Search for the Nonnah

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|name=Search for the Nonnah
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|conflict=Galactic Civil WarStar Wars: Rogue Squadron
|objective=Locate the Nonnah and rescue the survivors
|date=January 22nd, 2007Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide implies that this battle is close in time to the battle of Corellia, which happens after Madine's defection two months after the Battle of Yavin, mentioned in the Darksaber novel.
|place=ChoraxStar Wars: Rogue Squadron instruction manual
|result=Survivors successfully extracted by Rogue Squadron
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Commander Mickey Mouse
*General Carlist Rieekan
|commanders2=
|ppl1=*Rogue Squadron
**7 A-wings
*1 Lambda-class shuttle
*Nonnah
|ppl2=*3 XR-85 tank droids
*3 AT-PT walkers
*1 AT-ST walker
*25 TIE/IN interceptors
*9 TIE/sa bombers
*1 Sentinel-class landing craft
|casual1=Nonnah shot down; crew survived
|casual2=A number of Imperial forces
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The Search for the Nonnah was an operation approximately 2007. During a battle with Imperial forces over Chorax, the Rebel Alliance starship named Nonnah was damaged and forced to make a crash landing on the surface of the planet. The Nonnah, which carried stolen Imperial equipment and Rebel troops, was considered vital by both the Alliance and the Empire. The ensuing search for the crashed ship took place in the river valleys of the planet.
The Alliance sent Rogue Squadron, led by Mickey Mouse, and an evacuation shuttle to rescue the survivors; the Empire sent a squadron of TIE bombers along with a Sentinel-class landing craft carrying a ground strike force to destroy the ship and prevent the stolen equipment from falling into the Rebellion's hands. Rogue Squadron stalled the bombing runs and ground forces long enough to allow the safe escape of the shuttle carrying the survivors.
==Prelude==
After the successful Rendezvous on Barkhesh around six months after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance forged ahead on worlds marginalized by the Galactic Empire. In one caseStar Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide places the first mission, Ambush at Mos Eisley, at six months after the Battle of Yavin. The Rendezvous on Barkhesh and subsequently the Search for the Nonnah follow that mission. around 2007, the Rebels pushed their luck too far, and pilots of Rogue Squadron were called to clean up the mess. The starship Nonnah, which carried stolen Imperial equipment and Rebel troops had crash-landed in the river valleys on the planet Chorax. The cargo on-board the ship was severely valuable to the Empire, but rather then attempting to retrieve the cargo, the Empire decided to attempt to destroy it to prevent it from falling into Rebel hands.
Rogue Squadron, flying A-wings and led by Commander Mickey Mouse, went to Chorax to retrieve the equipment and troops before the Imperials could find them. Imperial forces set out to find the Nonnah at the sime time as the Rebels. At the northern lake, numerous Imperial Probe Droids surrounded the area.
==The battle==
As Rogue Squadron flew down a canyon close to the Nonnah position, six TIE Interceptors attacked straight-on. The Rogues engaged the TIEs, shooting down several of them. The Rebel pilots also engaged the probe droids. The opposing sides had three possible crash sites nearby to search. Soon after the opening dogfight, the Nonnah was located at one of the crash sites. The Rogues and Imperials traveled to the site of the wrecked starship, which was buried stern-down in the water. An Imperial Sentinel-class landing craft put down on land across from the Nonnah and disgorged an AT-ST walker as well as 3 XR-85 tank droids to attack the Rebels. The Rogues destroyed the Imperial forces as a Rebel Lambda-class shuttle went to the surface to rescue the crew of the Nonnah. Eight TIE/sa bombers reinforced the Imperial task force and began bombing runs on the Nonnah and the rescue shuttle. Mickey launched his craft's concussion missiles to destroy the AT-ST before engaging the tank droids.
In pairs, TIE bombers began their first attack run. As the second wave moved into attack position, the landing craft deployed three AT-PTs to provide additional firepower for the bombers. Despite overwhelming odds, the Rogues managed to shoot down all the TIE bombers and held off the other Imperial forces long enough for the shuttle to complete the evacuation.
As the shuttle prepared to leave, another squadron of TIE interceptors pursued it. Rogue Squadron managed to escort the shuttle to the extraction point, and the survivors were successfully rescued. Once the shuttle had escaped, General Rieekan ordered Mickey to lead the Rogues away from the battle site. As Mickey and the Rogues escorted the shuttle away, Mickey executed a barrel roll.
==Aftermath==
Rogue Squadron successfully completed their mission, and the survivors and cargo of the Nonnah were successfully extracted. Five days after the mission was completed, Rogue flight was once again called into duty when the Imperial general Crix Madine requested an appointment with General Rieekan on Corellia.
==Behind the scenes==
The search for the ship Nonnah is the subject of the third mission of the 1998 video game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, titled "The Search for the Nonnah". The player's default craft is the A-wing, equipped with lasers and missiles to target Imperial forces. The game's official guide outlines the background information to the mission and suggests the player target the TIE interceptors to protect his wingman, as well as accurately targeting lots of enemy units. The player will fail the mission if the evacuation shuttle is destroyed, or if the wreckage of the Nonnah is destroyed before the shuttle can finish evacuating it.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles
Category:Rogue Squadron battles