Alliance Medal of Honor

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"This one is an Alliance Medal of Honor. Guess they'll give it to anyone now a days they're so desperate. It makes them feel invulnerable, also makes them an easy target."
―A retired Imperial officer[2]

The Alliance Medal of Honor was a Rebel Alliance military decoration awarded to those who performed above and beyond the call of duty while serving in, or with, the Alliance Military. The award was a silver badge emblazoned with the red phoenix of the Alliance beneath an etching of an X-wing starfighter. It was attached to a red ribbon encrusted with various gems.[1] The Galactic Empire had a similar award named Imperial Medal of Honor.[2]

By the time of the Battle of Yavin, an Imperial pilot shot down a Rebel pilot above Dantooine and stole his Alliance Medal of Honor.[2] In 1 ABY,[3] one such medal was awarded to a spacer alongside several Rebel supporters who assassinated an Imperial officer aboard a Rebel Corellian corvette captured by the Empire before he could used the ship against civilian targets.[4] The same year, another Alliance Medal of Honor was awarded to an ace pilot involved in the destruction of the Imperial corvette Star Ravager in the Kessel system.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Threat of the Conqueror Card: Alliance Medal of Honor (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gal-icon Friday Feature: Medals on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  3. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  4. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Heroic Instance: "Corellian Corvette"
  5. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed

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