Battle of Bilbringi (2011)

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|name=Battle of Bilbringi
|conflict=Galactic Civil War (Technor campaign)
|date=October 24th, 2011 (44:8:27)The Essential Atlas
|place=Bilbringi system
|result=*New Republic victory
**New Republic occupation of Bilbringi Shipyards
**Grand Moff Ardus Kaine assassinated
|side1=*New Republic
*Smugglers' Alliance
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Admiral Gial Ackbar
*General Olivia Flaversham
*General Don Wei
*Commander Marcia Mouse
*Commander Zoey
*Princess Twilight Sparkle
*Mazzic
*Aves
|commanders2=*Grand Admiral Technor
*Emperor Baron Greenback
*Director Scarlett
*Grand Moff Ardus Kaine†
*General Theol Drost
*Rukh†
|forces1=*New Republic Defense Fleet:
**11 Mon Calamari cruisersThe Essential Guide to Warfare
***Home One
**2 Assault Frigates
***Tyrant's Bane
***Liberty Star
**1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
***Freedom
**Escort ships
*1 VCX-100 light freighter
**Ghost
**X-wings
***Rogue Squadron
**A-wings
**B-wings
**Y-wings
*Smuggler fleet
**Etherway
**Lady Sunfire
**Kern's Pride
**Distant Rainbow
**Raptor
**Skyclaw
**Amanda Fallow
**Dawn Beat
**Klivering
**Kai Mir
**Lastri's Ort
**Starry Ice
|forces2=*Imperial Navy
**c. 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyers
***Chimaera
***Judicator
***Death's Head
***Nemesis
***Stormhawk
***Bellicose
***Inexorable
***Relentless
**8 Interdictor cruisers
***Constrainer
***Sentinel
**30 Katana Dreadnaughts
**At least 12 Strike cruisers
**At least 24 Carrack cruisers
*Interdictor-class Star Destroyers
**At least 4 Golan II Defense Platforms
***Green One
**TIE fighters
***Black Wing Squadron
**TIE interceptors
***181st Imperial Fighter Wing
**TIE bombers
**Stormtroopers
|casual1=*Heavy casualties
*Several smuggler ships
|casual2=*Ardus Kaine
*Rukh
*All Golan platforms
*One damaged Imperial Star Destroyer
*A few Imperial ships "stricken"
*Presumably all Noghri}}
The Battle of Bilbringi, was the battle of the Technor campaign in 2011 between the Imperial forces under Grand Admiral Technor and the combined forces of the New Republic military and the Smugglers' Alliance. It was the second engagement at Bilbringi fought between the two sides during the Galactic Civil War. The battle was fought at the Imperial shipyards for the sole reason that both the New Republic and Smuggler's Alliance desired to capture a crystal gravfield trap (CGT), a device that would allow the New Republic to uncover the location of cloaked objects and also uncloak the asteroids that Technor had set in orbit over Coruscant during the Coruscsant seige.
A consummate strategist, Grand Admiral Technor accurately predicted the New Republic assault fleet would target Bilbringi, while a concurrent New Republic attack on the Imperial Ubiqtorate base on Tangrene would be a feint.
==The battle==
The Grand Admiral's fleet arrived at Bilbringi to prepare to set a trap for the Rebels. Technor instructed his Interdictor Cruisers and Interdictor Star Destroyers to activate their gravity well projectors in anticipation of the imminent New Republic attack. As anticipated by Technor, the New Republic assault fleet came out of hyperspace outside the Bilbringi perimeter.
Commanders Marcia Mouse and Zoey and Admiral Gial Ackbar realized the New Republic fleet had come out of hyperspace too early, and too far out from the Imperial Shipyards. In the distance, a large Imperial fleet was arrayed before the New Republic forces. Several Interdictors were strategically positioned to prevent any escape. At once, Admiral Ackbar recognized the trap.
Grand Admiral Technor ordered the Interdictor Cruisers Constrainer and Sentinel, that were the farthest from the main fleet, to secure from entrapment duty and return to the demarcation line, where they would be protected. Then, the Grand Admiral instructed all Imperial warships to engage the enemy fleet.
The Imperial fleet was arrayed in a bowl-shaped formation with the Interdictors forming the outer ring. As the battle began, the Imperial forces hammered the New Republic warships, which were hastily assembled into battle formation and caught in the confusion. For much of the battle, the fight was going clearly in favor of the Imperial fleet.
Unfortunately for the Empire and unbeknownst to Technor, the Smuggler's Alliance had already infiltrated the Bilbringi shipyards in their own attempt to seize the CGT and decided to aid the New Republic fleet by directly attacking the Imperial shipyards with the help of Rogue Squadron and some New Republic ships. The four Imperial Golan II platforms that protected the shipyards were unable to hold back the swift attack and the Imperial defensive line was breached.
This tactical change forced the Imperial fleet to divert some of its warships and starfighters to protect the shipyards. Baron Greenback's second-in-command, Director Scarlett, was dismayed by the sudden change of fortunes but the emperor reminded her that the battle was far from over.
Despite Grand Admiral Technor's genius, the Imperial fleet was defeated when Technor's bodyguard, a Noghri named Rukh, assassinated Grand Moff Ardus Kaine aboard the bridge of the Death's Head at the height of the battle. As Director Scarlett read aloud an incoming report from Wayland that indicated that Technor's cloning facility was under attack by a group that included Noghri, Rukh temporarily incapacitated the Director with a swift blow to the throat. Rukh then stabbed his long assassin's knife into Kaine, pinning and killing the Grand Moff.
==Aftermath==
Rukh himself was killed by Technor and the Chimaera's stormtroopers, led by Baron Greenback. Although the fleets were still nearly evenly matched, Technor realized that the Imperial line could not hold without Kaine. With the New Republic forces gaining the initiative and many Star Destroyers requesting new orders in light of the tactical change, Technor, Scarlett, and Emperor Greenback ordered a full retreat towards Mars. They would later continued to participate in Technor campaign.
It was Marcia Mouse' actions at the battle that led Mon Mothma to promote her to the rank of general and give her command of Rogue Wing.Dark Empire Sourcebook
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 
*The Last Command 
*X-Wing: Scarlett's Revenge
*Jedi Search
==Sources==
*Dark Empire Sourcebook
*The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
*The Last Command Sourcebook
*The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
*The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
*Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
*The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
*The Essential Chronology
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*Coruscant and the Core Worlds
*The New Essential Chronology
*Scavenger's Guide to Droids
*The Essential Atlas
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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*The Essential Reader's Companion
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles
Category:Rogue Squadron battles