Skirmish at Outpost D-34

The Skirmish at Outpost D-34 was a skirmish in the Galactic Civil War that took place in 3 ABY. It resulted in the capture of Rebels stowed away aboard the Onece 3.

Prelude
Following the recent Rebel Defeat on the planet Hoth. Freighter traffic began to increase in the Javin sector. Imperial Intelligence believed that there may be a connection and believed that the Rebels will try to pass through this checkpoint. One of their pilots, Maarek Stele would prove their theory.

Battle
"Incoming ships! They are entering the area near buoy B-18."

- Outpost D-34 to Imperial starfighters.

Inspection
"Warning! Illegal cargo located on one of the freighters."

- Outpost D-34 to Imperial starfighters.

Two ship groups, freighter group Onece and stormtrooper transport group Dayta arrived and requested permission to pass through the sector. While attempting to pass through Maarek Stele began to inspect the ships starting with the transports and the freighters. He then discovered that Rebels were hiding in freighter Onece 3. Transports Sigma were then dispatched to disable and capture the freighter.

Shuttle intervention
"The incoming shuttles have not identified themselves."

- Outpost D-34 to Imperial starfighters.

While Sigma group attacked the freighter Rebel Shuttles arrived attempted to intervene to save the Rebels that were captured unfortunatelty they were unsuccessful and both shuttle groups Roe and Escro were destroyed. While that was happening Transport Sigma disable Onece 3 and Sigma 1 boarded it to capture the freighter while Sigma 2 returned to base. The freighter was then captured and sent to a Imperial shipyard. The rest of the freighter convoy entered Hyperspace bound for parts unknown. Another convoy that arrived was Container Transport group Taloos and YT-1300 group Yander. Both carried legal cargos and were allowed to pass.

Aftermath
With the capture of the rebels, Imperial Intelligence hoped to learn more about the Rebel activity in the sector. Another thing was that Alliance forces in the area upon hearing the unsuccessful smuggle attempt believed that if they could not smuggle thier forces out of this sector they may have to force they way out. This would lead to the First Battle of Javin.

Behind the scenes
This is Battle 1 mission 1 in the game.

This is the storyline of the mission following "medium" difficulty. If the player tries hard diffculty then the first shuttle group is replaced with Ravtin and Escort shuttle group Tough there is also a stormtrooper transport called Glich which must be destroyed as a "bonus" objective.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: TIE Fighter