebellion was preparing to bring in reinforcements from the Karthakk system, Lieutenant Wulf tasked his loyal pilot with preemptively destroying at least fifteen of their T-65 X-wing starfighters and Z-95 Headhunters before they ever had the chance to enter hyperspace and reach the Corellian system. Despite the Empire's success in this endeavor, a Twi'lek lieutenant of the Alliance named Grollo dispatched a pilot of her own with disrupting the Imperial fleet above Corellia. When they succeeded in doing so, she also dispatched the pilot with destroying fifteen TIE/LN starfighters in the Yavin system before they could be sent as backup to the contested war zone above the Core World.

To limit the effectiveness of a Rebel ground assault, Lieutenant Gregor ordered the killings of numerous members of the Alliance Army and Alliance Special Forces throughout the galaxy, before they had a chance to be sent to the front lines of Restuss. To increase their chances of victory, Lieutenant Olvog likewise ordered attacks on members of the Imperial Army, and even a number of dark troopers, which the Rebellion feared would be put to use in the streets of the beleaguered city. Ultimately, these peripheral conflicts culminated in the completion of the Rebel and Imperial military bases to the north and south of the city. With tensions reaching a critical point, and both sides primed for battle, the march to Restuss would soon begin.

The battle
"Drafted! I don't want to be drafted and go to Restuss. That place is absolutely dangerous right now."

- An Imperial citizen in Mos Eisley

In preparation for a climactic battle, Imperial and Rebel forces began assembling in and around their respective bases. Both sides were about to commence a large invasion of the city to gain full control of Restuss, and secure the Star Core for their own purposes. Soon enough, both factions were given the call to march into the city. As the two opposing forces advanced toward the city, the skies above Restuss erupted in turmoil as Imperial TIE fighters and TIE/sa bombers engaged the Rebel's T-65 X-wing starfighters in a pitched battle. Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttles could also be seen participating in the skirmish low above the city. Meanwhile, as the Imperial and Rebel ground forces entered the deserted streets of Restuss, the two opposing forces encountered one another. Suddenly, the once peaceful streets of Restuss were now witness to a violent conflict between the opposing factions of the Galactic Civil War. The Battle of Restuss had truly begun. In addition to the sizeable number of Imperial ground forces, the initial stage of this battle saw the use of many All Terrain Scout Transports and at least one All Terrain Armored Transport. Despite the Rebel's lack of similar walkers during the battle, they were nonetheless successful in holding their own against the better equipped Empire.

Although one faction was gaining a tactical advantage in the battle, it was a moot point. Neither side was truly succeeding in securing the powerful Star Core, and the battle would soon take a dramatic turn for both sides. The Star Core, still in development and highly unstable, somehow detonated during the course of the battle between the Imperial and Rebel forces. Suddenly, there was a blinding flash, and a wave of energy pushed through the entirety of the city. The blast wave was slightly warm, as it passed through the many soldiers of Restuss. While the blast wave itself did not appear to harm the combating forces, the same could not be said for the city itself. When the blast subsided, and the view suddenly cleared, witnesses of the battle saw the once pristine and beautiful architecture of Restuss transformed into a massive heap of charred ruins. The massive blast caused by the Star Core had left all of Restuss, including the great theater, city hall, and even the starport to burst aflame in smoldering ruins. Despite the tremendous destruction that was just witnessed, the surviving Imperial and Rebel forces resumed battling one another. Imperial reinforcements in the form of stormtroopers, officers, and Urban Assault Dark Troopers were deployed by Imperial transport crafts landing in the middle of the war zone. The Rebellion likewise relied on an influx of Rebel troopers, special forces, and elite commandos brought in by their own GR-75 medium transports. The battle even saw the arrival of an Emperor's Hand, a lightsaber wielding Force-sensitive agent named Aralina Silk. However, she ended up getting killed by a group of fighters, only to have her Jinsu Razor lightsaber fall into the hands of a Force-sensitive member of the group. The Battle of Restuss had already seen heavy losses on both sides, the destruction of Restuss, and the apparent loss of the Star Core. However, the battle had only just began.

Aftermath
"Good to see you, soldier. Welcome to the mess. We've got orders to find anything related to the Imperial research project among the rubble here in Restuss. Unfortunately Imperial troops are everywhere and our salvage teams are in constant danger. We need soldiers like you to keep them off our backs."

- Captain Redding



Following the destruction of Restuss, soldiers on both sides of the conflict were awarded the Imperial and Rebel Medals of Resolution for their part in the initial stage of the battle. The more prestigious Imperial and Rebel Grand Medal of Resolution was awarded to soldiers of the faction which had achieved a greater tactical success during the initial stage. However, neither side had yet won the battle itself. With both the Empire and Rebellion failing to yet secure the Star Core, the Battle of Restuss merely transformed into a protracted, smaller scale conflict between the opposing forces of the Galactic Civil War. Indeed, despite the devastation wrought by the Star Core, the Rebel Alliance was still confident that not all was lost. The Nautolan Captain Redding ordered Rebel soldiers to clear the streets of Imperial troops and Urban Assault Darktroopers, so that salvage teams could safely search rubble for material related to the Imperial research project. A Force-sensitive Human named Stoer Kilos, who had witnessed the explosion, expressed doubt that the Star Core should be recreated, if it were even possible to do so. He did not believe much of the project would be salvageable, and that trying to recreate it would be a dangerous prospect. After all, if the Star Core were at full power, it could have wreaked devastation to the entire moon of Rori itself. Nevertheless, Kilos decided to enlist his services to the Rebel cause, and reported to the Chiss named Captain Voldez in the Rebel base near Restuss.

From this base, Captain Voldez oversaw plans to destroy antennae around Restuss, placed by the Imperial Army to coordinate their troops and spy on the Alliance. She also oversaw the elimination of key Imperial officers behind the conflict in Restuss, including a Zabrak Imperial Intelligence officer named Admiral Grot. Before he could relocate to a new safehouse, Alliance spies pinpointed his location, and a small team of Rebel commandos used gas to drive the Admiral out from his building. Despite being accompanied by a contingent of stomtroopers and Urban Assault Darktroopers, the vicious Zabrak was defeated by a Rebel soldier under the employ of Captain Voldez. When the soldier reported back to Voldez, news was received that Admiral Grot had somehow survived the attack. The incredulous Rebel soldier vowed to find Grot again, so that he could be killed off for good. Meanwhile, the Bothan Captain Klork oversaw the disruption of Imperial Army supply convoys moving collected research material from the rubble of Restuss to their base. Captain Klork tasked fellow Rebels with ambushing their supply specialists, and stealing the research material. To track down this lost research material, the Imperial Army placed survey arrays around the ruins of Restuss. Captain Klork saw to it that the Rebels hack into these systems, in order to gain control of them, and find the research material for themselves.

From their base south of Restuss, the Galactic Empire oversaw plans to counter these Rebel initiatives. Captain Exov recognized the Rebel's attempts to hack into their sensor arrays, and ordered Imperial troops to recapture them. He also saw to it that the Empire cripple the Rebel supply lines, and secure their valuable resources in order to strengthen the Imperial Army. The female Imperial Zabrak named Captain Roth wanted to ensure that the Rebellion would not get their hands on the leftovers of the failed Imperial experiment in Restuss. She tasked Imperial troops with eliminating many of the Rebel soldiers and elite commandos patrolling the ruins of the devastated city. Much like the Empire, the Rebellion had made use of antennae throughout Restuss to spy on the Empire and coordinate troop movements. To limit their capabilities, Captain Okto oversaw the destruction of this hardware. Imperial scout troopers were among those responsible for taking out these antennae arrays. The Empire soon learned that a Mon Calamari captain of the Rebel Army, named Vrinko, was responsible for overseeing the fast paced construction of these Rebel antennae arrays. Vrinko was hiding in a well guarded building in Restuss, but was about to relocate. Captain Okto ordered an Imperial soldier to defeat the Mon Calamari before he could make a break for it. The Rebel captain was guarded by a number of Rebel troops and elite commandos. However, this was not enough to stop the Imperial soldier from killing Vrinko in combat. To the Empire's dismay, Captain Okto received reports that Vrinko had actually survived. After being resuscitated by Rebel medical staff, the embattled Mon Calamari returned to the front lines. Not willing to give up, Captain Okto gave the Imperial soldier a second chance to kill the captain for good.

Behind the scenes
Canonically, it is unknown which faction ultimately succeeded in the battle. Indeed, one could say that due to the heavy losses on both sides, and loss of the Star Core prototype, neither faction won the battle. It should be noted that in Star Wars Galaxies, the precise phases of the battle were decided by the input from players of both faction on their respective Galaxies. In this way, it is possible for either faction to claim overall victory of the battle in the end.