Battle of Scarif

Overview
The Battle of Scarif  was the first major battle fought in 0 BBY between the  Alliance to Restore the Republic and the  Galactic Empire, marking the beginning of the five- year  Galactic Civil War. The battle was preceded by years of attacks  by the fledgling Rebel Alliance against the Empire and began the five-year period in which the Alliance successfully fought to replace the  Galactic  Empire with the New Republic.

Background
The Rebellion had received word that the Rogue One Strike Team was in the process of stealing the plans for the Death Star from the Imperial facility on the surface of Scarif. The Rebel Fleet arrived to the support the initial assault and help extract the team and plans.

The Battle
Soon after, the rest of the Alliance fleet arrived to support the initial assault squadron. Following the arrival of the Alliance's fleet, Admiral Raddus ordered all squadron leaders to report in then assigned them duties. Arrow Squadron was tasked engaging the Star Destroyers raining destruction down upon the fleet.

The battle intensified as the Imperial forces launched TIE fighters in response from its Star Destroyers and the shield gate, which began to batter the rebel cruisers with laser fire and shooting down many star fighters, including Umbe Shembo and Elon Borgg, the first members of Arrow Squadron to be killed in battle. Doing battle against the overwhelming odds, Arrow Squadron held its own and helped delay the Imperial Fleet long enough for the Death Star plans to be uploaded from the planet's surface. However, the victory was a pyrrhic victory as Admiral Raddus was killed, along with the entire Rogue One strike team and a majority of the Rebel Fleet was destroyed.

The surviving Arrows jumped to light speed and retreated back to the Rebel Base on Yavin 4.

Aftermath
While the battle was a victory, Arrow Squadron suffered mightily losing two of its members during the battle. Rebel High Command was quick to realize the need to expand the rebellion into other sectors of the galaxy. It was only days after the battle that Arrow Squadron was transferred to the Betseeda System.

Members of Arrow Squadron at Battle of Scarif

 * Arrow Leader: Tolamael Benere
 * Arrow Two: Idolon Jdre
 * Arrow Three: Vid Paratool
 * Arrow Four: Elon Borgg (KIA)
 * Arrow Five: Sorshara Bray
 * Arrow Six: Udas
 * Arrow Seven: Umbe Shembo (KIA)
 * Arrow Eight: Tozin X'ala