Lira Wessex

Lira Wessex, born Lira Blissex, was the daughter of famous Galactic Republic engineer Walex Blissex, and an accomplished engineer in her own right.

While her father designed the Victory-class Star Destroyer for Rendili StarDrive, Lira was heading the development think-tank at Kuat Drive Yards, which designed several wedge-shaped ships inspired by Kuat subsidiary Rothana Heavy Engineering's Acclamator-class Assault Ship. Among these was the Venator-class Star Destroyer, which proved its value in several battles during the Clone Wars.

Not one to rest on her laurels, Lira Blissex had grander projects in mind. Using clout from her successful Clone Wars ship designs, she was authorized to design the test bed for a new class of warship, the Imperator-class Star Destroyer, which would later be renamed the Imperial-class. However, the project, which would be an expensive undertaking, became hotly debated by the elites of the Galactic Empire; entire planets had smaller gross domestic products than the cost of a single one of these new warships. Heated debate between the military strategists of the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Military Oversight Commission, and the soon-defunct Senate Budgetary Committee were even said to have risked destroying the Empire. By marrying Denn Wessex, one of Palpatine's first moffs, Lira Wessex gained the political clout she needed to expand and make the project a priority, ensuring that the technological marvel she designed would play an important role in the New Order.

Lira Wessex later went on to design the "Executor"-class Star Dreadnought and the Eclipse-class Star Dreadnought..

Appearances

 * Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241
 * Starfall
 * Crisis on Cloud City