Raid above Ghorman

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|name=Raid above Ghorman
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|conflict=Galactic Civil WarStar Wars: X-Wing
|date=August 18th, 2002According to X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide, this engagement follows the establishment of the Rebel Alliance, which The Essential Guide to Warfare dates to 2002, and precedes the capture of Minnie Mouse. The Essential Atlas establishes that 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. Therefore, events occurring between the Alliance's establishment and Minnie's capture must take place in 2002 at the earliest.
|place=Ghorman system
|result=Rebel victory
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
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|forces1=*Red SquadronX-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
**1 R-22 Spearhead starfighterThe New Essential Guide to Characters
**1 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter
|forces2=*8 TIE/LN starfighters
**Alpha Squadron
**Beta Squadron
**Gamma Squadron
**Delta Squadron
*3 BFF-1 bulk freighters
**Century 1
**Century 2
**Century 3
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A raid above Ghorman against an Imperial supply convoy by the Rebel Alliance occurred early in the Galactic Civil War, delaying the expansion of an Imperial base in the system.
==Prelude==
Early in the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire was in the process of expanding a base on the planet Ghorman, with a supply convoy of Imperial BFF-1 bulk freighters, Century 1, 2, and 3, carrying the necessary supplies.
==The raid==
A Rebel Alliance strike force, composed of a BTL Y-wing starfighter and a modified R-22 Spearhead starfighter from Red Squadron, attacked the freighters, finding them in a rendezvous with an escort of two TIE/LN starfighters each from Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Squadrons in the Ghorman system. The Y-wing pilot, using the call sign Red One, attacked the freighter convoy, while "Red Two" engaged the TIE escort in the R-22 Spearhead.
==Aftermath==
Red Team's attack was a success, delaying the Ghorman base's expansion by a year.
The engagement was later simulated as a training mission by the Rebel Alliance, intended to teach prospective Spearhead pilots to escort and support Y-wings. Agamarian Rebel Keyan Farlander was assigned to the simulation by training officer Wex Dafid prior to Farlander's recruitment into the Alliance flagship Independence Red Squadron.
==Behind the scenes==
The battle first appeared in the 1993 video game Star Wars: X-Wing as the fourth A-wing historical mission, "Attack Run on Freighters."
While X-Wing identifies the player's craft during this mission as an A-wing, Jan Dodonna's entry in The New Essential Guide to Characters retcons appearances of the A-wing prior to the Battle of Yavin to be modified R-22 Spearheads.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing 
==Sources==
*X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
*X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles