Shieldship

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The Shieldship was a starship designed to protect ships while traveling to the planet Nkllon in the Athega system from Athega's superhot sun. It was so hot that the dark side of Nkllon was the only habitable half of the planet though it was rich in mineral resources. When Lando Calrissian's Nomad City controlled Nkllon, it was profiting with nearly 10 million credits a year. The Shieldship was designed by Lando Calrissian himself and was constructed by Republic Engineering Corporation. Lando purchased 12 of the Shieldships which allowed for up to 3 visits to Nkllon per day.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] Characteristics

The Shieldships resembled giant umbrellas and were designed to repel the dangerous sun rays of the system's sun. They had large tubes and fins designed to vent the heat generated by the sun. However, the cooling gear onboard a Shieldship needed to be replaced after every visit to Nkllon. Any ship that traveled to and from Nkllon had to trail behind a Shieldship for protection from the sun's rays or its systems and hull plating would be melted by the sun. The Shieldships (lent from Lando Calrissian's base above his mining operations at Dubrillion and Destrillion's asteroid fields, which in turn were given to Han and Leia Solo) were also used to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong at their base on the planet Helska 4. The Shieldships took orbit around the enemy planet and reflected the condensation of the planet back towards itself, and froze the planet to near absolute zero. The yammosk, or war coordinator, was stopped, and the Yuuzhan Vong were utterly destroyed without the joining power of the yammosk.

The Shieldship had an advanced slave circuit system for taking control of the ships behind it, making a quick 1 hour hyperspace jump to Nkllon. Without a slaving system, then the trip to Nkllon would have to be made at sublight speeds which would take up to 10 hours.

[edit] History

During the Galactic Civil War, Grand Admiral Thrawn attacked Nkllon, stole Lando Calrissian's mining machines, disabled every shieldship, and disrupted communications. Had it not been for the timely arrival of Garm Bel Iblis, everyone on Nomad City would have died.

The New Republic would later use shieldships to accelarate the evaporation of mist surrounding Helska 4 during the Second Battle of Helska.

[edit] Appearances

• Nomad
• Heir to the Empire (First appearance)
• The Last Command
• Vector Prime

[edit] Sources

• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• The Official Star Wars Fact File Issue 40
•  Expand Your Fleet! on Wizards.com (article)
•  Shieldship in the Databank

[edit] Notes and references