Strike on Esseles

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|name=Strike on Esseles
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|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|date=February 13th, 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=Esseles listening post, Esseles
|result=*New Republic victory
**Listening post is destroyed
**Imperial hunt for the Nadiri Dockyards is stalled
|side1=New Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=Kierah Koovah
|commanders2=Unidentified Imperial officer
|forces1=*1 CR90 corvette
*Vanguard Squadron
**2 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters
**1 RZ-1 A-wing interceptor
**1 T-65 X-wing starfighter
**1 UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft
|forces2=*Esseles listening post†
*Several TIE/IN interceptors
*Several TIE/rp Reaper attack landers
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|casual2=*Esseles listening post
*Many TIEs
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A strike was conducted by the New Republic on a listening post of the Galactic Empire above Esseles in order to bait the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Overseer and to stall the Imperial hunt for the Nadiri Dockyards. The strike was successful, and the listening post was destroyed.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Squadrons 
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles