Massive Battle over Tatooine

Date: 130807
Planet: Tatoo System

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

Two days ago, the Tatoo system was the location of a massive space battle that ran for over two hours. While neither the Empire nor the Rebel Alliance has yet released a statement detailing the events, eye witnesses reported that there was extensive fighting at Black Venom Sea, Narella’s Mining Field and the Station Star-1.

From what is known, the fighting started when two task forces clashed at Deep Sea, apparently jumping in at the same time. In the following close quarters fighting, the rebel forces were routed, but rallied and struck back mere minutes later. For the next two hours, more and more fighters were fed into the battle, and ships were battling all over the system, leaving debris and escape pods in their wake. Decimator patrol ships as well as converted freighters and a nova courier were reported to take part in the battle as well, next to the regular starfighter forces.

The apparent goal of both sides was the control of the aforementioned stations, but to what purpose is not known yet. Since not official statements have been released yet, rumors claim that the operations are not terminated yet, and may resume in the near future.