Proton bomb

Proton bomb

Proton bombs were powerful explosive weapons carried bybomber craft such asBTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters andTIE/sa bombers. Thebombs themselves were spherical in appearance,^[5] although when stored in cylindrical containers, they could also be used as high-yield explosives capable of producing great damage to heavily armored vehicles such asAT-ATs.^[6]

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During theClone Wars, theConfederacy of Independent Systems'Navy usedHyena-class Droid Bombers that carried proton bombs^[7] during theBattle ofChristophsis.^[8] TheGalactic RepublicNavy’sBTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bombers also used proton bombs extensively during the War.^[9] During theRylothCampaign,^[10] the Separatist forces again employedHyena bombers to destroy numerous villages onRyloth in a failed attempt to scapegoat the inevitable Republic victory as a bloodbath.^[2]

Proton bombs were used by theGalactic Empire during theGalactic Civil War. These bombs were highly sought after by the rebels.^[11]

Decades later, during theirWar with theFirst Order, theResistance carried proton bombs into combat byMG-100 StarFortress SF-17 bombers. Proton bombs in Resistance StarFortresses were often decorated with cartoons or defiant messages towards their enemies. They were used to bomb theFulminatrix, aMandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought during theevacuation of D'Qar. While the bombers suffered heavy losses—especially when three bombers were lost in an explosive chain reaction from aTIE fighter crashing into one of the bombers' bomb bays—alone bomber crewed by one survivor,Paige Tico, managed to drop its entire payload on the dreadnought, destroying both itself and the dreadnought.^[1]

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