Battle of Acafi

(The Rebel Fleet is already en route.)|(Austin Motti}}

The Battle of Acafi was a fight that occurred in 16 ABY between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance at an Imperial research installation located in orbit of the planet Acafi.

Prelude
Commodore Ray Dallan was in pursuit of a small Imperial cargo ship delivering supplies to a classified sector in hopes the ship could be full of weapons and supplies for his men. Upon tracking the ship all the way to the distant world of Acafi in one Nebulon B frigate he noticed a space station in orbit as well as multiple light frigates. Knowing this could be a chance to knock out an Imperial base, Dallan summoned Lieutenant Commander Jon Raddus of the Nebulon B frigate Tranquility and Lieutenant Commander Crish Rypton of the blockade runner Resolution.

The battle
As the Rebel Fleet exited hyperspace Commodore Ray Dallan prepared all ships to concentrate fire on the Imperial space station. Anticipating this, Austin Motti directed the two Nimbus class frigates at his disposal to engage the Rebel fleet and prepared all TIE fighters for launch. Quickly the frigates were destroyed by rebel capital ships and Y-wing bombers. Dallan moved all his ships to destroy the station believing that the battle was won. The Imperial fleet had been reduced to one Devastator-class heavy battlecruiser known as the Interference along with a handful of TIE fighters. Austin Motti made a huge maneuver in this moment that shocked even his own crew. He positioned his vessel so it looked like he was about to retreat and jumped to hyperspace, but little did the Rebel Alliance know that he had plotted a precision hyperspace jump. His ship came out of light speed just behind the Rebel fleet and unleashed volleys of turbolaser fire on the unsuspecting rebel ships. Only the Tranquility made it to hyperspace in time.

Aftermath
This battle was a huge loss for the rebellion because it saw the death of Commodore Ray Dallan as well as the inability to destroy a key imperial installation which later would develop many super weapons.