Battle of Adumar

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|name=Battle of Adumar
|conflict=Galactic Civil WarX-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar
|date=May 12th, 2012The Essential Reader's Companion (48:3)
|place=Adumar
|result=New Republic/Adumari Union victory
|side1=*New Republic
*Adumari Union
|side2=*Galactic Empire
|commanders1=*General Marcia Mouse
*Commander Zoey
*General Don Wei
*Adumari Union Council
|commanders2=*Commander Wallflower Blush
*General Turr Phennir
|forces1=
*1 Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
**Allegiance
*1 MC-series star cruiser
**Mon Casima
*Various cruisers, frigates, and corvettes
*Red Flight
*12 X-wing starfighters
**High Flight Squadron
*24 shield-equipped TIE fighters
**Contender Squadron
**Skylight Squadron
*12 A-wing interceptors
**Lightflash Squadron
*12 B-wing starfighters
**Solar Wind Squadron
*12 Y-wing starfighters
**Remember Derra Squadron
*36 Blade-32 Beta starfighters
**Frozen Death Flightknife
**Ice Edge Flightknife
**Sunwhip Flightknife
*Various ground-based Blade series fighters
*Ground based laser defenses
|forces2=
*2 Imperial-class Star Destroyers
**Agonizer
**Master Stroke
*1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
**Retaliator
*Various cruisers, frigates, and corvettes
*181st Imperial Fighter Wing
**4 TIE defenders
**8 TIE interceptors
*At least 17 TIE fighter squadrons
**204 TIE fighters, TIE bombers, and TIE interceptors
|casual1=*Moderate starfighter losses
|casual2=*Heavy starfighter losses
*Heavy damage to Agonizer and Master Stroke}}
The Battle of Adumar was a conflict between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire, fought in defense of the New Republic's ally, the newly formed Adumari Union.
==Prelude==
Following the defeat of Imperial-backed Cartann in the Adumari civil war, the Star Destroyer Agonizer left Adumar to summon an Imperial fleet to conquer the planet. This action was delayed when Admiral Teren Rogriss locked out the Agonizer holocomm system with his command codes, prior to defecting to Adumar. As no one else on the ship, not even General Turr Phennir, had the authority to override Rogriss's codes, this gave General Marcia Mouse and Commander Zoey time to summon reinforcements and prepare for the coming battle.
==The Battle==
When the Agonizer returned, accompanied by the Star Destroyers Retaliator and Master Stroke and numerous smaller warships, the New Republic Star Destroyer Allegiance had been reinforced by the MC-series star cruiser Mon Casima and its own array of cruisers and frigates. In addition, three "flightknives" of Adumari Blade-32 fighters had deployed in space to join the battle, and false news reports were broadcast to give the impression that Adumar was still fighting a civil war. As a result, the Imperial forces sent a large number of their fighters, including most of their TIE/sa bombers, down to the surface to crush the disorganized Adumari forces and install Cartann's perator as a puppet ruler of the planet. These fighters were taken by surprise by the united Adumari forces, and suffered severe losses.
In space, the New Republic's X-wings, A-wings, and shield-equipped TIE/LN starfighters engaged the enemy starfighters, while the Y-wings and Blade-32s carried out coordinated concussion missile and proton torpedo attacks against the Agonizer. The B-wings split their duty between attacking the Agonizer and supporting the more agile but less powerful New Republic fighters against the enemy TIEs. The New Republic's capital ships focused their attention of the Master Stroke. While the fighters took fairly heavy losses, especially at the hands of a flight of four TIE/D Defenders, the Imperials lost even more fighters, and finally chose to withdraw after the Agonizer and Master Stroke lost their shields and began taking heavy damage. General Marcia shot down one TIE Defender during the battle, and severely damaged another during a one-on-one dogfight with General Turr Phennir.
==Aftermath==
With the Imperial fleet's fighter screen in disarray and with their Star Destroyers taking heavy damage from the New Republic reinforcements and Adumari flightknives, the order to withdraw was given. The Imperial ships attempted to recover fighters then made the jump to hyperspace, leaving the Adumari Union to formally join the New Republic.
==Appearances==
*X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar 
==Sources==
*The Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Chronology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*The Essential Reader's Companion
* 
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles
Category:Rogue Squadron battles