Mon Calamari Shipyards/Legends

The Mon Calamari Shipyards were the manufacturers of numerous space transports and warships.

When the Mon Calamari joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic, the shipyards became the main source of new warship construction for the Alliance, as well as the New Republic and later the Galactic Alliance.

The Mon Calamari shipyards were known for their advanced and powerful capital warships, ranging from standard cruisers to massive battleships and Star Defenders.

Early Years
The shipyards of Mon Calamari came into being several hundred years before the Battle of Yavin, when the people of Dac, particularly the Mon Calamari, began to dream about what lay beyond their own world.

Together they constructed several orbital facilities, which were used to study techniques ranging from zero-gravity manufacturing to starship propulsion. This began the first construction of starliners which explored first the Calamari system and later surrounding worlds, including Ruisto and Mantan.

In time, the world became encircled with shipyards and construction facilities, as well as some secret ones hidden underwater on the planets surface. These would prove useful centuries later when the Galactic Empire invaded the planet.

Republic Contact
It was starliners from Mon Calamari that first stumbled across Galactic Republic exploration vessels. Despite the level of advanced technology that they discovered, Republic explorers did not fully grasp the ability of the world's shipyards. Mon Calamari designs were seldom seen outside the Calamari Sector, though this would change when they came to the attention of Count Dooku.

Into the Clone Wars
As the Separatist movement grew, CIS leader Count Dooku visited Dac. Upon seeing the vessels that they were able to build, Dooku judged the shipyards as advanced and sophisticated as the great yards of Fondor or Gyndine. Yet, when Dooku tried to get Dac and its advanced shipyards to join his growing movement, they resisted. Angered, Dooku unleashed the Dark Reaper weapon on the world, which severely damaged its shipyards.

Further damage was sustained during an early battle of the Clone Wars, which pitted loyalist Mon Calamari and Republic clonetroopers against the CIS backed Quarren Isolation League. While the Mon Cals and their Republic allies prevailed, shipbuilding was further delayed when CIS agents stole shipbuilding technique plans, which were later used by the Confederacy to produce the Recusant-class light destroyer.

Imperial Era
With the rise of Empire brought enslavement and control onto the Mon Calamari and Quarren. The shipyards became a valuable prize to the Empire, which used them to maintain a substantile military presence to subdue any resistance on Mon Calamari or the neighboring Tion worlds.

Yet, this dream never materialized, as Imperial engineers struggled to adapt Mon Calamari tools and equipment. This was an impossible task, as everything from smelting techniques to arcfusers were designed for Mon Cal and Quarren physiology.

After a few failed experiments in using the yards to build warships for the Empire, the project was scrapped when the Imperial High Command deemed the project too expensive. The shipyards sat idle as the Mon Calamari quietly plotted to restore their freedom.

Arsenal of the Rebel Alliance
Once the Mon Calamari managed to overthrow their Imperial oppressors, the shipyards began to modify their massive starliners into combat capable warships.

With help from their new allies, the Rebel Alliance, the Mon Calamari began to build more powerful cruisers. When the Mon Calamari voted to become open members of the Alliance, Rebel technicians were dispatched to learn from and aid the Mon Cals in constructing warships for the Rebel fleet.

While the shipyards specialized in their own Star Cruisers, they were adapted to produce corvettes and frigates as well. A single yard could produce a frigate or corvette a month, while the larger Star Cruisers could be turned out in six months.

The Mon Calamari Star Cruiser would go on to become the mainstay of the Alliance navy, serving with distinction in numerous battles, including the climactic Battle of Endor.

Mainstay of the New Republic
As the Rebel Alliance transitioned into the New Republic, the Mon Calamari Shipyards remained a major builder of warships. New classes of Star Cruisers, like the MC80B Star Cruiser and later the MC90 Star Cruiser would fill the ranks of the New Republic Defense Force. This made the yards a high profile target, which happened on two occasions.

The shipyards suffered damage during the attacks of the Empire's fearsome World Devastators, as well as some minor damage a year later during a attack by Imperial Admiral Daala. Still, these setbacks did not deter the Mon Calamari shipyards. They were repaired and expanded.

As the galaxy began to change following peace with the Empire, the Mon Calamari continued to produce state of the art capital warships for the New Republic, including the powerful Mediator-class Battle Cruiser and Viscount-class Star Defender.

Yuuzhan Vong Invasion
The shipyards were a key resource for the New Republic during the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion. The yards continued to produce powerful battle cruisers and Star Defenders as the New Republic military beefed up in response to the invasion. Even after being cut off from the rest of the New Republic when the Yuuzhan Vong pierced the Perlemian Trade Route, the shipyards kept up production, sending new units to the front lines via secret hyperspace routes.

Following the Fall of Coruscant, the yards became a even more vital asset as the government relocated to the water world. As the New Republic began to reorganize into the Galactic Alliance, the shipyards worked at a feverish pace to replenish and replace losses sustained earlier in the war.

With most of the major shipbuilding worlds of the Galaxy under Yuuzhan Vong control, the Mon Calamari shipyards were the most important manufacturing asset to the New Republic. At the end of the war, the Mon Calamari and their shipyards were hailed as a symbol of idealism and determination in the face of danger.

Under the Galactic Alliance
With so many other major shipyards, like Kuat Drive Yards, the yards of Bilbringi, and Fondor devastated by invasion, the Mon Calamari shipyards undoubtedly benefited from surviving the war intact. Seeing as their battle cruisers and Star Defenders played such a major role in the defeat of the Vong, it was likely that the shipyards would remain a principle supplier of warships to the new government.

By the time of the Second Corellian Insurrection, the Mon Calamari shipyards had produced the new Mon Cal heavy carrier for the Galactic Alliance. One of this class, the Blue Diver, was assigned to the Second Fleet during the Battle of Tralus.

Products

 * Amphib fighter
 * A-Z-Z-3 light freighter
 * Bantha-class assault shuttle (with SoroSuub Corporation)
 * Calamarian Tanker
 * Constructor Pod
 * DeepWater-class light freighter
 * Kuari Princess
 * MC18 light freighter
 * MC30 frigate
 * MC40a light cruiser
 * MC80 Star Cruiser
 * MC80a battleship
 * MC80a Star Cruiser
 * MC80B Star Cruiser
 * MC90 Star Cruiser
 * Mediator-class Battle Cruiser
 * Mon Calamari ceremonial ship
 * Mon Calamari corvette
 * Mon Calamari frigate
 * Mon Cal heavy carrier
 * Mon Calamari ore hauler
 * Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (Nespis VIII)
 * Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (striped)
 * Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (stubby)
 * Nautical Star
 * Sailfish
 * Shark
 * Simiyar-class Light Freighter
 * Viscount-class Star Defender
 * Wander Jump-class freighter

Appearances

 * Dark Empire
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Destiny's Way
 * Unifying Force