Battle of Nupse (AW)

A battle was fought on Nupse during the Alliance War. After the Battle of Ressin, part of Alliance Rebels' Operation: Converge, jointed forces of Task Force Proud and Imperial Revenge Fleet moved to Nupse, which was left with few defenses.

Battle of Nupse
An Alliance Rebel reached the capital, escorted by half-a-squadron of s. A Coalition Imperial  was taken down by an orbital bombing made by  Fink; the transport landed and Leia Organa was tasked to led a platoon of troopers to reach and to free an airstrip so that a second GR-75 ship could deploy other troops.

She immediately used her shield to protect soldiers while they were eliminating more than two squads of s and an. Another walker arrived, together with some jetpack troopers, that caused various losses between Rebels, but they managed to make it. However, when they were quite near the objective, a third AT-ST went against the expedition, sided by a squad and half of stormtroopers. Leia put a shield and asked the troopers to resist until she and a squad free the landing point.

She went proceeded through enemy forces until she reached the airstrip. Together with her soldiers, she freed it, with the support of an anti-vehicle turret, and called for reinforcements. Meanwhile the other group was under heavy fire, and soon the shield fell. Troopers deployed an anti-infantry turret and fired all the rockets they had against the AT-ST. But it was still working. So a soldier jumped with his jetpack, switched on his personal shield and throw a thermal imploder right between walker and stormtroopers. He was killed, but the AT-ST fell.

Then IGOZ-186 deployed an AT-ST, but troopers called the help of Y-wing bombers, that in few seconds covered of proton torpedoes the vessel. It fell down on the walker, and so the menace was eliminated. Called by princess Leia, the soldiers continued on their way until they met yet another walker; this time the GR-75 transport coming to carry reinforcements hit it with laser cannons and destroyed it. So the troops proceeded with no obstacles and reached the airstrip, where joined the new platoon.

Behind the scenes
Battle of Nupse appears in Scenario LXVIII of the Alliance universe.