Whirlwind (Imperial-class)
Whirlwind was one of twelve Imperial-class Star Destroyer owned by Supreme Warlord Blitzer Harrsk in the years following the death of Palpatine's clones.[1]
Eight years after the Battle of Endor, Harrsk was attacked by a fleet of Victory-class Star Destroyers under the command of rival warlord High Admiral Treuten Teradoc—the battle cost Harrsk his flagship, the heavily modified Star Destroyer Shockwave.[1]
Thirsty for revenge, Harrsk took command of his fleet from aboard the Whirlwind—with Admiral Daala assisting from aboard the Star Destroyer Firestorm—and launched a retaliatory strike against Teradoc. While in the midst of the raid, Daala—angry over the chaotic state of the Empire and the loss of her loyal second-in-command, Commander Kratas—disabled the Whirlwind with a volley of ion cannon fire, then opened a comm channel to both Harrsk's and Teradoc's forces requesting an end to in-fighting, and the selection of a commander to lead the remaining Imperial forces against the New Republic; if not such demands were met, she would self-destruct the Firestorm, taking with her Whirlwind and all surrounding vessels.[1]
Following the negotiations at Tsoss Beacon and the reunification of the Deep Core warlords, Whirlwind fell into the hands of the combined fleet under Daala and then-Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon. It would serve as part of a force of forty-five Star Destroyers under Pellaeon's command, and part of his personal armada of thirteen.[1]
Appearances
- Darksaber (First appearance)
Sources
The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)