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The '''Old Republic shipping fleet''',<ref name="The History of R-Series Astromech Droids">{{Journal|7|The History of R-Series Astromech Droids}}</ref> also known as the '''Old Republic merchant fleet'''<ref name="The Essential Guide to Droids" /> or simply the '''Republic merchant fleet''',<ref name="The New Essential Guide to Droids">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref> was the [[Merchant/Legends|merchant]] [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]].<ref name="The Clone Wars Campaign Guide" /> It was comprised of [[Bulk cruiser/Legends|bulk cruisers]] and container [[Starship/Legends|vessels]]. [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]] exclusively sold their prototype [[P2-series astromech droid]]s<ref name="The New Essential Guide to Droids" /> to the Republic for use aboard their merchant vessels on a trial basis,<ref name="The Clone Wars Campaign Guide" /> the [[Droid/Legends|droid]] manufacturer having specifically designed them for the fleet's [[Capital ship/Legends|capital]]-scale [[Realspace/Legends|space]] [[Transport/Legends|transports]].<ref name="P2 prototype astromech droid">{{DB|droids|p2prototype|P2 prototype astromech droid|archivedate=20100328104453}}</ref> Despite their flaws, most [[Captain/Legends|captains]] were pleased with the P2 units<ref name="The Essential Guide to Droids" /> and the [[Astromech droid/Legends|astromech droids]] would go on to serve the shipping fleet well.<ref name="The History of R-Series Astromech Droids" />
The '''Old Republic shipping fleet''',<ref name="The History of R-Series Astromech Droids">{{Journal|7|The History of R-Series Astromech Droids}}</ref> also known as the '''Old Republic merchant fleet'''<ref name="The Essential Guide to Droids" /> was the [[Merchant/Legends|merchant]] [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]. It was comprised of [[Bulk cruiser/Legends|bulk cruisers]] and container [[Starship/Legends|vessels]].<ref name="The Essential Guide to Droids" /> [[Industrial Automaton/Legends|Industrial Automaton]] exclusively sold their prototype [[P2-series astromech droid]]s to the Republic for use aboard their merchant vessels on a trial basis.<ref name="The Essential Guide to Droids" />


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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*{{Journal|7|The History of R-Series Astromech Droids}} {{1stm}}
*{{Journal|7|The History of R-Series Astromech Droids}} {{1stm}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Droids]]'' {{1stID|Old Republic merchant fleet}}
*{{EGCite|D|P2 and R1}} {{1stID|Old Republic merchant fleet}}
*''[[Arms & Equipment Guide]]''
*{{FFCite|21|AST1-2, ''P2 and R1 Astromech Droids''}}
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]'' {{1stID|Republic merchant fleet}}
*''[[The Clone Wars Campaign Guide]]''
*{{DB|droids|p2prototype|P2 prototype astromech droid|archivedate=20100328104453}}


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==

Latest revision as of 02:41, 10 March 2023

The Old Republic shipping fleet,[2] also known as the Old Republic merchant fleet[1] was the merchant fleet of the Galactic Republic. It was comprised of bulk cruisers and container vessels.[1] Industrial Automaton exclusively sold their prototype P2-series astromech droids to the Republic for use aboard their merchant vessels on a trial basis.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Old Republic shipping fleet was first mentioned in "The History of R-Series Astromech Droids," a 1995 article written by Pablo Hidalgo and illustrated by Matt Busch that was published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7.[2]

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Notes and references