Suprosa

The Suprosa was a heavily modified Imperial MB-C1 medium transport.
==History==
Allegedly hauling fertilizer, the Suprosa ran under Xizor Transport Systems contract.The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire The intelligence indicating that Suprosa carried valuable information was leaked deliberately by Imperial Intelligence, as part of Emperor Palpatine's ruse to lure the Alliance to Endor in order to obliterate them.Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel
It was raided by members of the Rebel Alliance,Shadows of the Empire 4 including Luke Skywalker, Dash Rendar, Ace Azzameen and a group of Bothans piloting Y-wings. They found it to be transporting data on the construction of the second Death Star.Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Ertl minicomic
Many of the Bothans died in the effort when Suprosa launched a diamond boron missile into the Y-wing formation, obliterating everything in a 500-meter radius. However, the Rebel forces were able to disable the ship. Strafing the ship with his Y-wing, Azzameen disabled the transport's weapons with his ion cannons before another missile could be fired. Skywalker then disabled the ship's engines with his X-wing fighter. Luke briefly felt the dark side of the Force during his attack run on the freighter's engines in response to half his Bothan squadron being destroyed.
With the vessel disabled, Dash and several Bothans boarded the ship to secure the information. After fighting Stormtroopers and a loader droid he downloaded the plans.Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game
The information was taken to Kothlis to be decoded. The Bothan group Deep Ear brought the plans to the planet Gellefon, where they were briefly captured before bringing the information back to Alliance High Command.
==Behind the scenes==
The Shadows of the Empire novel identifies Suprosa as a Corellian freighter.
In the Shadows of the Empire novel, there was not enough time to notify Rebel command of the "Endor Project" plans being transferred on the Suprosa; the novel implies that other than Luke Skywalker and Dash Rendar, all of the pilots present were Bothans and Luke is credited with disabling the ship by himself. In the video game Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, the Alliance comes to support, with Ace incapacitating the freighter. For this article, both are assumed to be correct, with Ace keeping the ship from firing its weapons again, and Luke disabling the ship's engines.
The Shadows of the Empire level taking place in the Suprosa makes the ship look substantially larger than it seems from the exterior. It also has a hangar, and Dash has to open it so that the Outrider enters.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire abridged audiobook
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Ertl minicomic
*Shadows of the Empire 4 
*The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader 
==Sources==
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*The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
*Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition
*The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
*The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
*The Essential Chronology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Rebellion Era Campaign Guide
*The Essential Atlas
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*The Essential Reader's Companion
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==Notes and references==
Category:MB-C1 medium transports
Category:Starships of the Galactic Empire