Kilji war cruiser

The Kilji war cruiser or Kilji battle cruiser was a type of war cruiser used by the nation of the Kilji species, the Kilji Illumine. Longer than Kilji picket cruisers and larger than Chiss heavy cruisers, the Kilji cruisers were armed with spectrum lasers and missiles covered by peace-sealing. Used in ship-to-ship naval warfare, the Illumine's war cruisers were outfitted with an engine, a hyperdrive, and escape pods. Generalirius Nakirre, the ruler of the Illumine, commanded a Kilji war cruiser, the Whetstone. Illumine General Crofyp commanded the Anvil, another war cruiser, which served as the flagship of the general's task force, which also included the picket cruiser Hammer.

In 18 BBY, Nakirre allied himself with the Grysk operative "Jixtus," who promised to guide the Illumine's conquests of enlightenment in the Unknown Regions. The generalirius allowed the operative to travel aboard the Whetstone while they sowed discord among the families of the Unknown Regions Chiss Ascendancy, visiting several Chiss worlds and meeting with Ascendancy officials. Jixtus dispatched Crofyp's task force to the Unknown Regions' Rapacc system, where the Kiljis attempted to capture a group of refugees hiding on the planet Rapacc; however, confronted by the Paccosh-commandeered Nikardun blockade frigate Aelos and the Chiss heavy cruiser Springhawk, the task force was unable to retrieve the refugees, as the Anvil was destroyed by the Springhawk and the Hammer was forced to flee.

After the Illumine's battle fleet, the Illumine Kilhorde, was destroyed by the Paataatus Hiveborn nation, the Whetstone traveled to the Unknown Regions' "Sunrise" system, where Jixtus killed Nakirre, as he considered the generalirius useless without the Kilhorde. Following Nakirre's murder, the war cruiser's crew fired the Whetstone weaponry at Jixtus's flagship, the FateSpinner, prompting its commander to destroy his own warship and kill himself.

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