Operation Ram's Head

Operation Ram's Head was a operation devised and performed by the Rebel Alliance after the Battle of Yavin.

Background
It was conceived after the destruction of the freighter Sarsuma, and involved a heavily shielded starship ramming the bridge of a Star Destroyer, in an attempt to destroy it.

The concept became more feasable after the defection of the Leafar and the capture of some TIE/Advanced starfighters from an Imperial test base by the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter Ashant. Study of the captured ships indicated that the Galactic Empire was experimenting on a new type of shield, the Shield X.

The operation
The Alliance decided to capture three Alpha-class Assault Gunboats, using the Lambda-class shuttle Leary to reach them and the Star Cruiser Cathleen to collect them afterwards.

The Gunboats were used by the Alliance to infiltrate a secret Imperial base where the Shield X project was being conducted. There they captured the CR90 corvette Blade 5, which bore the mechanism.

The corvette was renamed Ram's Head, and after final preparations by technicians from the corvette Libra, she was then sent to ram an array of Star Destroyers docked in a shipyard. The operation was a total success, as the Ram's Head caused enormous damage to each of the Star Destroyers by tearing apart their towers.

It is unknown what happened to the Ram's Head' as it was not destroyed and was seen traveling into space without a crew.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing