Fresian campaign The Fresian campaign was a campaign of the Galactic Civil War that occurred in 1 BBY . One of the war ' s first major campaigns , it was prompted when the Galactic Empire attempted the nationalization of the Incom Corporation . Prelude . Unhappy with the impending nationalization of their company , Incom scientists attempted to provide the Alliance with the location of 4 prototype T - 65 X - wing starfighter s on Fresia to use against the Empire . The Rebels dispatched a small task force under the command of Captain Raymus Antilles to obtain the X - wings , but complications arose when the Star Destroyer " Tyranny " was discovered in Fresia ' s orbit Campaign . Luring away the " Tyranny " . In order for the task force to attack Fresia , it was first necessary to draw away the " Tyranny " from the planet . Antilles decided to stage an attack on Kuat , the " Tyranny " ' s usual station , to try and draw the Star Destroyer back . The Rebels began the attack on Kuat ' s orbital shipyards with 5 CR90 corvettes . the " Tyranny " refused to answer their distress call several times , but eventually did when the shipyard commander issued an Emergency Code Zero . The " Tyranny " came out of Hyperspace with its shields down , so the Rebels dealt it a great deal of damage before retreating Obtaining landing codes . Even though the " Tyranny " had been lured away from Fresia , it had deployed several sentry drones that would prevent unauthorized ships from entering the system . The Alliance conceived a plan to use an Astromech droid to slice into an uplink station on Wayland to register the Alliance ships as guests for Incom ' s nationalization ceremony The Rebels landed and quickly took the uplink station . However , the droid required time , and the Imperials fought hard to retake the station . The Alliance forces hung on long enough to steal the codes , then departed the planet under fire . Assault on Fresia . With the landing codes secure , Alliance forces were able to safely make it to the surface of Fresia . They deployed south of the Incom facility , and quickly punched through the garrison . They advanced through the facility , until the Imperials launched a last - ditch effort in front of the location of the prototypes . The Rebels punched through , seizing the fighters . The Rebels quickly escaped with their prize . Rescue over Kessel . The Empire retaliated by arresting the Incom scientists and taking them to be imprisoned on Kessel . En route to the planet , a Rebel task force attacked the Imperial convoy , freeing the scientists . The freed Incom scientists would later prove to be invaluable to the Alliance . Their schematics allowed the Rebellion to launch the production of X - wings . Aftermath . The X - wing prototypes obtained from Fresia would lead the Alliance to the full production of X - wing starfighters , a design that would go on to serve with distinction throughout the rest of the Galactic Civil War and beyond . The X - wing would soon get its first opportunity to prove its worth at the Battle of Turkana , where it was able to defeat prototype Imperial TIE / In starfighter s of similar performance . Indeed , much of the later success of the Rebellion would be due to this superb fighter , eventually becoming the starfighter of choice for elite pilots such as Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles .