Rancor Base, also known as the Dathomir Shipyards, was Warlord Zsinj's secret shipyard in orbit over Dathomir.
Description
Rancor Base was a shipyard located in orbit of the planet Dathomir.[1] It was made of huge drydocks of scaffolding that stretched over ten kilometers. In addition to its shipbuilding capacities, the facility also provided repair and maintenance services to Zsinj's fleet.[5]
The Dathomir Shipyards was also used for development and testing of new weapons of war. It was there that Zsinj's engineers developed the TIE Raptor, which was used by the warlord's Raptors.[5]
The facility was defended by a number of Star Destroyers.[5]
History
The construction of an orbital facility above Dathomir was an idea originally developed by Emperor Palpatine in the context of the blockade of Dathomir.[6]
After the death of the Emperor at the Battle of Endor, Grand Moff Zsinj became a warlord and created his own empire in the Quelii Oversector.[7] When large deposits of neutronium, lommite and zersium, the minerals used in making durasteel, were discovered on Dathomir's moon of Koratas, Zsinj quickly ordered the construction of Dathomir Shipyards. All Zsinj's shipbuilding facilities were then moved to the Dathomir system but the existence of Rancor Base remained hidden to the New Republic.[5]
After the Battle of Selaggis, Zsinj's flagship, the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Iron Fist, was sent for repairs at the Dathomir shipyards.[5]
The base and its shipyard were destroyed in 8 ABY by a battle fleet sent to Dathomir by Ta'a Chume, the ruler of the Hapes Consortium, in an effort to rescue her son Isolder and Leia Organa. Zsinj was killed during the battle when the Iron Fist was destroyed.[8]
Appearances
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- X-Wing: Iron Fist (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- X-Wing: Solo Command (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- The Courtship of Princess Leia (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
Sources
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Cracken's Threat Dossier (as Dathomir Shipyards)
- The Essential Chronology
- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- The New Essential Chronology
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire: Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) places the Quelii sector in the New Territories as defined by the Client States and Miscellaneous Regions map in The Essential Atlas.
- ↑ The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Cracken's Threat Dossier
- ↑ Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- ↑ The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire: Part 1 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ The Courtship of Princess Leia
