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| rdfs:label | - The Essential Guide to Force Exile/Jar'Kai-class carrier
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| rdfs:comment | - The Jar'Kai-class carriers arose after an intense 5 ABY budget debate over the future of the Yanibar Guard Fleet. After the devastation wrought by the Battle of Yanibar, funds were stretched extremely tight due to the need to rebuild. The Yanibar Guard Fleet had originally wanted eight Soresu-class Fleet Defenders and three larger warships capable of defeating Imperial Star Destroyers in addition to full repairs and restorations of the ships lost in the battle. However, competing civil and defense priorities meant that Yanibar's government was unwilling to fund such a costly fleet addition. Instead, an alternate study proposed what eventually became the Jar'Kai-class.
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| Role | - *Medium-range transport
*Troop shuttle
*Medical evacuation craft
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| Engine | - *8 ion engines
*Repulsorlifts
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| Armament | - *6 missile launchers
*12 turbolasers
*40 quad laser cannons
*2 tractor beam projectors
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| abstract | - The Jar'Kai-class carriers arose after an intense 5 ABY budget debate over the future of the Yanibar Guard Fleet. After the devastation wrought by the Battle of Yanibar, funds were stretched extremely tight due to the need to rebuild. The Yanibar Guard Fleet had originally wanted eight Soresu-class Fleet Defenders and three larger warships capable of defeating Imperial Star Destroyers in addition to full repairs and restorations of the ships lost in the battle. However, competing civil and defense priorities meant that Yanibar's government was unwilling to fund such a costly fleet addition. Instead, an alternate study proposed what eventually became the Jar'Kai-class. The Jar'Kai-class was very much a dedicated carrier. Its weapon systems were purely defensive and it relied heavily on its complement of fighters for both offense and defense. The ship had extensive sensors and communication systems to assist in coordinating its sizeable fighter wing, which made it a common choice for flag officers to use as their flagship, when available. However, the carriers were intentionally built resilient. Reinforced, redundant layers of shielding protected each carrier and the hulls were designed such that the hangars could be completely gutted without damaging the carriers. There was as much hull armor separating the core of the ship from its four expansive hangar bays as there was protecting the hangars themselves. Proportionally, there were more communications, damage control, and security personnel on board a Jar'Kai than any other Yanibar Guard Fleet vessel. Each Jar'Kai-class carrier supported a fighter arm of 9 starfighter squadrons split into multiple fighter types. 3 squadrons of Sabres provided the primary interception and escort capability for the carrier, while another 3 squadrons of Shotos served as point-defense screening fighters. The remaining three squadrons were split between two B-wing squadrons for assault and a Valkyrie bomber squadron for heavy assault and reconnaissance. An additional 144 Clone Wars-era Vulture droid starfighters were carried in the fourth hangar bay for use as a disposable fighter screen or assault force. 12 Javelin shuttles for transport and rescue completed its complement. All together, a single Jar'Kai carrier could launch a fighter force greater in numbers than that of three Imperial Star Destroyers. To support this massive starfighter wave, each Jar'Kai was crewed by at least two Elite Guardians capable of employing battle meditation to support the efforts of the carrier and its fighters. Yanibar Guard Fleet doctrine insisted that carriers never operate without adequate escort and they were considered even more valuable than Fleet Defenders despite being considerably smaller. They were also not equipped for atmospheric entry.
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