Incident on Iyuta

Note: This adventure was written by myself. Mainly improvised, it was huge fun to run.

The Rebel heroes break into an Imperial base on the planet Iyuta, trying to gather intelligence on troop and fleet dispersal. After wading through the sewers and surviving attacks from Iyutan GroundEels, they manage to access the base through a cave-in. As they retrieve the listening device planted near the base, they learn that three Star Destroyers, Avenger (Vader’s flagship), Chimera, and the Relentless (now under command of Parlan’s former lieutenant, Captain Westen) are in orbit above Iyuta. They are to be shortly joined by an Interdictor cruiser, Star Talon.

Shortly after this discovery the Rebels are discovered and chased through the base. The only way of escape lies in the form of an AT-ST walker that the Heroes steal and use to blast their way out of the base. Unfortunately, none of the Rebels have piloted a walker before, and the Smuggler and Brash Pilot finally manage to get the walker moving, hotly pursued through the cramped streets by Imperial gunships. Whilst avoiding low bridges, tanker convoys and the gunships, the Wookiee discovers that the Walker has no brakes and that the Rebels are hurtling forward with no means of slowing down. Finally the Rebels approach the spaceport where their ship, the Long Shot is berthed, only to discover that a huge ravine blocks the way. The walker jumps the gap – just - and crashes to a halt on the far side.

Pursued by TIE fighters, the Relentless and Chimera, the Long Shot has to make the jump to hyperspace quickly. As the Minor Jedi prepares the navicomp, the Smuggler, Mon Calamari Pilot, Brash Pilot, and Wookiee deal with the waves of TIE fighters coming in. Then the Star Talon arrives and attempts to snare the Long Shot in its gravity well projector, as the battles moves into the Sarnikken asteroid belt. Some fancy flying means that the Interdictor’s tractor beam manages to snare an asteroid that damages it badly enough to allow the Long Shot to escape into hyperspace.

Arriving back at Delta base on Fangol, after medical treatment, the rebels are briefed on the contents of the listening device by General Adar Tallon: a large portion of rebel capital ships are escaping from an Imperial task force, unaware that they are fleeing into a trap. The three Star Destroyers seen by the Rebels are a part of the trap – they and the Interdictor were to trap the Alliance Fleet as they emerged from hyperspace to negotiate the Sarnikken belt. Four Carrack-class cruisers and two more Star Destroyers (joined by the Avenger) were to arrive and prevent escape from the other side of the belt. The Heroes have a new mission: to steal the Star Talon and use it to incapacitate the Relentless and Chimera, and allow the rebel fleet time to jump.

With the seconds ticking away, the Rebels managed to sneak onto the Star Talon in the guise of a repair crew. After quickly overwhelming the Imperial forces on board, the rebel strike teams set course to stop the task force, codename Anvil.

The Heroes manned their fighters and joined in the assault on the ships, buying precious seconds for the rebel fleet to escape – the Wookiee firing a lucky shot that cripples the Relentless guidance systems as it rakes the Star Talon with turbolaser fire. As the rebel fleet made its way into hyperspace, the rescuers joined it as the Interdictor disintegrated…