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{{Quote|You must have heard of the ship called the ''Queen of Ranroon?''"<br />"The treasure ship? The story that they use to put kids to bed?"<br />"Not story, history. The ''Queen of Ranroon'' was crammed full with spoils from whole solar systems, tribute to Xim the Despot."<br />"Listen, Badure, crazies have been hunting that ship for centuries. If she ever existed, she was either destroyed or someone plundered her long ago. You've been watching too many holo-thrillers.|Alexsandr Badure and Han Solo|<ref name="hll">''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]''</ref>}}
'''''Queen of Ranroon''''' was the [[treasury ship|treasure ship]] of the powerful [[Pre-Republic era|pre-Republic]] [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] [[Xim/Legends|Xim the Despot]]. One of the largest [[Starship/Legends|vessels]] of its day, the ''Queen of Ranroon'' was reputed to hold the treasure of a thousand conquered [[Planet/Legends|worlds]], and was one of the few Xim vessels that escaped his climactic defeat at the [[Third Battle of Vontor]]. The ship reached its final destination at [[Dellalt/Legends|Dellalt]] and offloaded its cargo, but for millennia was popularly believed to have disappeared. The legend of the ''Queen of Ranroon'' attracted great numbers of treasure hunters over the eons&mdash;in [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]], a group led by [[Alexsandr Badure]] and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] put the mystery to bed when they found the ship's bounty in Xim's Dellalt [[Xim's complex of treasure vaults|treasure vaults]].

==Description==
{{Quote|There's so much conflicting information about the ''Queen of Ranroon''; it's best to say this: Xim the Despot's treasure vessel was the largest ship ever built in her day.|S. V. Skynx|<ref name="hll" />}}
The ''Queen of Ranroon'' was constructed in the [[pre-Republic era]], built by the legendary [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] conqueror [[Xim/Legends|Xim]] to carry spoils from his conquests.<ref name="tec">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref> Considered the largest ship constructed in its time, the ''Queen of Ranroon'' held copious amounts of tribute and treasure, and was reputed to hold the plunder from a thousand worlds.<ref name="hll" /> The [[Treasury ship|treasure ship]] also carried 1,000 [[Battle droid/Legends|war droids]] of Xim's famed [[Guardian Corps]], the [[Droid/Legends|droids]] that were the engine of his war machine and served as guards aboard the ship.<ref name="egtd" />

==History==
{{Quote|Xim the Despot had left behind legends of whole planets despoiled, of mass spacings of prisoners and other atrocities. And Xim the Despot had ordered that stupendous treasure vaults be built for the tribute to be sent him by his conquering armies. The treasure never arrived, and the vacant vaults, all that remained from Xim's reign, were a minor curiosity generally ignored by the big, busy galaxy.|Alexsandr Badure|<ref name="hll" />}}
The son and heir of the formidable [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]] [[Chief/Legends|chieftain]] and [[Kingdom of Cron|Cronese]] [[King/Legends|King]] [[Xer VIII]], Xim the Despot arose to be one of the most famed conquerors of the pre-[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] era, expanding on his father's holdings to carve out a significant [[Xim's empire|empire]] in the [[Tion Hegemony/Legends|Tion Hegemony]].<ref name="atlas">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref> The ''Queen of Ranroon''&mdash;named for Xer's eighth wife, [[Hylei Indrexu Cortess]] of [[Ranroon]]&mdash;<ref name="evocar">{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/ximweek05/|text=Xim Week: The Despotica (Part IV: Evocar)|int=Xim Week: The Despotica}}</ref> eventually became one of the most well-known ships in Xim's fleet, reputed to hold treasures from a thousand looted worlds. Its holdings were such that Xim constructed a deep and extensive system of [[Xim's complex of treasure vaults|treasure vaults]] on the Tionese world of [[Dellalt/Legends|Dellalt]] to house the ship's wealth.<ref name="tec">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref>

Towards the end of Xim's long-running [[Xim Wars|conflicts]] with the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutts]], the Tionese despot contested the Hutts' claims to the [[Si'Klaata Cluster/Legends|Si'Klaata Cluster]], a coveted region near [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]]. Xim's great nemesis, [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv|Kossak the Hutt]], rallied his [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] near [[Vontor/Legends|Vontor]], an uninhabited [[Planet/Legends|planet]] Xim knew well&mdash;he had clashed with the Hutts there [[First Battle of Vontor|twice]] [[Second Battle of Vontor|before]]. However, Xim arrived at Vontor to find that Kossak had bolstered his forces with over a million [[Vodran/Legends|Vodrans]], [[Klatooinian/Legends|Klatooinians]] and [[Nikto/Legends|Nikto]], recruited from within the Si'Klaata Cluster. Xim's fleet was utterly destroyed, and the ''Queen of Ranroon'' was one of the few ships to escape.<ref name="enemies" />

The 1,000 war droids serving as guards aboard the ''Queen of Ranroon'' were the only to survive from Xim's famed forces, and the ship itself managed to reach its final destination at Dellalt, with its treasure vaults. There, the ship's cargo was offloaded and maintained for millennia by Xim's honor guard, which eventually devolved into an inbred cult called the [[Survivors (Dellalt)|Survivors]]. The ship itself passed into legend, with popular stories saying that it had disappeared, never to be seen again.<ref name="tec" /> About 10,000 years after the Third Battle of Vontor, the ''Queen of Ranroon'' appeared as a a setting in [[Peshosloc]]'s [[Holoplay/Legends|holoplay]] ''[[Xim at Vontor]]'',<ref name="vontor">{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/ximweek04/index.html|text=Xim Week: The Despotica (Part III: Xim at Vontor)|int=Xim Week: The Despotica}}</ref> and referred to in literary and dramatic works for millennia afterward.<ref name="evocar" />

By the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the ''Queen of Ranroon'' was regarded as little more than a children's tale, but that did not deter centuries' worth of treasure seekers from attempting to track down the legendary ship. However, while the ship itself was long gone, the treasure was still hidden in Dellalt's treasure vaults, under the nose of the galaxy. Its location continued to be a mystery until a contract laborer on Dellalt named [[Lanni Troujow]] stumbled upon the ''Queen of Ranroon''{{'s}} [[log-recorder]] in [[1 BBY/Legends|1 BBY]], providing a valuable clue for her sister [[Hasti Troujow|Hasti]] and father figure [[Alexsandr Badure]] to launch a renewed treasure hunt centered on Dellalt. With the aid of smugglers [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]], along with [[Ruurian/Legends|Ruurian]] scholar [[S. V. Skynx]], the ''Queen of Ranroon''{{'s}} long-lost treasure was finally uncovered from its hiding place. Although light on the gold and gems that had been popularly rumored, the ''Queen of Ranroon''{{'s}} haul&mdash;which was mostly war materiel&mdash;<ref name="hll" />became an incredibly valuable archaeological find that was studied for years to come.<ref name="evocar" />

==Commanders and crew==
One of the crown jewels of Xim's fleet, the ''Queen of Ranroon'' was staffed by Xim's elite honor guard, which continued to protect the treasure for millennia after as the cult known as the Survivors.<ref name="tec" /> It was also protected by one thousand of Xim's Guardian Corps war droids.<ref name="hll" />

==Behind the scenes==
The ''Queen of Ranroon'' was first mentioned in ''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]'', a novel written by [[Brian Daley]] and released in [[1980]],<ref name="revenge">''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]''</ref> and became a key plot point in Daley's subsequent novel, ''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]''.<ref name="hll" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{FFG|book=Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Game Master's Kit|text=''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion'' Game Master's Kit|story=Dead in the Water|stext=Dead in the Water}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Millennium Falcon (novel)|''Millennium Falcon'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Millennium Falcon (audiobook)|''Millennium Falcon'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*{{EGCite|D|Xim's War-Robot}}

==Notes and references==
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