Alliance (Advanced Star Destroyer)
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Greater than a standard Star Destroyer[2] |
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Equipped[1] |
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Equipped[1] |
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Equipped[1] |
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Equipped[1] |
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Equipped[1] |
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2x firepower of Pellaeon-class[1] |
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2x starfighter capacity of Pellaeon-class[1] |
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The Alliance, formerly known as the Imperious, was a large, powerful warship built by the Galactic Empire ruled by Darth Krayt.[1] It was the prototype of the Advanced Star Destroyer, a ship larger and more powerful than the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer.
[edit] History
The Imperious was constructed in the Mon Calamari Shipyards in 137 ABY, at the time under control of the usurper faction of the Empire. It was one of the largest ships in the Empire, as well as the pride of the Imperial Navy. For its maiden voyage, the Imperious was to be operated by skeleton crews. Admiral Dru Valan, commander of the Outer Rim Third Fleet, used the Imperious as bait to lure the Galactic Alliance Remnant, led by Gar Stazi, into a trap. The trap appeared to have worked when Gar Stazi brought his fleet into the system and the Alliance troops that were sent to seize the Star Destroyer were captured.[1]
But Valan underestimated Stazi, who turned his trap against him. While the Alliance Fleet and Mon Calamari Shipyard's guns (which had been hacked by a member of Rogue Squadron) devastated Valan's fleet, the stormtroopers that had re-seized the Imperious were actually Alliance troops, under the command of the ex-stormtrooper Hondo Karr. They stole the ship and successfully got it to one of the Remnant's bases. The Imperious was now in the hands of the Galactic Alliance. They then began the process of bringing its weapon systems online.[3]
Though the Alliance was unaware, forces of Roan Fel's Empire-in-exile had sabotaged the Imperious; activation of the ship's weapons would cause the detonation of three series of bombs that would destroy the vessel. However, Monia Gahan and Imperial Knight Sigel Dare were able to warn Admiral Stazi. The bombs were deactivated and Stazi appointed the ship as his new flagship, the successor to the Indomitable. He also renamed the ship the Alliance.[4]
Meanwhile, Darth Krayt was furious that Stazi had escaped with his best ship, and ordered the extermination of 10% of the Mon Calamari for their support of Stazi.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Legacy: Indomitable (First appearance)
- Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Star Wars Legacy 20: Indomitable, Part 1
- ↑ Dark Horse's Randy Stradley describing the Advanced Star Destroyer
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars Legacy 21: Indomitable, Part 2
- ↑ Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon
