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- "Warning! The Grand Protector's Home Fleet strictly monitors and controls Tyrius system space. All vessels must identify themselves immediately upon arriving in system. Direct further inquiries to the Home Fleet or Starport Control."
- ―Tyrius system datafile
The Rodian Home Fleet was a Rodian starfleet.
History
The fleet was established during the Old Republic era by the Soammei clan's Chief Protector who had made himself the "Grand Protector" (translated from the Rodese "Inta'si'rin'na"). The same Grand Protector had also founded the Grand Protector's Hunter's Guild (also known as the Goa-Ato) which restricted offworld passage to bounty hunters only.
The Fleet was typically, as it was the case during the rule of the Chattza clan, controlled by the ruling clan's Protectors. It consisted of a fleet of Rendil StarDrive light corvettes modified into Rodian Customs Corvettes, supplanted by Imperial Customs.[1]
The Rodian Home Fleet's primary mission was to enforce the jurisdiction of the Goa-Ato and prevent illegal emigrants from leaving Rodia. It was also in charge of defending the Tyrius system, which contained Rodia.
Customs ships, always defended by other ships, identified newcomer ships to the system, IDs and permits, especially of Rodians who returned, and searched for contraband. The fleet also obliged incoming ships to land to the designated spaceports, usually the Equator City, and pursued ships that headed elsewhere.[2]
However, the Home Fleet had not always been successful over the years, and many illegal Rodian emigrants succeeded in going off-world, while smugglers secretly landed in other provinces;[3][2] those smugglers captured by the Home Fleet were used in the gladiatorial hunts.[1]
Appearances
"A Brief Visit to Rodia" — Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide- "Provincial Problems" — Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
Sources
- Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide (First appearance)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 132 ROD 1-4: Rodians