Suraz engagement

The Suraz engagement occurred on 31 ABY in the Mirrin sector when Rapier Squadron of the New Republic responded to a distress signal from the Yissira Zyde, a freighter that was being hijacked by the First Order, and engaged their forces above Suraz 4 in a sector of the New Republic. Rapier Squadron, a four-member T-85 X-wing squadron led by Commander Poe Dameron, quickly destroyed a shuttle and all eight of the enemy's TIE fighters, but the remaining shuttle and the commandeered Yissira Zyde managed to jump to lightspeed. When the freighter entered hyperspace, its wake destroyed the X-wing belonging to Rapier Four, Muran, before he was able to eject.

Despite the First Order crossing the Borderlands and violating the Galactic Concordance, New Republic Major Lonno Deso believed the First Order wasn't a threat and that no follow-up actions were necessary. Nonetheless, Commander Dameron underwent an unsanctioned mission to locate the stolen freighter.

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