Rebel Special Forces lay siege to Bestine

Date: 100210
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Bestine

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

Last night Special Forces of the Rebel Alliance attacked Bestine. Landing at the Starport in a surprise move - possibly using a civilian transport to sneak in - they quickly moved into the city, killing several defense contractors working on barricades before fading away when imperial forces rallied. Though their true objective seemed to have been the general in charge of the defense of Bestine, for as soon as he was sighted they renewed their attack, assaulting the defenses near the Starport.

Imperial Special Forces were called in and drove the attackers off, but took heavy losses in the process while contractors did their best to repair the damaged barricades and turrets and more troops were rallied to make up the losses. The rebel commandos then went around the city, attacking through the shuttleport and capitol building area, pressing forward to the Bestine Hotel.

A first line of defense in front of the Bestine Hotel fell quickly, then a second, barricades and turrets crumbling under the firepower of the attackers, and then the Imperial general in charge of defense himself came under fire as his command post became the frontline.

For a while the battle raged back and forth, with rebel soldiers relentlessly attacking until slowly the Imperial defenders gained the upper hand, driving the spent rebels back past the Hotel.

Most of the attackers didn't retreat even at that point though, instead they barricaded themselves in the Bestine Capitol and its surrounding buildings, and the battle turned into bloody close-quarters house-to-house fighting until the last of the rebel commandos were hunted down and killed and the city secured.