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| {{Quote|You will find there are many benefits to building a fortress. You should build one now.|Qui-Gon Jinn to the Wookiees on Alaris Prime|<ref name="GB">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''</ref>}}
| | The term '''fortress''', or the more causal '''fort''', usually referred to a rudely-constructed building used for army purposes, especially to one used by lower-end technological civilizations. More often, however, it was used to describe a heavily armored ground installation built on a battlefield or strategic location to act as a [[command center]] or [[palace]]. The installations were used by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] and the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. |
| [[File:RebelFortress.jpg|thumb|250px|A Rebel Alliance fortress]]
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| The term '''fortress''', or the more causal '''fort''', usually referred to a rudely-constructed building used for army purposes, especially to one used by lower-end technological civilizations. More often, however, it was used to describe a heavily armored ground installation built on a battlefield or strategic location to act as a [[command center]] or [[palace]]. Some fortresses were used by the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Separatist]] leader [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]] during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] on planets like [[Cato Neimoidia/Legends|Cato Neimoidia]] and other worlds. The installations were used by the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]], [[Gungan/Legends|Gungans]], [[Royal Naboo Security Forces/Legends|Royal Naboo Security Forces]], [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]], [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]], [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy]], [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] and the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. | |
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| ==History== | | ==Named Fortresses== |
| {{Quote|I have asked the Jedi council to allow me to fight with you. They have agreed on the condition that you create a fortress.|Qui-Gon Jinn to the Wookiees during the Battle for Alaris Prime|audio=Qui-Gon_fortress.ogg|<ref name="GB" />}}
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| Fortresses were built by a variety of civilizations throughout [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Timeline of galactic history/Legends|history]].<ref name="GB" /> [[Fort Tusken/Legends|Fort Tusken]] was constructed on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] in [[98 BBY]], becoming the namesake of the [[Tusken Raider]]s.<ref name="SoT">''[[Secrets of Tatooine]]''</ref>
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| [[File:TradeFedFortress.jpg|thumb|left|A Trade Federation fortress]]
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| During the [[Alaris Prime colonial war|war]] for the [[Moon/Legends|moon]] [[Alaris Prime/Legends|Alaris Prime]] fought between the [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]] [[Alaris Prime colonists|colonists]] and the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]]<ref name="GB" /> between [[39 BBY/Legends|39 BBY]] and [[36 BBY/Legends|36 BBY]],<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' places the [[Alaris Prime colonial war|war]] for [[Alaris Prime/Legends|Alaris Prime]] between [[39 BBY/Legends|39 BBY]] and [[36 BBY/Legends|36 BBY]].</ref> the Trade Federation's main [[Unidentified Trade Federation base|base]] contained a fortress. The Wookiees recognized that the fortress had to be destroyed to drive the corporation from Alaris Prime. [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Qui-Gon Jinn/Legends|Qui-Gon Jinn]] requested permission from the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]] to personally aid the Wookiees in the battle, which was granted on the condition that the Wookiees build a fortress. To do so the Wookiees had to upgrade their level of technology and collect enough [[Ore/Legends|ore]] to build it. After Wookiee workers constructed the fortress Jinn landed at the Wookiee [[Unidentified Wookiee base (fortress)|base]].<ref name="GB" />
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| The [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] informed the Wookiees of various military individuals available at the fortress, including the training of [[berserker]]s, aggressive warriors who dual-wielded [[Ryyk blade/Legends|ryyk blades]], the hiring of [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]], and the construction of [[Decimator cannon]]s. The Trade Federation fortress was destroyed in the [[Battle for Alaris Prime]]<ref name="GB" /> by Wookiee [[Energy Pummel (Wookiee)|energy pummels]].<ref name="Prima">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''</ref>
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| Fortresses were also constructed at the order of [[OOM command battle droid/Legends|commander battle droid]] [[OOM-9/Legends|OOM-9]] during the [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|Invasion of Naboo]] in 32 BBY. These fortresses were also constructed in the [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Spinnaker/Legends|Spinnaker]]. They were [[Liberation of Spinnaker|destroyed]] by elements of the [[Gungan Grand Army/Legends|Gungan Grand Army]]. Two more were [[Liberation of Harte Secur|destroyed]] in [[Harte Secur]] while the Gungan Grand Army liberated their [[Fambaa/Legends|fambaas]] from [[Camp Six]].<ref name="GB" />
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| [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] had a fortress on the planet [[Vjun/Legends|Vjun]] called [[Bast Castle]].
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| One [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] fortress was destroyed by the Wookiees and Rebel Alliance on the [[Avatar Orbital Platform]], also killing Moff Darcc and [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] [[Slavery/Legends|slaver]] [[Pekt]] in the process, during the liberation of Kashyyyk. Another was also destroyed during the battle of Hanoon near the city of Magentic to free the city from Imperial control in exchange for the [[Vor'Na'Tu]] shard. Another Imperial fortress was present on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] near the [[Imperial Palace/Legends|Imperial Palace]], along with an [[airbase]] and [[War Center|war center]].<ref name="GB" />
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| In the [[2001]] [[LucasArts]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', fortresses take the role of castles that originated in the video game [[Wikipedia:Age of Empires II|Age of Empires II]], costing identical resources and offering similar units and research. Fortresses cost 550 units of ore to build, and are only available to the player once they have reached the third technology level. A fortress is equipped with a turret that automatically shoots enemy ground units, as well as anti-air missiles. Each of the game's civilizations can create a unique unit to their civilization, bounty hunters, and blaster cannons.<ref name="GB" /> In the [[2002]] expansion ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns|Clone Campaigns]]'' [[air cruiser]]s were added to fortresses.<ref name="CC">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns]]''</ref>
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| *{{Journal|14|From the Files of Corellia Antilles}} | | *{{Journal|14|From the Files of Corellia Antilles}} |
| *''[[Hideouts & Strongholds]]'' | | *''[[Hideouts & Strongholds]]'' |
| *''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
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| *{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20041216b|text=Furry and Fury|int=Furry and Fury|archivedate=20090603071648}}
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| *{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=swminis/article/universepreview1|text=''Universe'' Preview 1|int=Universe Preview 1|archivedate=20100214142016}}
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| *[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
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| ==Notes and references==
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The term fortress, or the more causal fort, usually referred to a rudely-constructed building used for army purposes, especially to one used by lower-end technological civilizations. More often, however, it was used to describe a heavily armored ground installation built on a battlefield or strategic location to act as a command center or palace. The installations were used by the Galactic Empire, the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic.
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