Mission to Reklam Station

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|name=Mission to Reklam Station
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|conflict=*Galactic Civil War
**Lothal campaign
|objective=Steal a squadron of Y-wing starfighters from Reklam Station
|date=February 4th, 2002
|place=*Sereeda Waypoint
*Reklam Station, Yarma
|result=*Phoenix Cell victory
**6 Y-Wings captured
**Reklam Station destroyed
*Beginning of the Lothal campaign
|side1=*Phoenix Cell
**Spectres
|side2=*Galactic Empire
*Mining Guild
|commanders1=*Commander Jun Sato
*Captain Olivia Flaversham
*Lieutenant Commander/Padawan Danny
|commanders2=*Grand Admiral Technor 
*Director Scarlett
*Agent Alexsandr Kallus
*Doctor Nefarious Tropy
*Commander Brom Titus
|ppl1=*At least 7 rebels:
**Danny
**C1-10P "Chopper"
**Kanan Jarrus
**Mr. Gronkle
**Rex
**Olivia Flaversham
**Marinette Dupain-Cheng
*1 pirate
**Hondo Ohnaka
*3 Ugnaughts, including:
**Melch
*1 VCX-100 light freighter
**Ghost
*1 VCX-series auxiliary starfighter†
**Phantom†
*1 Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier
**Phoenix Nest
*2 CR90 corvettes
*At least 4 RZ-1 A-wing interceptors
**Phoenix Squadron
*7 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters
*1 stolen Sentinel-class landing craft
**Last Chance
|ppl2=*Several stormtroopers
*Several DTS-series Dismantler Droids
*1 Imperial-class Star Destroyer
*TIE/LN starfighters
*2 Arquitens-class command cruisers
*1 Aurore-class freighter
*2 TIE/mg Mining Guild starfighters†
|casual1=*Phantom
*2 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters
|casual2=*Reklam Station
*Several stormtroopers
*Several dismantler droids
*Several TIE fighters
*2 TIE/mg Mining Guild starfighters
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In February 4th, 2002, Phoenix Cell launched a mission to Reklam Station to steal a squadron of BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters from the Galactic Empire on Reklam Station. A team of rebels led by the newly appointed Lieutenant Commander Danny raided the station. Despite losing the starfighter Phantom, the rebels succeeded in stealing six Y-wings and liberating several Ugnaught laborers. Under orders from Grand Admiral Technor, Director Scarlett's Imperial forces allowed the rebels to escape into hyperspace.
==Prelude==
In 2002, the Galactic Empire operated a floating junkyard called Reklam Station inside the gas planet of Yarma. Reklam Station was used to dismantle decommissioned Y-wing starfighters into scrap. The Empire hired a labor force of Ugnaught laborers. One of these Ugnaughts named Terba attempted to escape but was capture and imprisoned at the Imperial prison on Naraka. There, Terba befriended another inmate named Hondo Ohnaka, a scheming Weequay pirate.
Hondo contacted his one-time partner Danny the Cat, who was a member of the Spectres, and convinced him to rescue him in return for providing information that was vital to the growing rebellion. Danny and his team infiltrated the Naraka prison and freed Hondo and Terba. Terba was killed during the escape attempt but Hondo managed to provide the rebels with information about Reklam Station. The Phoenix Cell, which the Spectres were part of, agreed to send a reconnaissance mission to verify Hondo's claims. In return for his services, the Phoenix rebels agreed to supply Hondo with a hyperspace-capable smuggling starship and a crew.
==The raid==
===Traveling to Reklam Station===
The Phoenix leader Commander Jun Sato promoted Danny to Lieutenant Commander due to his actions at Naraka and assigned him to lead the reconnaissance mission to Reklam Station. Danny was accompanied by the rebels Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Mr. Gronkle, Chopper, Rex, and Hondo. Danny's team traveled to the planet Yarma in the Phantom. Since they could not travel to Yarma directly, Marinette and Chopper exited hyperspace at the Sereeda Waypoint in Mining Guild space.
The rebels were quickly intercepted by a Mining Guild patrol, which had detected their intrusion. After destroying two TIE/mg Mining Guild starfighters, Danny's team jumped into hyperspace and continued their journey to Yarma. The Phantom traveled through Yarma's gassy atmosphere and eventually sighted Reklam Station. However, their ship was sighted by Imperial DTS-series Dismantler Droids. The local Imperial Commander Brom Titus dispatched two dismantler droids to intercept the ship. Titus had once been an Admiral who commanded a prototype Imperial Interdictor that had been destroyed by Danny's rebel cell two years ago. As punishment, Titus had been demoted and reassigned to managing a junkyard.
Chopper managed to shoot down one droid with the ship's rear cannon. Another clung on to the rear of the Phantom. Captain Rex opened the ship's rear hatch and fought with the dismantler droid. He almost fell off during the struggle but Gronkle pulled him back into the ship. Rex managed to shoot the dismantler droid with his blaster, causing the droid to fall into the volatile depths of Yarma. However, the Phantom suffered damage and Marinette almost lost control of the ship. However, she managed to regain control and landed the ship underneath a platform on Reklam Station.
===The starfighters heist===
After landing the Phantom, Danny and his team infiltrated the junkyard. Shortly, they encountered a group of Ugnaught laborers. Hondo, who could speak Ugnaught, convinced the workers to aid the rebels in return for gaining their freedom. The Ugnaughts promptly disabled the station's conveyor belt. However, the rebels had to refuel the Y-wings since the Imperials had emptied their fuel tanks. The rebels eventually managed to refuel the starfighters but were spotted by a third dismantler droid, which alerted Commander Titus.
In response, Commander Titus activated the magnetic locks around the Y-wings and dispatched a squad of stormtroopers to deal with the rebels. After learning from the Ugnaughts that everything had been overridden by the control tower, Danny and Rex headed to the command center. The third dismantler droid then attacked Chopper, Marinette and Gronkle. It trapped the three rebels on a Y-wing and attempted to shake them off. However, Rex returned and used a magnetic crane to attack the "clanker." Following a brief struggle, he trapped the dismantler droid against a mental container before tossing it over the edge of the floating station. The dismantler droid fell to its demise in the volatile depths of Yarma.
Meanwhile, Danny defeated Titus' squad of stormtroopers. Olivia Flaversham and Commander Sato then contacted Danny and the young Jedi claimed that the recon mission was going well. However, the two quickly deduced that Danny had disobeyed orders and embarked on a recovery mission. They then dispatched three battle cruisers to Yarma. Danny then fought his way into the Imperial control tower and confronted Commander Titus. Following a brief exchange, Titus revealed that he had sabotaged the control unit and that the only way to release the starfighters was to cut power to the station, which would kill everybody aboard.
However, Danny was undaunted and destroyed the power unit. This freed the Y-wings but set in motion Reklam Station's destruction. Meanwhile, Hondo and the Ugnaughts escaped on a stolen Imperial landing craft which they took as payment for their services to the rebels. The other rebels departed on the remaining Y-wings with Chopper using the relay navigation system to remotely pilot the starfighters. The rebels minus Danny then headed into space but were unable to jump into hyperspace since the starfighters' hyperdrives had been removed.
===A brief showdown===
To complicate matters, the rebel Y-wings were intercepted by an Imperial Star Destroyer commanded by Director Scarlett, Doctor Nefarious Tropy, and Agent Kallus. Scarlett had received Titus' message about the rebel raid but had arrived too late to prevent the rebels from destroying the station. Director Scarlett's Star Destroyer deployed a swarm of TIE fighters against the rebel Y-wings. Meanwhile, Titus ordered an evacuation while Danny attempted to reach the Phantom. However, the platform that the Phantom was clinging to broke and fell into the volatile depths of Yarma.
With the station falling into Yarma's depths, Danny called his master Kanan Jarrus for help. Shortly, Kanan arrived with Olivia and Phoenix Squadron. The rebels landed the stolen Y-wings aboard the Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier Phoenix Nest, which evacuated the stolen Y-wings. Kanan and Olivia then flew the freighter Ghost into the depths of Yarma where Kanan rescued Danny from the disintegrating junkyard. Having rescued Danny, the Ghost then headed back into space.
Despite holding an advantage over the Phoenix rebels, Director Scarlett received orders from Grand Admiral Technor to allow the rebels to escape with their meager rewards. After receiving a battle update from Scarlett and her comrades, Technor realized that the rebels had not dispatched their entire fleet. As a strategist and tactician, Technor was not satisfied with destroying one rebel cell alone and sought the destruction of the entire rebel fleet. As a result, Danny's strike team and the Phoenix rebel ships were able to flee into hyperspace.
==Aftermath==
As a result of Danny's unauthorized "recovery mission" at Reklam Station, the Phoenix rebels liberated the Ugnaught laborers there and gained access to Y-wing starfighters. These starfighters were transferred to General Jan Dodonna's unit, which was part of the growing rebellion. Danny was also disciplined by Olivia for disobeying orders, endangering his team, and getting the Phantom destroyed. As punishment for his recklessness, Olivia relieved him of his duties as Lieutenant Commander. Due to Kanan's role in his rescue, Danny reconciled with his master.
==Behind the scenes==
The mission to Reklam Station first appeared in Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow, the premiere of the third season of Star Wars Rebels, which premiered on September 24, 2016 on Disney XD.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow 
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*Star Wars: On the Front Lines 
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
*Cyphers and Masks 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles