Dauntless

## the Dauntless

### Compliment

1 Eta-2 Actis Interceptor ( docked in modified hangar bay module)1 Prototype E-wing Interceptor ( docked in modified hangar bay module)

## Usage

### Roles

Fast attackBlockade runner

Command ship

### Affiliation

Black Sun (formerly)Rebel Alliance

Jedi Order

Nova Squadron

## Overview

the Dauntless was an AEG-77 Vigo transport that was stolen by Texos Draycen single-handedly from a sizable Black sun smuggling convoy in ! ABY. This transport was heavily modified by Draycen and his associates within the Rebel Alliance into a proper gunship. The ships modifications included much heavier Durasteel plating from an Imperial ! Star Destroyer, an advanced output Coaxium reactor, a heavy HabatCorp Ionweb shield generator, external hypermatter booster units, as well as 6 custom built Mandalorian disruptor cannons, heavy proton torpedo launchers, a chaff launcher, and lastly a custom built lower hangar module to fit two small starfighters. All of these upgrades came at the cost of severely reduced cargo carrying capacity.

### JEDI Assignment

The Dauntless settled quickly into its new role as a command ship for the Jedi order's personal defense fleet, also known as Nova squadron. This gunship served in several battles throughout the mid rim and beyond, most often serving as a fighter screening vessel, but also occasionally committing to broadside fire exchange with much larger vessels like Imperial Lancer-class frigates. However, the Dauntless is not durable enough to engage these larger vessels head on all on its own, and as a result is usually accompanied by an alliance task force with a Nebulon-B frigate absorbing most enemy fire. In these small scale engagements, the Dauntless has a consistent performance record, this is mostly due to its almost complete crew of Jedi pilots, gunners and droid subsystem controllers having near lightning fast reflexes. Most of the ships subsystems and repairs are handled by droids working on a ship wide up-link with one another. This frees up the captain and his jedi crew to entirely focus on the task at hand, and only occasionally fall back to let the ship recharge her shields.

### Battle of Kashyyyk

In one noteworthy engagement, the Dauntless served as a long-range scouting vessel ahead of a small rebel fleet on assignment over Kashyyyk. The goal of this fleet's incursion in the system was to destroy a key imperial transport carrying dangerous cargo, a large supply of kyber crystals. These crystals are most well known for being the focusing crystals of lightsabers, but more recently have been mined from Ilum by the Empire to power the main laser of the Death Star superweapon. Although the Death Star was destroyed in 0 ABY, the Alliance had sufficient Intel to believe that the Empire was gearing up to build a second. This shipment was guarded by two imperial star destroyers as well as an escort of Victory 2 star destroyers and Ton-falk escort carriers. The Dauntless, a group of 3 CR-90s and several wings of X-wings, Y-wings & A-wings jumped in system behind the enemy fleet. the Bulk of the fighters engaged the TIE's as they swarmed out of their ship hangars, the dauntless and the larger corvettes provided a distraction for the larger imperial vessels while the Y-wing bombers struck the transport, although the rebellion lost several squadrons of ships to the overwhelming fighter swarm, the transport was destroyed. The resulting explosion from the volatile kyber crystals enveloped many of the TIEs and completely destroyed one of the Victory frigates. the Alliance used the explosion as cover to jump away to safety, the battle was considered a victory, and the rebellion slowed the construction of another potential Death Star.

### Current Assignment

Currently the Dauntless is on private assignment to patrol the Dantooine space sector, making an inconspicuous attempt to thwart any imperial presence from settling a foothold on the Jedi Orders new home.