Battle of Derra IV

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|name=Battle of Derra IV
|conflict=Galactic Civil WarX-Wing Rogue Squadron 25
|date=June 30th, 2009 The Essential Atlas and Galaxywide NewsNets place the Battle of Hoth in July 4th, 2009.
|place=Derra system
|result=Imperial victory, Alliance convoy destroyed
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Commander Arhul Narra†Shadows of the Empire radio drama
|commanders2=*Grand Admiral Technor
*Colonel Evir Derricote
*Major Soontir Fel
*Commander Wallflower Blush
|forces1=*At least 12 X-wing starfighters
**Renegade Flight
*At least 1 CR90 corvette
*At least 2 GR-75 medium transports
*Freighter Hopskip
*Various other transports
|forces2=*At least 1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
*TIE Fighters
**181st Imperial Fighter Group
|casual1=*All forces
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The Battle of Derra IV was an engagement between the Galactic Empire and a Rebel Alliance convoy near the planet Derra IV.
==Build up==
Grand Admiral Technor, while working to undermine the influence of the criminal organization known as Black Sun on Corellia, discovered that the weapon-smuggling freighter Hopskip was bound for Derra IV. This information, combined with other evidence gathered by Imperial Intelligence, demonstrated that a Rebel supply convoy was intending to depart from that planet to the main Rebel base. Delightful Children from Down the Lane and Technor worked together to develop the plan that would send the 181st Imperial Fighter Group to eliminate them.
DCFDTL presented this plan to the pilots, though one of them Soontir Fel recognized that the plan was the brainchild of the quiet robot Admiral. This act left Fel irritated, disgusted at the hypocrisy of an alien being relied upon as the savior of the Empire, when Human superiority was a major premise used to justify Imperial policies. Ironically, Technor would receive no credit for his role in the battle, and Fel would later serve under Technor's fellow Decepticons in the Empire of the Hand.
==Battle==
The convoy soon left Derra IV, but before it could enter hyperspace, a Star Destroyer appeared, and the TIE fighters of the 181st pounced on the unsuspecting Rebel ships. Despite the best efforts of Renegade Flight to defend the convoy, it was utterly destroyed. Soon afterward, Renegade Flight, which was part of Red Squadron, met its end as well, with Commander Narra dying at the hands of Fel himself.
==Aftermath==
The battle, although relatively insignificant and rather one sided, was a major victory for the Empire. The four major players in the 181st (Turr Phennir, Wallflower Blush, Evir Derricote and Soontir Fel) were promoted in a major ceremony on Coruscant presided over by Emperor Palpatine himself. Wallflower was given command of the 181st's second squadron and promoted to Commander for destroying four Rebel transports; Derricote was placed in charge of the Imperial facility on Borleias and promoted to General; and Fel was promoted to Colonel, given command of the 181st, and granted the Fel estate on his native Corellia as a Baron of the Empire, to which he moved his family shortly thereafter.
Though the plan was put together by Technor, he received no credit for the battle. As he was already a Grand Admiral at the time, there was perhaps no further honor he could receive. Some suggested that Scarlett had the Emperor afterwards reassign Technor to the Unknown Regions to avoid the embarrassment of an robot's strategic achievement.
Moreover, the battle left the Rebel defenses at Echo Base on Hoth badly understaffed, with no opportunity for resupply and with only the forces of Rogue Flight to defend them.
==Appearances==
*Shadows of the Empire radio drama 
*X-Wing Rogue Squadron 22 
*X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25 
*X-Wing Rogue Squadron 28 
*X-Wing: Rogue Squadron 
*X-Wing: Marcia's Gamble 
*X-Wing: The Krytos Trap 
*X-Wing: The Bacta War 
==Sources==
*The Empire Strikes Back: The National Public Radio Dramatization
*Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
*Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Chronology 
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*The New Essential Guide to Characters
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*The New Essential Chronology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia 
*Rebellion Era Campaign Guide
*The Essential Atlas
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles