Fleet
Katana fleet
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The Katana fleet, also known as the Dark Force by some journalists, was a massive fleet of two hundred Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers launched by the Galactic Republic during its final years, as a major part of the Galactic Senate’s many grandiose projects. The fleet, however, was lost on its maiden voyage when a hive virus drove its crews insane and its captain jumped the ships blindly into hyperspace.
Five years after the Battle of Endor, Grand Admiral Thrawn convinced smuggler Captain Hoffner into providing the location of the long-lost task force. Having learned of Thrawn's target, the New Republic entered the race for the lost fleet as well. However, Thrawn's forces managed to escape with 178 of the prized ships before the Republic arrived.
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Facts
- Crew
- Approx. 440,000 with slave circuit system
- Flagship
- Katana
- Capital
- 200 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers
- Ground
- Experimental AT-PT walkers
- Campaigns
- Galactic Civil War
- Thrawn campaign
- Affiliations
- Galactic Republic
- Garm Bel Iblis's movement
- Thrawn's confederation
- New Republic
Appearances
14 works, in story order
- SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story (mentioned only)
- Republic 70 (mentioned only)
- Side Trip (mentioned only)
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (mentioned only)
- X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (mentioned only)
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (mentioned only)
- X-Wing: The Bacta War (mentioned only)
- Heir to the Empire (first mentioned)
- Dark Force Rising (first appearance)
- The Last Command
- Before the Storm (mentioned only)
- Specter of the Past
- Vision of the Future
- The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant
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