Raid at Bakura

"This isn't good."

- Wedge Antilles spots the aftermath of the orbital battle

The Raid at Bakura, also known as the First Battle of Bakura, occurred when the Rebel Alliance discovered that a number of scientists captured from Hoth were being held aboard an Imperial detention center orbiting Bakura.

Prelude
Having weathered the loss of several battles, the Alliance to Restore the Republic set about rebuilding their infrastructure. The ace pilots of Rogue Squadron were sent to Bakura to rescue scientists.

The battle
When the squadron arrived, Imperial Dropship Transports were already exiting the prison facility with the scientists.

Wedge Antilles, in his B-wing starfighter, disabled a fleeing Imperial transport carrying a batch of scientists with his ion cannon. A GR-75 medium transport docked with the Imperial ship and evacuated the prisoners. A number of TIE fighters were patrolling the area upon receiving a battle alert rushed towards the battle scene.

After completing its docking, the first Rebel transport moved at top speed away from the battle to escape safely into hyperspace. Several TIEs gave chase, but Antilles drove them off. As that happened, a second rescue transport was inbound. Antilles then disabled another dropship transport to recover the prisoners.

After the third dropship transport was disabled, a TIE Fighter disabled Derek Klivian's X-wing, sending him crashing onto the surface of the planet. Antilles docked with the prison to steal a TIE Bomber to pick him up. Antilles had to dodge the hundreds of Bakura surface heavy missile batteries littering the surface. Using his bomber's concussion missiles, he managed to break through the defenses and pickup Hobbie.

Upon arrival back in orbit, Antilles noticed that debris littered the area. Crix Madine informed him that an Imperial vessel made off with a batch of scientists and destroyed one of the transports, and it seemed he was headed toward Geonosis.

Aftermath
Determined to rescue the scientists, Rogue Squadron would lead an assault team to Geonosis.

Behind the scenes
Flying the TIE bomber in the mission is a mini-game unlocked upon reaching silver medal status. Destroying the missile launchers within a certain time limit is necessary to unlock the TIE Bomber as a flyable craft. Alternatively, if the player receives bronze level status, an FMV will play showing arrival of the Imperial Escort carrier and the re-capture of the scientists and the destruction of the Rebel Transport.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

Schlacht von Bakura (3 NSY)