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With both wingmen down and a TIE Interceptor hot on his tail, Hermus Dogan was struggling to bring down the final freighter his group of Y-Wings were sent to destroy. Three of the four had already been destroyed, but the last was making its run for the nearby Nebulon-B Frigate Lightning and the safety it provided. Hermus weaved, zigged, and zagged his Y-Wing in a frenzy of evasive maneuvers while green shafts of turbolaser fire ripped past. The incoming fire was so vast that the TIEs engaging him were forced to break off lest they be destroyed by their own frigate. Hermus squeezed the trigger on his flight stick again, red lasers flashing harmlessly against the shields of the freighter before him. With one last shot he broke off and spun his tough Y-Wing to the side, struggling to evade another barrage of turbolaser fire as he clawed for distance.

When he was a kilometer and a half away, Hermus brought his Y-Wing back around for another run. The Lightning was already firing its aft turbolasers and the TIEs found a fresh source of courage as they once again swooped in for the last enemy starfighter. Hermus picked off one of the eyeballs and damaged a squint before dropping his target reticle on the freighter and peppering it with red fire. Finally the shields gave out and hull plating began to melt away. Hermus held down the trigger and evaded as best as he could, sustaining several hits on his Y's shields. His effort paid off as the freighter suffered a hull breach and coughed an explosion through the new opening, ripping an enormous chunk out of the rear starboard cargo container. Mortally wounded, the freighter rolled over in a death spin for a few moments before tearing itself apart. The R5 unit behind Hermus' head bleeped a victorious tune through the comm system, informing the pilot that the mission objectives had been achieved.

"Then we're outta here!" Hermus replied, spraying several laser bolts at a TIE Interceptor to scare it off. Once the Y-Wing was lined up on the escape vector, he pulled back on the hyperspace lever for a light speed escape.