Principality

As one of the most powerful capital ships in the galaxy, the Executor Class Super Star Destroyer Principality is the current flagship of the Imperial Navy. Originally constructed as the sister ship to Admiral Gandel's Decimation following his rise to power and brief tenure as Regent of the Galactic Empire the Principality has since earned a proud reputation as a fighting vessel with a storied history.



In contrast to more conventional Executor-Class designs the Principality is a Decimation-sub class variant that was designed and built by the Balmorran Engineering Corporation after the conglomerate was co-opted by Gandel for his own plans. The Principality had a heavier weapons layout, thicker armor, and a number of design features that served to make her unique within the family of Imperial Supercapital ships.

Following her commissioning, command of the ship was awarded to High Admiral Kolot Rosion sometime prior to the launch of Emperor Damascus'campaign to retake the Core from the New Republic. Under Rosion's direction, the Principality led the Imperial Sixth Expeditionary Fleet to a major victory at Brentaal IV, Coruscant, Ralltiir, and numerous other engagements that stretched across the Perlemian.



Perhaps the Principality's biggest test to date however, came at the climatic Battle of Corellia where she led one half of the massive Imperial fleet that attacked the combined New Republic and Corellian forces assembled there. Unlike the Super Star Destroyer Cleansing however, the massive command ship came within a hair's breadth of being destroyed at Corellia after the appearance of GAIT and her fleet of AIs, and ironically was only saved after a series of innovative evasive maneuvers on her part and the intervention of several wings of New Republic snubfighters.

In the aftermath of Corellia nearly one third of the ship's crew had been killed or seriously injured, and the Principality herself was forced to spend nearly a year in drydock where she underwent extensive repairs and modifications before being deployed once more at the Battle of Chil'a'Chin towards the end of the Xen'Chi War.



Since then the Principality has primarily served on a series of "flagwaving" missions at Regent Thrawn's behest, mainly as a way of demonstrating Imperial strength even after the number of conflicts in recent years has left the Imperial Navy increasingly exhausted. As the most powerful ship in the fleet her appearance anywhere almost immediately serves to underscore the level of commitment the Empire has given to a major operation.