Battle of Boz Pity (Galactic Civil War)

The Battle of Boz Pity took place when the Galactic Empire discovered the Alliance's new base on Boz Pity through a tracking device they had planted in a R5 unit. This resulted in a full scale Imperial assualt on the Rebels' base.

Prelude
During the Skirmish on Tatooine, the Rebel Alliance's new elite unit, Renegade Squadron, had freeded several rebel prisoners that had been sold by Boba Fett to Hutt Cartel on Tatooine. When Renegade Squadron rescued the prisoners and brought them back to the Alliance's base on Boz Pity, they had also brought along a R5 unit that had had a homing beacon installed into it by Imperial spys. A couple hours after Renegade Squadron arrived at Boz Pity, a giant Imperial fleet dropped out of hyperspace over Boz Pity and landed ground troops.

Buying Some Time
The commander of Renegade Squadron, Col Serra, realized that if it this was to be their last stand, they would make the Empire remeber it. Serra ordered his squadron to capture the ancient gate that was the only entrance to the Rebel base. They then were able to destroy the first wave of Imperials, including a AT-ST and several Stormtroopers. Serra new that the second wave of Imperials, which included many more troops and an AT-AT, were too strong for them to hold the gate house. He then placed a container of thermal explosives and the side of the gate house and told one of his men to place a detpack near them. Next, he moved his men back to the graves and ordered the soldier who placed the detpack to wait until the AT-AT was right next to the explosives to detonate them. As soon as the walker placed its foot down near the explosives, the rebels blew the detpack. The AT-AT lost its foward two legs instantly and crashed down, blowing up and causing the Imperials to fallback and regroup.

This bought the Rebels some time, and Serra ordered Renegade Squadron to set up two laser turrets near the graves. When the Imperials launched their third wave, with two AT-STs' in front of the colum, they experienced heavy fire from the laser turrets and took several casualties, including the AT-STs. During the fire fight, Admiral Ackbar, who had been monertering the evacuation, was shot by and Imperial sniper and injuried. A member of Renegade Squadron was ordered by Han Solo to bring bacta to the injuried leader. After being somewhat healed, Ackbar was able to make it to the evac zone.

Falling Back
It became obvious that the Boz Pity base was lost. Although the Imperials had not landed anymore heavy support tanks, they were still dropping off ground troops at alarming rate, and the alliance were running out of men. As soon as the graves were captured by the Empire, General Solo ordered what remained of Renegade Squadron to the sacrifical circle at rear of the base, to defend the evac zone as he preped the LAATs for launch. Using T4-B heavy tanks for tank support, Renegade Squadron was able to hold off the enemy advance for a few minutes. Finally Solo was able to get the ships ready for take off, and Renegade Squadron was able to finally get off Boz Pity for good.

Aftermath
Although the Alliance lost Boz Pity to the Empire, Luke Skywalker was latter discovered the ice planet Hoth. This would latter become the Rebel's new base for the next two years. Although Ackbar was shot during the battle, he would heal from his wounds, and go back into service. Thought Renegade Squadron lost many of their personel during the battle, Col Serra was able to build their ranks back up. They would latter go on to serve at the Battle of Hoth.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron