Name: Phelleem Sector Force
Leader: General Jebb Vid
Type: Army with supporting fleet
Number of Members: Army Of Jabiim
Jabiim Fleet
Taskeed Cell
Denooga Cell
Naldar Cell
Sy Myrth Cell
Number and Types of Ships:
Capital Ships, Frigates, and Cruisers
1 Victory-II Class Star Destroyer: Ithor's Liberation
3 Carrack-Class Light Cruisers
2 Nebulon-B Frigates
Corvettes, Escorts, and Support Ships
5 CR70 Corvettes
7 CR90 Corvettes
20 GR-75 Medium Transports
10 Gozanti-Class Assault Carriers
Starfighters
20 Arc-170s
30 Z-95 Headhunters
10 Y-Wings
20 RZ-1s
Base(s): Jabiim (Headquarters), Taskeed, Denooga, Naldar, and Sy Myrth
Resources: (If applicable)
Description: The Phellem Sector Force is a New Republic Army assigned to the Liberation of the Core Worlds. However, unlike other armies, it is willing to use captured Imperial Walkers in battle, as its combat doctrine dictates that a successful assault requires speed and firepower. In addition to this, they have a supply doctrine of scavenging from the battlefield, though this is only implemented when supplies are running low.
Backstory: When the Separatist Leadership was killed and their droid armies were deactivated, the Clone Wars ended in a Separatist defeat. However, there were those who continued the fight after the conflict had ended. The Jabiim Holdout was one of these groups. Originally a platoon sent to assist the Jabiimi Nationalists in their fight against the Republic, the Separatists on Jabiim performed hit-and-run attacks against the Empire, believing that this campaign would spark a Separatist uprising. The sad reality was that their support was limited to a few small-scale communities and Loyalists willing to part with a token amount of their supplies, as the Nationalists, under the command of Thorne Kraym, had sided with the Empire. As weeks turned into months and months turned into years, the Separatists began to realize that they were no making any real progress, every base that had to be abandoned upon discovery by the Empire fueling their disillusionment towards Jebb's leadership. Many considered mutiny against their leader, blaming him for the problems they faced, including Bacta being reserved for the leadership while the rest were forced to make due with Kolto. However, this fate was avoided when Jebb received a fateful transmission from the Rebel Alliance.
They were no longer a platoon fighting for a lost cause, but Rebels fighting to liberate Jabiim from the Empire. With financial and logistical aid from the Rebel Alliance, The Jabiim Cell spent months preparing for the Liberation of Jabiim: reconnaissance was performed, strategies were formed, locals were trained and recruited, and weapons acquired were stockpiled. Encoded messages were broadcast to sympathizers to coordinate sabotage operations, as the assassination of Imperial officials would result in retaliation against the civilian population. To distance itself from its past as Separatists and appeal to the people of Jabiim, the Jabiim Cell referred to itself as the Army Of Jabiim. When news of the Emperor's death reached Jabiim, General Jebb Vid immediately ordered the assault. Within weeks of the beginning of the assault, the demoralized Imperial garrison was overwhelmed, strongholds and other strategically important locations falling to the Rebels. It was not long before the Imperials surrendered, the Jabiim Cell celebrating their victory. General Jebb Vid did not partake in the festivities for long, as he had the important task of gathering a fleet to protect Jabiim from potential Imperial Counterattack. Once the celebration was over, General Jebb Vid received his new orders: head to Ithor with as many troops and ships as he can muster and assist the Rebel fleets in liberating it. However, as he was about to leave, he received a pair of priority one distress calls: one from the Providence-Class Dreadnaught Dooku's Pride and one from the Muunificent-Class Frigate Stardust, both of which were rumored to have remained active after the shutdown of the Droid Armies. Jebb immediately set course for the source of the signals, desiring to add the ships and their crews to Jabiim Fleet. What he found were pirates who had seized the ships and used the distress calls as bait for potential prey. Unlike the other ships who had fallen into the trap, he had a fleet at his back, allowing him to turn the tables on the pirates, the Dooku's Pride and Stardust being boarded during the battle. The pirates, while skilled in combat, were only a skeleton crew and it was not long before they were overwhelmed by the numerically superior and better equipped Rebel boarding parties. With the ships secured and the surviving pirates scattered, General Jebb headed to Ithor. Along the way, he met Rebel Cells that had received the same order as Jebb Vid, their leaders agreeing to bolster his forces with their ships and troops in exchange for favorable trade deals after the war, as Jebb was De Facto leader of Jabiim after overthrowing the Empire.
The Jabiim Fleet arrived in the Ottega System, the local Imperial fleet already engaged in combat with the Rebels. General Jebb ordered the fleet to attack the enemy and capture as many vessels as they can. Understength squadrons of Tie Fighters, under orders from Admiral Greeb to fight to the last pilot, engaged the new arrivals. This miscalculation allowed Jabiim Fleet to overwhelm the Imperial fleet's crumbling left flank, resulting in the capture of the Victory-II Class Star Destroyer Desolation and the Acclamator II-Class Assault Ship Iron Fist, both ships having already been heavily damaged in combat. The Imperial fleet continued fighting for a few more hours before surrendering, but one problem remained that prevented them from claiming victory. Governor Olan Dewes, who had gained his position arranged an "unfortunate accident" for his predecessor, had fled to a fortress on the surface of Ithor as soon as the tide turned against him and was now awaiting reinforcements from the rest of the Empire. This did not leave the Rebels in orbit many options. A blockade was out of the question, as Command wanted a liberation, not a siege. An orbital bombardment of Olan's position was also not an option. In addition to the diplomatic repercussions of raining fire and death onto the surface Ithorian's sacred planet, the main stronghold was protected by a shield generator. After a brief debate, the Rebels settled for a full scale invasion of Ithor, with the Army Of Jabiim being assigned to the southern hemisphere along with the ground forces of the Taskeed Cell, Denooga Cell, Naldar Cell, and Sy Myrth Cell. General Jebb's troops fought in close-quarters with well-entrenched Imperials, their advance was slowed by minefields, and the governor released the Acklays and Rancors he had imported for his big hunt to wreak havoc on the Rebel supply lines, but all Olan's tactics accomplished was to delay the inevitable. The fighting continued for weeks until the garrison surrendered, General Olan having been stabbed and shot to death by his own bodyguards after they realized that the Empire had abandoned them. The Army Of Jabiim immediately began incorporating captured AT-STs and AT-DPs into their arsenal while Jabiim Fleet added captured Gozanti-Class Assault Carriers to its roster, as their combat doctrine is one of speed and firepower. Unfortunately, the Stardust, the Dooku's Pride, the Lucky Acklay, and thirty of the Gozanti-Class Cruisers were reassigned to fleets on other fronts.
Now, years after the Battle Of Ithor, the Phelleem Sector Force has been assigned to assist in the liberation of Fondor, home to a major shipyard still under the Empire's control.
