Another rebel base falls

Date: 120808
Planet: Karthakk and Tatoo systems

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

The Imperial Fleet in the sector is using the momentum of their last string of successful offensives, and struck another blow at the rebels three days ago. After they had secured the Karthakk system and destroyed a rebel base there, the Imperial Task force under Commander Wezz Janson installed a supply base of their own in the Karthakk system and prepared to conduct search and destroy operations in the Tatoo systne, another known pirate and rebel haven.

The rebel alliance was not willing to sit and wait for the imperial starfighters to arrive, however, and struck at their base first, sending in several heavy fighters and a flight of Y-Wing bombers. Eyewitnesses reported heavy fighting near the hyperspace jumppoint "Voria's Ember". The imperial forces managed to fend off any attack and then went on the offensive, launching twostrikes at the rebel base in the Tatoo system.

Despite spirited defense by the rebel fighters and gunners on the station, the imperial bombers destroyed the base in the second attack wave before returning to the Karthakk system, where another rebel assault was taking place. The defense held though, and the last rebel attacks of the day were driven off.

According to several experts, the rebel alliance is expected to focus less on static bases as a response to the recent defeats, and switch to a more mobile mode of operations.