Part ship, half murals, all lethal. We break down the modified Imperial I-class Star Destroyer captained by Thrawn: the Chimaera.
The ISD Chimaera is among the most stunning and notorious ships within the Imperial Navy. It was a modified Imperial I-class Star Destroyer captained by none apart from the up-and-coming Imperial officer who would turn out to be Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Under Thrawn’s command, the Chimaera performed a job in among the most pivotal occasions within the galaxy. But it started its tour of obligation as nothing greater than a typical Imperial I.
Chimera‘s Modifications
Like most Imperial I-class Star Destroyers, the Chimaera was manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards. It measured the usual 1,600 meters by 900 meters. And it carried the usual financial institution of three KDY Destroyer-I ion engines, and 4 Cygnus Spaceworks Gemon-4 ion engines.
Its Solar ionization reactor plant powered the assorted Taim & Bak XX-9 heavy turbolaser batteries and ion cannons. In some ways, it was a typical line mannequin. Except for Thrawn’s modifications.
Eight turbolasers surrounded the command towers. And not like the standard double-barreled turbolaser turrets, the Chimaera (and later all Star Destroyers underneath Thrawn’s seventh fleet) featured eight-barreled turrets. Thrawn’s flagship was additionally fitted with two hangar bays, positioned on both finish of the ventral docking bay. With a big door to cowl the aft bay, the ship may very well be safe however might launch its complement of fighters in all instructions.
And because it carried a complement of TIE/d Defender Multi-Role starfighters, it might swing even essentially the most pitched battle.
But maybe most notorious of all is Thrawn’s personal private contact. On the underside of the Chimaera is a big engraving of the ship’s namesake creature.
Thrawn first encountered the three-headed creature’s depiction as a part of the Chiss expeditionary fleet. And as he rose via the ranks, so too did his private emblem.
Early Service
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The Chimaera was positioned underneath Thrawn’s command shortly after the Chiss officer was promoted to Commodore. The new Commodore and his ship have been despatched to pacify early insurgent uprisings.
Perhaps essentially the most notable battles the Chimaera confronted early on have been its clashes with a insurgent group led by “Nightswan.” Thrawn and Nightswan fought one another for years, however Thrawn managed to maintain the higher hand. Famously, Thrawn fired on an Imperial area station to hamper escaping prisoners, whereas concurrently destroying their rescue frigate.
These early victories earned Thrawn a status for crafty past the standard Imperial commander. And with Thrawn’s status rising, so too was the Chimaera’s notoriety. Rebels got here to see the stylized chimaera as an indication of the Empire’s would possibly.
As Thrawn reached the rank of Admiral, he was given management of the Ninety-Sixth Task Force. And they have been rapidly known as to obligation to quell a revolt at Batonn and Scrim Island. Thrawn used the Chimaera’s ion cannons to set off a tsunami and managed to defeat Nightswan ultimately.
Thrawn and the Chimaera discovered victory after victory, even towards essentially the most cussed insurgent cells. However, the Chimaera was finally misplaced when a herd of purrgil, drawn by the transmissions of Ezra Bridger, hooked up themselves to the ship and vanished into hyperspace, taking Thrawn and Bridger with them.
They have but to return.
May the Force be with you
