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During the Mid Rim Retreat, a battle took place between the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry and a destroyer in the Galactic Empire's navy in a lifeless star system in the Metatessu sector in 3 ABY. The destroyer, following a hypermatter trail from the 61st's CR90 corvette Thunderstrike, ambushed the Alliance battle group in the system, but the rebel starships were able to escape.

Prelude[]

In 3 ABY,^[2] during the Mid Rim Retreat, the CR90 corvette Thunderstrike, the troop carrier of the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, suffered damages to its hyperdrive, leaving a trail of hypermatter.^[1]

The battle[]

Discovering the hypermatter trail, Imperial officers serving under Prelate Verge and Captain Tabor Seitaron aboard^[1] the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer^[3] Herald coordinated with other Imperial forces and an Imperial destroyer ambushed the 61st while the battle group was carrying out maintenance on the Thunderstrike at the edge of a lifeless star system in the Metatessu sector. As the destroyer moved into firing range, the Thunderstrike's escort, the Braha'tok-class gunship Apailana's Promise, and its two X-wing starfighters swiftly responded to protect the corvette. The 61st soon fled the system, jumping into hyperspace, but not before one of the X-wings was crippled by a glancing turbolaser blow.^[1]

Aftermath[]

The 61st was attacked two more times in the Metatessu sector by the Empire, soon discovering how the battle group's starships were being tracked. In a following meeting, Lieutenant Sairgon reflected that the Imperial forces had only managed to harry the 61st by that point.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The battle in the Metatessu sector appeared in the 2015 novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, written by Alexander Freed.^[1]

Appearances[]

• Battlefront: Twilight Company (and audiobook) (First appearance)

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