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A war cruiser was a capital ship classification.[1] In 228 BBY,[2] when a spice dealer was trapped in the Nihil marauders' Occlusion Zone, the Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro commandeered their war cruiser, the Glitterstim Shine, with its original owner losing their life when they disagreed. After Ro gifted it to the Nihil's Minister of Protection Abediah Viess as her third flagship, she renamed it the Auberge and had modifications made to it.[3]
War cruisers were also used by the Kilji Illumine, the nation Kilji species' nation. The Kilji war cruisers were equipped with engines, escape pods, electrostatic barriers for protection, and a hyperdrive. Their armament included spectrum lasers and missiles, and they were longer than the Illumine's Kilji picket cruisers and three or four times smaller than a Grysk Shatter-class WarMaster warship.[1] In 18 BBY,[4] the Kiljis' nation's ruler, Generalirius Nakirre, and Illumine General Crofyp commanded the Kilji war cruisers Whetstone and Anvil—the latter being Crofyp's task force's flagship—respectively.[1]
Behind the scenes
In the current canon, war cruisers first appeared in the 2021 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, written by Timothy Zahn as part of his Ascendancy Trilogy.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, war cruisers debuted in Vision of the Future, a 1998 novel written by Zahn as the second installment of the Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology.[5]
Appearances
- The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (and audiobook)
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil (and audiobook) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil
- ↑ Chapters 5–23 of The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi are set concurrent to the Battle of Eriadu, which takes place in 228 BBY per the reasoning here.
- ↑ The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines places the main events of Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil in 18 BBY.
- ↑ Vision of the Future