MC80 Home One type Star Cruiser

MC80 battleship The MC80 battleship, a variant of the MC80 Star Cruiser, was a Mon Calamari battleship in the Alliance to Restore the Republic's fleet.

Characteristics


Although most Mon Calamari designs early on in the Galactic Civil War were converted from luxury liners and no two ships were identical, due to extensive refitting and adjustments made to the hulls when the vessels were converted for combat-duty, some general design-lines stood out.

One of these was a blue-gray plated wingless variant of the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser line of warships. These battleships were shaped like vaguely tapered conical cylinders with a bulbous stern covered with ten huge sublight thrusters.

They became famous due to their prominent roles as command ships, especially the two ships Independence and Home One, which both served as Admiral Ackbar's flagships.

History


Most of these ships were utilized in the early years of the Civil War, when the Rebel Alliance's resources were scant and their fleet was always on the move. Battleships like Home One served as mobile headquarters, keeping the Alliance High Command safer than they would have been in a fixed installation on a planet.

During the climactic Battle of Endor, most of the Alliance's naval resources were poured into their offensive fleet, and the MC80 battleships were gathered to add their firepower to the effort. These vessels were part of a flotilla of Mon Calamari ships that attacked the massive command ship Executor and brought down its shields.

In the years following the battle, these battleships were slowly phased out of frontline duty, with commanders like Ackbar using newer and more advanced warships like the MC90 Star Cruiser as their command ships.

Known ships



 * Defiance
 * Home One
 * Independence

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker
 * Entrenched
 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)
 * Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi 3
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * The Last Command
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * I, Jedi
 * Starship Battles