Smuggler's Raid on Carida

Prelude
After rescuing Mon Calamari slaves during the Raid over Corulag, alliance command was told that the plans for Mon Calamari Star Cruisers, which had been annexed by the empire, were being held at an imperial base on Carida. If the plans were recovered, the star cruisers could be used against Imperial Star Destroyers. However, a frontal attack against such a heavily guarded planet would be suicidal. Instead, the rebels opted for a smaller raid.

Mon Mothma put out a call for smugglers, saying there would be a paying mission, although not saying what the mission was. As expected, Han Solo and Chewbacca, who she had had previous experiences with, answered the call. After they demanded extra payment in return for damages to their ship during previous rebel operations, Mon Mothma said there would be no reason for the Millenium Falcon to leave the ground at all. Instead, the duo of smugglers were shipped on an imperial transport.

the Battle
After getting off the ship, Han Solo decided the most likely place for the designs was in a cargo area. However, it was well protected by Turbolaser towers, so they decided to take out a power generator, which was powering the towers.

After fighting through several stormtroopers and turrets, as well as destroying an imperial barracks and two imperial Edu A-34 officer academies, they arrived at several unmanned TIE Maulers. At Han's suggestion, Chewbacca commandeered one, and it was used to take out more imperial stormtroopers.

However, the way was blocked by 4 AT-STs. Han Suggested finding another vehicle to deal with the AT-STs. The answer was not far away: an unmanned AT-AT. Commandearing it, the AT-STs were destroyed, and the force moved on to the main street. A force of Stormtroopers and AT-STs were sent at the rebel walker, but were destroyed. The power generator, along with an uplink station, was destroyed.

Going the rest of the way on foot, the duo captured the plans, and decided to steal a transport to escape. However, enemy reinforcements arrived. Luckily, the smugglers avoided the imperials and escaped with the plans.

Aftermath
The battle was a major victory for the rebels. Apart from causing damage to the Academy of Carida with absolutely no casualties, the rebels recaptured some very important schematics. They could now build capital ships to match the Imperial Navy.

However, Han Solo and Chewbacca decided to try and distance themselves as much as possible from the rebellion. In addition, the imperials had put together a massive naval force to try to capture Mon Calamari and destroy the shipyards before any more capital ships could be produced.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Empire at War