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Battle of Roche (Galactic Civil War)

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The Battle of Roche took place during the Galactic Civil War. In the months following the Battle of Yavin, Rebel Alliance Commander Ackbar and Verpine engineers worked in the Roche asteroid field in order to develop the new B-wing starfighter. However, after learning that the project was nearing completion, Imperial District Commander Bane Nothos instituted a blockade of the Roche system and attacked the Research Station Shantipole to recover the prototypes.

Facts

Prev: Battle of Yavin
Conc: Blockade of the Roche system
Next: Raid on Fara's Belt; Attack on the Shrike; Operation Blunt Stick; Attack on Bannistar Station; Battle of Gorbah; Battle of Stronghold
Conflict: Galactic Civil War
Date: 0 ABY
Place: Roche asteroid field
Result: Rebel victory
Side 1: Alliance to Restore the Republic
Side 2: Galactic Empire
Commanders (side 1): Commander Ackbar; Speaker Jurfel
Commanders (side 2): District Commander Nothos
Forces1: 1 YL-2200 light freighter; Out Runner; 6 Rebel operatives; Verpines; Suskafoo; Lieutenant Pollard; 4 Asteroid hoppers; 2 B-wing/E starfighters (Late battle); 1 Mon Cal freighter (Late battle); Verpine freighters (Late battle); Shantipole; 1 stolen Lambda-class shuttle (Late battle); Falcon; 4 T-65 X-wing starfighters (Late battle); Blue Squadron; 1 Bulk freighter (Late battle); Upside
Forces2: TIE/LN starfighters; TIE/rc starfighters; 1 Assault shuttle; 90 Stormtroopers; Probe droids; 1 Nebulon-B escort frigate (Late battle); 12 DX-9 transports (Late battle); Epsilon group; Kappa group; Sigma group; 4 CR90 corvettes (Late battle); Javelin
Casual1: Several Verpine
Casual2: Several TIEs; Several stormtroopers; Nebulon-B frigate damaged; All CR90 corvettes and DX-9 transports

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