Raid on an Imperial heavy freighter During the Galactic Civil War , the Rebel Alliance ' s Sixty - First Mobile Infantry undertook a raid on an Imperial heavy freighter . Prelude . Following a victory at Coyerti , the Sixty - First Mobile Infantry was attacked at the edge of the Metatessu sector by an Imperial Destroyer . Their CR90 corvette , the " Thunderstrike " managed to escape under the cover of it ' s escort , the Braha ' tok - class gunship " Apailana ' s Promise " . Thirty hours later , they were ambushed by an Arquitens - class light cruiser and a Squadron of TIE Fighters . The " Thunderstrike " and " Apailana ' s Promise " decimated the attacking force with ease and moved on , only to be attacked again nineteen hours later in the Chonsetta system . A squadron of TIE Intercepters ravaged the port side of the Sixty - First ' s troop transport . The " Thunderstrike ' s " chief of engineering , M2 - M5 , deduced that they were being tracked through a leakage in the " Thunderstrike ' s " Hyperdrive . So Everi Chalis , the former Governor of Haidoral Prime , planned to get the " Thunderstrike " the resources it needed for repairs . The Raid . The " Thunderstrike " and " Apailana ' s Promise " went to the Redhurne system where the Empire had been mining for sometime . There , they ambushed an Imperial heavy freighter and launched Boarding pod s at the ship . Each boarding pod carried a squad of Rebel trooper s and once inside the ship , they began tearing through the defending stormtroopers . Sergeant Fektrin led a trio of engineers to help extract the resources they needed . One of Fektrin ' s soldiers , an alien named Cappandar , took a dozen shots before hitting the floor . Meanwhile , Sergeant Maximian Ajax ' s squad formed a Blockade to contain the flow of defenders in the ship and Sergeant Zab and Carver ' s heavy fire teams stormed through more doors . The " Thunderstrike " shot at the heavy freighter in intervals to keep the ship wary but the battle soon got desperate when an Imperial Gozanti - class cruiser arrived in the system and began to approach the battle . Captain Micha Evon gave the squad five minutes to get back to their pods . Ajax ' s squad soon found themselves backed into a corner . First Sergeant Hazram Namir ' s squad were able to free Ajax ' s men but not Ajax . The man died with a grenade in his hand shouting obscenities . Fektrin ' s squad were scattered and the stormrtoopers tried to pick them off , killing Fektrin . One of Fektrin ' s men , Mzun , took charge of the squad as they made for their pod . Charmer ' s squad made it back to the pod and soon did the others . Namir took Fektrin ' s pod back to the " Thunderstrike " and once all of the survivors had returned , the " Thunderstrike " and " Apailana ' s Promise " jumped out of the system . Aftermath . The Sixty - First lost eight soldiers in the battle , but they had the supplies needed for repairs . The " Thunderstrike " and " Apailana ' s Promise " took some shots escaping the battle and the " Apailana ' s Promise " had drained it ' s shield generator . The two ships went to a flotilla in the Elochar sector where they underwent repairs until Imperial spies infiltrated the " Thunderstrike " and killed the officers onboard .