Gnisnal was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer of the Imperial Starfleet.
History
Tagged by the Rebel Alliance as SD-489, Gnisnal underwent a major ship malfunction during the evacuation of Narth and Ihopek. The ship's primary transfer coupling for the solar ionization reactor failed, causing the primary explosion. The hyperspace motivator then collapsed into the reactor core, causing a secondary explosion that cracked the hull and destroyed decks 1 through 26. The ship split into several large chunks and was left adrift.[2]
As part of Operation Flotsam, the New Republic refitted fleet tender Steadfast was dispatched to scour the hulk for valuable resources or information. The crew discovered an intact, fully operational datacore on Level Ninety-Six, in Corridor Q, with redundant power cells still powering that section of the ship (the Number Eight backing up the Number Four). The datacore's contents provided Asset Tracking office with its first, albeit aged, Imperial Order of Battle, which allowed for the discovery of the Black Fleet.[2]
Behind the scenes
The Gnisnal ("Lansing" spelled backwards) was named for the city of Lansing, Michigan, where The Black Fleet Crisis author Michael P. Kube-McDowell was living when he wrote the novels Before the Storm and Shield of Lies.[3][4]
Appearances
- Before the Storm (First appearance)
- Before the Storm abridged audiobook
Sources
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Droids
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 105 SMS 1-2: SM Series Scavenger Droid
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 348 ("Gnisnal")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Before the Storm
- ↑
The Black Fleet Crisis Frequently Asked Questions List by Michael P. Kube-McDowell on The Curious Mind of Michael Kube-McDowell (July 7, 2009): "The eagle-eyed reader can look for a wink in the direction of Arthur C. Clarke, my daughter's name and birthdate, a nod to my Bantam editor, a ship named for the city the first two books were written in, and a character named after my youngest child (born while I was writing Tyrant's Test), among others." (backup link archived on September 29, 2022)
- ↑ MID-MICHIGAN WRITER JOURNEYS INTO STAR WARS UNIVERSE by Michael P. Kube-McDowell on The Curious Mind of Michael Kube-McDowell (March 1, 1996): "A 1976 honor graduate of Michigan State University, Kube-McDowell has resided in the Lansing area since 1986." (backup link archived on September 29, 2022)
