Aut-O's flagship

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A Providence-class Dreadnought served in the Confederacy of Independent Systems's naval forces and served as the flagship of a Separatist fleet commanded by the ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid Commander Aut-O during the Clone Wars. In 20 BBY, the dreadnought was infiltrated by a squad of Galactic Republic droids, who had been sent to retrieve an encryption module located aboard. The squad later escaped the vessel with the encryption module, but not before Aut-O was destroyed in a brief incursion with the droids.

Description

As a Providence-class Dreadnought, the vessel had a main Hangar bay and a command bridge. The dreadnought was also equipped with a tractor beam projector, and had a passenger complement of B1-series battle droids and B2-series super battle droids.[1]

History

During the Clone Wars in 20 BBY,[5] the ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid Aut-O was in command of a large fleet of Separatist warships in an area of space. The dreadnought which flagged the fleet became targeted by a squad of Galactic Republic droids led by the Zilkin Colonel Meebur Gascon, who were sent by the Republic to board the dreadnought and steal an encryption module located aboard it. The encryption module would allow the Republic to decipher an intercepted and encoded transmission of Separatist General Grievous and discover what the Confederacy was planning.[1]

After arriving at the fleet's location aboard a stolen Maxillipede shuttle, the DUM-series pit droid WAC-47 set the squad's shuttle on a collision course with the dreadnought. However, the dreadnought, alerted by their arrival, instead pulled the shuttle into its main hangar bay with a tractor beam, where several B1 battle droids proceeded to search the vessel.[1]

Behind the scenes

This Providence-class Dreadnought first appeared, albeit unidentified, in "Secret Weapons,"[1] the tenth episode of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars' fifth season, which originally aired on November 30, 2012.[6]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 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 1.17 1.18 1.19 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Secret Weapons"
  2. ↑ StarWars.com Encyclopedia Separatist dreadnought in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
  3. ↑ "Secret Weapons" depicts the flagship of the ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid Aut-O as a Providence-class Dreadnought with three of what Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia identifies as Creveld-4 radial ion drives, which the book states are manufactured by Nubia Star Drives, Inc..
  4. ↑ "Secret Weapons" depicts the flagship of Aut-O as a Providence-class Dreadnought armed with what Collapse of the Republic identifies as heavy quad turbolaser cannons.
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Secret Weapons" to 20 BBY.
  6. ↑ StarWars.com "Secret Weapons" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
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