Ascendant Fleet

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Ascendant Fleet
Unit Information
Allegiance:	House Plagueis
Type:	Assault Fleet
Role:	Hit-and-run assault Raiding Piracy Slavery
Motto:	Adapt, Ascend, Avail
Commander(s)
Commanders:	Plagueis Summit
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History

The original Ascendant Fleet served in the Jusadih System from 30 ABY to 36 ABY, conquering the system in the War of Ascension and becoming the new main fleet for House Plagueis. Together with their Legion, a collection of Throne-loyal soldiers and conscripts, they kept in line a system that became more and more fragmented, disloyal, and difficult to police with each year. It would see its end in the fall of Jusadih, as both the Horizon Plague and Zoraan's forces would crush and destroy the system and almost all of the ships therein. Only Ascendancy escaped.

Following Jusadih's destruction, the Plagueians found themselves stranded, but not without hope - their Trandoshan allies of Saraask'ar had called in the rest of their guild, and they had managed to come out of hyperspace at the coordinates of the derelict Vaiken Spacedock. This would be a boon to Plagueis, who used the station to start repairs on their ships. The work was slow, until freighters began to drift in, called to the Bloodsport's emergency beacon.

With help from Plagueis, and with the hard-won consent of Quaestor Reith, the reptiles of the guild captured the crews of these ships to be slaves while stealing their precious cargo. By Aedile Vorrac's orders, the slaves were subjected to Emar Xu and his twisted surgical augmentations to become a new army and crew for the Ascendancy.

The Plaguian Civil War

In 37 ABY, the Ascendant Fleet was splintered into two factions after Rollmaster Celevon Edraven and Battleteam Karness Muur's Commanding Officer Arturis Schulen took emergency command of the Ascendant House at large by order of Raken when charges of High Treason were brought against Quaestor Ronovi Tavisaen and Aedile Arden Karn. The Ascended Guard was formed to challenge her authority when she refused to relinquish command, and consisted of the BAC Harrower, the BAC Terminus, and all six Corellian Gunships of the Fleet with Celevon Edraven, Arturis Schulen, and Silent taking over as Dread Lord, Wrath, and Overseer respectively.

Over a period of several months, the Fleet took heavy damage with the BAC Harrower taking critical damage, including the destruction of it's bridge level and near obliteration over the planet Kalsunor. The ACC Ravager was completely disabled by a direct-hit Ion Cannon blast directly over it's central reactor core.

Near the end of 37 ABY however, Wrath Arturis Schulen lead an infiltration force on to the NSD Ascendancy after Overseer Silent regained control of the NSD Predominant when it's complement of Wraiths betrayed Ronovi and defected their loyalty back to the house. After infiltrating the flagship Schulen engaged Ronovi on the Command Bridge in a one on one battle shortly after the destruction of the Harrower's Bridge and thought death of Celevon Edraven. With the assistance of Arconan's Montresor and Dacien Victae, she was defeated and taken into custody.

Though the fleet had taken heavy damage and casualties, none of the main Carriers, Capital Ships, or Star Destroyers were destroyed during the skirmish except two gunships; the GSP Anguish and GSP Wrath.

Upon the conclusion of the Plagueian Civil War, Montresor was appointed Quaestor of Plagueis and Dacien as his Aedile while Celevon Edraven resigned his post of Rollmaster. Ronovi Tavisaen was transported to Antei to answer for her crimes, Arden Karn disappeared during the battle and is currently missing, and Solus Gar rests in the brig of the Predominant.

Commanders Arturis Schulen and Silent both retained their commands of Karness Muur and Ajunta Pall, and oversee repair and reconstruction efforts of their ships in preparation for the upcoming Dark Crusade siege orders handed down by the Quaestor.

Command Structure

Unlike traditional fleets and ground forces, the Ascendant Fleet has no typical military chain of command - the ships are all crewed by slaves, droids, or Plagueians when they choose. Thus, their command typically falls to either the strongest Dark Jedi aboard, the best-supported, or those decided upon by the Quaestor. Only when the Dark Jedi at the helm of any particular ship is busy will he surrender the helm, and then typically to another Dark Jedi. That said, on occasion, particularly loyal Subjugate crewmen are given the helm - though never without supervision.

In typical engagements, the Hellfire and Corsair raid fleets operate as separate entities; they carry out the petty week-to-week raids throughout various sectors in whatever area Plagueis is operating in at the time, while the Ascendant Assault Fleet only appears every couple of months and always in a different area. This strategy allows most of their strikes to resemble common piracy, even when slaves are taken; in a galaxy of trillions and even quadrillions of beings, a few thousand are never particularly noticed, especially in areas where pirate assaults happen frequently. The sudden appearance and the smash-and-grab tactics used by the Assault Fleet allow it to seem like a ghost story to most spacers and officials, as few believe the rumours of a phantom fleet of Star Destroyers emerging from nowhere to strike the unwary.

During larger engagements, the fleet comes together, with the commanding Sith of Hellfire and Corsair unifying beneath the leadership of the Quaestor of Plagueis. Then, as always, the Quaestor will fight like a pirate, ordering strikes on weak areas, strategic feints, and unfair tactics to cripple parts of a fleet and then run. Being nomadic in nature already, this makes the technical duration of a Plagueian space battle days or even weeks longer than that of a typical House or battlegroup.

The Ascendant Fleet - Capital Ship Class

NSD Ascendancy

Main Article: NSD Ascendancy

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The Nebula-Class Star Destroyer Ascendancy

The Nebula-class Star Destroyer Ascendancy is the flagship of the Ascendant Fleet of House Plagueis. Originally found as a ruined hull by Plagueis following the Vong Incursion, the ship was refitted at Antei and granted to the House.

It has served the Ascendant House through many conflicts and was almost destroyed during the destruction of the Jusadih System, only to carry Plagueis to safety. After their capture of elements of the Galactic Alliance Fourth Fleet's Task Force Apex, the vessel returned to Plagueis space to receive proper repairs - as well as extensive upgrades, purchased with the spoils of plunder and the Dark Lord's favor.

NSD Predominant

Main Article: NSD Predominant

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The Nebula-Class Star Destroyer Predominant

The Predominant is a Nebula-Class Star Destroyer in the Ascendant Fleet of House Plagueis. Originally built as the Civility at the fleet yards orbiting Kuat during the Vong War, it was assigned to protect the Core Worlds and as a result avoided seeing major combat. It would eventually be assigned as the flagship of the Galactic Alliance Fourth Fleet's Task Force Apex.

Task Force Apex was later assigned to Ord Padron during the Swarm War to guard against possible aggression by the Geonosians. The Civility was ambushed along with the rest of the understaffed ships of the task force by the Ascendancy and the forces of Plagueis. While most of the task force was sabotaged to prevent pursuit, the Civility and several support ships were overrun by Plagueian forces, the ship's crew holding out impressively before finally surrendering. Those among the surviving crew who were suited were enslaved as Subjugates while others were killed. Renammed Predominant, it now serves as a powerful part of the Ascendant Fleet.

BAC Harrower

Main Article: BAC Harrower

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The Bothan Assault Cruiser Harrower

The Harrower is one of two Bothan Assault Cruisers within the Ascendant Fleet, and serves as the flagship of Battleteam Karness Muur under the command of Commander Template:BkmCO. It was commissioned in 27 ABY by Bothawui Shipyards originally under the name Harvest. The ship was assigned to the Fifth Fleet during the duration of the Yuuzhan Vong War. It was assigned there as a replacement ship to a Victory-class Star Destroyer which had been destroyed during the attempted hyperspace jump to Fondor to assist the First Fleet.

It remained with the Fifth Fleet for the next seven years, but was reassigned to Task Force Apex, Galactic Alliance 4th Fleet, and was deployed to Ord Pardron in case the Geonosians sympathized with the Killiks in what would eventually come to be called the Swarm War.

In 36 ABY the Harvest was among the ships captured by House Plagueis in their raid on Ord Pardon. It's surviving crew transformed into subjugates after it's capture, the Harvest was renamed Harrower and began its service in the Ascendant Fleet. It was assigned as the flagship and base of operations of Battleteam Karness Muur under the command of Arden Karn. In 37 ABY, command was transferred to Celevon Edraven upon Arden's promotion to Rollmaster. Shortly thereafter, command was transferred to Arturis Schulen after Celevon's promotion to the same position when Arden took over as the Dread Lord's Wrath, the Aedile of Plagueis.

BAC Terminus

Main Article: BAC Terminus

The Bothan Assault Cruiser Terminus

The Terminus is the second of the two Bothan Assault Cruisers within the Ascendant Fleet, and serves as the flagship of Battleteam Ajunta Pall, under the command of Commander Template:BapCO. The ship was constructed in 26 ABY by Bothawui Shipyards and immediately commissioned as the BAC Renaissance. It was sent to serve alongside the Ralroost. After the Battle of Ithor, she was dispatched Coruscant and served as a part of Fleet Group Two during the First Battle of Coruscant. The ship escaped with superficial damage, but was still relegated to rear defense for the rest of the war. Even during the Second Battle of Coruscant, the ship saw little combat.

Following the war, the Renaissance remained at Coruscant and served in the defense of the planet, though she was mostly relegated to patrol and occasional escort duty. She was fully repaired and in 35 ABY was dispatched as part of a cautionary defense fleet to Ord Pardron, in case the Geonosians took to the defense of the Killiks during the Swarm War.