Battle Name : | Ambush!
Battle Location : | Somewhere in the Galaxy
Battle Occurred : | Before the Battle of Hoth
Battle Type : | Ambush (For the Empire)
Force Making Attack : | Galactic Empire
Opposing Forces : | Galactic Empire / Rebel Alliance
Victorious Force : | Galactic Empire
Imperial Personnel : | Unknown
Imperial Force Composition : | Nebulon-B Frigate Implacable, 24 TIE Interceptors and 24 TIE Bombers (Have Heavy Rockets)
Rebel Personnel : | Unknown
Rebel Force Composition : | XQ3 Platform AZ 77 (Supplies), MC40a Ardent, IPV-1 System Patrol Craft Derdmin, YT-1300 Transport Needoc (Computer Equipment) [Neutral], 7 Z-95 Headhunters, 4 X-Wings (Have Proton Torpedoes), 4 Y-Wings (Have Proton Torpedoes), 6 B-Wings (Have Proton Torpedoes), 2 A-Wings (Have Concussion Missiles) and Type A Cargo Containers Chi 1 and 2 (Supplies), Type C Cargo Containers Xi 1 and 2 (Liquid Gas) and Type D Cargo Container Psi (Grain) [None of the cargo containers have shields]
Battle Outcome | Battle Outcome
Imperial Survivors : | Unknown
Surviving Forces : | Nebulon-B Frigate Implacable, TIE Interceptors and TIE Bombers
Imperial Loses : | Very light losses to TIE Interceptors and TIE Bombers
Rebel Survivors : | None
Surviving Forces : | None
Rebel Loses : | Entire Force

The Empire decided to attack a critical Rebel supply depot to ferret out a Rebel MC40a Light Cruiser to its destruction. To accomplish this major operation, the Imperial Nebulon-B Frigate Implacable was sent to do the job. TIE Interceptors were to clear the Rebel fighter defences while TIE Bombers were to attack the Rebel platform. The Rebel platform was defended by a number of Z-75 Headhunters and the IPV-1 Derdmin. Soon after Imperial Forces arrived, the YT-1300 Transport Needoc decided to leave the platform and vacate the area. The YT-1300 however, was shot down before it could escape into hyperspace. Then the TIE Interceptors turned their attentions on the Z-95 Headhunters and the IPV-1.

The MC40a Ardent arrived after the shields of the Rebel platform had collapsed and thus it was too far late to save it. The Rebel fighters carrying proton torpedoes made the Imperial frigate their target, however the TIE Interceptors prevented the Rebel fighters from destroying their intended target. The Rebel vessel had been snared in taking the bait in this Imperial ambush. With the platform destroyed, the TIE Bombers turned their attention on the newly arrived Rebel vessel, while the TIE Interceptors provided fighter cover. A short time after the Rebel vessel took the bait a pair of A-Wings had hypered in. But those A-Wings along with the MC40a and all of the remaining Rebel fighters in the area shared the same fate. And that sealed fate was their destruction.

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