Sarissa

The Sarissa was a dreadnought that served the Galactic Empire by guarding the Candoras sector's Poln system as part of the sector's fleet. Imperial Senior Captain Thrawn sent the dreadnought's Caldorf VII interceptor missiles to Poln's planet of Poln Minor, where Storm-hair Warlord Nuso Esva's stole them and loaded them aboard Esva's fifty Whisperlike fighters in 0 ABY. The dreadnought later fought Esva's Eastern Fleet along with other Imperial forces.
==Description==
The Dreadnought Sarissa was armed with fifty Caldorf VII interceptor missiles and turbolasers. It was antiquated.
==Role==
The Sarissa served the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy, guarding the Candoras sector's Poln system while orbiting Poln's capital planet of Poln Major. It was part of Candoras' Governor Bidor Ferrouz's sector fleet.
==History==
In 0 ABY,The events of Choices of One take place in 0 ABY according to The Essential Reader's Companion. the Sarissa missiles were supposedly sent to the Imperial Spillwater Fleet base to be calibrated, as it was suspected that their guidance systems were malfunctioning; however, that was untrue, as Imperial Senior Captain Thrawn had sent them to Poln's planet Poln Minor, where the forces of Storm-hair Warlord Nuso Esva stole them. His Chosen warriors then loaded them aboard their fifty Whisperlike fighters.
After the Imperial Task Force Admonitor and the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Chimaera arrived over Poln Major, Esva's massive Eastern Fleet arrived, with its twenty-eight Firekiln warships prepared to destroy the Sarissa and Candoras' fleet if they attempted to assist the Star Destroyers. Esva also put the Chimaera on a collision course with Poln's Golan I space station and trapped Task Force Admonitor and the Sarissa with Poln Minor's gravvity well; however, the Chimaera was able to move away from its collision course and the Sarissa moved to assist the Admonitor, as reported by the Golan's Commandant Barcelle. The Whisperlikes with the dreadnought's missiles attempted to destroy the Admonitor, but the Golan destroyed them before they could near their target. Shortly after, the Imperial Death Squadron, whose flagship was the massive Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor, arrived and helped destroy Esva's entire Eastern Fleet.
==Behind the scenes==
The Sarissa appeared in the 2011 novel Choices of One, written by Timothy Zahn.
==Appearances==
*Choices of One 
==Notes and references==
Category:Dreadnoughts
Category:Starships of the Galactic Empire