ODN Hope's Whisper

ODN Hope's Whisper
Production information
Manufacturer:	Kuat Drive Yards
Product line:	Star Destroyers
Model:	Venator-class Star Destroyer
Class:	Star Destroyer
Cost:	~50,00,000 Republic Credits
Possession Item:	ID 49290
Technical specifications
Length:	1,137 meters
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 1.0 Class 12.0 (Backup)
Power output:	Peak: 3.6 × 1024 W
Power plant:	Primary and secondary reactors
Shielding:	Heavy deflector shields
Hull:	Armored
Armament:	8 dual DBY-827 heavy turbolaser turrets 2 medium dual turbolaser cannons 52 point-defense laser cannons 6 Tractor beam projectors 4 Proton torpedo tubes
Complement:	12 A/SF-01 B-wing starfighters 12 T-70 X-wing starfighters 12 BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters 12 Modified RZ-1 A-wing interceptors 12 RZ-2 A-wing nterceptors
Crew:	7,400 crew for full effectiveness
Passengers:	2,000 passengers or troops
Cargo capacity:	20,000 tons
Consumables:	2 years
Usage
Role(s):	Medium weight multirole Warship Starfighter carrier Command ship Attack cruiser
Era(s):	New Order era
Affiliation:	Clan Odan-Urr
Fleet:	Odanite Expeditionary Force
Taskforce:	Fourth Fleet
Known commander(s):	Zebina Arad
Current Status:	Active
Earliest sighting:	22 BBY as Unrelenting Pledge 33 ABY as Hope's Whisper
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The ODN Hope's Whisper is a Venator-class Star Destroyer currently serving as the flagship of Odan-Urr United Space Command's Fourth Fleet. In a long and storied history, it has seen action under the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, and fleet of Clan Odan-Urr. In evidence of the clan's recent recruitment drive to fill its ranks, the Hope's Whisper is currently crewed by a particularly eclectic instance of a multi-species crew, whose coordination has yet to be tested in a full-scale naval battle.

Personnel

Command Staff

• Fleet Captain Zebina Arad, Commanding Officer (Human male)
• Fleet Lieutenant Lun'zaara, Executive Officer (Twi'lek female)
• Fleet Lieutenant Duke Vulgar, Chief Engineer (Hutt male)
• Fleet Lieutenant Tion Aposta, Chief Navigation Officer (Human male)
• Fleet Lieutenant Hul Derech, Chief Gunnery Officer (Mon Calamari male)
• Junior Lieutenant Bawondo, Ship's Doctor (Wookiee male)

Squadron Complement

• Colonel Laku Neshi (Human female), Whisper Squadron - A/SF-01 B-wing starfighters x12
• Commander Toph Ophoss (Human male), Rampart Squadron - T-70 X-wing starfighters x12
• Captain Padoonda Oro (Dug male), Black Oasis Squadron - BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighters x12
• Captain Baroon (Selkath male), Deluge Squadron - Modified RZ-1 A-wing interceptors x12
• Captain Qua'wiil (Rodian male), Nomad Squadron - RZ-2 A-wing Interceptors x12

Marine Complement

• Colonel Iako, Marine Commander (Human male)
• Captain Perzi Coke, Marine Executive Officer (Human male)

Characteristics

The ODN Hope's Whipser is an antiquated ship by modern naval standards, but remains a comparatively powerful and effective warship outside of the Core. While it features many Arx Capital Exchange installed upgrades and refurnishments, it retains the classic charm of Old Republic warships. Its layout has been left relatively untouched, and, unlike many other Venators, continues to utilize the dual bridge layout to direct its starfighter complement and control the ship itself. It currently sports the livery of Clan Odan-Urr, featuring brown and turquoise accents over a standard Imperial grey hull paint.

History

The ODN Hope's Whisper was laid down by Kuat Drive Yards at their Karavis assembly facility in the Karavis System in 20 BBY and was christened as the Unrelenting Pledge. It served in the fleet of the Republic throughout the Clone Wars and saw action at the Battle of Mon Cala and was present either during or just after the Battle of Coruscant. After the fall of the Republic, it was temporarily put into storage before being reactivated by the Galactic Empire as an Imperial Navy training ship, operating predominantly in the Prefsbelt sector of Remnant space. It served in this role until 11 ABY, when it was permanently mothballed by the Imperial Navy and stored at the Yaga Minor Naval Scrapyard.

The freshly deployed ODN Hope's Whisper in orbit over Mon Cala during the Battle of Mon Cala in 20 BBY.

The antiquated and out of date ship would be given new life thanks to an unknown, enterprising Imperial Moff, and became part of a major heist from Imperial storage facilities during chaos of the Yuuzhan Vong Crisis. Along with several of her sister ships, the ODN Hope's Whisper disappeared from its dock and resurfaced years later at Arx Capital Exchange, with fresh paint, modern upgrades, and a new Transponder ID identifying it as the legally de-militarized and sold Sapphire Nebula. It is at present unknown where the ship was operating or who was operating it during the years between its disappearance and arrival in the Arx System, and both fish tales and ghost stories run rampant among the current crew.

The ship was purchased from Arx Capital Exchange by Clan Odan-Urr in 33 ABY for 75,000,000 credits in order to expand its defensive capabilities and better honor the pledges it had made in the Dajorra-Yhi Concordat as well as offset the imbalance of power between the clan and its new ally Clan Arcona. Along with several other capital ships it was rechristened (finally as Hope's Whisper) and deployed to the disparate fleets scattered throughout the Kiast System.

As a part of the Odan-Urr United Space Command, the ODN Hope's Whisper serves as the flagship of the Fourth Fleet. Although it and its companion fleet elements are formally based out of Solyiat, they are typically deployed on a rotation either in support of Pharos Station or Palioxis Station as alert-ready interdicting elements in case of invasion or piratical activity. The Hope's Whisper and Fourth Fleet are currently under the command of Fleet Captain Arad.

Role

Pharos Station, where the ODN Hope's Whisper routinely patrols.

As the flagship for the Fourth Fleet, the Hope's Whisper is both a support ship for the farflung stations controlling access to the Kiast System and reserve muscle for the defense and expeditionary units of the Odan-Urr United Space Command. Individually, it functions as a carrier-cruiser, sporting some of the most powerful fighter craft in the clan's possession, including advanced fighters and interceptors as well as heavy anti-capital ship bombers. It also serves as a command ship when multiple elements of the Fourth Fleet are engaged, and when deploying its marine complement.