Rescue mission to Mytus VII

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|conflict=Galactic Civil WarStar Wars: X-Wing
|date=August 15th, 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=Mytus system
|result=Rebel victory
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Corporate Sector Authority
|side3=Galactic Empire
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|forces1=*2 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfightersX-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
**Red Squadron
*1 Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
**Mercy
|forces2=*1 BFF-1 bulk freighter
**Hampton
|forces3=*at least 10 TIE/LN starfighters
**Alpha Squadron
**Beta Squadron
**Gamma Squadron
**Delta Squadron
*at least 3 Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transports
**Omicron group
*1 EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
**Furious
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A rescue mission to Mytus VII was undertaken by the Rebel Alliance early in the Galactic Civil War to liberate Rebel pilots from Stars' End.
==Prelude==
With the assistance of Rebel Alliance Intelligence, two Rebel pilots incarcerated at the Stars' End prison on Mytus VII were able to escape the planet by stowing away onboard the outbound Corporate Sector Authority BFF-1 bulk freighter Hampton.
==The mission==
A rescue team was sent to rendezvous with the freighter and free the prisoners, with the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Mercy docking with the Hampton for their extraction. For the three minutes that the extraction would take, the Rebel boarders would be vulnerable to the Imperial forces stopping and searching craft in the area, including the EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Furious, the Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transport group Omicron, and the TIE/LN starfighters of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Squadrons. In the event of the frigate's arrival, two BTL Y-wing starfighters from Red Squadron were tasked with shielding the shuttle for long enough to complete the rescue.
==Aftermath==
The Rebel agents were successfully rescued, and the engagement was later simulated as a training mission by the Alliance, intended to teach prospective Y-wing pilots the craft's versatility, escorting Alliance ships while engaging Imperial forces. 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 fifth Y-wing historical mission, "Escape From Mytus VII."
While the Rebel shuttle present during this mission is identified as the Mercy by X-Wing strategy guide and gameplay, the pre-mission briefing refers to it as the Oola.
==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
Category:Missions