Invisible Hand/Legends

The Invisible Hand was the flagship of General Grievous during the Clone Wars. It saw action at many engagements including those at Belderone, Humbarine, Duro, and Coruscant. It's name was so feared that the Confederacy of Independent Systems used a pair of "decoys", the Lucid Voice and the Colicoid Swarm, to terrorize unsuspecting Republic worlds.

The rounded, pseudo-organic design is owned to the CIS-allied Quarren. Alliance/New Republic Mon Cal Cruisers shared similar design asthetics due to the fact that those ships were designed by the Mon Calamari. Reflecting his vain nature, Grievous had the Invisible Hand's dorsal fin mounted communication and sensor pod refitted to house his quarters and a massive observasion deck. It is here that Palpatine was held captive and where Count Dooku lost his life to Anakin Skywalker.

The Battle of Coruscant would be the Hand's last combat emgagement. Due to the suddeness of the attack (as well as heavy signal jamming), not all Republic forces were aware of the Chancellor's presence aboard the Invisible Hand. A barrage of turbolaser fire from the Star Destroyer Guarlara took the Hand down. Succumbing to Coruscant's gravity and rapidly falling apart, Skywalker landed what little was left of her on an empty airfield. Though Skywalker, Kenobi, and Palpatine survived, the ship was irreperably damaged.