Shield escort-ship

Shield escort-ships were huge escort ships, used to protect smaller and much less heat-standing ships. They worked as they turned their giant shield against the star, and thereby cut of the heat from the star. Behind the giant shield the escorted ships were hiding. Planets like [[Nkllon] had an orbit to close to the sun, and therefor the only way for a ship to approach was to be escorted by a Shield escort-ship. Unless it would burn up.

Behind the scenes

 * By the look of it's size, a Shield escort-ship was about 3 kilometers long and it's shield 2 km in diameter. By other means it could house a Imperial Star Destroyer behind it's massive shield.


 * A Shield escort-ship follows Millenium Falcon to the surface of Nkllon were they are looking for Lando Calrissian in the always moving Nomad City.

Appearances

 * ''Star Wars: Heir To The Empire#3
 * ''Star Wars: Heir To The Empire#4