Thranta (starship)

The Thranta was a starship of the Survivor Fleet, a fleet of Alderaanians who survived the destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Death Star and got rescued by rebels Princess Leia Organa and Lieutenant Evaan Verlaine. Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY, a group of raiders serving Imperial Commander Ellian Zahra, who had a vendetta against Organa for playing a role in the death of her mentor Governor Wilhuff Tarkin during the Battle of Yavin at the hands of Jedi Commander Luke Skywalker attacked the Survivor Fleet, destroying several of its vessels and capturing the Thranta.

Zahra set a trap for Organa, leaving the Thranta empty aside from Preserver Jora Astane, who was dead but connected to machinery that kept her body active enough to show a life sign. When the Survivor Fleet missed several check-ins, Verlaine, Organa, and Skywalker investigated the fleet's last known location. There, they found the Thranta, and Organa and Skywalker boarded the vessel, discovering Astane's body. Zahra's raider forces subsequently arrived, launching an attack on the Thranta. Skywalker took Organa to an escape pod, but the Thranta was destroyed shortly afterward. Organa's escape pod was captured by Zahra and brought aboard one of her vessels, while Skywalker, who also managed to enter an escape pod, got collected from the Thranta wreckage shortly afterward. The rebels killed Zahra, and Organa learned a majority of the Survivor Fleet escaped.

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