Battle of Bespin (War of Secession)

The Battle of Bespin was a battle during the War of Secession. Led by Jedi Knight Nicole Kroger, it was a devastating loss for the Confederate Systems. The Galactic Empire had launched an invasion force upon Bespin as its Tibanna gas refineries were the main source of energy for the Confederacy's turbolasers aboard capital ships and were considered a Confederate weapons factory by the Empire.

Imperial attack on the floating defense platforms
Not expecting an attack, the Confederacy had a small line of defense around Bespin, with only around 1,000 mariness and a small squadron of navy Aethersprite-class light interceptors. The attack came swiftly, with thousands of stormtroopers. They managed to capture the southern landing platforms with little difficulty and secured a number of laser turrets, proceeding to overwhelm the Confederate troops and capture the Eastern and Western landing platforms and eventually the main control room.

Confederate pilots barely had time to get in the air to engage the incoming TIE fighters, and the now Imperial-manned blaster turrets were able to take down many of the Confederate fighters with ease. The remainder of the Confederate forces fell back to the Northern landing platform; this is where they took their last stand against the advancing horde of stormtroopers. The Imperials managed to kill the last remaining troops just over three hours after the initial attack.

The fall of Cloud City
The Empire proceeded to advance on Cloud City itself and in turn gain a foothold on the planet. The Confederate garrison here had heard of the impending attack from the doomed forces on the defense platforms a few miles away and were prepared, but were ultimately defeated as they had underestimated the sheer size of the Imperial forces. Once inside the city, the Empire and Confederacy engaged in a vicious gun battle that spanned the entire settlement.

The Empire managed to capture the carbon freezing complex undetected by Confederate forces. This proved to be the Confederacy's downfall, as the capture of the facility allowed Imperial forces to attack from the intricate tunnel system that spanned the bowels of the city.

Jedi Knight Nicole Kroger personally led a legion of Confederate troopers into the heart of the invasion but had to pull back once she realized defeat was imminent. Eventually, several LAAT gunships carrying wounded troops, civilians and the surviving Jedi managed to blast their way through Imperial aerial forces and make it to the orbiting Star Destroyer and escape.

Within 12 hours of the initial attack on the city, the last remaining battalion of troopers that had been cut off from the main group made a desperate fight to the last man within the city's courtyard and were destroyed by the Imperial forces that converged on them.