Chiss Defense Fleet

This article is about the Defense Fleet of the Chiss Ascendancy. You may be looking for the Expansionary Fleet.

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"That device is not your property. It belongs to the Chiss Defense Fleet."
"And if I remain a member of the Expansionary Fleet, I will of course turn it over to you. But if my military position is revoked, I will no longer have any official loyalty except to my adoptive family."

―Admiral Ar'alani and Force Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo discuss the Vagaari gravity well projector^[2]

The Chiss Defense Fleet was one of the internal defense fleets^[2] of the Chiss Ascendancy's Expansionary Defense Fleet, that along with the Household and Colonial Phalanxes,^[3] was charged with repelling aggressive incursions and considering long-term strategic concerns.^[2]

History[]

"We have a significant number of stars and star systems, yes. But the Nine Families have long discouraged our people from probing or prying into the territories of others. Certainly the Defense Fleet and all official personnel are required to stay within our own borders."

―Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano^[1]

At some point by 27 BBY,^[4] a Chiss force of the Defense Fleet commanded by Admiral Ar'alani participated in the battle against a small reconnaissance force of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet, in which the Chiss were victorious.^[2]

In case of an enemy invasion,^[3] the Defense Fleet in earnest began to fortify a star cluster known as the Redoubt as an emergency refuge^[2] in 27 BBY.^[5] The Defense Fleet personnel built fortifications^[2] known as the firepoints and scattered war vessels throughout the cluster.^[1]

Personnel[]

"Senior officers of the Defense Fleet belong to no family. They're stripped of family name and privilege and made part of the Defense Hierarchy in order that they may serve all Chiss without deference or prejudice."
"So military command is merit-based, and not something that comes from Family connections?"
"Exactly. Officers are taken into the Hierarchy once they've proven themselves, just as the Ruling Families themselves select merit adoptives."

―Force Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo and Maris Ferasi^[2]

Both the Expansionary Fleet^[2] and the Defense Fleet wore specialized black Defense Fleet uniforms. The black color of the uniform signified that the Defense Fleet recruited its members from all of the Chiss families.^[1] When a Chiss warrior was accepted into the Defense Fleet, they were made a merit adoptive of a Chiss family.^[2]

Chiss officers were required to prove themselves similar to how the Ruling Families selected merit adoptives to be taken into the Defense Hierarchy. Upon promotion to a senior officer in the Defense Fleet, the officer was stripped of family name and privilege and made part of the Hierarchy in order that they may serve all Chiss without deference or prejudice. The Corellian smuggler Jorj Car'das incorrectly believed that the reason Admiral Ar'alani wore a white uniform was because she was connected to the Defense Fleet instead of the Expansionary Fleet.^[2]

Equipment[]

Unlike the starships of the Expansionary Fleet which were equipped with more powerful transmitters, the Defense Fleet vessels relied on a colony system's network of boosters and repeaters, and were equipped with lesser transmitters.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

The Chiss Defense Fleet first appeared in the 2004 Star Wars novel Survivor's Quest, written by Timothy Zahn.^[1] The 2006 novel Outbound Flight, also written by Zahn, established the Chiss Defense Fleet as a distinct organization.^[2]

There is a discrepancy regarding the senior officers of the Chiss Defense Fleet. General Prard'ras'kleoni retains his family name in the Survivor's Quest,^[1] but the Outbound Flight establishes that senior officers of the Defense Fleet were stripped of their family names and were made part of the Defense Hierarchy.^[2] This article assumes Prard'ras'kleoni hasn't proven himself, and thus wasn't made part of the Hierarchy, despite the fact that he's a senior officer in the Defense Fleet.

Appearances[]

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Outbound Flight (and unabridged audiobook) (as Chiss Defense Fleet, Defense Fleet)
Survivor's Quest (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book) (First identified as Chiss Defense Fleet, Defense Fleet, in book)

Sources[]

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Mentioned in multiple entries, but without own entry) (as Chiss Defense Fleet)
The Essential Atlas (Indirect mention only)

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Survivor's Quest
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 ^2.18 ^2.19 ^2.20 ^2.21 ^2.22 Outbound Flight
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The Essential Atlas
↑ Outbound Flight, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 27 BBY, establishes that the Chiss have already fought the Yuuzhan Vong by the time the events of the novel take place.
↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Outbound Flight to 27 BBY.

[Survivor's_Quest-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Survivor's Quest

[Outbound_Flight-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 ^2.18 ^2.19 ^2.20 ^2.21 ^2.22 Outbound Flight

[TEA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 The Essential Atlas

[Vong_Date-4] Outbound Flight, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 27 BBY, establishes that the Chiss have already fought the Yuuzhan Vong by the time the events of the novel take place.

[Outbound_Flight_Date-5] The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Outbound Flight to 27 BBY.

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