Evacuation of Aphene (108)
Dramatis Personae (in order of appearance):
- Cody Qel-Droma, Human male from Corellia
- Scott Jensen, Human male from Corellia
- Sarriah James, Human female from Belantia Station
- Lori Star, Human female from Telos
- Gavin Storm, Human male from Tatooine
- Salaban Voltin, Human male from Coruscant
- Anishor, Wookiee male from Kashyyyk
- Kaz Falcion, Humanoid male
- Lucas Benoit-Stark, Human male from Tatooine
- Leaph Chausew, Human male from Corellia
- Kaitlyn Marie Anderson, Human female from Lorrd
- Darik Klivan, Human male from Corellia
- Nathaniel Maslow, Human male from Raltiir
- Terek Allerti, Human male from Chandrilla
- Wes Belden, Human male from Bakura
Mission Summary
Upon receiving the news of an Imperial Strike Force en route to Aphene, the first New Republic occupied planet in the Subterrel System, Assault Frigates Chiin'tal and Titan, along with the gunship Bayonet and corvette Warden quickly formed up together in full alert formation in a vain attempt to repel the enemy opposition in space. Cody Qel-Droma accepted the daunting task of his Zealots leading the charge with the stationed troops against the inevitable invasion enough for the evacuation of personnel stationed planet-side. In what appeared as another suicide mission, the New Republic planted the seed of doubt on quite a few of members of the squadron. Equipped with two airspeeders, a handful of speeder bikes and swoops, the squadrons objective: disrupt the Imperial barrage enough for the remainder of the SSF to escape.
The Rebels stuck first. The two airspeeders piloted and gunned by Lucas Benoit-Stark/Sarriah James & Gavin Storm/Lori Star exploited the advantages of atmospheric flight and successfully felled 11 of the initial 25 dropships from the first wave. Meanwhile, the ground forces comprised of Nataniel Maslow/Kaz Falcion, Darik "Deuce Klivin"/Anishor the Wookiee/Kaitlyn Marie Anderson, and Cody Qel-Droma/Salaban Voltin utilized the terrain and foliage to suppress the initial unorganized wave of troopers. With Kaitlyn's demolition expertise, the Zealots eradicated an outpost killing many troopers there.
Unfortunately, the sustained deployment of AT-ATs, AT-STs, AT-AAs, and ground troopers proved too much for the Zealots to withstand.
More to come...
