Ambush in the Cron Drift

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|prev=*Battle at JabiimStar Wars: Empire at War
*Strike at an Incom Corporation facilityAs the Imperial convoy raid and the Incom Corp strike are Biggs Darklighter's first missions, they precede his mission to the Cron Drift.
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|next=Rescue of Biggs DarklighterStar Wars: X-Wing
|name=Ambush in the Cron Drift
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|conflict=Galactic Civil War (Operation Skyhook)
|date=April 12th, 2003X-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 2003. X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide establishes that the capture of Minnie Mouse occurs at the end of Star Wars: X-Wing second tour of duty. Minnie's capture takes place on 35:3:3 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, placing it at the beginning of 2004 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 2003.
|place=Cron Drift
|result=*Rebel victory
*Part of the Death Star schematics acquired
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
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|forces1=*2 T-65 X-wing starfightersX-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
**Red Squadron
*1 CR90 corvette
**Jeffrey
*1 BFF-1 bulk freighter
**Ojai
*1 Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport
**Magnus
|forces2=*10 Assault Gunboats
**Mu Squadron
**Nu Squadron
**Tau Squadron
*4 Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transports
**Lambda
**Kappa
**Omicron
**Sigma
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The Ambush in the Cron Drift took place during the Operation Skyhook in the Galactic Civil War.
==Prelude==
In 2003, 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. Due to the importance of the information, the Alliance dispatched Biggs Darklighter in an T-65 X-wing starfighter to retrieve it.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing 
==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==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles