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The Relentless was a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer in the Imperial Navy of Darth Krayt's Sith Empire.

Description
The Relentless was a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer which were originally manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards for the Fel Empire. The design of the ship drew upon the distinctive wedge-shape of earlier Star Destroyers, and featured a heavily slanted forward hull. Offensively, the Relentless was armed with turbolasers and sported a compliment of Predator-class fighters. The Star Destroyer was also equipped with shields and a hyperdrive system.

History
"Frigates Ironstar and Verpine are reporting heavy damage. Our own shields are down to twenty percent."

- Captain Hoge during the battle against Stazi's fleet above Dac

In 137 ABY&mdash;seven years after Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt deposed Galactic Emperor Roan Fel and established his Sith Empire at the end of the Empire's war with the Galactic Alliance &mdash;the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer Relentless was the flagship of Krayt's Outer Rim Third Fleet. Overseen by Quarren Sith Lord Darth Azard, the Imperial Outer Rim Third Fleet had been charged with capturing the fugitive commander of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet, Admiral Gar Stazi, as well as destroying the unified fragments of the Alliance military, dubbed the Galactic Alliance Remnant. Emperor Krayt had placed Kel Dor Admiral Sha Dun in charge of the mission, and, under his command, the Relentless and the Third Fleet made a number of small victories over Stazi and the Alliance Core Fleet.

Despite the many minor victories, however, Dun had failed to stop Stazi's attacks. On the command deck of the Relentless&mdash;currently stationed in the Calamari sector&mdash;Lord Azard executed Admiral Dun for his failure, and replaced him with the Humanocentric Admiral Dru Valan, who had already faced Stazi during the Battle of Caamas, the last major battle of the Sith-Imperial War. Azard told Valan not to underestimate Stazi as Sha Dun had, and warned the admiral not to fail him. As his first act in command of the fleet, Valan had the Relentless ' s Captain, Hoge, replace all alien personnel of the fleet with Human personnel.

Admiral Valan plotted to set up a trap for Stazi by baiting him with the possibility of capturing the Imperious-class Star Destroyer Imperious, which was under construction at the shipyards of the planet Dac. Aboard the Relentless, the Toydarian information broker Niffla informed Valan that she had seen Monia Gahan, the niece of former Galactic Alliance Triumvir Gial Gahan and a member of Rogue Squadron, at the shipyards, showing that Stazi had taken the bait. Several days later, Stazi's fleet jumped into the system to take the Imperious, and Valan sprung his trap. Arriving in the Calamari system with the Relentless and the Third Fleet, Valan believed he had Stazi's fleet trapped between his fleet and the shipyards; however, Stazi had prepared for Valan's trap by setting his own trap with the aid of the Mon Calamari.

Valan and Hoge oversaw the battle from the bridge of the Relentless, and watched as Stazi's fleet attacked, leading Valan to order the shipyards automated defense systems to come online and fire on the Alliance ships. Control of the shipyard's defense systems had been taken over by the Alliance, however, and sustained fire from both it and the Alliance fleet brought the Relentless ' s shield strength to as low as twenty percent. The battle resulted in the Alliance capturing the Imperious and destroying a third of the shipyards. Valan's fleet was devastated and Stazi once again escaped, though Stazi was unaware that the Imperious had been sabotaged by Emperor-in-exile Roan Fel's Imperial Knights. Disgraced, Valan gave command of the Relentless to Captain Hoge and retired to his quarters to commit suicide rather than face Darth Azard.

Commanders and crew

 * Darth Azard - in command of the Outer Rim Third Fleet
 * Admiral Sha Dun
 * Admiral Dru Valan
 * Captain Hoge
 * As his first act in command Valan had the Relentless ' s Captain, Hoge, replace all alien personnel of the fleet with Human personnel.

Behind the scenes
The Relentless made its first appearance in the twentieth issue of the Star Wars: Legacy series, Indomitable, Part 1, published on February 27, 2008. The issue was written by John Ostrander and penciled by Omar Francia.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 20: Indomitable, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 21: Indomitable, Part 2

Notes and references
Category:Flagships Category:Imperial starships Category:Pellaeon-class Star Destroyers

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