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"I want my fleet to be led toward whatever trap they have set—with the Watchkeeper well in the lead."
―Hortel Ossilege[1]

The Watchkeeper was a Bakura-class destroyer in the Bakuran Defense Fleet.

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"The time has come to explain the situation. As you know, we have taken the Watchkeeper in tow and transferred virtually all of her crew to the other vessels. You no doubt are wondering why we are taking a near-derelict craft in tow as we enter into battle. I will tell you flat out now. I intend to sacrifice her."
―Hortel Ossilege[1]
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Planetary repulsor strikes the Watchkeeper like an invisible fist

The Watchkeeper was part of a fleet of four capital ships, led by the Intruder, upgraded with experimental hyperwave inertial momentum sustainer technology that allowed it to break through interdiction fields. In 18 ABY, the Watchkeeper was loaned to the New Republic under Captain Mantrony to use in their assault on the planet Selonia during the Corellian Crisis.[1]

The Watchkeeper was damaged upon entering the Corellian system due to the use of the hyperwave inertial momentum sustainer. Captain Mantrony was able to reestablish life support, but could not repair the propulsion system. At first, Admiral Hortel Ossilege planned to leave the vessel until the end of hostilities, but then seized upon the idea of using it as a decoy to draw out the superweapon of the Sacorrian Triad in the Battle of Centerpoint Station. The ship was evacuated and controlled via remote at the head of the fleet, using a combination of Watchkeeper's half-crippled sublight engines and tractor beams from the fleet. When Light Attack Fighters from Selonia strafed the ship and quickly retreated as an invitation to pursue, Admiral Ossilege maneuvered the Watchkeeper into the trap. As anticipated, it was destroyed by the Selonian planetary repulsor, which flattened its entire lower hull before it exploded.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Assault at Selonia
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