Apailana ' s Promise The Apailana ' s Promise was a " Braha ' tok " - class gunship that served the Alliance to Restore the Republic before and during the Galactic Civil War . It bore two X - wings attached to it ' s undercarriage and was crewed by a dozen navy veterans such as Commander Tohna and the rebel pilot Nemenov . Description . The " Apailana ' s Promise " was described as a " mean , compact dagger of a ship " . It carried two X - wings on it ' s undercarriage — who ' s pilots had a special infamy for never setting foot on the " Thunderstrike " — and was built with a complement of double turbolaser cannon s and concussion missile launcher s . Like all " Braha ' tok " - class gunships , the " Apailana ' s Promise " was 90 metres long and could be crewed by 75 personnel . The " Apailana ' s Promise " was subsequently crewed by a few dozen navy veterans , who owed Twilight Company nearly 50 , 000 credit s , according to a running tally on the door of the " Thunderstrike ' s " starboard barracks . History . Mid Rim retreat . The " Apailana ' s Promise " had served the Sixty - First Mobile Infantry , also known as Twilight Company , as escort to their CR90 corvette " Thunderstrike " since sometime before or during the Mid Rim Retreat , carrying Twilight Company ' s two X - wings . The gunship helped Twilight Company in the attack on Haidoral Prime where Twilight soldiers extracted the defecting governor Everi Chalis and following the Coyerti campaign , it fended off pursuing Imperial forces three times in the Metatessu sector in order for the " Thunderstrike " to make it out intact . The engineer M2 - M5 deduced that they were being tracked because of damages to the " Thunderstike ' s " hyperdrive causing it to leak an easily traceable trail . Chalis therefore planned a raid to get the resources needed to repair the " Thunderstrike " . Raid on an Imperial heavy freighter . The " Apailana ' s Promise " and the " Thunderstrike " ambushed an Imperial heavy freighter in the Redhurne system and the " Thunderstrike " launched at least six boarding pods at the heavy freighter . The " Apailana ' s Promise " and " Thunderstrike " then kept the heavy freighter busy until an Imperial Gozanti - class cruiser jumped into the system and set a course for the battle . Twilight Company ' s Captain therefore gave the squads five minutes to return to their boarding pods and get back to the " Thunderstrike " . Once all the squads returned , the two ships jumped out of the system . The mission was a success with eight casualties , including Sergeant s Fektrin and Maximian Ajax . In the Elochar Sector . After the raid , the " Apailana ' s Promise " and the " Thunderstrike " went to a rebel flotilla in the Elochar sector where three other battle groups were stationed . Meanwhile , Howl , Chalis , Namir and two other went to Echo Base on Hoth for a stretegy conference . They stayed there to repair and in the meantime , the soldiers were put to work or given shore leave to other dozen ships such as the " Sixmoon " , who Captain So - Hem invited Twilight soldiers onto . The light freighter " Trumpet ' s Call " arrived in the sector without it ' s life support , leaving it ' s crew either dead or unconscious . The " Thunderstrike " took the survivors on board , not realising they were Imperial spies . The eight spies regained consciousness and stormed the bridge , killing Commander Paonu and other officers . Lieutenant Sairgon managed to get a message out to the flotilla before he was shot dead and the other ships fled , leaving the " Thunderstrike " , " Apailana ' s Promise " and " Trumpet ' s Call " . Twilight soldier Brand killed the spies and retook the bridge . Imperial - class Star Destroyer " Herald " arrived in the sector and Prelate Verge demanded for Chalis . The remaining of bridge crew piloted the " Thunderstrike " out of the system , taking a few hit along the way . The " Apailana ' s Promise " went with the " Thunderstrike " as they escaped . At Ankhural . The two ships became stationed at Ankhural where the " Apailana ' s Promise " was being repaired in orbit by a skeleton crew and the " Thunderstrike " was being repaired in the abandoned podracing track with all the Twilight soldiers around . Namir and Chalis returned from Hoth with the news of Howl ' s death in an Imperial attack and they had a large funeral for the man at a cantina . One of the X - wing pilots , Nemenov , made a rare appearance among the Twilight members for the funeral . Following the funeral , Chalis decided to take advantage of the fact the Imperial Navy was withdrawing from key Imperial strong points and devised Operation Ringbreaker . This targeted the Kuat Drive Yards and over half a dozen other worlds before to draw more Imperial forces away . Chalis proposed this to the most senior Twilight members of which they agreed to it . Commander Tohna was transferred from the " Apailana ' s Promise " , with high praise from their officers , to take control of the " Thunderstrike ' s " bridge crew . Operation Ringbreaker . Twilight Company departed from Ankhural and began Operation Ringbreaker where the " Apailana ' s Promise " helped attack numerous Imperial facilities on Mardona III , Obumubo , Najan - Rovi , Nakadia , Naator , Xagobah and the Kuliquo belt . It was just Sullust and Malastare left until Kuat . The " Apailana ' s Promise " covered the " Thunderstrike " as it dropped soldiers onto Sullust . A day later they returned to pick them up from Inyusu Tor , the factory which they had taken . However , once the ships came into orbit , they were ambushed by the TIE fighters of Vixus Squadron . The " Apailana ' s Promise " and the X - wings defended the " Thunderstrike " but it was too late , the " Thunderstrike " plummeted to the ground and the " Apailana ' s Promise " and the X - wings fled the system . Siege of Inysu Tor . Twilight Company held at Inyusu Tor from Imperial reinforcements . However , the " Herald " was present and began bombarding outer positions , hitting the defences hard . The " Apailana ' s Promise " returned to Sullust with it ' s X - wings and they distracted the " Herald " whilst the ground battle raged on below . Chalis took a shuttle up to the " Herald " where she set of around twenty Ion bomb s , crippling the Star Destroyer ' s power . The " Herald " retreated into orbit and the battle soon came to an end . The " Apailana ' s Promise " had come out with it ' s the laser batteries drained and it ' s deflector shield s overheated but it ' s hull stunningly intact . Behind the scenes . The " Apailana ' s Promise " first appeared in " " , a novel written by Alexander Freed and published in 2015 .