Skirmish on Ord Mantell (0.5 ABY)

A skirmish took place in 0.5 ABY during the Galactic Civil War on the planet Ord Mantell between the Rebel Alliance and Empire. Shortly after a mission to the Graveyard, the Rebel Alliance's new elite fighting unit, Renegade Squadron, traveled to Ord Mantell to get repairs done on their transport, the Millennium Falcon, which had sustained heavy damage while fighting at the Graveyard. Co-led by ex-smugglers Han Solo and Col Serra, Renegade Squadron was relaxing at one of many cantinas on Ord Mantell while the repairs were under way when the assassin droid, IG-88, burst into the cantina and attacked the rebels, hoping to collect the bounty the Empire had put up on captured Rebels.

Although the bounty hunter droid and the local Imperial garrison, which IG-88 had notified about the Rebels presence, tried to eliminate Renegade Squadron, the Rebels were able to fight their way back to the hangar the Falcon was stationed at. The Renegades finished the repairs on the Falcon and eliminated an Imperial anti-aircraft gun keeping them trapped on Ord Mantell. After holding off the attacking Imperial garrison and defeating IG-88, Renegade Squadron was able to board the Falcon and leave Ord Mantell.

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