Individual ship
Battlecruiser 17
Canon Legends version → Linked from 4 articles
Battlecruiser 17 was a Munificent-class star frigate that was active in the Confederacy of Independent Systems' naval forces. In 21 BBY, when the Separatists blockaded the planet Ryloth during the Clone Wars, the frigate was assigned to the command of Captain Mar Tuuk. Aboard his Lucrehulk-class Battleship command vessel, Tuuk expected the Galactic Republic to retaliate and positioned Battlecruiser 17 away from the battlezone.
When a Republic fleet led by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker arrived, Battlecruiser 17 and three other Munificents were called in for reinforcements. Although the Republic made a brief withdrawal, they later returned with a new plan of action. In the second assault, Skywalker's Padawan—Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano—was able to break through the blockade after destroying the six frigates, including Battlecruiser 17.
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Facts
- Model
- Munificent-class star frigate
- Length
- 825 meters
- Height
- 243 meters
- Engine
- 7 ion drive thrusters
- Hdsystem
- Equipped
- Armament
- 2 heavy turbolaser cannons
- 2 heavy ion cannons
- 34 twin light turbolaser cannons
- Complement
- 48 Vulture-class droid starfighters (4 squadrons)
- Skeleton
- 200
- Passengers
- 150,000 battle droids
- Communications
- 2 hyperwave supralight transceivers
- Destroyed
- 21 BBY, Ryloth system
- Affiliations
- Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Navy
- Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy
- Fleet
- Ryloth blockade
- Captains
- OOM command battle droid
Appearances
1 work, in story order
- Storm Over Ryloth (first appearance)
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