Champion (Bothan Assault Cruiser)

Champion, also referred to as Champ, was a New Republic Bothan Assault Cruiser that operated during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Champion was under the command of Brevet Admiral Glie'oleg Kru in 26 ABY, when the 850-meter-long cruiser protected a convoy of refugee starships fleeing the doomed planet Kalarba as it came under attack from the Yuuzhan Vong species. During the space battle in the Kalarba system, the Yuuzhan Vong used a gravity-manipulating dovin basal to send Hosk Station, a space station orbiting Kalarba, on a collision course with the planet. After the embattled Champion lost its deflector shields, the Bothan Assault Cruiser exploded due to the damage that it had sustained, and the resulting detonation caught some New Republic starfighters and their pilots within the blast.

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