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Revision as of 16:36, 4 September 2011
- "As long as there have been space fleets, there have been ships designed as command ships, specially armed and armored to serve as symbols of a civilization's power and prestige. Command by warlords or generals, they have often turned the tide of battles."
- ―Description of the history of command ships
Command ships or command cruisers were flagships used to command large fleets in battle.
Characteristics
Usually very large warships, they could command dozens of smaller warships[1] and thousands of even smaller ships. The traditional command ships were usually constructed as the largest and most heavily armed and armored warships of a given fleet, meant to epitomize the wealth and resources available to a given civilization.[2]
History
A command cruiser was a type of command ship. This designation was used for the Maelstrom, the flagship of the fleet of Galactic Republic warships led by Jedi General Darrus Jeht during the Clone Wars.[3]
Other examples of large command ships were the Republic command ship of the Great Sith War,[4] the Inexpugnable-class of the Mandalorian Wars,[1] the Mandator II-class of the Clone Wars,[5] the Executor-class[6] and Eclipse-class of the Galactic Civil War,[2] the Viscount-class[7] and the Kor Chokk of the Yuuzhan Vong War.[8]
Most classes of warship could be used for command purposes if they were equipped with the necessary facilities. Smaller Star Destroyers and similar warships in both the CIS, the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, the Galactic Alliance and the New Galactic Empire were often used by higher officers as their respective command ships, most notably the Invisible Hand by General Grievous,[9] the Devastator by Darth Vader,[10] the Chimaera by Grand Admiral Thrawn,[11] the Anakin Solo by Colonel Jacen Solo[12] and the Imperious by Grand Admiral Morlish Veed.[13]
Appearances
- Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (comics)
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Living Force (RPG)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
- A Reckoning of Wraiths
- Revenge of the Jedi
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Allegiance
- Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
- Imperial Spy
- Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye comic
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Sand Blasted
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Imperial Ace
- Shadows of the Empire comic
- Shadows of the Empire novel
- Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi (Non-canonical appearance)
- A Day in the Life (Non-canonical appearance)
- Mara Jade: A Night on the Town (Appears in hologram)
- X-wing: The Bacta War
- A Grand Admiral Returns (Mentioned only)
- Thrawn Trilogy
- X-wing: Isard's Revenge (Mentioned only)
- Dark Empire
- Dark Empire II
- Empire's End
- The New Jedi Order
- Legacy of the Force
- Star Wars: Legacy
Sources
- Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
- Starships of the Galaxy (2007)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (comics)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dark Empire Sourcebook
- ↑ Living Force (RPG)
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
- ↑ Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Starships of the Galaxy (2007)
- ↑ The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
- ↑ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- ↑ Thrawn Trilogy
- ↑ Legacy of the Force
- ↑ Star Wars: Legacy