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|date=[[6 ABY/Legends|6 ABY]]<ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref> (41:10:24)<ref name="Atlas" />
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|result=[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] victory<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
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**12 [[Pilot/Legends|pilots]]
*6 sentinels<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
|forces2=*[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtroopers]]<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
*1 [[Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport|''Delta''-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport]]<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
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*[[Lujayne Forge]]<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
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**[[Corran Horn]]
**[[Gavin Darklighter]]<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
**[[Andoorni Hui]]<ref name="Rogue Squadron" />
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The '''Raid on Talasea''' occurred in [[6 ABY/Legends|6 ABY]] when a [[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]] unit of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] attacked the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]] [[Squadron/Legends|squadron]] [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron's]] [[Talasea's Planetary Governor's Palace|base]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Talasea]].

==Prelude==
Placed in charge of eliminating [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]] by former [[Director of Imperial Intelligence]] [[Ysanne Isard]], former [[Imperial Liaison]] to [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]] [[Kirtan Loor]] analyzed the last attacks of the squadron, including the battles of [[Rout of Hensara|Hensara III]] and [[Battle in the Chorax system|Chorax]], and deduced that the Rogue base must have been on [[Talasea]].

==The Raid==
[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtroopers]] initially landed on the planet using a [[Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport|''Delta''-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport]]. The Stormtroopers began the operation by discreetly [[Death/Legends|eliminating]] the six sentries, including [[Pirgi]] and [[Carter (sentry)|Carter]]. Once the sentries had been dealt with, they entered the [[Talasea's Planetary Governor's Palace|base]] and began planting bombs throughout the base.

Once inside, they [[Death/Legends|killed]] [[Rogue Squadron/Legends|Rogue Squadron]] [[Pilot/Legends|pilot]] [[Lujayne Forge]] while she was asleep. [[Corran Horn]], a [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitive]] pilot in Rogue Squadron, woke up sensing something was wrong. After leaving his room, he encountered and killed one Stormtrooper, while fellow Rogue [[Ooryl Qrygg]] killed another. Qrygg and Horn considered raising an alarm, to alert others to the infiltration, but decided against it, as any alarm would send pilots running unarmed towards stormtroopers which were waiting in the hangar. Instead of raising an alarm, they began heading for the flight center, stopping to wake fellow Rogues [[Gavin Darklighter]] and [[Riv Shiel]]. After a brief firefight, in which Darklighter was wounded, Horn encountered [[Nawara Ven]], a fellow Rogue, and ordered him to stay and help the injured Darklighter. Horn sprinted to the hangar and arrived to find a firefight already in progress. He located a cluster of stormtroopers, and threw a grenade into the group, before charging in and eliminating several more troopers, though he was injured in the process. The bombs that had been planted by the stormtroopers were found and disarmed.

==Aftermath==
After the battle, [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Gial Ackbar/Legends|Ackbar]] arrived to oversee the evacuation of the base and to also encourage the remaining Rogues, who were very affected by the death of Forge. After the evacuation, New Republic forces left several traps in the base, several of which were tripped when Imperial forces investigated the base in the aftermath of the raid.

==Appearances==
*''[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' {{1st}}
*[[X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (unabridged audiobook)|''X-Wing: Rogue Squadron'' unabridged audiobook]]
*''[[I, Jedi]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*{{FFCite|76|ROG6, ''X-Wing Rogue Squadron''}} {{1stID}}
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''

==Notes and references==
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{{Interlang
|de=Scharmützel von Talasea
|es=Incursión en Talasea
|ru=Рейд на Таласеа
}}

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