Ord Tiddell

"I found myself on the vanguard of the Mid Rim Offensive, on Ord Tiddell and elsewhere. We tried to grab too much, too fast."

―Caluan Ematt, in an annotion in The Rebel Files^[2]

Ord Tiddell was a Mid Rim Territories planet, located in the Near Perlemian area. By 19 BBY, a satellite was stationed above Ord Tiddell. During its Mid Rim Offensive against the Galactic Empire, which began around 1 ABY, the Rebel Alliance took over the planet. Lieutenant Caluan Ematt served with the Alliance on Ord Tiddell during that time. After the campaign collapsed in 2 ABY, the world was one of the first to be evacuated, with the Empire attacking during the evacuation. In 4 ABY, rumors of a high-ranking rebel heading towards the Near Perlemian led to a Cynabar's InfoNet news report suggesting Ord Tiddell and three other worlds to be the possible location of a rebel summit or a new rebel headquarters.

Description

Ord Tiddell was a terrestrial planet^[2] located in an eponymous star system in the Mid Rim Territories' Tennuutta sector. Situated at the coordinates Q-7 on the Standard Galactic Grid,^[1] it lay within the reaches of the Near Perlemian area.^[2]

History

Alliance retreat

"Made it out on the last transport. As we lifted off, I saw the Empire light up the launchpad with plasmic artillery."

―Caluan Ematt, in an annotion in The Rebel Files^[2]

By not long into the Galactic Empire's reign,^[3] in 19 BBY,^[4] a satellite connected to several hyperspace relays was stationed over the world. During this time, the Imperial Intelligence operative Haki Zeophrine arranged for her apprentice, Chemish Runazha, to be able to contact her via a coded signal sent across several hyperspace relays before eventually landing at the satellite, where she could then intercept it. When Zeophrine left on an endeavor to protect Senator Bail Organa as he investigated the Empire's framing of the Jedi Order, Runazha attempted to contact their mentor via the Ord Tiddell satellite on several occasions. However, after several days of Zeophrine not responding, Runazha received a pre-recorded message from their mentor via the satellite, which stated that they should assume she was dead due to missing her check in. However, not long after, an injured Zeophrine returned to the planet Coruscant and reunited with Runazha after Organa's endeavor had concluded.^[3]

Lieutenant Caluan Ematt served on Ord Tiddell.

Around 1 ABY,^[5] during the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, the Alliance launched an offensive into the Mid Rim. The Imperial-controlled Ord Tiddell soon found itself at the offensive's vanguard, with Alliance forces taking control of the world as they made rapid progress. Lieutenant Caluan Ematt served on the planet during the campaign. However,^[2] in 2 ABY,^[5] nine months after the Mid Rim Offensive had begun,^[6] the campaign stalled and subsequently collapsed at several flashpoints due to Imperial pushback.^[2]

The Empire's counterpush necessitated the withdrawal of Alliance troops to more fortified holdings. Alliance forces prepared to retreat from Ord Tiddell and five other worlds—Charros IV, Durkteel, Jeyell, Pothor, and Trasse—that the Empire was expected to retake in short order. General Carlist Rieekan summarized the situation in a classified document addressed to the Alliance Commander-in-Chief Mon Mothma, with Ord Tiddell and the other five worlds being cited in it. Rieekan further noted that, although a few local revolutionaries were set to join the evacuations, the rest were going to stay and harass the Empire. During the Alliance's evacuation, the Empire reached Ord Tiddell, bombarding rebel launchpads with plasmic artillery as the last transport escaped, carrying personnel such as Ematt aboard.^[2]

Rumors around the region

"According to sources, a high-ranking Alliance chief is enroute to the Perlemian. Planets such as Trasse, Durkteel, Jeyell, and Ord Tiddell have surfaced as potential sites for a rebel summit or the establishment of a new planet-based headquarters."

―A Cynabar's InfoNet report^[2]

Cynabar's InfoNet suggested Ord Tiddell as one of the possible locations of rebel activity.

Documents reporting on the Mid Rim Offensive and its collapse were collected by archivist Hendri Underholt for the compilation of non-electronic documents known as The Rebel Files.^[2] In 4 ABY,^[7] Underholt went to Durkteel as a decoy of Mothma to divert the Empire's attention from the Alliance's preparations to attack the Empire's second Death Star superweapon. Rumors of a trip towards the Near Perlemian by a high-ranking rebel leader were leaked, and the Cynabar's InfoNet news channel reported on the matter, listing Ord Tiddell, Durkteel, Jeyell, and Trasse as potential locations for a rebel summit or the establishment of a new rebel headquarters.^[2]

Underholt collected the news report for The Rebel Files before they were killed when the Empire bombarded their position on Durkteel. Initially buried from the attack, The Rebel Files fell into the hands of the Resistance^[2]—a military group with Alliance roots^[5]—following an excavation of the bombarded site^[2] in 34 ABY,^[7] and Ematt and several other Resistance officers made annotations on the documents inside. Among others, Ematt commented on the reports on the Mid Rim campaign and its collapse, recalling his time on Ord Tiddell.^[2]