Talk:Leviathan (starship)

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The Leviathan is from the fictional story of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.

The Leviathan is a Flagship constructed by the Republic. After Republic deserter, Saul Karath, turns the ship over to the Sith it is used by Darth Malak in his war against the Republic. It is used to destroy Taris, Telos and the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. It's finally destroyed during The Battle of the Star Forge by the Republic Fleet

Since the perfection of the hyperdrive, there has been a race to develop devices that counter its use. The ability to escape into faster-than-light corridors of space has long been exploited by criminals and fugitives, and for thousands of years there's been an invisible technological race between faster and smarter hyperdrive system and more powerful and effective interdictors. Four thousand years ago, the vanguard of interdicting technology was encased in a massive Republic warship, the Leviathan. Though inefficient by modern standards, the vessel was capable of preventing the use of hyperdrives of the era by simulating the presence of planet-sized masses with its four enormous gravity-well generators.

It was a great blow to the Republic when Admiral Saul Karath, defected to the growing Sith forces. The pride of the Republic navy became its greatest threat. Karath filled the cavernous hangar bays with two squadrons of agile Sith fighters, which supplemented its formidable arsenal of 20 quad laser cannons, a tractor beam projector, two ion cannons and four turbolaser batteries. Karath never lived to see the Leviathan destroyed. The Admiral had been killed just weeks before the epic Battle for The Star Forge.

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