Republic Navy

The Republic Navy, also known as the Galactic Republic fleet, Galactic Navy, Clone Starfleet, or Republic starfleet, was the navy of the Republic Military of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Consisting of an abundance of warships of large variety, the Republic Navy served to transport the Grand Army of the Republic across the galaxy, while also engaging in ship-to-ship combat with the Confederacy navy, maintaining security for Republic supply lines, and defending the Core Worlds.

With the onset of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic's starship assets were absorbed into the newly created Republic Navy while also received donated ships from Republic worlds until shipyards could begin producing vessels for the Republic Navy. The Republic starfleet was part of many pivotal battles during the war, including the First Battle of Geonosis, the Malevolence Campaign, the Battle of Ryloth, the Battle of Sullust, the blockade of the Quellor sector, the Battle of Coruscant, and the Outer Rim Sieges.

Following the end of the war, the execution of Order 66 and Great Jedi Purge, and the formation of the First Galactic Empire, the Republic Navy was transformed into the Imperial Navy, and many of its vessels were used in the first five years of the new order. However, the Imperial Navy underwent a modernization program, in which many of its ships such as the Venator-class Star Destroyer and the ARC-170 starfighter, were sent to be dismantled on the planet Bracca. However, some elements of the Republic Navy survived the war and disassembly and were accumulated by several rebel groups, such as Phoenix Group and the Alliance to Restore the Republic, who made use of former Republic battlecruisers, cruisers, frigates, corvettes, gunships, and starfighters.

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