Liberation of Camp Four

The Liberation of Camp 4 was a battle during the Battle for Naboo. One of the first things the Trade Federation did was to put most of the population into camps such as Camp 4. Bravo Squadron wanted to liberate the camp to add to the Naboo resistance as they prepared to retake their planet.

The Valley
But first, they had to locate the camp. Under cover of darkness, Bravo Squadron flew into the valley where Camp 4 was supposed to be. The Federation had completely stripped the valley. Kol Kotha, who used to work for the smuggler Borvo the Hutt, had previously scouted the area. One of the pilots, Lutin Hollis, broke formation to look for the camp because his family might be in there. He gave away the squadron’s position when he flew into a Trade Federation installation. The base launched many fighters, as well as a landing craft. The squadron had to fly away under intense fire. Lt. Sykes shot down the C-9979 landing craft. Meanwhile, more starfighters and bombers attacked local farmhouses. Kotha said they didn’t have time to help, but the Naboo pilots shot down the attackers anyway. With that threat eliminated, they continued the search for the camp. Flying through a canyon, the squadron found a Trade Federation hanger which was releasing troop carriers. Sykes proposed the Federation was using them to transport prisoners from across the planet. After shooting down the starfighter defenders, he landed in the hanger and took a Heay STAP. He programmed several unoccupied troop carriers to enter the base. He would follow them in.

The Camp
Once inside the gates, however, the droids scanned the carriers and noticed they were unoccupied. They told Sykes to stop, but when he continued to head into the camp, the base went into high alert. Tanks and Heavy STAPS poured out of their hangers, but Sykes managed to destroy them. He traveled up the nearby cliff and found the first cell blocks. Kol Kotha tried to strafe the power generator but missed. Fire from laser turrets drove him off. Sykes had to destroy it himself. Once inside the block, the prisoners called to him. He told them to stand back so he could blow the door. The prisoners ran to nearby speeders, and he escorted them uphill to the next set of cellblocks, destroying turrets and droids. They hid behind a hanger, while Sykes switched to a Gian speeder. He came out into a maelstrom of fire. Kol Kotha strafed the camp again. This time, he blew a hole into a wall so Sykes could destroy another generator and take the shields off-line. Sykes freed the prisoners and had to go up another cliff to take down the generators powering the entrance to the next section of camp.

Endgame
As he escorted the prisoners down hill into the last group of cellblocks, they were ambushed by AATs and fighters. Hollis flies in and takes out several tanks, and also blows a hole in the wall so Sykes can take down the last generator powering the rear entrance to the camp. Sykes frees the last prisoners and goes uphill once again to destroy the generator. On the way back down, he finds technology useful to the resistance. With the gate down, all the prisoners can leave. Sykes leads them out, firing at the last droids.

Appearances
Star Wars: Battle for Naboo