Viscount-class Star Defender

Viscount-class Star Defender The Viscount-class Star Defender was a warship developed by the Mon Calamari for use by the New Republic Defense Fleet.

Characteristics


The Viscount-class was envisioned as the New Republic equivalent of an Executor-class Star Dreadnought. As such, it measured almost twice as large as the Mediator-class battle cruiser, was equipped with over a thousand weapons systems, and could carry hundreds of starfighters as well as dozens of small support vessels.

Although slightly smaller than the Executor-class, the superior construction skills of the Mon Calamari enabled the vessel to carry more starfighters, as well as having a substantially smaller crew.

Development
During the Black Fleet Crisis, the New Republic Fifth Fleet's Recon-X scouting of the Koornacht Cluster uncovered the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Intimidator as an element of the Duskhan League fleet.



With the potential threat of other heavy battleships, the New Republic Defense Force realized the need for larger dreadnoughts as Republic flagships in major battles. Despite having used MC80 battleships and Bulwark-class battlecruisers in previous decades, the New Republic had never constructed anything on this scale before.

Regardless, the Mon Calamari began development on the Viscount-class. Viscount, the first ship of the class, was completed in 25 ABY, shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong War began.

Active service
At some point prior to the Yuuzhan Vong War, Viscount aided the ongoing Republic consolidation of power by engaging rogue Imperial vessels. The extent of these battles and their duration is not known, but they constituted the rare events in which the Viscount-class was used for its original purpose, battling Imperial targets.

The Viscount-class, along with the Corellian Strident-class, marked the first of the Star Defender ship type. When the New Republic government transitioned into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, the Viscount-class continued to play a prominent role in the fleet.



The power of a Viscount-class Star Defender was evident during the Battle of Mon Calamari. The Viscount was part of a trio of heavy warships, including the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Guardian and the Mon Calamari battle cruiser Harbinger, that was deployed by the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet to use their heavy long range weapons to assault the center of the Yuuzhan Vong armada. The heavy guns of the Viscount were instrumental in destroying numerous warships.

Appearances

 * Vector Prime
 * The Unifying Force