Electrum (Venator-class)

The Electrum was a Venator-class Star Destroyer that served in the Imperial Navy during the Imperial Era. Originally stationed at the planet Ryloth's deepdock, the Star Destroyer was loaned out to serve in the flotilla of the Imperial installation known as Sentinel Base. In 14 BBY, while under the command of Captain Burque, the Electrum was chosen by Sentinel's commanding officer, Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, to react to a distress signal from the nearby Rampart Station.

Tarkin, correctly assuming the signal was fake, ordered Burque to take the Electrum to the edge of Sentinel Base's system via microjump. After Burque complied, Sentinel Base was attacked by a rebel cell's warship and droid fighters. Upon Tarkin's command, the Electrum returned, with its TIE fighters engaging the enemy starfighters. Although the rebel warship fled the scene shortly after the Venator's return, Burque's crew later managed to salvage debris from the droid fighters for analysis.

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