Invisible Hand

Originally the personal vessel of Nute Gunray and his advisers, the Invisible Hand took the form of a cruiser - but later changed its role to that of carrier/destroyer when General Grievous took over command of the ship. The vessel was designed by Quarren engineers for the Trade Federation.

The Invisible hand had been on more than twenty missions in the Core Systems -- which included an hour-long bombardment of the former city-planet Humbarine and the release of a plague in the Weemell Sector - and continued to fight up until the battle over Coruscant in which it was destroyed. General Grievous, launching an attack on the Republic capital, led his ships from the bridge of the Invisible Hand. Despite the advantage of surprise and a key hostage (Chancellor Palpatine), the Invisible Hand was boarded by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. In the midst of battle, Republic warships began firing on the Invisible Hand relentlessly, due in part to a communication failure regarding the presence of the Supreme Chancellor aboard the vessel. This bombardment was enough to cause the ship to descend into the atmosphere and partially break up. Grievous, almost losing a fight to the pair of Jedi, fled the ship. Together, Obi-Wan and Anakin managed to land half of the vessel (the other half being lost) on a Coruscant runway - saving those who might have been hit by the falling flagship.


The technical details of the Invisible Hand are as follows:

Manufacturer: Free Dac Volunteers, Pammant Docks
Make: Modified Providence-class carrier/destroyer

Dimensions: length 1,088 m (3,570 ft); width 198 m (650 ft); height with observation tower 347 m (1,139 ft)
Propulsion: 4 Nubian Creveld-4 radial ion drives

Max. Acceleration (linear, in open space): 2,500G
Max. Speed (in standard atmosphere): 2,000 kph (1,240 mph)
Hyperdrive: class 1.5; 40,000 light-year effective range

Crew: 600; up to 1.5 million deactivated battle droids

Armament: 14 quad turbolaser turrets; 34 dual laser cannons; 2 ion cannons; 12 point-defense ion cannons; 102 proton torpedo tubes

Complement: 120 droid tri-fighters; 120 droid Vulture fighters; 160 MTTs (Multi Troop Transport); 280 assorted droid armored vehicles

Record 813 - ship - Last update 28 Mar 2007, 23:09:39

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