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'''''Ethar''''' was the designation given to a group of two [[CR90 corvette/Legends|CR90 corvettes]] used by the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]].

Shortly after the capture of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|Nebulon-B frigate]] [[Priam (starship)|''Priam'']], the Alliance learned the [[Despayre|location]] of the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star I]] and ''Ethar'' 1 and 2 were sent there to investigate. They arrived to find that the Death Star had already left, having destroyed the planet first. Furthermore, Imperial forces had anticipated the Rebel's arrival and lingered there to set a trap. The corvettes were disabled and the Imperials dispatched repair crews aboard the [[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|''Lambda''-class shuttles]], [[Ceptor (shuttles)|''Ceptor'']] 1 and 2 to board and capture the corvettes under the protection of [[Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing/Legends|Assault Gunboats]].

Sometime later, the Alliance mounted a rescue attempt. The operation comprised three waves. First, three [[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|X-wings]] from [[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Red Squadron]], flown by [[Keyan Farlander/Legends|Keyan Farlander]], [[Casal Marskan]] and [[Horodi]], arrived to engage the Gunboats. Three minutes later, two groups of three [[BTL Y-wing starfighter/Legends|Y-wings]] from [[Blue Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Blue]] and [[Gold Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Gold]] squadrons arrived and attempted to disable the corvettes. Six minutes after the arrival of the Y-wings, two ''Lambda''-class shuttles from ''[[Rogue]]'' group arrived to recapture the corvettes.

The Rebels succeeded in recapturing the corvettes, but resistance was greater than anticipated and the cost was high. Marskan and Horodi were both killed before the Y-wings arrived. After the rest of the Rebels fled to [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]], a communications problem resulted in Farlander receiving a late mission complete message and his X-wing was destroyed as he continued to battle the Gunboats alone. Farlander was able to eject and was later recovered by the Rebels.

==Behind the scenes==
''[[X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide]]'s'' mission statistics tables show ''Ethar 2'' listed as being in the mission "Defend the Independence". It's cargo is listed as "admiral" and its status at the start of the mission is "disabled". However the ship does not appear in the mission in either the game or the book's mission description so this appears to be an error.

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
*''[[X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide]]''
*''[[X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide]]''

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[[Category:CR90 corvettes]]
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