Kassius Konstantine's Interdictor

Kassius Konstantine's Interdictor was an Interdictor-class heavy cruiser commanded by Imperial Admiral Kassius Konstantine during the Battle of Atollon. An Interdictor vessel, the starship was equipped with four gravity well projectors capable of generating an interdiction field, an artificial gravity well that could prevent other starships from entering hyperspace. During the Galactic Civil War, Grand Admiral Thrawn waged a campaign against the rebel Phoenix Cell, at which point the heavy cruiser was part of Thrawn's Seventh Fleet. In 2 BBY, it was part of a squadron of Imperial vessels that attacked the rebel cell over the planet Atollon, where they had set up their base.

During the battle, Konstantine commanded the heavy cruiser, where it and fellow Interdictor Constrainer prevented enemy ships from fleeing into hyperspace. Although directly ordered to remain at his assigned coordinates by Thrawn, Konstantine was lured out of position by rebel Commander Jun Sato's command ship, Phoenix Nest, with the admiral eager to claim the kill for himself. However, Sato then maneuvered his carrier into the path of the Interdictor, destroying both ships. This allowed rebel Ezra Bridger to escape the Imperial blockade and call for reinforcements, ultimately allowing the remaining rebels to escape. Reflecting on the battle in his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, historian Beaumont Kin believed that it was ludicrous to place such a vital starship in Konstantine's command, due to the admiral's prior military failures.

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