Apailana's Promise

The Apailana's Promise, or simply the Promise, was a Braha'tok-class gunship that served the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. It bore two X-wings attached to its undercarriage and was crewed by a dozen navy veterans. Three such crew members were Commander Tohna, the second-in-command Sharn and the rebel pilot Nemenov. By 3 ABY, the Promise was serving as escort to the CR90 corvette Thunderstrike, the mobile base of the Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, better known as Twilight Company.

In 3 ABY, the Promise joined the Thunderstrike for its campaigns on Haidoral Prime and Coyerti. However, the two vessels found themselves ambushed several times by Imperial forces after the Thunderstrike was damaged shortly after the attack on Haidoral Prime. To gather supplies to repair the corvette the Promise assisted it in a raid on an Imperial heavy freighter. After, the Thunderstrike and the Promise continued repairs in the Elochar sector. However, after the Thunderstrike was infiltrated by Imperial spies, who killed their top officers. The Promise defended the corvette from the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Herald until both ships were able to escape.

The Promise then received repairs from a skeleton crew above Ankhural before it and the Thunderstrike departed for their next mission. The two ships carried out a series of attacks with the intention of attacking Kuat Drive Yards in the long run. However, they were ambushed before they could depart Sullust. The Promise fled the planet initially, but returned to protect Twilight Company from the Herald when they fell under attack from Sullust's Imperial garrison. The Promise survived its engagement with the Star Destroyer after it was forced to retreat due to internal sabotage.

Eventually, the Apailana's Promise served the successor government of the Alliance, the New Republic, and participated in the final battle of the Galactic Civil War, the Battle of Jakku. During the battle, the Promise reported no sightings of the Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing to the refitted New Republic Star Destroyer Deliverance.

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