Attack on the Phoenix

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|name=Attack on the PhoenixStar Wars: X-Wing
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|conflict=Galactic Civil War (Operation Skyhook)
|date=March 13th, 2003X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide begins after the X-wing starfighter entered service with the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which The Essential Guide to Warfare places in 2003. X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide establishes that the capture of Minnie Mouse occurs at the end of Star Wars: X-Wing second tour of duty. 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. Events in X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide before the end of the second tour of duty therefore take place in 2003.
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|result=Rebel victory
|side1=Alliance to Restore the Republic
|side2=Galactic Empire
|commanders1=Captain Keyan FarlanderX-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
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|forces1=*1 MC-series star cruiser
**Maximus
*2 BFF-1 bulk freighters
**Phoenix
**Ojai
*Red Squadron
**1 R-22 Spearhead starfighterThe RZ-1 A-wing interceptor was introduced following the Battle of Yavin according to sources released before Star Wars: X-Wing, including the Rebel Alliance Sourcebook. C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid and The New Essential Guide to Characters introduced the R-22 Spearhead starfighter as the basis for the A-wing's design, retconning the A-wings seen in X-Wing before the Battle of Yavin. The Written Word established "A-wing" as an informal nickname for the older starfighter among Rebel pilots.
*Blue Squadron
**T-65 X-wing starfighters
|forces2=*1 Imperial-class Star Destroyer
**Intrepid
*TIE/LN starfighters
*TIE/IN interceptors
*TIE/sa bombers
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In 2003, the Rebel BFF-1 bulk freighter Phoenix came under attack from Imperial forces while awaiting a rendezvous with the MC-series star cruiser Maximus and the freighter Ojai. The Imperial starfighters were held off by the R-22 Spearhead starfighter of Captain Keyan Farlander until the Maximus arrived.
==Prelude==
In 2003, the Alliance to Restore the Republic learned that the Galactic Empire was working on a secret military construction project. Alliance High Command devised a plan to learn more by tapping into the Imperial communications network. To this end, Rebel forces captured the BFF-1 bulk freighter Phoenix with its cargo of Imperial communications satellites. The Phoenix was to rendezvous with the MC-series star cruiser Maximus and the freighter Ojai, but their arrival was delayed. Not expecting any trouble, Red Squadron's Captain Keyan Farlander was dispatched in a lone R-22 Spearhead starfighter to watch over the Phoenix until the Maximus arrived.
==The battle==
Farlander emerged from hyperspace to discover the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Intrepid was already in the area. The Star Destroyer's TIE interceptors and TIE bombers engaged Farlander, forcing him to begin evasive maneuvers. Farlander kept the Imperial fighters away from the Phoenix until the Maximus arrived with the Ojai and a flight group of T-65 X-wing starfighters from Blue Squadron, prompting the Intrepid to withdraw.
==Aftermath==
The stolen satellites were transferred to the Ojai, which delivered them to the CR90 corvette Jeffrey. The satellites were deployed near the Cron Drift and later intercepted plans for the the Death Star, an Imperial battlestation with a superlaser capable of destroying a planet.
==Behind the scenes==
The battle first appeared in the 1993 LucasArts video game Star Wars: X-Wing, in the fifth mission of "Tour of Duty II: The Great Search", "Protect Captured Satellites."
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: X-Wing 
==Sources==
*X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide
*X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Civil War battles