MC80 Home One type Star Cruiser The MC80 " Home One " type Star Cruiser , also known as the MC80 Command Cruiser was one of the several MC80 Star Cruiser designs built by the Mon Calamari . Originally fielded before the Galactic Civil War as civilian vessels , they were modified by the Rebel Alliance , and served in command ship and battleship roles in the Alliance Fleet . Although the most common MC80 subclass was the MC80 " Liberty " type Star Cruiser , the " Home One " type was perhaps the most famous of all Rebel capital ship designs , as it was the class of the " Home One " and the " Independence " , which served as Admiral Ackbar ' s flagships in many famous battles . Characteristics . Dimensions . No two Mon Calamari ships were identical , each being individually designed and constructed , but they were gradually standardized by the extensive refitting and adjustments made to the hulls when the vessels were converted for combat duty . Most ships were 1 . 2km in length , but individual ships were 1 . 4km or even bigger . Even the " Home One " and her sisters formed a uniform design type : cylindrical hulls , with a tapered bow , hangar - bays amidships , and bulbous stern mounting ten huge sublight thrusters : four M8 . 0 - StarDrive main thrusters and six M4 . 5 - StarDrive maneuvering engine s . " Home One " was originally designed for deep - space exploration , and was constructed with massive panoramic viewports , which had to be removed when she was rebuilt as a warship . This may have been true of her sister - ships as well . The " Home One " was described as the largest Star Cruiser in the Rebel Alliance fleet as it gathered for the Battle of Endor , and may indicate a slight variation in size and tonnage between the sister - ships . Taken together , ships of this type were arguably the most prominent capital ships in the Rebellion , serving in the role of command ships as well as battleships , Like most warships , all MC80s were classified as cruisers in one standard system and capital ships in another . Crew complement . The standard crew of the " Home One " type consisted of 5 , 402 individuals , 78 gunners , and a passenger complement of 1 , 200 troops . A minimum operating crew of 1 , 230 was shared by the " Home One " , and by her sister - ship , the " Independence " . Hangar complement . The number of starfighters carried appeared to vary : whereas the " Home One " is said to have carried ten squadrons , the " Independence " was limited to just two squadrons of X - wings in later years under the New Republic . It is unknown whether the hangar facilities were the same on different ships , although three of the known vessels had a large hangar on the starboard side of the hull . Internal design differences may also have affected cargo capacity , which was 20 , 000 metric tons aboard the " Home One " . Offensive and defensive systems . The " Home One " types had more armor and armaments than the " Liberty " type , and were subsequently more rare . Standard armament for the subclass included 36 turbolasers , 36 heavy ion cannons and six tractor beam projectors . Home One types lacked the Executor ' s point defense laser systems because their turbolasers ' tracking systems were sufficient in targeting and destroying smaller craft and starfighters . Their turbolasers were also capable of planetary bombardment , although they were seldom used in this capacity . " Home One " is known to have carried heavy hull armor and powerful shields , comparable to an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer , but she is said to have carried the heaviest armor and weaponry of any ship at the Battle of Endor , which means the other ships of the subclass were relatively less well - protected . Bridge tower . " Home One " type ships appeared to have multiple command pods scattered across each ship , protruding from both the dorsal and ventral areas of the hull . One of these served as the command center for the ship . Main bridge . The commanding officer could be situated in a chair attached to a swiveling robotic arm that overlooked both the bridge crew as well as a panoramic window out into space . The bridge contained a CS - Mark 12 holoprojector table situated in the middle of a briefing room section , which crew members used to monitor events during a battle . The " Home One " , like almost all early Mon Cal cruisers , retained her original , species - specific bridge control systems , meaning that , while the bulk of the crew was drawn from the many species that made up the Rebellion , the command crew was made up entirely of Mon Calamari . There is some evidence , however , that one ship of the class was modified for a human command crew . History . Rebel service . At least seven " Home One " type ships were known to be used by the Alliance , with three of them identified by name : The " Home One " herself , the " Independence " , and the " Defiance " . All began military service in the early period of the Galactic Civil War , some time prior to the Battle of Yavin . As mentioned above , the " Home One " was originally designed for deep - space exploration , and was among the first ships selected for militarization when the Mon Calamari joined the Rebellion , being selected by Ackbar as his personal flagship . It is probable that her sister - ships had a similar pre - war role , and they seem to have been refitted for war at around the same time , and shared a similar prominence when they entered Rebel service . While all the Mon Cal vessels provided valuable capital ship firepower for the under - resourced Rebel Alliance , it appears that the " Home One " type served specifically as high - level command ships , with at least two of the three known ships acting as a mobile headquarters for the Alliance High Command . The " Independence " served in this role before the Battle of Yavin , and the " Home One " from the Battle of Hoth onwards . The third known ship of the type , the " Defiance " , is less directly linked to the High Command , and seems to have served primarily as Admiral Nammo ' s flagship , but there are occasions where she may have been the fleet command ship in closest proximity to the Rebel leadership : in the Anoat sector immediately after the Battle of Hoth . During the climactic Battle of Endor , most of the Alliance ' s naval resources were gathered into their offensive fleet , and the " Home One " s added their firepower to the effort , being the largest Rebel capital ships used in the engagement . The " Independence " served as communications ship , while the " Defiance " was placed in the rearguard , and Ackbar used the " Home One " as his fleet command ship . It appears that General Crix Madine also commanded a division of the fleet from a ship of the same type , possibly the " Independence " . At least one cruiser of the type was destroyed during the battle , however , as the second victim of the second Death Star ' s superlaser . In the aftermath of Endor , the " Defiance " was used to hunt down rogue Imperial elements . New Republic service . In the early years of the New Republic , the type remained in front - line service as command ships , with Ackbar using the " Independence " as his flagship at the Battle of Brentaal IV , and the " Home One " herself leading the fleet at the Seizure of Coruscant , the Battle of Bilbringi , and the Battle of Ciutric . From around 10 ABY , the veteran ships were superseded as fleet command platforms by newer warships , notably MC90 Star Cruiser s . Ackbar first shifted his flag to a new MC90 , the " Defiance " , and subsequently to the " Galactic Voyager " . In 18 ABY , at the Second Battle of Champala and the Battle of Anx Minor , however , Ackbar commanded from the Super Star Destroyer " Guardian " . However , this did not end the careers of the older vessels . The " Home One " served as a squadron command ship in 11 ABY , and remained in commission as the Supreme Commander ' s personal flagship until 23 ABY , while the " Independence " was still on active duty in the early years of the Yuuzhan Vong War , commanding a patrol force based near Mon Calamari .