Capture of the Link The Capture of the " Link " was a battle fought during the Zaarin insurrection . Prelude . The commander of the " Victory " - class Star Destroyer " Zeplin " , Namuura Din , expressing sympathy for the Rebel Alliance ' s cause , decided to defect from the Zaarin government faction of the Galactic Empire as well as the Galactic Empire itself to the Rebel Alliance . To prove himself to the Rebel ' s MC80a Star Cruiser , the " Link " , he supplied them with information detailing that the lead to the Death Star II at Endor was a trap devised by Emperor Palpatine , as well as the Missile Boat prototype , the " Sealion " just as the Imperials located and captured him and his ship . The " Link " managed to escape with both the knowledge on Endor and the " Sealion " , which Din admitted when Vader interrogated him . This led to the capture of the " Link " to be top priority . Tau Squadron , led by Maarek Stele , was to be deployed to bombard the " Link " shields to 0 % , and then allow Mu Squadron to move in and disable it , and then allow " Omega 1 " to board the ship and capture it , with Alpha Squadron providing starfighter backup . The Battle . As soon as Stele was launched from the hanger there were Z - 95 Headhunters right behind him , he ignored them and went towards the Link , as soon as he could but the " Sealion " managed to jump to Hyperspace which the " Garrett " soon jumped to pursue . Stele destroyed the transport " Fetch " which carried Fuel Rod s from the Class - C container which was also destroyed , preventing what was suspected which was an engine overload . With the Immobilizer 418 cruiser " Bew ' a " keeping the " Link " from going anywhere , Stele then engaged multiple Z - 95s , X - wings , A - wings , T - wings and R - 41 Starchaser s . With the fighters dwindling and the cruiser ' s shields failing , the modified corvette " Crater " arrived to try to reinforce the " Link " , followed by B - wings to attack the assault transport " Omega 1 " soon afterwards followed by Muurian transport " Confal " to provide transport support . All the reinforcements were destroyed and " Omega 1 " boarded the " Link " and after capturing the Cruiser , the " Garrett " arrived to deploy two more transports to the " Link " as two Y - wings launched from the cruiser , followed by A - wings which were easily eliminated . Soon a Nebulon - B2 frigate " Qork " , followed by an Ton - Falk - class escort carrier " Mist " arrived to resupply the " Garrett " as a final wave of B - wings attacked the ships only to be destroyed . Aftermath . The " Link " was captured , but the " Sealion " was sent to a Rebel Base to be reverse - engineered , requiring the Imperials to pursue it and either recover or otherwise destroy the " Sealion " . Meanwhile , Emperor Palpatine summoned Grand Admiral Thrawn to his throne room . He told Thrawn that all preparations were ready for the final attack at Endor , and that the Rebels will soon see the futility of their resistance against his rule . He then demanded that Thrawn bring the hunt for Zaarin down to its final conclusion , and that he not fail him . Thrawn then informed him that he has studied Zaarin ' s ways closely and came up with a solution to the conflict , one that will ensure that Zaarin fall into a trap that will result in his death . Palpatine then expressed satisfaction with Thrawn ' s progress , and declared that with Zaarin and the Rebel Alliance soon out of the picture , the Galactic Empire ' s victory will be completed . Behind the scenes . This battle appears in the 1994 PC game " Star Wars : TIE Fighter " on Battle 13 Combat 3 . This article assumes " medium " difficulty , while on " hard " difficulty , oddly enough , R - 41 Starchasers and T - wings do not appear .