Rebel assault on Dearic beaten back

Date: 270110
Planet: Talus
Region: Dearic

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

Last night the town of Dearic on Talus came under attack by ground troops of the Rebel Alliance. Initially the rebels quickly gained a foorhold in the center of the city until arriving imperial troops forced them out of the town. While the rebels regrouped the imperial troopers as well as civilian volunteers began to fortify the city with barricades, expecting a major assault.

The rebel assault that took place exceeded the expectations though, with Clone Wars-era walkers leading the way from the edge of the city, followed by regular and irregular ground troops. At the same time a rebel strike group took control of the city's starport, allowing them to fly in additional troops. The defenders had some trouble dislodging the rebel troopers holed up in the starport, and ferocious, at times chaotic fighting took place all over the city until the last attackers were killed or driven away.



It's clear that the Rebel Alliance had been stockpiling supplies and massing troops and vehicles for this operation. The use of walkers, even if they were older models, came as a surprise to many, and according to some reports there even was a Hailfire tank sighted in the outskirts of the city.

Local experts fear that the fighting will go on in the days to come as both sides struggle for control of the city, which has become a strategic objective in the Galactic Civil War.