Smashing Serroco Success
Amid a cargo hold full of partially still smoldering wreckage, it has been announced that Jawa and allied rebel forces have successfully broken an imperial blockade and restored salvaging prosperity to the devastated Serroco system with an influx of recycling aid to the increasingly war torn region. This follows the week-long blockade, known internally by rebel forces as the “blockade of sad plans and suffering” which was established by Black Sun and Tresario Kingdom naval forces in order to distribute so-called “humanitarian” aid. The Imperial Union fortified this besiegement following the previous successful establishment of a Jawa-led blockade across several systems through the hyper routes known galaxy-wide as “Combat Alley”, in order to limit and reduce the presence of poor and inept criminal syndicates and imperial activity and subsequently boost droid sales to the impoverished residents.
Combined rebel forces were integral in the success of the joint operation comprised of pilots from the Jedi Order, The Resistance, the Rebel Alliance, Partisans, the Legacy of Ithor, The Antarian Rangers, the Exchange, Stryker Military, Muurian Interstellar and DOM Arsenal and we’re legally bound to recognize at least some of them due to existing disclosure agreements and pending trade deals. Jon Petrik of The Exchange took the lead on many overnight raids into the warzone which saw much success against blockade forces, proving his worth as a fleet commander to the greater alliance. Gungan pilot La-La Ju, of the Antarian Rangers, stirred such emotion and hatred within the Imperial fleets that it is reported her bounty throughout the Union was increased by at least 5,000 credits over the course of the battle, marking a new high for aspiring wanted gungans everywhere across the galaxy. Renowned vehicle enthusiast, and Ranger One, Mador Anami was so engaged in dogfighting at one point that he fell asleep at the flight stick. The commitment to the fight was greater than the need for sleep, even though sleep won, and the additional wrecks that were destroyed for the Tinkerer as he dreamt were a welcome addition. Vip Fortuna of The Antarian Rangers couldn’t be stopped in his quest for the capture of Black Sun ships. Rivain Dumat, known spiderperson and force practitioner, when asked what ranger number Fortuna held and why he was so adamant to permanently borrow the starfighters, couldn’t remember noting simply “4, maybe 3”.
The most impactful moment of the engagement came when Grand Commodore Kolomon Seph and the controversial previously disgraced ex-Jawa’lor Ini Kedi deliberately orchestrated the destruction of their own damaged z-95 fighter during an agreed upon cease-fire with enemy fleets to create the battle’s symbolic 500th wreck. The instant morale boost felt across the entirety of the rebel fleet contingent was palpable, to at least the two Jawas involved. The Grand Commodore and ex-Jawa’lor were heard congratulating themselves multiple times throughout the remainder of engagements over fleet comms while the perplexed look of most non-Jawas solidified the tactical choice as a thing that definitely happened. A newly appointed spokesjawa on the Grand Commodores payroll noted that the psychological impact on Imperial forces was reportedly devastating. Trib Dengle was quoted saying, “Word has it that the Dark Prince himself wished he had thought of such a plan. He didn’t though. He didn’t. We’re definitely sure he didn’t.” Trib was fired from his intel analyst position shortly after the statement was taken within the Jawa Offworld security bureau. His family couldn’t be reached for comment.
The final phase of the battle saw the culmination of phase one of the proposed Jawa plan to retake Serroco, destruction of the fully entrenched Imperial satellite network throughout the system. Defabricator General Tilba Ugama planned a series of simultaneous skirmishes and precision hit and run strikes across the system designed to overwhelm imperial patrols on one side of the system before quickly jumping out and hitting a different side altogether. The Union response was too slow to intercept these attacks and was quickly overwhelmed by positioned corvette turbolaser fire. While Jawa’s initially planned to decimate the satellites to make way for a larger invasion force, their destruction resulted in imperial forces never regaining a foothold. Once the enemy sensor network was dismantled, imperial forces tried multiple times to retake quadrants of the system in vain, being repelled at every turn. This tragically resulted in a ceasing of combat, and evacuation of IU fleets, preventing more salvage from occurring. Tilba couldn’t be reached for comment on this specific topic but instead was very adamant that he be quoted on Ini Kedi owing him one million credits from reneging on a bet. The details of which are reportedly top secret.
As Jawas look towards the future, Jawa Offworld Enterprises hopes that it is one of peace. As many Jawa salvage pilots return home to Tatooine, Jawa forces are working to hand over management of Serroco’s jawatarian salvage mission to rebel and neutral parties already present in the system. Invoicing is being drawn up to submit to the Imperial Union to cover overhead and recycling costs for JOE and its allies including: salvaging payroll, cockpit cleaning, at least three new hats, ship repainting, alimony payments, illegal removal of wrecks from a battlefield, administrative fees, local taxes, corporate bribes and non-local taxes.
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