![]() ![]() ![]() The Gage-class proved a sturdy design during the Great Galactic War, in an incident where a disgraced captain looking to redeem himself rammed his transport into a Republic battlestation. Other captains were known to be demoted from their previous assignments to a Gage if they angered their commanders. Many Imperial naval officers began their careers captaining a Gage transport. The armor was strong enough for the transport to viably engage in last-ditch ramming maneuvers. The transport sported the heavy armor of the Terminus-class to help protect its cargo. Its bridge deck was also noted for its wide and spacious design. The transport instead had more space for cargo and room for barracks in which to carry troops. As part of the Imperial propaganda, many Imperial officers were falsely credited for many of the heroic acts that were performed by the Jedi during the war.Īdmiral Forn Dodonna, a Republic officer.The Gage-class resembled the larger Terminus-class destroyer, but wielded fewer turbolaser batteries. This practice has gone back as far as the Old Sith Wars, when the Republic army fought against the Sith Lords Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma and during the subsequent Jedi Civil War, when many, including Ensign Trask Ulgo and Admiral Forn Dodonna, fought against the army of Darth Malak, whose numbers included many of their former comrades, such as Saul Karath, a Sith officer.įollowing the end of the Clone Wars, those Republic officers who were considered the brightest and most decorated of the conflict became officers of the Imperial Starfleet and Imperial Army. The Clone Wars was not the only time the Republic recruited men and women into its military. Although they outranked all of the clones as birth-born enlisted personnel, the Republic officers were outranked by the members of the Jedi Order, the chief officers of the military such as Admiral Wullf Yularen and Captain Wilhuff Tarkin were superseded in authority only by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Republic officers served both onboard capital ships and on the ground, directing both the Jedi Knights and the clone troopers under their command. ![]()
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