Recon on Corrupter Task Force

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|name=Recon on Corrupter Task Force
|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|date=July 14th, 2009This battle falls between the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of the Bajic Shipyards, which both fall in 2009. Thus, this battle occurs in 2009.
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|result=Alliance victory
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=Admiral Nammo
|commanders2=Admiral Garreth Holtz
|forces1=2 A-wings (Blue Squadron)
|forces2=*Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Corrupter
*Bulk cruiser Cerebus
*Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser Vigiliance
*CR90 corvettes
**Badlands
**Malice
*Assassin-class corvette Kraken
*8 TIE/LN starfighters
*26 TIE/IN interceptors
*9 Viper probe droids
**Oracle
**Diviner
**Seer
|casual1=None
|casual2=*Multiple fighters
*Probe droids
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This recon mission was intended to find out the strength of the Imperial task force assigned to locate the Defiance and her force.
==Background==
Following the attack on the Veltnor convoy, the Imperial in the Anoat sector shifted their operations from active search efforts to defensive deployments focused on convoy and remote unit defense. In an effort to gather hard data on the Imperial search force, Rebel Admiral Nammo ordered a reconnaissance mission. Nammo also suspected the Imperials would be seeding the area with probe droids—after what happened at Hoth, the Rebels all knew how effective those units could be—and authorized the destruction of any probots encountered during the mission.
==The mission==
Two A-wings from Blue Squadron, including Molly Wei, launched from the Defiance and proceeded through several systems deemed likely locations for the Imperial search efforts. The first two were empty, but the Corrupter Task Force was indeed at the third. While Blue 1 provided cover, Molly moved to inspect all the capital ships, determining their IDs and captains.
After Molly's initial inspection pass, the Corrupter began launching probe droids, followed by the Cerebus and the Vigiliance. Despite being under constant fire from the task force and enemy fighters, Molly managed to destroy all three probot groups. Their mission fulfilled, she and Blue 1 then withdrew from the combat zone.
==Aftermath==
The recon mission was a success, though the results fell short of expectations. Admiral Garreth Holtz, now known to be commanding the Imperial search force, was known to be a competent officer and unaccustomed to failure. However, the loss of the probe droids made the Imperials hard-pressed to maintain coverage on the surrounding systems, and by the time they were resupplied, the Defiance Task Force had rejoined the rest of the Rebel fleet.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles