Imperial Fleet defends scientists against rebel attackers

Date: 290707
Planet: Karthakk system

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

The sector command of the Imperial Fleet announced today that yesterday, two space stations housing several scientists conducting research on starship reactor improvements were attacked by rebel forces in an attempt to kidnap them.

For their own safety, the Imperial Fleet units in system took the scientists into custody and defended the stations for over an hour during the evacuation against determinded rebel attacks. During the last minutes before the scientists were moved from the station, a massive rebel attack almost overwhelmed the defending forces at a station near the Trade Federation Outpost, and units from the Solar Phoenix area were moved in as reinforcements, driving the rebels back.

The scientists are at this time safely in the hand of the Empire, which will soon assign them to more secure reseach facilities.