Throughout the Resistance’s war against the First Order, the New Republic found itself understaffed–and to help compensate for this the MC-85 was designed to be heavily automated, able to operate at full capacity with only a skeleton crew. While Holdo’s demise was inevitable with this maneuver, it also bisected. Holdo aimed the Raddus towards the Supremacy and jumped to hyperspace, hitting the gargantuan dreadnaught right before it would have entered the hyperspace tunnel. But the problem for the New Republic was always personnel. Holdo’s hyperspace ramming maneuver in The Last Jedi was one of the film’s most controversial moments. The Raddus was known to have 7 of the new T-70 X-wings, as well as 4 RZ-2 A-wing interceptors, and 4 full squadrons of MG-100 StarFortress SF-17s. A squadron of fighters could put out more firepower–which is why the MC-85 carried a not-insubstantial fighter escort. The Raddus only carried 18 heavy turbolasers, 18 heavy ion cannons, and a dozen or so point-defense laser cannon turrets, supplemented with a handful of proton torpedo launchers and tractor beam projectors. This focus on defense, rather than offense, meant that the MC-85 was often under-gunned for a Flagship/Battleship. These experimental shields enveloped the entire ship, leaving it without an easily exploitable vulnerability unlike other capital ships built during the same era. An advanced deflector system, capable of repelling firepower of incredible magnitudes, was developed in secret by New Republic scientist. The defensive shields took up the bulk of the ship’s systems. Built to transport military personnel and dignitaries across great distances, the primary focuses for the MC-85 were speed and defense. The MC-85 was intended to be a modern flagship built to the standards of the New Republic. The MC-85 was designed as part of the New Republic’s Military Disarmament act, and its loadout reflects this. Others are much more infamous, and have come to represent the terrors of the Galactic Empire and its reign of evil, like the DS-1 “Death Star” Orbital Battlestation.Īnd yet, there’s a third category of starships, who live on in ignominy, and no ship embodies that quite as much as the biggest ship the New Republic has ever built, the MC-85 Starcruiser, perhaps best known as the Raddus. Some starships are known for their heroic exploits, and become symbols of hope and triumph in the galaxy, like the T-65b X-Wing Starfighter. Take a look at the MC85 Starcruiser aka the Raddus. No, not Reylo – but the STARship that made you think about fuel and how hyperspace works.
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