Sibwarra

The Shriwirr is a Ssi-Ruuvi Shree-Class Battle Crusier, and was the flagship of the attack attack fleet on the remote Imperial world Bakura shortly after the Battle of Endor. The Ssi-Ruuk are a saurian race from the very far reaches of the galaxy. The Shriwirr was a formidable ship, about 900 metres long and had the Ssi-Ruuvi equivelant 24 heavy turbolasers, 24 ion cannons, 12 concussion-missle launchers, 12 tractor beam projectors. The Shriwirr also carried 500 Swarm-class Battle Droids which are the Ssi-Ruuvi equivalent of Starfighters.

Since Ssi-Ruuk place a very high priority on capturing enemy ships, they often used the Shriwirr's tractor beam projectors and ion cannons to capture enemy ships which they dragged into huge landing bays. They then captured the crew of the ships and used a process called entechment to draw the life forces out of their captives and then transfer them into their droids, ships and computers. The Shriwirr had one large entechment lab onboard where many captives were turned into Ssi-Ruuvi slaves. Thirty more of these labs were being constructed on board the Shriwirr during the events of the novel The Truce at Bakura.

The Shriwirr has five meter tall ceilings since the Ssi-Ruuk are very tall. There are also several tunnels and passage ways for the P'w'ecks, a species conquered by the Ssi-Ruuk, to get around the ship and do their duties. The Ssi-Ruuk use the P'w'ecks as slaves. Since the P'w'ecks cannot be trusted, the Shriwirr had stun traps to ensure that the P'w'ecks follow their orders and keep out of the ship's sensitive areas. These stun traps can stun a P'w'eck and are lethal to humans. Conductive nets were also used to stop energy surges and to maintained a stabilised gravity since the Ssi-Ruuk were not advanced enough to install artificial systems onboard their starships.

During the attack on Bakura, the Ssi-Ruuvi force consisted of one Shree-class Battle Cruiser, one Sh'ner-class Planetary Assault Cruiser which carried 12 D'kee-class Landing Ships, one Lwhekk-class Manufacturing Ship, 4 Wurrif-class Light Cruiser, 20 Fw'Sen-class Picket Ships and about 1,300 Swarm-class Battle Droids. This force would have been easily defeated by Darth Vader's Death Squadron, but Bakura was a small Imperial outpost world and as a result was easily overwhelmed. This invasion force was led by Admiral Ivpikkis, and was only defeated by Luke Skywalker's Rebel taskforce.

During the Battle of Bakura, Luke was captured, but he broke free of the entechment lab and disabled the engineering control station. Although the Jedi Knight had been weakened and infected with a parasite, the Ssi-Ruuk abandoned the Shriwirr rather than facing him in combat. The ship was captured by the New Republic forces, who then outfitted it and made it part of their own fleet. They renamed it the Sibwarra after Dev Sibwarra, who had saved Luke Skywalker. Some technicians called it the Flutie, a derogatory name given to the Ssi-Ruuk because of the way they communicated. But it was not funny to the men and women who had fought the alien invaders. After the Battle of Bakura, the Sibwarra lead a New Republic fleet into Ssi-Ruuvi Space to deal with the alien menace. Some of the crew onboard the Sibwarra were killed during the journey by Ssi-Ruuvi security devices still onboard the ship. When the New Republic task force reached Ssi-Ruuk space, they discovered that the Chiss Ascendancy had launched a devastating raid on the Ssi-Ruuk. The New Republic joined forces with the Chiss Ascendancy and signed a treaty.