Deserters going pirate?

Date: 260808
Planet: Tatooine/Naboo System/Ord Mantell
Region: Farpoint Valley/Nova Orion Station

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

With the galactic civil war dragging on for years, morale is becoming a problem for both sides and both forces are losing men to desertion. In the case of pilots, they often seem to take their ships with them - from starfighter to corvettes.

In a galaxy torn apart by war, what will those deserters do? Some may change sides, and re-enter the war. Others however will most likely fend for themselves any way they can - and in the case of soldiers, this is usually a violent way. And among those kind of deserters, old hostility often is dropped together with the old rank.

This might explain the odd case of an A-Wing and a TIE Bomber attacking the last IMC Convoy one week ago in the Naboo system. The IMC Convoy consisting of Captain Ryian Coron's YT-1300 "Spinning Cloud" and Captain Aenius Bosk's Vigo-class freighter "Vengeance" had already met with problems when engine troubles on the "Vengeance" had delayed it. Then a scouting escort had been engaged upon entering the system at Penumbra Omen, and had been disabled after taking out the TIE Bomber. And when the Convoy arrived in the Naboo system at Kylanthia's whim, the A-Wing attacked them damaging the "Vengeance" before it was taken out.

The following footage was taken from a civilian craft which witnessed this attack:



After conducting emergency repairs the convoy continued to Ord Mantell, arriving safely and with the cargo intact.