Attack on the Elders' spaceport

"We have to strike when the starfighters are being refueled. It's our only hope."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

The war on the planet of Melida/Daan between the Young and the Elders reached its climax when the Young attacked the spaceport where the Elders refueled their starfighters. The Elders were making the tactical error of refueling all of their fighters&mdash;which were their primary advantage in the war&mdash;at the same time, and when the Young noticed this, Obi-Wan Kenobi&mdash;one of the Young's leaders&mdash;came up with a plan to eliminate this advantage and possibly win the war. A small strike team infiltrated the hangar through an underground shaft, and while the rest of the team stood guard, Roenni ran from fighter to fighter, using a fusioncutter to disable each ship. However, a utility droid bumped into a barrel, alerting the Elders' guards, who opened fire. As the rest of the strike team returned fire, Roenni successfully disabled the remaining fighters, and the team retreated through the shaft. Kenobi tossed a time bomb onto a large fuel tank as he left, which subsequently detonated, destroying most of the spaceport. With the Elders' advantage gone, the Middle Generation&mdash;which had remained neutral in the war up to this point&mdash;allied with the Young, who declared victory in the war.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path