Episode XII - Soul of the Rebellion

"We forced the Empire off our world once. They fought with blasters and fighters, destroying cities at will. We fought with whatever we had – kitchen utensils, industrial tools, our bare hands. We won that time." -Ackbar



Date
Year: 1 ABY

Preceeded by: Rebel Dream

Succeeded by: Omens

Events
While Airen Cracken continued his hunt for Thrawn's new Ubiqtorate base, Tyr Taskeen discovered that the Mon Calamari were planning to stage their own rebellion. Tyr Taskeen requested that Fenn Shysa take the Mandalorian Protectors and support Mon Calamari independence. Mand'alor agreed. Taking eleven of his best Protectors, including Tobbi Dala and Goran Beviin, in a squadron of Cabur-class starfighters, Fenn Shysa flew to Mon Calamari and offered the resistance leader, Ackbar, his support in their bid for independence.

When the Mon Calamari declared independence and attempted to overthrow the Imperial garrison, Fenn Shysa led the revolt in the capital city, burning through Clone Stormtroopers easily. In space, Tobbi Dala and Goran Beviin, plus four others, engaged the Droid TIE Fighters to prevent them from sabotaging the Mon Calamari shipyards. After only one week, Fenn Shysa reported to Tyr Taskeen that Mon Calamari was free, and they wanted to throw their support behind the Rebellion.

In a gesture of good faith, Ackbar ordered the three Mon Calamari Star Cruisers under construction in orbit around Mon Calamari, Independence, Justice, and Liberty, be refitted as warships and turned over to the Rebellion, along with volunteer engineers to help train Rebel personnel in their operation. Tyr Taskeen had skeleton crews transport Independence, Justice, and Liberty to Ring Base, while he began recruiting insurgents from planetary uprisings to crew them.