Attack on an Imperial outpost
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Attack on an Imperial outpost
Conflict
Place
Galactic Republic[1] Imperial Military[1] SergeantFideltin Rusk[1] Sergeant Rusk's squad[1] More than 130[4]Imperial soldiers[1] 97.4% casualty rate; no fatalities[1] Heavy[1]
- "We were outmanned and outgunned, but we achieved our objective, freed all the POWs, and came out alive."
- ―Sergeant Rusk[1]
During the lateryears of theGreat Galactic War between theGalactic Republic and thereconstituted Sith Empire, asquad oftroopers from theRepublic Militaryattacked anImperial outpost in order to rescueprisoners of war. However, thesquad's intelligence about the enemy numbers was incorrect, andSergeantFideltin Rusk was forced to lead his unit in a fight against a numerically superior opponent. Despite the odds, the squad successfully rescued the prisoners and escaped with no casualties.
Prelude[]
- "The first squad I commanded after making sergeant was sent to free POWs being held at a small Imperial outpost. Intel said the place would be lightly manned. Most of the Imperials wouldn't arrive for another twenty-four hours."
- ―Sergeant Rusk[1]
TheChagrianFideltin Rusk joined theRepublic Military[1] sometime after3667 BBY,[2] during theGreat Galactic War between theGalactic Republic and theSith Empire. When he achieved the rank ofsergeant[1] at some point before the end of the war in3653 BBY,[3] Rusk was awarded with command of hisown unit.[1] Thesquad, which includedtroopers such asKarsim,Naja, andEckerd,[5] was subsequently given its first assignment. The unit received intelligence on the defenses of theImperial outpost that they would be attacking in order to free Republicprisoners of war. According to the reports, the POW camp was lightly manned and would not receive reinforcements for anotherday.[1]
The attack[]
- "Intel was wrong. The Imperials sent their reinforcements a day early. When my squad broke into the outpost, we were outnumbered ten-to-one."
- ―Sergeant Rusk[1]
However, when the squad launched their attack on the outpost, they discovered that their intelligence was wrong—the reinforcements were a day early, and the unit was outnumbered by the Imperials at a ratio of ten-to-one. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Sergeant Rusk led his squad in fighting through over[1] 130[4]enemy soldiers and rescued the prisoners before escaping the base alive. Rusk's squad suffered a 97.4% casualty rate, though no permanent injuries or fatalities, and all of the prisoners were extracted successfully.[1]
Aftermath[]
- "I've been thinking about my original squad. I haven't seen any of them since we liberated that POW camp."
- ―Sergeant Rusk[6]
With the successful completion of the mission, Rusk was reassigned to command another unit,[5] andGeneralElin Garza recruited the rest of the squad into theblack ops program of theRepublic Special Forces Division. As a black ops unit, the squad was renamed "the Surgeons" and tasked with destabilizing the Empire's command structure by eliminating the enemy's leaders. However, the Surgeons soon began to pursue the families of their assigned targets, and the squad was convicted of war crimes and forced to serve out life sentences in adetention facility on theplanetBerrun.[6] Reminiscing over the mission later led Rusk to investigate the fates of his former squad,[5] and he was dismayed to learn of their imprisonment.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
The attack on the Imperial outpost was first mentioned inStar Wars: The Old Republic, avideo game released byBioWare andLucasArts in2011, during the conversation "Bad Intel" with theJedi Knight class character Sergeant Rusk.[1] The conversation leads Rusk to investigate his first squad before the later conversation "Vanished,"[5] and he discovers their imprisonment on Berrun before the conversation "The Surgeons."[6]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic(First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.111.121.131.141.151.161.171.181.19
Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Sergeant Rusk: "Bad Intel" - ↑2.02.1According to theStar Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia,Elin Garza enlisted at the age of fifteenyears using false credentials, meaning that the minimum age for enlistment must be higher than fifteen. Therefore, as Fideltin Rusk did not enlist illegally, he must have been older than fifteen at the time of the attack, and Rusk was born in3682 BBY.
- ↑3.03.1 Timeline 1: Treaty of Coruscant onThe Old Republic'sofficial website(article) (backup link)
- ↑4.04.1
Hall Hood (@hallhood) onTwitter (post)(backup link not available) This Tweet establishes the size of Rusk's command as twelve soldiers in addition to himself, and multiplying the resultant number of thirteen soldiers by ten results in approximately 130 enemy soldiers. - ↑5.05.15.25.3
Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Sergeant Rusk: "Vanished" - ↑6.06.16.26.3Star Wars: The Old Republic — Conversation with Sergeant Rusk: "The Surgeons"