Planet: Tatooine
Region: Bestine
Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).
Bestine on Tatooine is known for having seen more than its fair share of battles in the Galactic Civil War. For months it was the center for the Imperial troops on the planet, especially when there was a bloody frontline between Anchorhead and Bestine. The city kept suffering from occasional rebel raids for years as well as seeing several major battles, and was never fully pacified.
Last night saw another major battle when rebel troops started to mass in three camps around the town, fending of imperial skirmishers trying to disrupt their preparations for an assault on the city. Imperial troops and civilians alike hastily started to put up barricades and erect turrets while the rebels flew Clone Wars-vintage walkers in.
After a short, tense period the attack then began, and rebel troops and vehicles started to move in on the city. The reinforced imperial troopers however met them in the outskirts of the town and stopped their advance, counter attacking and checking incursions by special force teams, and destroying the few walkers who made it inside the city.
Even when the fighting turned into a chaotic mess, with soldiers not sure anymore where their position was, or what they were shooting at, the city held, with both the Starport and the defense HQ remaining under Imperial Control. When the rebel attack finally stopped the imperial troops, mercenaries and civilian volunteers launched a final counter attack that routed the rebel forces.
No one knows however when the rebels will be back - there have been reports of rebel troops gaining footholds in many locations on Tatooine.
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