Raid above Coruscant
A raid above Coruscant targeting Imperial communications satellites was conducted by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War[2] in 1 BBY.[3]
Following the expansion of the Imperial Security Bureau's network of surveillance satellites into the Outer Rim Territories, a single T-65 X-wing starfighter was dispatched by the Rebel Alliance to destroy satellites set up in orbit over Coruscant. The Rebel pilot, designated "Red One", was tasked with destroying the five comm sats and their defenses, heat-seeking mines and two Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transports of Epsilon group, in the four minutes before the Imperial EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Sentinel could respond to the incursion.[2]
The engagement was later simulated as a training mission by the Rebel Alliance, intended to teach prospective pilots precision in targeting and navigation. Agamarian Rebel Keyan Farlander was assigned to the simulation by training officer Wex Dafid prior to Farlander's recruitment into the Alliance flagship Independence's Red Squadron.[4]
Behind the scenes
The battle first appeared in the 1993 video game Star Wars: X-Wing as the third X-wing historical mission, "Satellites near Coruscant."[2]
Appearances
- Star Wars: X-Wing (First appearance)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ According to X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, Keyan Farlander trained in a simulation of the raid above Coruscant before his first mission in the Turkana system.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Star Wars: X-Wing
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 According to X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, this engagement follows the adoption of the T-65 X-wing starfighter by the Rebel Alliance, which The Essential Guide to Warfare dates to 1 BBY, and precedes the capture of Leia Organa. The Essential Atlas establishes that Organa's capture takes place on 35:3:3 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, placing it at the beginning of 0 BBY according to the following explanation. Therefore, events occurring between the X-wing's adoption and Organa's capture must take place in 1 BBY.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide