Defense of the Victorum

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|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|date=January 24th, 2012Star Wars: Squadrons dates the game's main story to eight years after the Battle at Fostar Haven, which takes place shortly after Destruction of Alderaan. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Disaster to 2004, the main story must take place around 2012.
|place=Enroute between the Yavin system and the Nadiri Dockyards
|result=New Republic victory
|side1=New Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Kierah Koovah
*Unidentified boarding captain
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|forces1=*1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
**Victorum
***Boarding team
*6 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters
*Vanguard Squadron
**1 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter
**2 RZ-1 A-wing interceptors
**1 T-65 X-wing starfighter
**1 UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft
|forces2=*3 Imperial II-class Star Destroyers 
*8 Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carriers
*4 Arquitens-class command cruisers 
*5 Raider-class corvettes
*6 Lambda-class T-4a shuttles†
*Several TIE/LN starfighters
*Several TIE/sa bombers
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|casual2=*6 Lambda-class T-4a shuttles
*2 Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carriers
*3 Raider-class corvettes
*Many TIE/LN starfighters
*Many TIE/sa bombers
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The commandeered and stolen Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Victorum was defended by Vanguard Squadron against a significantly larger force of the Galactic Empire among a field of debris.
==Prelude==
Following a battle over Yavin Prime, the New Republic came into the possession of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, Victorum, to be used in Project Starhawk. The ship was damaged in the battle, and couldn't make the full jump from Yavin Prime to the Nadiri Dockyards, and was trapped in Imperial territory. After calling in for help, the Temperance sent Vanguard Squadron to give them cover from two oncoming Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carriers closing in on the Star Destroyer.
==Battle==
As Vanguard Squadron arrived in the system, the Imperials began to deploy TIE bombers to destroy the Star Destroyer. Vanguard Squadron fought off several waves of TIE fighters and Lambda-class T-4a shuttles that carried boarding teams, while the team inside the Victorum quickly repaired the Star Destroyer's shields and hyperdrive. Vanguard called in a squadron of six BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters to help them destroy the Quasar carriers. After this, a break in the battle appeared, the Y-wings were sent back and Vanguard Squadron began to practice tactical flight manoeuvres, while the Victorum crew worked to repair the ship.
After the repairs were completed, the Star Destroyer attempted to jump to hyperspace but the hyperdrive failed again. This time, however, more Quasars appeared, alongside two Raider-class corvettes. Vanguard worked to take out the TIE/LN starfighters and destroy the corvettes. The Victorum crew managed to repair the hyperdrive, just as three more Raiders, two Quasars, two Arquitens cruisers, and three Imperial-class Star Destroyers dropped out of hyperspace in front of the New Republic forces and ready to destroy them. This time, the hyperdrive worked and they were able to escape to lightspeed.
==Aftermath==
Vanguard Squadron escorted the Victorum to the Nadiri dockyards, where it's parts were salvaged and used for the new prototype Starhawk-class battleship, the Starhawk.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Squadrons 
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles