Rescue on Florrum

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|name=Rescue on Florrum
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|objective=Rescue Eowyn
|date=July 10-11, 1983
|place=Florrum
|result=Failure; Eowyn recaptured along with the Jedi Initiates
|side1=Jedi Order
|side2=Ohnaka Gang
|commanders1=Padawan Eowyn 
|commanders2=*Captain Hondo Ohnaka
*Gwarm
|ppl1=*6 Jedi Initiates
*1 Jedi Padawan 
*1 WLO-5 speeder tank 
|ppl2=*Weequay pirates
*Starhawk speeder bikes
*1 WLO-5 speeder tank
|casual1=None
|casual2=Several pirates
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In 1983, a class of Jedi Initiates—Byph, Ganodi, Gungi, Katooni, Petro, and Zatt—launched a mission to rescue Jedi Padawan Eowyn, who had been captured by Captain Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates and taken to the pirates' stronghold. The younglings disguised as an Animal Instincts to rescue her and was successful, but the pirates led by Gwarm begun to chase them. When they reached Crucible, they took off, but the ship's engines were shot by a WLO-5 speeder tank, it crashed, and the younglings and Eowyn were recaptured by the pirates.
==Prelude==
After being attacked by Ohnaka and his pirates, the younglings were stranded and alone in the deep space. Jedi Initiate Katooni was able to contacts Jedi Master Samwise Gamgee. Gamgee hailed the younglings and promised to send Commander Cody to first pick up the younglings. However, Gamgee suffered a surprise attack by Confederate General The Mouth of Sauron and Gamgee was defeated. Meanwhile, the younglings decided to disobey Gamgee's orders to stay where they were and went to Florrum in order to rescue Eowyn on their own.
==The mission==
===The Infiltration===
Upon landing on Florrum, the Younglings except Ganodi set off their way towards the pirate base. On their way through the Florrum wastelands, the younglings happened to come across a traveling carnival troupe en route to Ohnaka's base to business. Petro saw an opportunity, claimed that he and the younglings were junior acrobats and they managed to disguide as acrobats. Preigo then took them to the pirate base with the rest of his acrobats. When Preigo's troupe arrived later in the evening, Ohnaka joined the expectant audience under the company of Eowyn.
The younglings appeared before Ohnaka, disguised, performed an entry act and finally get a drunken Ohnaka to join in on the next stunt. Unnoticed, Katooni stole Eowyn's lightsabers and freed Eowyn. But as the younglings ran, they were recognized by the pirates and taken under fire, but they managed to steal one of the WLO-5 speeder tank and made their way to the Crucible. As the Jedi head back to their ship, Petro contacted Ganodi to ready the ship for an immediate takeoff, however, the pirates began to pursuit them across the wasteland.
===Pirates' pursuit===
While Eowyn and the younglings were returning to the Crucible, a team of Ohnaka's Weequay pirates led by Gwarm inside a WLO-5 speeder tank begun to pursuit them across the wasteland. After some frantic attempts, Petro finally managed to contacts R2-D2 and Ganodi aboard the Crucible, who had just restored Huyang to an operative state once more. Ganodi, R2-D2 and Huyang set off to aid their comrades at once, and attempted to pick them up in mid-run via the cruiser's boarding ramp. But in the midst of the evac attempt, their speeder raced to a ravine, forcing Petro to turn about, left Byph and Gungi to hang precariously from the ramp. During a second attempt, however, the pirates managed to hit the cruiser's engines critically, forcing an immediate evacuation of the Crucible before it crashed down on the Florrum plains. As the ship was shot down, Eowyn and the Younglings were captured by the pirates.
==Aftermath==
After the Crucible crashed, Eowyn and the younglings were recaptured by the pirates. While Gwarm and his pirates returning to the their outpost, General The Mouth of Sauron, after defeating Samwise Gamgee who the Younglings had been calling for help, landed on Florrum and prepared to defeat Ohnaka's pirate gang and conquer the planet. The Separatists sought revenge on Ohnaka, because he had held Saruman, head of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, for ransom.
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