Protector (Victory I-class)

Protector
Production information
Manufacturer	Rendili StarDrive Kuat Drive Yards
Product line	Star Destroyers
Model	Victory I-class Star Destroyer
Technical specifications
Length	900 meters
Width	578 meters
Height/depth	248 meters
Usage
Role(s)	Flagship Peacekeeping battleship Destroyer
Destroyed	3 ABY
Present for battles/events	Sepan campaign Battle of Science Station Youst Battle of Sepan 8 Galactic Civil War Battle for Honor
Affiliation	Galactic Empire Imperial Navy Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Fleet
Fleet	Harkov's fleet
Commander(s)	Admiral Harkov
Crewmembers	Vondruln

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Protector was a Victory I-class Star Destroyer that served as the flagship of Imperial Admiral Harkov.

History

Harkov's involvement in the development of the TIE Avenger made Protector one of the first ships to have received the new starfighters.

Protector during the Sepan Civil War

The Protector served various duties, such as the command ship of Imperial Navy forces in the Sepan system during the Sepan Civil War as well as escorting convoys carrying construction supplies and equipment secretly headed to the Death Star II as was discovered by Rebel pilot Ace Azzameen. It was involved in Harkov's defection and evaded capture for a short time after the Admiral's demise. Eventually Protector was hunted down by Imperial forces. Despite assistance from the Rebel Alliance, in the form of the MC40a light cruiser Warhawk, and several CR90 corvettes and Delta-class JV-7 escort shuttles, and one of Harkov's EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, Akaga, Protector was destroyed by Imperial starfighter forces led by Maarek Stele.

Legacy

A (presumably fictionalized) account of the exploits of the Protector were recorded in the holo-serial The Voyages of the VSD Protector. Amongst the accounts related was an encounter with a slivilith.

Behind the scenes

The Protector is first shown in the TIE Fighter computer game, where it is described and depicted in gameplay as a Victory-class Star Destroyer. In one cut-scene set during the Sepan campaign, the Protector appears as an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, due to the footage being recycled from a generic return-to-base scene.

In 2008, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia stated there were three different Victory-class Star Destroyers called Protector in the Expanded Universe. Two were used by the Empire : this one and an other, a Victory II-class Star Destroyer.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Empire at War
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
• Star Wars: TIE Fighter (First appearance)

Sources

• TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
• TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
• Alien Anthology
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references

In other languages

• Deutsch