Raid on the Suprosa

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|name=Raid on the Suprosa
|conflict=Galactic Civil War
|date=September 23rd, 2009The New Essential Chronology, p. 121
|place=Both system
|result=Alliance victory
|side1=*Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*Commander Mickey Mouse
*Commander Koth Melan
*Prince Aikka
|commanders2=Captain Sivar
|forces1=*12 BTL-S3 Y-wing starfighters
**Blue Squadron
***Molly Wei
*1 T-65 X-wing starfighter
*G'dar
*Bothans
|forces2=*1 Heavily modified MB-C1 medium transport
**Suprosa
*1 Victory-class Star Destroyer
**Hunter
*1 Immobilizer 418 cruiser
**Claw
*12 TIE fighters
*12 TIE/sa bombers
*6 Assault Gunboats
*27 Stormtroopers
*Imperial loader droid
|casual1=*6 Y-wing starfighters
**12 Bothan pilots
|casual2=*1 Star Destroyer
*Suprosa severely crippled
*Several TIE fighters
*Imperial loader droid
*Most of the Suprosa's crew and stormtroopers
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The Raid on the Suprosa was a battle in the Galactic Civil War in which the Death Star II plans were secured.
==Prelude==
The Imperial freighter Suprosa was carrying secret Imperial construction data from Coruscant to Bothawui under an XTS contract, under the guise of hauling fertilizer. Crimson Dawn leader Lady Magica De Spell leaked information concerning the construction project to the Bothan Spynet, who learned of the freighter's schedule. Spynet leader Koth Melan then turned the information over to the Rebel Alliance through Mickey Mouse and Prince Aikka.
==The battle==
Striking from a hidden Rebel outpost on Bothawui, twelve Blue Squadron BTL-S3 Y-wings, piloted by Bothan pilots and Alliance pilot Molly Wei, led by Mickey, Aikka, and Melan, ambushed the ship as it exited hyperspace. Suprosa responded by firing a single diamond boron missile which Aikka's G'dar hit, but failed to destroy. The missile hit four Bothan Y-wings, destroying them. Six Y-wings were lost in total during the battle.
After concentrated fire brought down the Suprosa engines, The freighter's pilot surrendered, and Aikka and Melan, leading a team of Bothans, boarded the ship in G'dar to capture the supercomputer, which was later determined to be holding the location and plans of the Second Death Star.
===Infiltration===
Aikka ripped through inner defenses and into the hangar. A loader droid, normally used for moving supplies through Imperial hangars, recognized Aikka as a hostile and used its spring-loaded arms against Aikka.
Aikka blasted the droid down, and opened the hangar, allowing Mickey Mouse and Koth Melan to land in the ship and secure the plans.
===Imperial Ambush===
After capturing the plans, Koth Melan told Mickey that the computer was being encrypted and protected by a self destruct device, and that a special Bothan encryption team on Kothlis would be able to access its contents. However, while en route to Kothlis, the party was attacked by the Immobilizer 418 cruiser Claw and the Victory I-class Star Destroyer Hunter. However, the Claw was driven off by Blue Squadron, and the Rebels managed to arrive at Kothlis.
==Aftermath==
Although clearly a Rebel victory, the battle was a trap laid by Crimson Dawn and Palpatine. The Imperial data carried by the freighter were the plans to the second Death Star. The plans were, in truth, outdated, and the second Death Star was fully operational, unlike what the schematics read. With the success of the battle, the Alliance had gained trust in Lady Magica.
The plans were moved to Kothlis, where Koth Melan and Bothan technicians helped decode the data. A bounty hunter raid, led by Skahtul, killed Melan. The plans managed to reach the CR90 corvette Razor over the planet, which was attacked by Delightful Children from Down the Lane aboard the Executor, supported by the Avenger, who had come to Kothlis to collect Mickey Mouse as well as to make it appear as if the Empire was genuinely concerned with the loss of the plans, initiating the Battle of Kothlis.
==Behind the scenes==
In the book Shadows of the Empire, Mickey is credited with disabling Suprosa by himself, whereas in the video game, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, Molly is the one that incapacitates the freighter. For this article, both are assumed to be correct, with Molly keeping the ship from firing its weapons again, and Mickey disabling the ship's engines. It is important to note however that according to the SOTE novel, there was not enough time to notify Rebel command of the "Endor Project" plans being transferred on the Suprosa. Therefore there is no mention of Molly. The novel implies that other than Mickey Mouse and Prince Aikka, all of the other pilots present were Bothans.
==Appearances==
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*Shadows of the Empire novel
*Shadows of the Empire junior novel
* The Musketeers: Shadows of the Empire (comic series)
*The Musketeers: Shadows of the Empire video game
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
*The Rise and Fall of Delightful Children 
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==Sources==
* 
*The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition
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*Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
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*The Essential Atlas
*The Essential Reader's Companion
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles