However, Jedi apprentice Mara Jade - who was apparently informed of the Battle by her father, Jedi Master Jarik Shan - succeeded in enlisting help from her aunt, Kira Sohl, Sabine Wren, Fenn Rau and several members of Clans Wren and Ordo in destroying Thrawn’s two interdictor cruisers. Thrawn’s and Vader’s forces proceeded to inflict heavy casualties on the rebel forces, and intercepted the Stinger Mantis in its attempt to escape undetected through Nightsister magick, forcing the rebels to retreat to the surface of the planet.ĭuring the second phase, Thrawn and Vader led the First Legion in a ground assault, after an orbital bombardment in an attempt to eradicate the remaining rebel forces. Despite an attempt by Phoenix Commander Jun Sato to ram Phoenix Home into Captain Brunson's Interdictor vessel to enable a rebel retreat from the system, it instead crashed into the Executor - Vader's flagship - as it suddenly emerged from hyperspace. Following the discovery of Chopper Base, the headquarters of Phoenix Cell, by Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn and Sith Lord Darth Vader, Thrawn’s fleet blockaded Atollon, trapping both Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna’s Massassi Group. The Battle of Atollon broke out in 2 BBY between the Alliance to Restore the Republic with the Galactic Empire and the Force-sensitive being known as Bendu on and above the surface of the planet Atollon during the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Elita One, Ironhide, and Chromia escape from Megatron.Bendu disappears after being attacked by Darth Vader.Jarik Shan is critically injured and loses both of his lightsabers.Alexsandr Kallus escapes to the Ghost after having been exposed as a Fulcrum operative by the Empire.The remains of Phoenix Cell and Massassi Group retreat to Yavin 4."We must take bold, alternative action today to secure tomorrow. "We cannot wait for speeches when the sea is rising around us," he said. He also said it was pursuing "bold legal avenues" to ensure that Tuvalu's borders are still recognised internationally if or when its land territory is lost to climate change. Kofe said his nation of 12,000 people was "preparing now for the worst case scenario, where our lands disappear and our people must leave". Host Britain says it wants the conference, which runs until the weekend, to "keep 1.5C alive".īased on latest national emissions cutting plans, Earth is set to warm by 2.7C this century, according to the UN.
The camera then pulls out to reveal Kofe standing up to his thighs in the water off Tuvalu's coast.ĭelegates are gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to try and implement the goals of Paris Agreement of limiting global heating to "well below" two degrees Celsius and to a safer 1.5C cap if possible.
"We are looking for the world to get its act together." Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe said 'climate change and sea-level rise are deadly and existential risks' "We are demanding that global net-zero be secured by mid-century, that 1.5 degrees be kept within reach, that urgently needed climate finance be mobilised to address loss and damage," he pleaded. The film begins with a close-up Kofe standing at a lectern, wearing a suit and tie, in front of a blue screen with Tuvalu and UN flags. "And no matter if we feel the effects today, like Tuvalu, or in a hundred years we will all still feel the dire effects of this global crisis." "We are sinking, but so is everyone else," he said.
In the video, Simon Kofe tells delegates that "climate change and sea-level rise are deadly and existential risks for Tuvalu and low-lying atoll nations". Tuvalu's foreign minister has filmed a video address to be shown at a UN climate summit Tuesday standing thigh deep in seawater and pleading for help as his country slips beneath rising oceans. Tuvalu urges COP26 action from flooded podium