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Previous Operation Grain Snatch[1] Next Operation Blunt Stick[2] Operation Ram's Head Conflict Galactic Civil War Date 0 ABY Place The galaxy Outcome Rebel Alliance victory Combatants Galactic Empire Alliance to Restore the Republic Strength Star Destroyers TIE Advanced x1s BFF-1 Bulk Freighter Ashant CR90 corvette Blade 5 3 captured Alpha-class Assault Gunboats Lambda-class shuttle Leary Star Cruiser Cathleen Two CR90 corvettes Ram's Head Libra Casualties Many Star Destroyers At least one Squadron of TIE Advanced x1s Light, including CR90 corvette Ram's Head (Abandoned) [Source]

Operation Ram's Head was a operation devised and performed by the Rebel Alliance after the Battle of Yavin.

BackgroundEdit

Operation Ram's Head was conceived after flight data from the destruction of the freighter Sarsuma suggested that a Star Destroyer could be disabled by ramming the bridge tower. The concept became more feasible after the defection of the Leafar and the capture of several TIE/Advanced starfighters from an Imperial test base by the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter Ashant. Study of the captured ships indicated that the Galactic Empire was experimenting on a new type of shield, designated the Shield X.

The operationEdit

The Alliance decided to capture three Alpha-class Assault Gunboats, using the Lambda-class shuttle Leary to reach them and the Star Cruiser Cathleen to collect them afterwards.

The Gunboats were used by the Alliance to infiltrate a secret Imperial base where the Shield X project was being conducted. There they captured the CR90 corvette Blade 5, which bore the mechanism.

The corvette was renamed Ram's Head, and after final preparations by technicians from the corvette Libra, she was then sent to ram an array of Star Destroyers docked in the Imperial Drydock IV. The operation was a total success, as the Ram's Head caused enormous damage to each of the Star Destroyers by tearing apart their towers.

It is unknown what happened to the Ram's Head as it was not destroyed and was seen traveling into space without a crew.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: X-wing Tour of Duty: Imperial Pursuit (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• The Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Chronology

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