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Rand Ecliptic

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"Signed aboard theRand Ecliptic last week."
―Biggs Darklighter[4]

TheRand Ecliptic was anImperial II-class frigate during the time of theGalactic Civil War, captured byImperial defectors to theRebel Alliance among its crew.

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TheRand Ecliptic was anImperial II-class frigate and was first commanded byCaptainHeliesk, serving theGalactic Empire early in theGalactic Civil War.[2]

Upon the graduation ofpilotsBiggs Darklighter,Derek Klivian, and their classmates from theImperial Academy,[1] they were assigned to theRand Ecliptic as part of its complement ofTIE/LN starfighters,Twilight Squadron. Both Darklighter and Klivian were involved with different rebel cells on the ship, two of theRand Ecliptic's four such cells, none of which knew of the existence of the others.[2]

While Darklighter and his cell were having a secret meeting discussing their planned defection, they were discovered by Klivian, leading to a confrontation between Klivian and Darklighter, and forcing Darklighter and his cell to defect from the Empire sooner than they had originally planned. Unbeknownst to Darklighter, Klivian, likewise accelerating his plans, began his owninsurrection with his rebel cell with the help of the other pair of cells aboard theRand Ecliptic. Klivian was able to lead the mutiny to success, taking over thefrigate.[2] Ironically, unbeknownst to any of the rebel cells, the captain himself was aRebel agent codenamed Starfire, though he could not afford to reveal himself.[5]

Meanwhile, Darklighter and his group escaped theRand Ecliptic during the chaos on TIE fighters—which lackedhyperdrives.[2] Hiding out in deep space for hours with few supplies and little air, they eventually decided to return toRand Ecliptic to raid the ship's fuel and oxygen supplies, only to find that Klivian had commandeered the vessel. Under the command of Klivian, with Darklighter as his first mate, theRand Ecliptic set out to join the Rebel Alliance.[3]

At some point after the mutiny, Imperial forces attempted to stop theRand Ecliptic from escaping to the Rebellion, but the mutineers, with the assistance ofLindy, a friend of Hobbie's,[5] dumped the ship's cargo into the path of the pursuing TIE fighters, destroying them and allowing the ship to escape tohyperspace.[6]

Taken to theRebel base onYavin 4, theRand Ecliptic participated in astrike at an Incom Corporation facility, carrying capturedIncomX-wing starfighters back to Yavin.[3]

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The Rand Ecliptic as seen in X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel

TheRand Ecliptic as seen inX-Wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel

TheRand Ecliptic was first mentioned by Biggs Darklighter in theStar Wars novelization, though the corresponding scene was cut fromA New Hope. Other works and sources introduced numerous inconsistencies in the ship's appearance, role, and history. The novelization,Star Wars radio drama, andWest End Games roleplaying material all describe the ship as a merchantfreighter.[7][8]X-Wing Rogue Squadron 25 depicts it as a model of starship different from its later appearance.[6] The latestLegends incarnation, the arcDarklighter in the comic seriesEmpire, depicts theRand Ecliptic as a wedge-shaped Imperial frigate, as described in this article.[2]

The events surrounding the mutiny inDarklighter differ greatly from Hobbie's retelling of them inGalaxy Guide 3's short story"Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic".[2][3][9] This article presentsDarklighter's version of events for the sake of clarity.

According to "Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic", Klivian and Darklighter planned to jump ship together, meeting Lindy and his Rebel contact "Starfire" while theRand Ecliptic was delivering a consignment ofrubindum ore in theBestine system. Through the covert efforts of "Starfire", in fact Alliance sympathizer Captain Heliesk, Lindy and his rebel allies were taken aboard the ship, while Darklighter and Klivian staged a mock mutiny. With Lindy's rebels as their crew, they took control of theRand Ecliptic by threatening to set the ship to self-destruct, allowing the Rebel Alliance to take possession of the frigate's cargo of rubindum without exposing Heliesk's allegiance.[9]

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