Battle of Liinade III A battle occurred at the planet Liinade III in 9 ABY . It was the first battle in a New Republic campaign against rogue Imperial warlord Delak Krennel . Prelude . Liinade III was chosen as the first target for the New Republic forces to strike in their campaign against the self - styled ' Prince - Admiral ' Krennel . It was decided by Admiral Gial Ackbar that capturing the world would destabilize Krennel ' s regime sufficiently . Krennel advertised his Hegemony as a safe haven ; Liinade was an attractive and prosperous world . Not only would the fall of Liinade III shock the citizens of the Ciutric Hegemony , but the planet also had close trade links with Corvis Minor and Vrosynri 8 , which would be weakened by the planet ' s fall . The force assigned to the mission was largely the same one which would operate throughout the early stages of the campaign . Admiral Kir Vantai and Commander Sair Yonka both operating with the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyers " Moonshadow " and " Freedom " and Admiral Areta Bell with the " Swift Liberty " , a " Victory II " - class Star Destroyer , along with General Wedge Antilles ' Rogue Squadron and Horton Salm ' s wing of B - wings . Once any capital ships defending Liinade were disabled or destroyed , Assault shuttles from the " Freedom " would take the planet ; the ground - side operation was estimated to need at least two weeks to complete . The battle . Opening stages . Liinade III was guarded only by the " Direption " under Commander Vict Darron . Darron had requested additional troop support as he predicted a strike on Liinade III , but Krennel had denied him more aid than a solitary " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruiser . Some time during the day , Darron was informed by his sensor officer , Lieutenant Harsis , that the " Moonshadow " and the " Swift Liberty " had dropped out from hyperspace and begun disgorging their fighters . Darron scrambled his wing mixed of TIE / LN starfighter s and TIE / IN interceptors to defend . Admiral Bell ' s " Swift Liberty " targeted the starboard guns of the " Direption " , knowing full well that even if her less powerful ship got into a slugging match with the Hegemony Star Destroyer the " Moonshadow " would hammer it . Darron turning to attack both of them suggested he had further support incoming ; what the Hegemony Commander didn ' t realize was that the New Republic did as well . As the starfighters met between the capital ships , Darron brought his attention fully to bear on " Moonshadow " , ignoring the " Swift Liberty " for the time being . Slugging match . As Rogue Squadron made short work of the TIEs , " Moonshadow " concentrated all fire on " Direption " ' s port edge with a devastating barrage which brought down the shields over that part of the ship , while the " Swift Liberty " swung down beneath the Hegemony ship and attacked the ventral shields and the already damaged port edge . As the Victory Star Destroyer ' s fire continued a chunk of the " Direption " broke off into space . Darron called in his support . Reinforcements . The Dreadnaught came out from hyperspace behind the " Swift Liberty " , blasting the aft of the ship . Luckily for Bell , her crew had been prepared and shunted power to the shields to reinforce them . Ignoring the Dreadnaught , the " Swift Liberty " continued its attack on the besieged " Direption " . Darron swung his ship about , swinging the shieldless port side away from the " Moonshadow " to buy time for the Dreadnaught to knock out the " Swift Liberty " . Unfortunately , Bell and Vantai coordinated their attack , with " Moonshadow " assaulting the aft shields and " Swift Liberty " attacking the unshielded port . Just as the Dreadnaught brought down the aft shields of the " Swift Liberty " , concentrating its firepower on her engines , Sair Yonka ' s " Freedom " jumped into the system . Knifing between " Direption " and the Dreadnaught , Yonka ' s starboard broadside dealt tremendous damage to the failing Hegemony ship , in some areas bursting through both sides of the ship ' s stricken port side . " Freedom " ' s port gunners targeted the Dreadnaught , and one sustained barrage beyond the forward superstructure overloaded the shields . Yonka didn ' t let up ; the smaller ship was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fire being poured into it and split in half following a huge explosion . Commander Darron accelerated deeper into the system , but salvos from the " Moonshadow " and " Swift Liberty " overloaded both the starboard and aft shields . Thankfully the Hegemony commander was realistic enough to view the engagement as a loss and surrendered his ship . Taking the planet . After the surrender of the " Direption " , the New Republic forces began landing troops in strategic locations on Liinade III . Although Lieutenant Horn was shot down during his raid on a dam , operations were otherwise successful . A squad of four AT - AT walkers came out to defend Valleyport spaceport facility against Antilles ' X - wings , but were no match for the nimble starfighters . One by one the walkers were destroyed and Valleyport was secured for troop landings . Aftermath . Lieutenant Horn ' s discovery of a secret lab near where he crashed yielded alarming results ; records of a superweapon Krennel was supposedly planning to build . The information was taken very seriously by High Command ; plans were drawn up to scout the systems of the Ciutric Hegemony . The findings were in fact planted by the real Ysanne Isard ; the subsequent ambush at Distna was a devastating defeat for the pilots of Rogue Squadron . In terms of the campaign against the rogue warlord , Liinade III was a staging point for incursions into the Hegemony . Liinade III was a trade hub ; the New Republic ' s foothold would prove costly to Krennel . In response to General Airen Cracken broadcasting the news that Krennel was constructing a superweapon , the Prince - Admiral stepped up his propaganda campaign , while continuing to attack convoys bound for the planet as he could not risk a costly full - frontal assault .