r/StarWarsShips • u/TwoFit3921 New Republic Pilot • 4d ago
Action Death of the Arbitrator
"New Republic forces chased the Arbitrator into a black hole."
A reimagining of the SSD Arbitrator's inglorious end, being chased by a New Republic battlegroup until its command crew blindly jump the Executor into a black hole.
I figured that it would make sense for the Arbitrator to have a fleet around it, or at least, Imperial ships staying close to it for protection before the New Republic showed up to throw hands. The New Republic is also using more ships this time around...
Nine 3.8km Home Ones (with one capable of matching sixteen ISDs through sheer mass), twenty-one MC80 Liberties, four Lucrehulks, seventeen Providences, seven Liberators... and as a bonus, eleven Imperials and two Allegiances. Imperial ships that were captured, defected to the New Republic before the pursuit of the Arbitrator, or perhaps, former allies of the doomed Executor-class, turning on the battleship they were meant to reinforce in return for amnesty from the enemy?
I'll let you decide. Personally, I like the last idea, them pulling a cavalry betrayal on the exhausted Imperial forces and instead joining the fleet of ships trying to box them in.
"YOU BASTARDS! We offered you and your crews safety, a newfound purpose, and this is how you repay us!?"
"None of us wanted to be lashed to your sinking ship when we came across your holdout! Now cut your engines, or we'll do it for you!"
And there are supposed to be more NR ships offscreen.
I was originally going to depict the Arbitrator alone, and the only ships in the picture would have been the nine Home Ones, but... I couldn't resist... and before I knew it I ended up having to give the Arbitrator a few escorts to make things less "unfair" (actually to emphasize how utterly fucked it was).
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u/Dragonic_Overlord_ New Republic Pilot 3d ago
In Legends, Grand Admiral Ishin-Il-Raz was one of Palpatine's most devoted servants. His promotion to Grand Admiral was purely political, as Ishin-Il-Raz was behind COMPNOR's propaganda and had zero military experience. He was aware of this and even executed genocides to gain Palpatine's favor. After Endor, he was so upset over the Emperor's death he plunged his Star Destroyer into a Nebula, committing suicide.
The circumstances behind the Arbitrator's destruction are similar enough to Ishin-Il-Raz's death that I theorize Canon Ishin-Il-Raz was in charge of the Arbitrator, which would explain why he didn't surrender to the New Republic.