Rescue missionNEUTRAL

Mission

Agents

Key skillEspionage (mission leader) and Combat

Decoy skillEspionage

Allowed unitsCharacters and special forces

Outcome

EffectFrees a captured character

The Rescue mission is a mission in Star Wars: Rebellion that frees a character held captive by the opposing side.

Targets and participants

The target is a captured character who is on an enemy fleet or in an enemy system; the character cannot be in hyperspace. The manual says remaining characters and Special forces can be sent on it.

Skill and result

Four factors count: the leader's espionage rating, the combat ratings of the team (averaged across its characters and special forces), whether opposing characters are present, and how many enemy trooper regiments are there. Taking over the system where the prisoner is held is another way to free the prisoner, and destroying the ship that holds a captive can leave the character adrift, sometimes recovered and sometimes killed.

Related notes

• When Han Solo is captured by bounty hunters, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Chewbacca automatically try to rescue him.
• Captured key characters may escape through a Rescue mission, which the manual cites as a reason to keep them in a well-defended system or on the move when pursuing the Victory conditions.
• An Incite Uprising mission raises the chance that a captured friendly character escapes.

See also: Abduction mission, Missions.