Attack on Thyferra
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- "This is it. Thyferra. Be careful, team. We've got to hit Imperial targets only. Avoid civilian casualties at all costs. We can't afford to lose those bacta containers! So be careful."
- ―Luke Skywalker[src]
This battle on Thyferra took place during the Galactic Civil War around 1 ABY. The battle would be the final action by Moff Kohl Seerdon's campaign against the Rebel Alliance's bacta supply, a substance used in medical procedures. Using a Rebel raid on the advanced base, the Capacitor, on the volcanic planet Sullust as a diversion, Seerdon secretly seized control of the Alliance's bacta supply on the jungle world of Thyferra.
The elite Alliance starfighter wing, Rogue Squadron, quickly discovered this and were deployed to Thyferra to recapture the bacta supplies. A fierce battle took place, in which the Rogues succeeded in driving the Imperial forces off the planet, with some minimal civilian casualties. In a last ditch effort, Seerdon joined the battle in his custom Sentinel-class landing craft to personally confront Luke Skywalker, the Commander of Rogue Squadron. Skywalker proved to be the better pilot and killed him.
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[edit] Prelude
[edit] Campaign against Kohl Seerdon
The Imperial Moff Kohl Seerdon had been in the planning stages for an attack on Thyferra for some time. Intel of the Rebel Alliance quickly picked up on this, and so a string of raids on Imperial territory, spearheaded by Rogue Squadron, led by Luke Skywalker, was commenced in an effort to reduce the cunning Moff's resources.
A raid on the Imperial tibanna gas platforms on the gas giant Taloraan drastically reduced Seerdon's firepower, as tibanna was used to power blasters. Around the same time, a raid on Fest took place resulted in the destruction of Seerdon's weapons research facility and the theft of three AT-PT walkers. This operation, in particular, enraged Seerdon, who quickly responded with an attack on a Chandrilan city, home of Mon Mothma, the Chief of State of the Alliance. The city was successfully with the assistance of Rogue Squadron.
[edit] Capture of Thyferra
In retaliation for the sudden attack on Chandrila, Rogue Squadron struck at the massive Capacitor situated in a volcano on Sullust. The operation, engineered by Kasan Moor, an Imperial defector who had extensive knowledge of Imperial ground operations, was a success, and the Capacitor was destroyed.
Seerdon was actually manipulating the operation from the beginning. While the Alliance forces were stationed on Sullust, Seerdon gathered whatever men and resources he had left and led a massive attack on Thyferra. The Alliance's bacta supply was quickly overrun, and a ground force was installed in the area. General Carlist Rieekan of the Alliance notified Rogue Squadron of Seerdon's actions, and Rogue Squadron was quickly deployed to reclaim the bacta.
[edit] The battle
[edit] Arrival of Rogue Squadron
[edit] Confrontation with Seerdon
- "Greetings, Commander Skywalker. So, you're the young man who destroyed the Death Star?"
- ―Kohl Seerdon[src]
After the entire Imperial garrison in the area was wiped out, Moff Seerdon decided to confront Commander Skywalker personally. He arrived in the planet in his custom Sentinel-class landing craft, modified for combat purposes. As the firefight went on, Seerdon tried to convince Skywalker that he was too talented to waste his prowess with the Alliance and offered him a spot in the Imperial Navy. Seerdon's craft was eventually destroyed. Shortly before his death, he vowed that even in the Rebellion won the day, the Empire will still eventually crush the Rebellion.
