Battle of Xa'kurp (AW)

A battle was fought on Xa'kurp as part of Cassius campaign, during the Alliance War. An Alliance Resistance pocket force was sent to conquest once belonging to them outpost, distracting Coalition First Order naval forces. Then a bigger group would attack the enemies over Xa'krup, using informations collected by the ground Resistance expedition.

First Attack on Xa'krup
An Alliance Resistance group formed by twelve s and four s arrived over Xa'krup and had to face ORES-058. Coalition First Order sent a squadron of s against them, but Alliance ships flew rapidly near the Destroyer, while dogfighting with pursuers, and managed to have minimal losses: a transport and six fighters.

Proceeding to the surface, after eliminating all TIE/fo, they reached the occupied outpost, which welcomed them with anti-aerial fire. X-wings took down some of the turrets, while transports deployed s to deal with First Order gunners. Although three squads of s were defending the outpost, Resistance men where able to kill both them and the gunners in very few time, leaving X-wing fighters free to face a new arrived squadron of TIE/fo fighters.

Alliance troopers eliminated a last squad of stormtroopers while entering the main building; then they used computers to collect informations about Coalition, including coordinates of ORES-058. These were sent to an Alliance task force ready to intervene. Meanwhile, X-wing fighters took down all TIE/fo fighters, thanks to support given by anti-aerial turrets, now under Resistance control.

Battle over Xa'krup
Thanks coordinates taken on Xa'kurp, an Alliance Resistance task force reached the planet, formed by two s, Mentana and Sedan, and a, Chocolate. The whole force attacked the Coalition First Order ORES-058 on the rear and on the side, catching him off guard.

When the Star Destroyer was able to react, it shot down the Mentana, while rotating to target the Sedan, which together with a s squadron was seriously damaging the reactors. Although s were winning against s, and ORES-058 was suffering unusual damage, the Chocolate turned away before being hit by enemy turbolasers.

The Sedan was destroyed, and all fighters escaped together with the Chocolate. Slow due to the loss of one reactor, ORES-058 followed the ships. But at that moment the Resistance called the help of Alliance First Order, which sent an, the Puma. The ship completely deprived the Resurgent-class vessel of its reactors, and then all remaining forces converged on ORES-058, destroying it.

Just few forces, composed by eight TIE/fo fighters and three s, managed to save themselves. They flew to Xa'kurp, with the aim of attacking Resistance ground forces.

Behind the scenes
The Battle of Xa'krup appears in Scenarios LI and LII of the Alliance universe.