Guardian ( Executor - class ) The Guardian was an " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought . Originally under the command of Admiral Gaen Drommel of the Galactic Empire , it was stationed near Coruscant when news of the Battle of Endor arrived . Drommel took the " Guardian " to the region of space surrounding his homeworld of Oplovis , where he became a warlord . After a series of attacks on New Republic worlds and bases , the tide turned for Drommel , and the " Guardian " was badly damaged at the Battle of Tantive V in 5 ABY . Drommel fled into hyperspace , but due to the damage sustained on the vessel ' s hyperdrive , the " Guardian " emerged in the Fardon system rather than its intended destination . Its hyperdrive inoperable , it went into orbit around the planet Soullex , where it would stay for over a decade as Drommel conducted repairs . Around 16 ABY , the New Republic learned that the " Guardian " was receiving parts through its " Lambda " - class shuttles . Two ship thieves , Cryle Cavv and Sienn Sconn , were sent to track the shuttles back to their origin and capture the " Guardian " . After freeing a number of New Republic prisoners , Cavv and Sconn were able to reprogram the vessel ' s nearly - repaired hyperdrive to leap into the middle of a New Republic fleet when Drommel tested it . Drommel refused to surrender , but his officer Colonel Niovi shot him and took command of the vessel , surrendering it to the New Republic . The New Republic assigned the " Guardian " to the Third Fleet , under the command of Admiral Gial Ackbar . From the " Guardian " , Ackbar led the New Republic ' s fleets in a series of skirmishes against the Empire , including the Second Battle of Champala and the Battle of Anx Minor , which drove the Empire under Gilad Pellaeon back to a scant few sectors . In the Yuuzhan Vong War , the " Guardian " served as protection for Chief of State Cal Omas , before being deployed to Traest Kre ' fey ' s Fleet Group One at Kashyyyk . After the formation of a new government , the Galactic Alliance , the " Guardian " was redeployed to Mon Calamari to protect the Alliance headquarters . It later fought against the Yuuzhan Vong in the Battle of Mon Calamari . Description . The " Guardian " was one of the 19 - kilometer " Executor " - class Star Dreadnoughts . Holding over 280 thousand crew normally , this number declined in the decade it sat over Soullex , down to 250 thousand — including the nearly 40 thousand soldiers aboard . The vessel was equipped with a number of prefabricated garrison bases , which its commander , Gaen Drommel , used to subjugate the Fordon system after the " Guardian " escape from New Republic forces at the Battle of Tantive V . It was normally armed with 250 each of turbolaser , heavy turbolaser , and concussion missile emplacements , as well as 40 tractor beam installations ; however , after Tantive V , these numbers were greatly reduced , in some cases over half of the emplacements having been taken out of commission . The hyperdrives , too , normally classing 2 . 0 with a class 10 backup , were rendered inoperative until their repair by Drommel ' s forces . The ship held a complement of a number of " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttles , which Drommel used in the " Guardian " downtime as the main mode of transportation to gather materials for the vessel ' s repair . The " Guardian " possessed a cavernous command deck , near which the admiral ' s quarters were located . It had an enormous admiral ' s lounge , which under New Republic ownership was elegantly furnished and decorated with flowers . The vessel had a detention block as well , to hold its prisoners ; under Drommel ' s command , many of these were New Republic personnel who had inadvertently found the " Guardian " . Interrogation rooms were available for the questioning of these individuals . The ship ' s hyperdrive was accessible from the engineering room ; coordinates could be input directly through there , bypassing the navigation computer . History . Under Drommel ' s command . Following its completion , the " Guardian " was placed under the command of Admiral Gaen Drommel of the Galactic Empire as a reward for Drommel ' s destruction of Rebel bases on Aargonar 3 , Randa , and the Valsedian asteroid belt . At the time of the Battle of Endor , the " Guardian " was stationed near Coruscant . The battle saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the defeat of the Imperial fleet at Endor ; when Drommel learned of this , he fled Coruscant in the " Guardian " for the region of space around his homeworld Oplovis , where he intended to use his fleet to set up a personal empire of his own . Under Drommel ' s command , the " Guardian " and three " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers set out shortly after Endor on a campaign of terror against the safeworlds and bases of the New Republic , with devastating effect on the fledgling government . Drommel ' s campaign soon came to an end , though . The New Republic had been studying the weaknesses of Imperial Star Destroyers , and when they engaged Drommel ' s fleet at the Battle of Tantive V in 5 ABY , they were able to use this to their greatest advantage . Two of Drommel ' s Star Destroyers were destroyed , the third was taken , and with the Republic targeting the weapon and shield systems of the " Guardian " and crippling the hyperdrive , the vessel was heavily damaged and forced to retreat . The Super Star Destroyer was able to make the leap to hyperspace , but it did not arrive at its intended destination , instead emerging into the Fardon system of the Outer Rim . With its hyperdrive inactive , the crippled vessel stationed itself above the planet Soullex , where it was barely able to maintain orbit . Drommel subjugated the system , deploying three prefabricated garrison bases to the world below . Drommel set to work repairing the " Guardian " , dispatching " Lambda " - class shuttles to Imperial - controlled worlds for assistance . Drommel planned to conduct his repairs as quickly as possible , but with the remnants of the Empire falling to the New Republic , Imperial worlds were unable to spare any aid for him . Drommel intended to use the " Guardian " as the centerpiece of a campaign to destroy the New Republic , and he therefore kept his search for parts and assistance as quiet as possible . Around 7 ABY , Drommel began receiving the necessary parts to repair the vessel ' s hyperdrive , but the ship would remain where it was for over a decade . In the course of that time , a number of New Republic personnel unknowingly hyperjumped into the Fardon system , only to be detained by the " Guardian " . New Republic Intelligence operative Shandria L ' hnnar led an assault team to find and locate the vessel , but they too were captured . Capture . New Republic probe droids eventually began running into Drommel ' s " Lambda " shuttles as they retrieved parts . Further investigation revealed that the vessels were part of the " Guardian " complement . In 16 ABY Cryle Cavv , a ship thief in the employ of the New Republic , learned from his contacts of a meeting taking place on the planet Vohai between black marketeer Burgo Teage and an Imperial " Lambda " shuttle , regarding the sale of hyperdrive parts . General Airen Cracken of New Republic Intelligence realized that taking the " Guardian " would be a major coup for the Republic , and he and Cavv recruited Cavv ' s nephew Sienn Sconn , another ship thief . Cavv and Sconn were able to disrupt the meeting on Vohai , seize the shuttle , and follow its navigation computer back to its origin point at Soullex . While docking with the " Guardian " , Cavv and Sconn disabled the shuttle ' s comm unit to prevent having to speak to the vessel ' s comm operators and giving the ruse away . Upon docking , they ambushed a pair of stormtroopers and donned the soldiers ' armor as a disguise . They were also able to capture a protocol droid , CT - EX , and reprogram it to their purposes . Drommel , meanwhile , was alerted to the ship ' s communications problem and , suspicious , had the shuttle examined . When the search team found the stunned stormtroopers , Drommel put out an alert for the impostors . He ordered repairs on the hyperdrive sped up , intending to leave the system and return to Imperial space in the next 36 hours . Cavv and Sconn , however , were already on their way to the Super Star Destroyer ' s Detention Block 220 , where the New Republic prisoners were kept . All guards but one had been sent out to find the intruders , and the remaining guard was quickly disabled . The thieves freed the prisoners , including Shandria L ' hnnar , then recruited them into their plan . Cavv and Sconn set off for the engineering room , intending to manually set the hyperdrive to jump into New Republic - friendly space , and signaling CT - EX as their fallback plan . They arrived as Drommel was receiving the go - ahead to jump within the next ten minutes . Their tampering , however , triggered an alarm , and Drommel returned with a phalanx of soldiers to take them into custody . His interrogation proved fruitless ; at the same time , however , CT - EX was reprogramming the hyperdrive ' s coordinates . Drommel sent the thieves back to the detention cells in preparation for the test of the hyperdrive , but they were intercepted by L ' hnnar and the other prisoners . Drommel ordered the ship to jump . The " Guardian " made the leap successfully , into the middle of a New Republic fleet led by the cruiser " Equity " . " Equity " captain , Volahn , ordered the " Guardian " to surrender . Drommel refused , and the entire New Republic infiltration party — Cavv , Sconn , and the prisoners — forced its way onto the command deck , drawing their weapons on the deck staff and being drawn on in turn . Cavv spoke to the crew , telling them that peacefully handing over the vessel would help their case with the New Republic . Drommel had had enough and ordered the crew to open fire , but Sconn persuaded them to back down and lower their weapons . In a rage , Drommel drew a blaster on Cavv , but the admiral ' s subordinate , Colonel Gastos Niovi , stopped Drommel , strangling him to death . As acting commander , Niovi surrendered the " Guardian " to the New Republic . In New Republic service . With the " Guardian " in its possession , the New Republic set about refitting the vessel . A year after its capture , the New Republic added the ship to its Third Fleet . Admiral Gial Ackbar took command of the vessel , and under his leadership the Third and Fifth Fleets engaged Imperial Admiral Gilad Pellaeon in a number of major battles , most notable among them the Second Battle of Champala and the Battle of Anx Minor . At Anx Minor , Ackbar emerged victorious at the last minute after concentrating fire on the engines of the experimental " EX - F " , which exploded and took out the surrounding Imperial Star Destroyers . Under Ackbar , the " Guardian " , and the fleets ' onslaught , Pellaeon was forced to retreat and lost significant territory . The " Guardian " remained in New Republic custody into the Yuuzhan Vong War . In the weeks prior to the Battle of Ebaq 9 in 28 ABY , which would prove to be a major victory against the invading Yuuzhan Vong , New Republic Chief of State Cal Omas went into isolation aboard the " Guardian " , which remained safely cruising between the stars for the duration of the battle . Upon the Republic ' s victory , the " Guardian " joined Admiral Traest Kre ' fey ' s Fleet Group One at Kashyyyk . There , Omas and Jedi Master Luke Skywalker met in the vessel ' s admiral ' s lounge to discuss the formation of a new government , the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . When the Galactic Alliance established itself on the planet Mon Calamari , the " Guardian " was recalled to join the planet ' s home fleet . In 29 ABY , word came of a massive Yuuzhan Vong assault being planned on Mon Calamari . The Alliance used the opportunity to deploy half its fleets for the retaking of Coruscant , which had fallen two years before , while keeping the other half to defend Mon Calamari ; " Guardian " was among the latter half , and took up station at Mon Calamari Extreme , a position in the far reaches of the Calamari system . When the Yuuzhan Vong vessels arrived and began sending out their waves of starfighters , the Alliance countered with its own starfighter attack to clear firing lanes between the enemy capital ships and their own . As lanes opened up , the starfighters evacuated those areas , and the " Guardian " and companion vessel " Harbinger " moved forward to fire salvos into the heart of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet . As they moved further into the system , the Yuuzhan Vong diverted their dovin basal shielding towards the front of the fleet ' s advance . The Alliance sent Star Destroyers in to flank them , forcing them to relocate the shields and allow " Guardian " , " Harbinger " , and the Mon Calamari Star Defender " Viscount " to continue their barrage from the front . Alliance bombers then moved against the Yuuzhan Vong fleet , and the enemy vessels shifted their dovin basals to protect themselves , freeing " Guardian " to wipe out waves of yorik - et starfighters instead . The Yuuzhan Vong soon pulled a flotilla away from their fleet to bolster against the concurrent Galactic Alliance attacks elsewhere , but even with the two opposing armadas on more equal parity , the Alliance continued to fall back toward Mon Calamari . On the verge of being forced to retreat , the Alliance was reprieved by the arrival of the planet Zonama Sekot in the Coruscant system , which convinced Yuuzhan Vong Warmaster Nas Choka to call off the attack on Mon Calamari and divert his resources to Coruscant . Commanders and crew . Admiral Gaen Drommel . Gaen Drommel was a charismatic commander of the " Guardian " and leader of his men . Feared and respected , he commanded the loyalty of his soldiers . Having learned the use of fear as a motivator from Wilhuff Tarkin , Drommel was harsh with those who disobeyed his orders or displeased him with their work , executing them on the spot . He took a disliking to those who were not thorough and made assumptions , and the men under his command made sure to have all the information before telling him anything they assumed . Drommel ' s strict methods earned him great obedience from his soldiers ; they would always double - check their work with him watching , and if he needed a task done quicker than expected , his men would work extra - hard and without breaks until it was complete . The admiral was alert to goings - on aboard his ship , personally supervising important repairs and aware of the deeds of intruders and saboteurs who could threaten his work . As the commander of his ship , Drommel was a would - be warlord , intending to use the " Guardian " first to carve out his own territory from the remains of the Empire , and later as the central piece of an attempt to eliminate the New Republic . However , his refusal to surrender and willingness to fight to the end cost him his life , when he was killed by Colonel Niovi for not capitulating to the New Republic forces holding him and the ship ' s command deck crew at gunpoint . Upon Drommel ' s death , Niovi assumed acting command of the " Guardian " , enough to surrender it to New Republic forces . Admiral Gial Ackbar . Under the command of Gial Ackbar , who had led the fleets of the Rebel Alliance and its successor the New Republic for most of the Galactic Civil War , the " Guardian " saw great victory for the New Republic . A distinguished strategist , Ackbar oversaw the " Guardian " campaign against Gilad Pellaeon of the Imperial Remnant . Along with the Third and Fifth Fleets , the " Guardian " under Ackbar fought at Champala , defeated the experimental " EX - F " at Anx Minor , and drove Pellaeon into retreat and the Remnant back to eight sectors in the Outer Rim , ultimately leading the Empire to sue for peace . Behind the scenes . The " Guardian " initially appeared as a sidebar in Louis J . Prosperi ' s sourcebook " Wanted by Cracken " , as part of Gaen Drommel ' s character profile . As the book was set in 7 ABY , its information on the " Guardian " ends with the vessel in orbit over Soullex . The sourcebook provides a number of scenarios for the players to find the " Guardian " , including tracking a " Lambda " - class shuttle back to Soullex , replacing its crew and boarding the " Guardian " , finding the Super Star Destroyer while scouting the Fardon system , and making an emergency leap from a battle that ends up at Soullex . " Two for One " , a short story by Paul Danner from " Star Wars Adventure Journal 15 " , would later use several of these ideas in telling the story of how the New Republic captured the " Guardian " . From then on the " Guardian " would make several appearances in novels and under New Republic custody . In " Wanted by Cracken " , " Guardian " is listed as an 8 , 000 meter " Super " - class Star Destroyer . Since then , that class has been retcon ned , in sources such as the Databank ' s Super Star Destroyer entry and " " , to be the 19 , 000 meter " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought . The of the " Guardian " in " Wanted by Cracken " , however , shows it much closer to the 19 kilometer length — approximately eleven to twelve times longer than the Imperial Star Destroyers in the picture — than the 8 kilometer size listed in the statistics . The " Guardian " was definitively stated to be 19 , 000 meters in the Star Wars Blog article , " " .