The Ambush in the Cron Drift took place during the Operation Skyhook in the Galactic Civil War.[1]
Prelude[]
In 1 BBY,[3] the Alliance to Restore the Republic stole Imperial communications satellites in the hopes of tapping into the Imperial communications network. The satellites were to be deployed near AX-235, a Rebel outpost hidden in the asteroids of Cron Drift to monitor Imperial transmissions.
The battle[]
The CR90 corvette Jeffrey and the BFF-1 bulk freighter Ojai were tasked to deliver the stolen satellites to the Rebel outpost. During their rendezvous with the transport Magnus in the Cron Drift, they were attacked by Imperial Assault Gunboats and stormtrooper transports. Imperial forces were defeated thanks to the intervention of X-wing starfighters from the Calamari Cruiser Independence.
Aftermath[]
AX-235 was the very outpost that then intercepted an Imperial transmission with the schematics of the Death Star.[1] Due to the importance of the information, the Alliance dispatched Biggs Darklighter in an T-65 X-wing starfighter to retrieve it.[4]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: X-Wing (First appearance)
Sources[]
- X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
- X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Star Wars: X-Wing
- ↑ As the Imperial convoy raid and the Incom Corp strike are Biggs Darklighter's first missions, they precede his mission to the Cron Drift.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide begins after the X-wing starfighter entered service with the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which The Essential Guide to Warfare places in 1 BBY. X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide establishes that the capture of Leia Organa occurs at the end of Star Wars: X-Wing's second tour of duty. 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. Events in X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide before the end of the second tour of duty therefore take place in 1 BBY.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide