Empire defeats rebel assault on Rori

Date: 010209
Planet: Deep Space/Rori/Naboo
Region: New Horizon/Central Naboo

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

As was discovered recently, for some time the Rebel Alliance has been trying to smuggle troops and supplies to Rori, to build up a strategic base in the town of New Horizon in their struggle to gain control of Rori that destroyed Restuss some time ago. In response to this, and to prevent another tragedy like Restuss, the Galactic Empire conducted a planetary blockade to stop rebel troops and supplies from reaching Rori while at the same time transporting stormtroopers to Rori to take control of New Horizon.

In Deep Space, the task force sent on this mission, led by Onyx Squadron's flagship, Onyx Mauler, and composed of seven gunboats, several lighter transports and dozens of starfighter escorts, met a strong rebel fleet spearheaded by three gunboats. In a fierce fight, the rebel fleet was stopped and the imperial troops started landing on Rori. The rebels kept pushing against the imperial blockade though, not relenting despite the odds. The following footage from the fighting at the blockade 30 minutes into the battle was released by the Imperial Sector Fleet:



After the first wave of rebel assaults had been beaten back the task force started sweeps of the system to hunt down the remaining rebel fleet units while the ground forces took and held New Horizon until the rebel ground troops surrendered or withdrew.



Finally, Deep Space was under Imperial control but for stragglers and New Horizon and its civilian population was safe again from rebel attacks.



At this time a rebel attack on a supply base on central Naboo itself was reported, and troops moved to defend the base. This is footage from the last attack the rebel forces there started before this base too was safe:



The Imperial sector command announced that this victory and the restoration of law and order in New Horizon was just the first step to total pacification of the sector, and that the loyal citizens could be looking forward to peace and reconstruction in the near future.