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Grievous's Separatist Command ship (Bothawui)

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Grievous's Separatist Command ship (Bothawui)

Production information
Manufacturer	Hoersch-Kessel Drive, Inc.^[1] Gwori Revolutionary Industries^[1]
Model	Munificent-class star frigate^[2]
Class	Star frigate^[3] Cruiser (standard classification)^[4] Capital ship (standard classification)^[2]
Technical specifications
Length	825 meters^[3]
Width	426 meters^[3]
Height/depth	243 meters^[3]
Maximum acceleration	2,300 G^[3]
Hyperdrive rating	Class 1.0^[3] Backup: Class 10^[2]
Hyperdrive range	150,000 light year effective range^[3]
Power output	Peak: 2,07 × 10²³ W^[3]
Power plant	Hypermatter annihilation reactors (2)^[3]
Armament	Prow heavy turbolaser cannons (2)^[3] Long-range heavy ion cannons (2)^[3]^[2] Twin turbolaser cannons (26)^[3] Light turbolaser turrets (20)^[3] Point-defense laser cannons (38)^[3] Flak guns(8)^[3] Hyperwave jammer (1)^[2]
Complement	If configured: Several starfighters^[5]
Crew	200^[3]
Passengers	150,000 deactivated battle droids^[3]
Cargo capacity	40,000 tons^[2]
Consumables	2 years^[2]
Usage
Role(s)	Frigate^[3] Communications ship^[3]
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[3]
Destroyed	21 BBY,^[6] Both system
Present for battles/events	Battle of Bothawui (Clone Wars)
Affiliation	Confederacy of Independent Systems^[3]
Commander(s)	General Grievous

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Grievous's Separatist Command ship was a Munificent-class star frigate that served as the command ship of General Grievous during the Battle of Bothawui (Clone Wars). During the the battle, the ship was destroyed when Republic AT-TEs flanked Grievous's fleet on a belt of asteroids, and severly damaged the fleet from behind.

HistoryEdit

In 21 BBY,^[6] this ship lead a fleet of Munificent-class star frigates to invade the planet Bothawui after successfuly destroying Republic resistance on Falleen. Republic naval forces, under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and padawan Ahsoka Tano, intercepted the fleet over the planet of Bothawui Prime and engaged Grievous's forces.

Grievous sent his fleet of six frigates through the asteroid belt of the planet while the Republic fleet held its ground between Bothawui Prime and the belt. Due to the fact that his ships were protected from behind by the asteroids, Grievous ordered all power in the frigates be diverted to the forward shields, leaving the rear of all of the frigates shieldless. Anakin Skywalker led the starfighter unit Gold Squadron against the frigates, though the squadron retreated after losing two V-19 Torrent starfighters while Anakin continued his run on the enemy frigates.

As the Confederate fleet advanced through the asteroid belt, AT-TEs posistioned on the asteroids fired on the unshielded sterns on the frigates. The Republic fleet's fire combined with the flanking walkers destroyed the fleet, including the command ship, while Grievous escaped the battle in his ship Soulless One.

The command ship's debris was later picked over by the Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt, who later found R2-D2 in the debrid field.