SI84-F Asteroids Rescue

The SI84-F Asteroids Rescue was an rescue mission which took place in 0 BBY. It happened when Rebel forces rescued 500 miners who were being held in the SI84-F Asteroids by the.

Background
In 3 BBY the Empire took over the SI84-F Asteroids in the SI84-F system of the. The miners objected to the takeover and in response they were enslaved. Three years later, Tlexer Sib, an Urrorunt working as a Rebel spy on, learned of the situation from a spacer who had been briefly held captive in the system. Sib stowed away aboard an Imperial transport headed for the SI84-F Asteroids and avoided detection once inside. After scouting the facility and the mines, he contacted the Alliance to inform them of the situation.

Rescue
The Alliance put Commander Dole Spinward in charge of the rescue and he received a, a squadron of X-wings, and Rebel Group MT50, which was available because their commander was away fighting on. As Spinward and his attack group entered the SI84-F system, Sib attempted to cause a revolt among the slaves. However, when a sympathetic young Imperial officer named Yt'los Hinter learned of the Rebel attack, he killed everyone in the Imperial command center, including Colonel Munx Tokel. Then he put the base on lockdown, separating most of the Imperial forces from the miners. Those Imperials who were locked in with the miners were quickly overpowered, only managing to kill a few miners. While the base and mines on the asteroids were locked down, Rebel forces engaged two and numerous TIE fighters. One of the cruisers was quickly destroyed but the other collided with the DP20 frigate, destroying both of them. Commander Dole Spinward was aboard the frigate and he died along with the crew.

Despite the loss of their mission commander, the Rebel X-wings were able to defend the transports as they landed. The Rebel soldiers encountered fierce resistance in the hangar, losing over one third of their men there. Hinter then guided them via intercom through the facilities to where the miners were located, unlocking doors for them in the process. Because of Hinter's assistance, they had fewer casualties as they moved. The Rebels met with the miners and took them back to the ship and the defecting Hinter joined them there. The Rebels escaped the system before Imperial reinforcements arrived.

Aftermath
Several of the rescued miners joined the Rebellion and the rest were able to return to their homeworlds. Even though they were victorious, the Alliance considered it a costly one because if the loss of Commander Spinward, the DP20 frigate, five X-wings, and nearly half of the soldiers in Rebel Group MT50.