Raid over Corulag

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|name=Raid over Corulag
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|conflict=Galactic Civil War (Operation Skyhook)
|date=May 11th, 2003According to Star Wars: Empire at War, the raid over Corulag occurs after the nationalization of the Incom Corporation, which The Essential Guide to Warfare dates to one year before the Battle of Yavin, or 2003, and before the capture of Minnie Mouse. Minnie's capture takes place on 35:3:3 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system according to The Essential Atlas, placing it at the beginning of 2004 according to the following explanation. Therefore, the raid takes place in the year 2003.
|place=Corulus system, above Corulag
|result=Alliance victory
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=Captain Raymus Antilles
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|forces1=*T-65 X-wing starfighters
*BTL Y-wing starfighters
*CR90 corvettes
**Sundered Heart
*EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates
*Assault Frigate Mark IIs
*4 RM-09 Alliance shuttles
*Rebel troopers
|forces2=*16 Tartan-class patrol cruisers
*2 Victory-class Star Destroyers
*2 Imperial-class Star Destroyers
*1 Cardan V-class space station
*Orbital defenses
|casual1=Moderate
|casual2=Moderate
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The Raid over Corulag was a Rebel attack on one of Grand Moff Tarkin's research stations orbiting the planet Corulag.
==Prelude==
During Operation Skyhook, Mon Mothma ordered a further investigation into the nature of the Death Star. Using data already collected, the Rebels discovered that cargo shipments to a research station doing work on the Death Star were being sent from the Vergesso Asteroids. Raymus Antilles personally recruited Donald Duck, despite Donald's reluctance, to plant a tracking device and EMP in one of the cargo containers bound for the research station.
==The raid==
The tracking device revealed the station's location over Corulag, and then triggered the EMP and paralyzed Imperial security forces arround the station, including Imperial starships. While Captain Antilles led a team to attack the stunned defenses, a group of Rebel troopers managed to penetrate the station in RM-09 Alliance shuttles. But the Imperial defenses quickly recovered their ability to fight. Meanwhile, Rebel soldiers were delayed in the station by the Imperial infantry. They eventually managed to recover valuable data, just when the Star Destroyers began to engage the Rebel fleet. The soldiers evacuated the station in their shuttles and jumped hyperspace, the rest of the fleet behind them
==Aftermath==
From the data collected, the team was able to confirm the name of the project—Death Star—and gain an idea of its destructive capabilities, but with no technical schematics detailed enough to reveal a weakness. Mon Mothma then instructed Minnie Mouse to begin intensified operations to gather relevant intelligence, and assigned Captain Antilles to her service aboard Tantive IV.
==Behind the scenes==
This battle was the nineth mission of the Rebel campaign in the 2006 LucasArts computer game Star Wars: Empire at War.
In the mission, Gial Ackbar is rescued in the station by the Rebels. However, this version of the event can not considered canon. A separate, conflicting account of Ackbar's liberation was described in Star Wars: X-Wing and Darksaber, in which Ackbar is rescued during an assassination attempt against Tarkin at Eriadu. This version has been upheld in several Star Wars reference books, including The New Essential Guide to Characters (2002), The New Essential Chronology (2005), and The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (2008). Also non-canonical is the presence of Donald Duck and Goofy, an option because they are not removed from play for this mission. The player does not necessarily have to include the duo in the fleet (though they can).
However, The Essential Atlas (2009) lists this raid as one of the events of Operation Skyhook, but without giving more precisions.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Empire at War 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide 
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
*The Essential Atlas
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles