Rending Hand

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Rending Hand
Production information
Class:

Star Destroyer

Technical specifications
Length:

1,250 meters

Hyperdrive rating:

Class 2 (Backup Class 10)

Targeting systems:

STRADEF II

Countermeasures:

EM1

Armament:
Complement:
  • Starfighters (36)
  • Shuttles (10)
  • Dropships (1)
-Typical complement organized into one starfighter wing
Crew:
  • Crew (8,168)
  • Gunners (260)

2,917

Passengers:

Troops (3,200)


-Capacity complement
Cargo capacity:

11,000 metric tons

Consumables:

Twenty-four months

Usage
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Rending Hand was one of three formidable Republic-class Star Destroyers in the Eighth Fleet.


Vessel Info

Construction

The Kuat Drive Yards facility at Xa Fel in the Kanchen Sector began construction on Rending Hand in early 25 ABY.


History

During the Ninth Great Jedi War, the RSD Rending Hand was responsible for ensuring that the Clan Fleets stayed in formation and went along with the Battle Plan that the War Council had . It shared this responsibility with the Arcanum.


Commander

Captain NPC TBD; Commanding Officer, Rending Hand


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Role

Rending Hand was the namesake and central vessel of the Rending Hand Strike Group. Together with the Nightfall Strike Group these two elements formed Task Force 61's primary planetary assault force under Joint Task Force Rancor. Rending Hand supported I Legion, 13th Starborne Division of the Army of the Iron Throne.


Action

Classified


Vessel Complement

Air

Vessel Aerospace Wing Nine (VAW-9)


  • Strike Fighter Squadron 49 (VFA-49) "Game Trackers"
  • Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101) "Ghost Riders"
  • Strike Fighter Squadron 117 (VFA-117) "Raiders"
  • Logistic Support Squadron 195 (VLS-195) "Demons"

Ground

I Legion


  • 4th Squadron, 4th Reconnaissance
  • 4th Battalion, 96th Armored Field Artillery
  • 252nd Support Battalion