Yavin Campaign

The **Yavin Campaign** was a long series of protracted battles and standoffs occuring in 0 BBY up until 0.5 ABY, theoretically beginning with the Battle of Scarif and ending with the Empire's final assault on Yavin 4. With Rogue One securing the Death Star schematics at Scarif, and the plans eventually making their way to the hands of the Rebel Alliance's fortress on Yavin 4 with the help of Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia Organa, R2-D2, and C-3PO, the Battle of Yavin occured, which resulted in Skywalker destroying the battle station as it attempted to obliterate the jungle moon and wipe out the Rebellion with one swift stroke.

With the Death Star destroyed, complete war broke out once more across the galaxy. The Galactic Empire's battle station was gone, but the might of the Imperial military was mobilized and put to use against the Alliance's much smaller and scattered forces. As the Heroes of Yavin celebrated their victory, each and every member of the Rebel Alliance became equally important. The initial evacuation was underway, with the Alliance's leadership preparing to leave the jungle moon before the Empire could attack in force. The shocking surprise of the Empire's presence on Yavin 4 was discovered by a team of Rebel Alliance Special Forces soldiers consisting of Bex Kolus, Vessk, and Sorin Diram. Imperial scout troopers were utilizing the Palace of the Woolamander; a location largely avoided and ignored by the Rebellion's garrison, to scout out Rebel battle positions and prepare for the main Imperial attack force.

Needing to secure the Imperial battle plans, as their forces were largely evacuated save for the main security contingent, Captain Kodah Bwa'leem of Alliance SpecForce devised a unique plan: the same three rebel SpecForce soldiers would locate the nearest Imperial staging facility and launch an assault. This would accomplish two things. The Empire would be knocked off balance, as the Alliance had struck them elsewhere while they were making cautious preparations for the assault on Yavin 4, and the rebels would obtain the Imperial battle plans for the invasion. Setting out aboard Solo and Chewbacca's starship, the *Millennium Falcon*, a squad of Rebel SpecForce troopers commanded by Sergeant Kolus arrived at Port Tooga, a nearby shadowport with ties to the Alliance. They met with Lady Shoola the Hutt, who declined support, as she was fearful of undercover Imperial reprisal against her space station. She did, however, leave them with a set of advice that aided in their assumptions, and they eventually encountered and battled Imperial COMPNOR spies.

With the Imperial spy ship and the flight logs intact, Kolus, Diram, and Vessk, along with their squad of Rebel infantryman, a slicer named Jamew, and a newly-recruited Gigoran brute named Dongus traveled aboard the Imperial spy ship to a secretive spy space station embedded within a massive asteroid. Acting as an undercover asset, they soon launched a full-out assault of the facility from the ship inside the hangar, killing the space station's leadership and having Jamew recover the Imperial battle plans, which laid out a very cautious and protracted siege of Yavin 4 before a major strike with a mysterious asset.

Suddenly, the spy space station was under alarm, as a new warship emerged from out of nowhere. Hailed by the frigate, the Rebels met with Captain Hylo Sortuli from the bridge of her rebel frigate *Shadow Raptor.* Sortuli and her crew were familiar with Imperial intrigues, and were surprised to learn that Rebel forces had taken over the space station, as she and her crew were hunting for the hidden spy base for some time. Although they had taken over the main hangar area and control room, the space station opened fire on the *Shadow Raptor* with its turbolasers, and Captain Sortuli begged the SpecForce soldiers to defeat the Imperial defenses from inside the station. With the spy ship they had stolen damaged beyond immediate repair, Kolus, Diram, and Vessk saw no other option. They then descended deeper into the facility, where they planned on sabotaging the generator powering the turbolasers.