Guardian (Executor-class)

The Guardian was an Executor-class dreadnought. Originally under the command of Admiral Gaen Drommel, it served as the flagship of the Galactic Empire's Coruscant Sector Fleet.
== History ==
In 1005 ARR, when news of the Empire's defeat at Jakku reached him, Admiral Drommel took the Guardian and its assigned battle group and fled Coruscant for 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. 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 1016 ARR, 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 navicomputer to drop the ship into the middle of a waiting New Republic fleet when Drommel tested it. Drommel refused to surrender, but Captain Gastos Niovi shot him in the back 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 Dac to protect the Alliance headquarters. It later fought against the Yuuzhan Vong in the Battle of Dac.