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The Republic Navy was the military fleet used to defend the Galactic Republic throughout many millennia.

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"I'm just a soldier; I go where the fleet Admirals tell me to. I follow my orders and I do my duty."
―Carth Onasi[src]
A Republic Navy fleet during the Jedi Civil War.

For millennia, the Republic Fleet was quite large, as not all planets encountered placed such a great emphasis on peaceful contact. The Republic Navy was bolstered around 15,000 BBY to keep watch for uprisings in the far corners of the Republic,[8] and occasional massive campaigns like the Pius Dea crusades kept it preoccupied.[6] For 4,000 years, the Republic Navy also worked almost side by side with the Jedi Order in repelling attacks from the Sith Order and other aggressors.[9] Any planetary government could call upon the Navy's help, although it would need Senate approval if the action was to last longer than seven standard days. Individual senators also often commandeered Navy groups for their own benefit.

During the Mandalorian Wars, the technological ancestors of the Star Destroyer would be manufactured, such as the Interdictor-class cruiser and the Centurion-class battlecruiser. Later, during the Jedi Civil War, the Republic had to rely on smaller ships such as the Hammerhead-class cruiser.[5] After the New Sith Wars, the Republic scaled down the Navy as part of the Ruusan Reformation, and placed it under the control of the Judicial Department. Its priorities were shifted from full-scale conflict to sector-scale and system-scale patrol, anti-pirate operations, and exploration of the galaxy.[6]

Open Circle Fleet at the Battle of Coruscant, in the Clone Wars.

During the final years of the Republic, a Militarist faction attempted to reform the Republic Navy and Army, but progress was slow. The Katana fleet was the first attempt by the Republic to make a functioning armada for the Navy, but it was soon lost.[9] In 44 BBY, during the Stark Hyperspace War, Ranulph Tarkin tried to portray the space forces of his fleet as the legitimate Republic Navy, even referring to it as such.[10]

Decades later, the Republic Navy operated alongside the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, and absorbed the local member world defense fleets into the consolidated Navy following the Battle of Rendili.[11] Until the passage of the Security Act shortly before the war's end, the Navy was under the joint command of the Galactic Senate and Jedi Council; afterwards, the Supreme Chancellor served as its sole commanding authority.[2] When the Galactic Empire was formed, the Republic Navy became the Imperial Navy.[11]

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The Cal-class was equipped with a hull-running mass-driver cannon.

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A Sienar Battleship, c. 5,000 BBY.

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Symbol that appeared on Republic Navy starships 4,000-3,996 BBY

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A Republic fleet during the Great Sith War.

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Symbol worn by Carth Onasi and other military personnel defending Serroco during the Mandalorian Wars

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Courageous in fleet-formation.

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The Foray-class was a Republic workhorse through several great conflicts.

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The enduring Hammerhead-class design.

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A Republic Judicial Forces attack group during the Battle of Uhanayih.

(Note: Prior to Clone Wars, some of these ships were used by individual home fleets and not the centralized Navy.[11])

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Tarkin's fleet prepares to jump to Troiken during the Stark hyperspace war.

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A Jedi Whitecloak fighter.

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The Kaliida Shoals Medical Center.

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The Acclamator-class assault ship, a return to aggressive power projection in the galaxy.

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Republic Dreadnaught-class cruisers land on Coruscant.

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The ARC-170 starfighter was a long-range Republic fightercraft and scout.

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A Republic medical frigate.

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Two Delta-7s escorting LAAT/is deployed from an assault ship.

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[edit] Great Hyperspace War (5,000 BBY)

The Enforcer One began its service-life in the Republic Navy.

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Republic capital ships around the time of the Jedi Civil War.

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Aken in the asteroid belt of Geonosis.
Republic Star Destroyers Defender and Resolute

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Five ships of the Rendili Home Defense Fleet.

The Galactic Republic Navy, while having a standing military force throughout the galaxy, did include many volunteer and planetary forces. The rich and heavily industrialized Core worlds like Corellia, Humbarine, and Kuat built fleets centered around powerful multi-kilometer long warships. However, due to their limited hyperdrives these large warships were designed to only defend their respective local sectors. These planetary navies were headed up by the Admirals of the Coreworlds, whose authority was recognized only within in their respective sectors. Meanwhile, rimward sectors usually operated a large amount of smaller and less powerful vessels. Some of these planetary forces include:

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Part of the Open Circle Fleet

A fleet was the total naval presence in a sector, commanded by an admiral. It was usually subdivided into battle groups of 60 warships each.

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Though there was a separate starfighter corps, the navy also maintained its own squadrons of starfighters onboard each warship. These fighters were meant for ship-to-ship combat as well as space fights. Although not named, Clone Pilots operated under this same concept.

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Main article: Republic marine
See also: Clone marine

Marines were the ship-to-ship assault and defense soldiers of the navy. Originally birth-born recruits and officers, during the Clone Wars they used specially trained clone troopers as marines to counter the droid marines of the Confederate Navy. This was most likely the basis for the Imperial Marines.

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The primary suppliers of Republic ships throughout its existence were:

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Admiral Forn Dodonna's fleet at the Battle of Rakata Prime of the Jedi Civil War.
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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ Tales of the Jedi Companion
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
  3. ↑ The Admiral's List: Remember Serroco! Edition
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Imperial Sourcebook
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The New Essential Chronology
  7. ↑ The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Essential Chronology
  10. ↑ Star Wars Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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