Shieldship

Shieldship

Characteristics[]

The Shieldships resembled giant umbrellas and were designed to repel the dangerous heat rays of the system'sstar. They had large tubes and fins designed to vent the heat generated by the star. However, the cooling gear onboard a Shieldship needed to be replaced after every visit to Nkllon.

Any ship that traveled to and from Nkllon had to trail behind a Shieldship for protection from the star's rays or its systems and hull plating would be melted by the star. The Shieldship had an advancedslave circuit system for taking control of the ships behind it, making a quick 1 hourhyperspace jump to Nkllon. Without a slaving system, then the trip to Nkllon would have to be made atsublight speeds which would take up to 10 hours.

History[]

WhenLando Calrissian'sNomad City controlled Nkllon, it was profiting with nearly 10 millioncredits a year. The Shieldship was designed by Lando Calrissian himself, who was inspired after witnessingCronal's actions during theBattle of Mindor,^[2] and was constructed byRepublic Engineering Corporation. Lando purchased twelve of the Shieldships, which allowed for up to three visits to Nkllon per day.

During theGalactic Civil War,Grand AdmiralThrawn attacked Nkllon, stole Lando Calrissian's mining machines, disabled every shieldship, and disrupted communications. Had it not been for the timely arrival ofGarm Bel Iblis, everyone on Nomad City would have died.

The Shieldships (lent from Lando Calrissian's base above his mining operations atDubrillion andDestrillion's asteroid fields, which in turn were given toHan andLeia Solo) were also used todefeat theYuuzhan Vong at their base on the planetHelska IV. The Shieldships took orbit around the enemy planet and reflected the condensation of the planet back towards itself, and froze the planet to near absolute zero. Theyammosk, or war coordinator, was stopped, and the Yuuzhan Vong were utterly destroyed without the joining power of the yammosk.

Appearances[]

• Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor(Indirect mention only)
• Heir to the Empire(andunabridged audiobook)(First appearance, in book)
• The Last Command(andunabridged audiobook)
• The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime

Sources[]

• Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
• The Last Command Sourcebook
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• More Starships! onWizards.com(original site is defunct)
• Expand Your Fleet! onWizards.com(original site is defunct)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 40SHI 1-2: Shieldship
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• shieldship in theDatabank(original site is defunct)

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