Mission to Iceberg Three

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|next=Battle of Mon Cala
|name=Mission to Iceberg Three
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|objective=*Protect King Yos Kolina
*Reinforce the Calamari system against the Confederacy of Independent Systems
|date=October 7th, 1982
|place=Iceberg III
|result=*Republic victory
*CIS forces stalled and retreat
|side1=*Galactic Republic
*Jedi Order
|side2=*Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=*General Gimli
*Another Jedi Knight
*Commander Wolffe
|commanders2=*The Mouth of Sauron
|ppl1=*2 Jedi
*Clone troopers
**Wolfpack
**Joker
**Spanner
*3 LAAT/is
*All Terrain Tactical Enforcers
*All Terrain Recon Transports
*TX-130 Saber-class fighter tanks
*HAVw A6 Juggernauts
*3 Venator-class Star Destroyers
|ppl2=*1 Mordor General
*B1-Series battle droids
*43 B2 super battle droids
*15 B2-RP battle droids
*43 BX-series droid commandos
*19 Droidekas
*32 Single Trooper Aerial Platforms
*8 AATs
*4 Multi-Troop Transports
*17 DSD1 dwarf spider droids
*3 NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers
*1 C-9979 landing craft
*Vulture Droids
*43 Hyena-class bombers
*21 Droid tri-fighters
*13 Munificent-class star frigates
*5 Recusant-class light destroyer
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The Mission to Iceberg Three occurred in 1982 during the War of the Ring, following The Mouth of Sauron's Separatist invasion of the Calamari system. In response to this, the Jedi dispatched Gimli, Wolffe, and a Jedi Knight to stop the invasion forces for Iceberg III. While the attack on Iceberg Three was halted, and the Republic's base and the natives of Iceberg III were saved, the events eventually led to full-scale conflict on Mon Calamari.
==The battle==
Shortly after Yos Kolina spoke with Gimli and Frodo, the Republic base on Iceberg III reported a Separatist fleet was within attack range. The Jedi responded by sending a Republic fleet led by Gimli and Commander Wolffe, but upon arrival, they found the Separatists had already blockaded the planet. Gimli turned to the Jedi Knight, who led a Starfighter attack and managed to punch a hole through the fleet with minimal casualties, and then rendezvoused with Gimli at the Republic outpost in sector 327.
Upon arrival, Gimli required to make contact with the Jedi High Council to inform them of the Republic's slipping hold on the Calamari system, Commander Wolffe and the Jedi Knight took a single LAAT/i gunship to the last standing Communications Tower on the comet, and pushed through the heavy fire of the large amounts droid forces already on the surface, including Vulture Droids, Hyena-class bombers, Droid tri-fighters, along with multiple ground units. Once they had relayed the news of Mouth of Sauron's invasion to the High Council, Wolffe and the Jedi Knight returned to the Republic outpost.
With the battle becoming far too intense, Gimli decided to evacuate the natives of the area to the safety of his Attack Cruiser. However, The Mouth of Sauron intended to capture the refugees, and sent many of his forces, including ranks of BX-series droid commandos, Single Trooper Aerial Platforms, AATs, DSD1 dwarf spider droids, and NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers, in a C-9979 landing craft to stop the transports loaded with the refugees from leaving the planet. In counter it, Wolffe had his engineers prepare blaster turret defense platforms, and placed them, along with the troopers of Wolfpack, under the command of the Jedi Knight to stop the droids' advance, while Gimli engaged the Separatist fleet in orbit. Wolffe and the troopers of Wolfpack defended the two paths leading to the outpost alongside the Jedi, and only stopping to re-supply with ammunition. Wolffe and the Jedi Knight were able to hold off the invaders long enough for all three waves of the Republic's refugee transports to safely launch from the base.
Once all the droids had been pushed back, and the refugees moved safely, Commander Wolffe prepared a LAAT gunship to leave the planet before Mouth of Sauron could send reinforcements. However, just as the 104th Battalion prepared to retreat from Iceberg III, Mouth of Sauron landed at the outpost to personally lead his forces to victory. Wolffe and his men left the task of battling Mouth of Sauron to the Jedi Knight, who managed to defeat the Mordor General in a one-on-one lightsaber duel. Swiftly defeating him, Mouth of Sauron retreated to his fleet, as did Wolffe and the Jedi Knight.
==Aftermath==
While Droids on Iceberg III had been repelled, the Republic was not able to expel Mouth of Sauron's forces from the system. In addition to this, the Jedi soon learned that King Yos Kolina had been assassinated, and consequentially, the tension between the Mon Calamari and the Quarren on Mon Cala had greatly increased, nearing the point of civil war. In response, the Republic sent ambassadors, Senator Padmé Amidala and Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins, to stabilize the conflict. The Confederacy, however, had dispatched an envoy of their own: Karkarodon, Riff Tamson. Amidala and Frodo failed to prevent hostilities, with Tamson provoking the Quarren and rallying them in an assault against the Mon Calamari, leading to the Battle of Mon Cala.
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==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles