Mission to Corellia

Mission to Corellia

Additionally, a secondary objective was to steal any availablestarships for the Resistance.

Poe Dameron ledCorellian Team One in obtaining the list, whileWedge Antilles ledCorellian Team Two in the rescue mission. The two teams later rendezvoused at ahangar and escaped with several ships, returning to their Resistance base.

Prelude[]

After the devastatingBattle of Crait, theResistance limped away toRyloth, where they sought refuge there a short period at thebase belonging to theRyloth Defense Authority with the permission ofYendor, a former pilot for theRebellion.^[1]

General Organa realized that the Resistance needed to obtain morestarships and find those sympathetic to their cause. Thus, she quicklysentShriv Suurgav andDross Squadron to theScrapper Guild onBracca to obtain more starships that the First Order was sending to be scrapped.^[1]

After this, the Resistance leader saw a portion of the list thatMaz Kanata provided for her showing all the people the First Order was taking away, with that list having been stolen and set to be sold at aCollective auction Kanata had supplied the Resistance with tickets for. She caught sight of the initials R. C. who was described as a former Senator, and deduced that it wasRansolm Casterfo, a friend of hers. Wanting to save him, she assignedWedge Antilles and his team on a mission to Antilles' hometown of Coronet City onCorellia.^[1]

Rescue mission[]

The mission begins[]

Though a bit skeptical that Casterfo was still alive, Wedge'swife,Norra Wexley, joined the mission, along with former ImperialTeza Nasz,Snap Wexley, and his wife,Karé Kun. Teza told Norra that really, it wasn't strange if Casterfo was still alive, since making one insane with torture and brutal work would be much more pitiful and satisfying. This got total silence from the group, with Snap breaking it to ask whether Teza had to come, to which Wedge said yes, as they were on hershuttle and they needed her to get through First Order security. Norra countered by saying she could do the same herself, but Nasz told her that she could do it without the bloodshed. Now, the time had arrived to see if their plan would really work.^[1]

Records Department[]

On arrival, Teza recommended searching theRecords Department, as every bit of information would be documented and filed. When they reached the office, they foundYama Dex, who had been severely beaten by her boss,Executive Records OfficerWinshur Bratt. Yama offered to help the team in their search for Casterfo, whom she remembered because of hereidetic memory. Having found the datapad on Bratt's desk, Teza sliced into it to retrieve the data of all the prisoners and their locations.^[1]

Prisoner breakout[]

The team quickly moved to where the prisoners were being held and started their search for Casterfo. Finding many other prisoners, the team agreed that everyone needed to be released and offered the chance to escape with them and join the Resistance or go their own way. It wasn't long before they found Casterfo, who was weak and scared. Antilles' mention of Leia Organa's name and the Resistance rescue was enough to convince Casterfo to join them. On their way out, Winshur Bratt tried to block Yama's escape and was about to kill her when Teza dropped him with a blaster shot to his stomach. With the prisoners freed and the mission a success, the team made their way to the shuttle. However, they realized there wouldn't be enough room for everyone, and then they remembered all the abandoned ships they had seen earlier in thehangar, including an oldCR90 corvette.^[1]

Obtaining the list[]

The birthday party[]

Poe Dameron's team would attend the birthday party ofNifera Shu, where the secret auction of the list was taking place. His team split into pairs, with himself paired withFinn, disguised as wealthy entrepreneurs fromCanto Bight using an invitation provided by Maz Kanata, whileCharth Brethen, taking advantage of his invitation asRylothAmbassador, paired withSuralinda Javos as his assistant. Both pairs separated on arrival so they wouldn't arouse suspicion.^[1]

Auction[]

Dameron was invited to join the auction after he gave the host a birthday gift that she was impressed with. Not long after the auction had started, the bidding had exceeded the available funds assigned to the mission, so the team had failed to acquire the list. Dameron reviewed options with his team, they're only option left was to steal the list, either from the host or from the successful buyer.^[1]

The First Order[]

Before the team could put their backup plan in motion, First Orderstormtroopers raided the party, killed the Nifera Shu's husbandHasadar Shu, and put an end to the auction. Dameron offered to help Shu escape capture in exchange for the list, which she agreed to. However, the First Order locked down all transports in the hangar, so the team was stuck. But then they remembered Antilles' team was also in Coronet City, so they quickly contacted the Resistance base back on Ryloth of their intention to rendezvous with Team Two to escape the First Order and Corellia.^[1]

The escape[]

Antilles' team made their way to the hangar with all the ships, but it was now guarded by several stormtroopers, who weren't there earlier. They were outnumbered. Fortunately for them, Poe Dameron's team turned up to join them, and they formulated a new plan to gain access to the hangar. Wedge and Norra decided to create a distraction, which allowed everyone into the hangar and to the ships, but their distraction generated too much attention from the stormtroopers. Antilles was shot by blaster fire and was unable to continue fighting, but Norra insisted on staying with him. When they both thought it was the end for them, at the last minute, Poe, in a stolen starfighter, gunned down the remaining stormtroopers. Now safe from blaster fire, Norra and Antilles made their way to the CR90 Corvette, which was already airborne with the prisoners. With everyone safe, they all made their way back to the Resistance.^[1] The freed high-value detainees were brought to a safe house onHelmaxa, maintained by the anti-authoritarian group known as theCollective.^[3]

Appearances[]

• Resistance Reborn(andaudiobook)(First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition(andaudiobook)(Indirect mention only)

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy(First identified as mission to Corellia)
• "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" —Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Timelines
• Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy

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