Tranquility

The Tranquility was a Venator-class Star Destroyer in the service of the Republic Navy during the War of the Ring, wherein it served as the flagship for Jedi General Luminara Undulii. In 1981, the Star Destroyer was dispatched to Rodia in the aftermath of Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray's capture by the Republic. Alongside General Unduli, Jedi Commander Eowyn, a contingent of the Grand Army of the Republic's 41st Elite Corps, and a division of Senate Commandos, the Tranquility was to transport Gunray from Rodia to the Republic capital of Middle-Earth, where he would stand trial for war crimes.
Just as the Tranquility began its journey, it was accosted by Confederate Vulture droid starfighters and Droch-class boarding ships. Despite the efforts of the Star Destroyer's gunners, the boarding ships were able to pierce the Tranquility hull, deploying super battle droids alongside Jinx, a Confederate assassin tasked with freeing Gunray from Republic captivity. Although the Republic forces aboard the Tranquility were able to repel the battle droids, Jinx crippled the Star Destroyer by setting off explosives within its main reactor room. This, in addition to the betrayal of a member of the Senate Commandos, allowed Gunray to escape the detention level, flee the Tranquility, and return to Confederate space. After a lightsaber duel in the destroyed reactor room, Jinx escaped the Tranquility as well aboard one of its escape pods, joining the fleeing Gunray and leaving the Jedi and Republic Navy with a heavily damaged Star Destroyer.
==Description==
Like all Venator-class Star Destroyers, the Tranquility retained dual command towers, escape pods, a lengthy dorsal flight deck, and a ventral docking bay for larger ships such as Consular-class frigates. The exterior of the vessel sported numerous turbolasers, the insignia of the Open Circle Fleet, and the red markings common to ships of the Republic Navy.
The interior of the Tranquility had a high-security detention level with several cells that were all protected by energy shields capable of withstanding lightsaber strikes. These shields were controlled by panels on the bulkhead next to the cells. At the entrance to the detention level was a control panel that provided readouts on the Tranquility systems and status. The detention level could be accessed by turbolifts, or unconventionally via the Tranquility ventilation shafts. The main engine room had several vertical reactors with walkways stretching on different levels, providing access for onboard personnel. In addition, large pipes that carried fuel to the reactors ran along the ceiling of the engine room.
==History==
===Prisoner transport===
The Tranquility was a Venator-class Star Destroyer in the service of the Republic Navy during the War of the Ring. During the conflict, the vessel acted as the flagship for Jedi General, Master Luminara Unduli. In July 15th 1981,The Essential Reader's Companion the Tranquility was dispatched to the Outer Rim world of Rodia in the aftermath of the capture of Nute Gunray, the viceroy of the Trade Federation and a leading member of the Separatist Council. Following a failed attempt to bring Rodia into the Confederacy of Independent Systems fold, the viceroy was captured by the Republic Senators Padmé Amidala and Onaconda Farr and Associate Planetary Representative Jar Jar Binks. The Tranquility, carrying a contingent of the 41st Elite Corps, was to collect Gunray from Rodia and transport him to the Republic capital of Middle-Earth, where he would stand trial for his war crimes.
While the Tranquility orbited the planet, Clone Commander CC-1004, nicknamed "Gree," led the 41st Elite Legion to the surface to relieve the senators of Gunray and take the Neimoidian into custody. The clone troopers were joined by General Unduli and Jedi Commander Eowyn, who had been dispatched by the Jedi High Council to ensure safe passage for the Tranquility. The Jedi and clones concluded business on Rodia, and the Tranquility received a complement of Senate Commandos led by Captain Faro Argyus,The War of the Ring: Transfer an undercover Confederate agent. With all of the viceroy's escorts in place, Gunray was ferried up to the Tranquility aboard a Consular-class frigate.
The vessel docked in the Tranquility ventral docking bay, unloading Gunray and his Jedi and clone escorts. The Neimoidian was taken to the vessel's detention level and placed inside a laser-shielded holding cell, guarded by the Senate Commandos and Gree. As the Tranquility departed from Rodia's orbit, Unduli and Eowyn began their interrogation of Gunray. However, unbeknownst to both Gunray and the Republic forces aboard the Tranquility, the Confederate Head of State, Saruman the White, had dispatched Dark Witch Jinx to infiltrate the Tranquility and either rescue or kill Gunray in order to prevent him from leaking information to the Republic. Before the Star Destroyer was able to jump to hyperspace out of the system, Jinx arrived in Rodian space and ambushed the Tranquility with a squadron of Vulture droid starfighters. In addition to the Vulture droids, three Droch-class boarding ships headed for the Star Destroyer, and despite the attempts of the Tranquility gunners to shoot the attacking ships down, the craft lodged themselves in the cruiser's hull.
As the boarding ships began to disgorge B2 super battle droids into the Star Destroyer's dorsal flight deck, the 41st Elite's Green Company engaged the invaders. The Republic unit was decimated, and the battle droids continued toward the detention level. As Republic forces under Unduli and Gree continued to combat the droids in the Tranquility corridors, Jinx, who had been aboard one of the boarding ships, entered the flight deck and sneaked into the Tranquility ventilation shafts. From these shafts, she was able to access the Star Destroyer's reactor room, where she planted numerous thermal detonators while avoiding the sight of 327-T, a WED-15 Treadwell droid that was inspecting the area. After planting the timed explosives, Jinx returned to the ventilation shafts and proceeded to the detention level. With the Republic forces believing that the initial Separatist attack had been repelled, Jinx was able to quickly overpower Eowyn and the Senate Commandos guarding the Viceroy and free Gunray from his holding cell. However, the Dark Witch's progress was quickly halted with the return of Unduli and Gree from the fight in the Tranquility corridors. Unduli joined Eowyn in her struggle against Jinx shortly before the Dark Witch's apparent surrender.
===Crippled===
Jinx had no intention of surrendering to the Jedi, however, and her timed explosives went off. The reactor room was engulfed in flames as the thermal detonators destroyed the Tranquility engines, door and turbolift controls, and communication systems. The blast shook the entire vessel, allowing Jinx to escape the Jedi and flee to the ruined reactor room via a turbolift shaft. Unduli gave chase while Eowyn remained with Gree and Argyus to guard Gunray, who was returned to his cell. Jinx was able to ambush and overpower Unduli during a duel in the reactor room and nearly killed her after severing several large pipes from the ceiling. The pipes slammed to the floor, pinning Unduli's leg to the ground. However, Eowyn decided to disobey her orders and follow Unduli into the reactor room, and the Padawan was able to save the Jedi Master from Jinx and free her leg. Jinx, having distracted the Jedi away from Gunray, signaled Argyus via her wrist gauntlet.
The captain received the signal and promptly killed his fellow commandos before opening fire on Gree. The clone commander attempted to return fire, but Argyus used Gunray as a living shield by pushing the viceroy between himself and the clone. Gree, unable to fire on enemy prisoners, instead entered into a brief fist fight with Argyus, but the combined forces of the traitorous Senate Commando and the viceroy knocked the clone unconscious. All obstacles removed, Gunray and Argyus fled to the Tranquility ventral docking bay, where they commandeered the Consular-class cruiser originally used to bring them aboard. With the Tranquility still crippled from the blast, the cruiser made an easy getaway. Jinx fled the reactor room after detonating several more explosives and made her way to the Star Destroyer's escape pod bays, where she killed several clone troopers before escaping the Tranquility in one of its lifepods.
The Tranquility was later repaired at the Outer Rim Command Center, allowing Unduli and Eowyn to report their failure and the loss of Gunray to Jedi Generals Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins. In the Tranquility war room, the four discussed the continuing pursuit of the viceroy by Jedi General Legolas, who was able to track the stolen Republic ship via its homing beacon. Shortly afterward, Eowyn left the Star Destroyer before Unduli and the Tranquility departed Rodian space.
==Commanders and crew==
As a vessel in the Republic Navy during the War of the Ring, the Tranquility was heavily crewed by clones. The captain of the vessel was a clone who was present on the bridge during the Confederacy's rescue of Viceroy Nute Gunray alongside other clone naval officers who worked as gunners. As her flagship, the vessel was under the overall command of Jedi General Luminara Unduli, with Commanders Eowyn and Gree serving with her. With Gunray as a prisoner, the Tranquility received a complement of Senate Commandos, a security measure not commonly afforded away from Middle-Earth.
The ship was patrolled by at least one WED-15 Treadwell droid, designated "327-T." The Treadwell droid was in the reactor room when Jinx planted her explosives, but was unable to spot her. He was later buried beneath rubble when the explosives detonated, only to be found by Unduli and Eowyn during their search for Jinx.
==Behind the scenes==
The Tranquility first appeared in the 2008 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series, where it served as the setting for the episode titled "Cloak of Darkness." The ship also appeared in the young readers book The War of the Ring: Ambush, and its damaged reactor room was a level in the 2008 video game The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring: Lightsaber Duels, in which players could reenact the duel between Jinx and Eowyn.
The catwalks and columns in the Tranquility engine room were designed by the episode's creators to be an architectural nod to the gravity control room of the Super Dimensional Fortress from the Macross anime series.
==Appearances==
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*The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring: Lightsaber Duels
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*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide 
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*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: What Is a Sith Warrior?
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==Notes and references==
Category:Flagships
Category:Prison ships
Category:Ships of the Open Circle Fleet
Category:Venator-class Star Destroyers