As The New Republic collapsed and was replaced by The Galactic Alliance, the Viscount-Class Star Defenders were among the few ships that could face Vong attack forces with a fair expectation of success.

Suddenly the galaxy was once more embroiled in massive warfare, and the need for ships able to engage entire fleets was again clear. The Yuuzhan Vong Invasion changed that opinion. Many political agents began to suggest that the Viscount-Class had been a waste of resources, and that the Mon Calamari should cease building the next few in the class. The Viscount-Class did track down and engage a few warlords who turned to mass piracy, but such engagements were rare events. Indeed, many Super Star Destroyers had fallen into the New Republic's control, reducing the pressing need for Star Defenders. The sheer size of the Viscount-Class caused numouses delays in its construction, and by the time the first ship of its type was completed (25 years after the Battle of Yavin), the threat of enemy Super Star Destroyers was minimal and the Imperial Remnant was seen as an annoyance rather than a well-matched foe. A Viscount-Class is equipped with the firepower and support ships to defend an entire star system, without fleet support if necessary. To symbolize the change in philosophy, the classification of Star Defender was created. The result is the massive, 17-kilometer-long Viscount-Class Star Defender.įor obvious political reasons, no one in The New Republic was going to allow their most powerful ship to be called a Star Destroyer. Though design and construction of such ships would take years, the decision was made to commit to a Super Star Destroyer scale of a ship. The New Republic had nothing that could go toe-to-toe with a Super Star Destroyer. Though Admiral Ackbar had successfully engaged and destroyed The Executor, the very difficulty of that victory convinced him that Imperial Super Star Destroyers were the greatest threat the fledgling New Republic would face for the next several years. The Empire had dozens of battle groups still controlling vast sections of space, and many of those battle groups had a Super Star Destroyer to lead them. The death of the Emperor and the destruction of the second Death Star were massive blows to the Empire, but they were far from conclusive defeats. Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Starships of the Galaxy

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