Battle in the Milagro system

The Battle of Milagro occured in 5 ABY. Milagro had been the secret headquarters of the Alliance of Free Planets for several months, and the flagship of Chief of State Mon Mothma, the Dreadnaught New Hope, was in orbit around the world. Six days before a battle group had been dispatched from Milagro, leaving the planet nearly undefended; the only Rebel forces were the New Hope itself and its elite squadron of new X-wings and crack pilots.

The New Hope came under the attack of wings of TIE fighters, interceptors, and bombers without warning. General Han Solo, who had been visiting Mon Mothma with his girlfriend Leia Organa, took command of the New Hope's forces from his ship, the Millennium Falcon, along with two squadrons of mixed X-wings and Y-wings flown by wounded pilots from the hospital ship Mercy, as well as two newly-delivered B-wings.

As Solo's group attempted to search for the star destroyer that had delivered the TIEs, Luke Skywalker in his X-wing and Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn in the Moldy Crow dropped out of hyperspace, returning from their mission to Sulon that they had left on two weeks earlier. They immediately destroyed two TIE fighters and spotted the Imperial-class Star Destroyer that was housing them. It had sustained damage to its prow in an earlier battle and its captain, Purdy M. Trico, had withdrawn to Milagro for repairs, believing it to be abandoned.

Trico executed his executive officer for suggestion a retreat or surrender, while Skywalker had the Rebel fighters fly between the destroyer and its surrounding support ships, thus reducing the Imperial ability to use covering fire. At the same time, the New Hope was maneuvered nearer the destroyer to contribute its heavy weapons to the fight.

After three hours of battle, the Imperial weapons control officer killed Trico, and the battle ended two minutes later. For his part in the abttle, Skywalker was promoted to general, while the captured star detsroyer was renamed the Crynyd and would later be a part of Solo's fleet in the campaign against Warlord Zsinj.

Appearances

 * Dark Forces: Jedi Knight