Battle of Castilon

The Battle of Castilon, also known as the attack on Castilon or the battle on Castilon, was one of the earliest battles during the war between the First Order and the Resistance in 34 ABY. The Colossus was able to escape from the planet Castilon after its occupation by the First Order. The platform, an old Imperial supertanker fuel depot, had not flown in at least twenty years prior to the battle, but after Resistance member Kazuda Xiono and Neeku Vozo discovered the station's hyperdrive, Xiono had Vozo get the drive working again, so they could escape. Captain Imanuel Doza, the Colossus owner, cautiously approved the plan when he was informed of it. Xiono, CB-23 and Torra Doza, at Vozo's suggestion, lured the station's garrison of stormtroopers into areas of the station that were then flooded, flushing the troopers into the ocean in order to clear the Colossus of its occupiers.

The chaos led Agent Tierny of the First Order Security Bureau and Commander Pyre to decide to abandon the Colossus and call in reinforcements to destroy it in order to cut their losses, taking Tamara Ryvora, a former member of Team Fireball who had been manipulated by Tierny into believing Jarek Yeager and Xiono, her friends, were evil and had been using her all along, with them. Xiono and Yeager attempted to persuade Ryvora to stay, but were unsuccessful. When Pyre ordered them to surrender, Xiono instead had Vozo activate the Colossus engines, raising the station. Tierny and Pyre then escaped on their shuttle with Ryvora.

As the station rose into the air, the Ace Squadron, along with Yeager and Xiono, headed to their ships. The timely arrival of Hype Fazon and Z'Vk'Thkrkza in the AAL-1971/9.1 Troop Transport they had stolen to earlier escape the station, having picked up the distress signal Xiono had earlier sent, allowed the fighters to launch against the TIE fighters led by Major Elrik Vonreg. During the battle, the Colossus defenders were joined by the Warbird pirate gang, eager for revenge for the First Order's earlier betrayal of them, as persuaded by Synara San, who had befriended Xiono while spying on the station. The Colossus was high in Castilon's atmosphere when a Resurgent-class Star Destroyer arrived to destroy the station, leading Xiono to order everyone to the safety of the Colossus, so they could jump into hyperspace.

However, they weren't quite high enough yet, and Yeager was being pursued by Vonreg. Xiono ambushed the red-armoured pilot by flying between the top and bottom of the Colossus, shooting him down from behind, before he and Yeager landed in a hangar. The Colossus reached the edge of Castilon's atmosphere and jumped into hyperspace, with the intended destination being the Resistance base on D'Qar, per coordinates given by Xiono to Vozo. However, Vozo, short on time, hadn't inputted the entire coordinates. As a result, the station emerged from hyperspace three parsecs from D'Qar.

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