Attack on Goff A battle involving the XQ5 Platform " Goff " taking place during Imperial Task Force Vengeance ' s operations in the Airam sector . The " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Rage " and the Interdictor " Compellor " launched an attack on the Airam supply station of Goff Platform , intending to seize it for the Empire . Background . Following their police action near the Blair Cluster , the Empire had , through interrogation of prisoners , gained unequivocal evidence of Airam involvement with the Rebels . Intent on discouraging such cooperation , a demonstration of Imperial might was agreed upon . The target selected by Imperial Intelligence was an Airam supply platform in the Goff system . The goal was to seize it intact for use as a forward staging point for further operations in the sector . The Battle . The Empire ' s strike force , consisting of Star Destroyer " Rage " and interdictor " Compellor " , entered the area and proceeded to execute its preplanned pincer attack . As expected , a Rebel ship was present , docked at the platform . This was escort transport " Omicron 2 " , bearing Rebel officers . Avenger Squadron was launched to draw off defending forces while " Rage " and " Compellor " then made a nano - jump to the other side of the platform . Once there , " Rage " launched Beta and Gamma Squadrons in their TIE / sa bombers and TIE / LN starfighter s . Beta was to knock out Goff Platform ' s shields with torpedoes , allowing " Delta " - class DX - 9 stormtrooper transports from Sigma Squadron to disable it for capture . Gamma was tasked with protecting Beta . All craft were also required to protect Sigma , as the loss of even one of the craft would constitute a mission failure . Goff Platform ' s defense force consisted of Bat Squadron in R - 41 Starchaser s , patrol craft " Sele " and " Iphige " , " Lambda " - class shuttle " Flan " , and escort shuttle " Cateb " . Bat Squadron and the other Airam defenders engaged Avenger Squadron but were soon destroyed by their speedier adversaries . " Omicron 2 " , in defiance of an Imperial arrest order , loosed a torpedo salvo at " Compellor " . Despite taking damage , the Rebel ship fought hard and surrendered only when faced with imminent destruction . Meanwhile , Beta Squadron ' s own torpedoes slammed home against Goff Platform . However , no sooner had the platform ' s shields fallen to one - quarter strength then the Rebel Nebulon - B2 frigate " Colada " arrived to aid its potential allies and rescue " Omicron 2 " . The Airam then proved their informal alliance with the Rebels by launching the shuttle " Rateb " from Goff Platform with an Airam leader aboard to dock with " Colada " . In defense of the " Rateb " , and with intent to drive off " Compellor " whose interdiction fields trapped them all , the commander of the Rebel frigate launched Azul Squadron in its Z - 95 Headhunters and Grez Squadron in its Y - wings . Faced with this new threat , the Imperials turned their starfighters against the Rebel interlopers . Beta Squadron now fired its remaining torpedoes at the " Colada " , leaving Goff Platform to be handled by Sigma Squadron . Avenger and Gamma Squadrons engaged Azul and Grez , both of which had " Compellor " as their target . Shuttle " Rateb " also was fired upon , as the Empire had no wish to allow a Rebel / Airam alliance of any kind to strengthen . In a harrowing fight , Avenger and Gamma disposed of their Rebel starfighter foes while Beta and " Rage " pounded " Colada " . Goff Platform , by now heavily damaged , broadcast its surrender , pleading for the Imperials to cease firing on the station , as it was losing air pressure rapidly . Sigma Squadron promptly boarded the Airam station and within minutes had taken control . As for " Colada " , it fought back with zeal . When the frigate ' s shields hit null , " Rage " demanded its surrender . However , " Colada " responded defiantly — the Rebels vowed to never give up their ship . The Imperials gave their adversaries a cold farewell and then resumed fire , destroying the " Colada " completely . Aftermath . With this , the second victory of the campaign , Admiral Wooyou Senn was convinced that he had properly demonstrated the might of the Empire . By capturing the Airam platform , he had shown them the price they would pay for assisting the Rebels . The Airam , he believed , would be dissuaded from such activity in the future . Furthermore , a permanent Imperial presence had been established within Airam space . There were , however , some causes for concern . The arrival of the Rebel frigate , Senn theorized , was a calculated attempt to recruit the Airam over to the Rebellion . Senn feared that by showing the Airam their willingness to sacrifice their own troops to save a neutral party , the Rebels might well succeed in forming an alliance with the locals . Also , the Empire grew more certain that the Rebellion was indeed working towards setting up a new base of operations in the sector . The prisoners taken at the First Battle of Goff would be interrogated to learn just how and where the Rebels meant to establish it .