Welcome to my second ever Lore Play Series.
As I finished Dark Forces, I had a vote on Twitter to see what I should play next
and Knights of the Old Republic just barely beat out The Force Unleashed
So I hope you guys are ready to play this for the next two years
I'm kidding but seriously this game is long
Now all I need to do is name my character
How about Naver Htrad
Because I think it would be funny if the Jedi needed to rename this guy
and they just completely uncreatively spelled his name backwards
Anyway, it's game time
For this first episode let's talk about the Hammerhead Corvette
Because it's first ship we see, and now that it's popped up in Star Wars Rebels and Rogue One
It's the perfect time to talk about it
I'll start by going over what we know in canon
and then I'll expand upon the information with Legends material
as I run through the inside of one with my buddy Trask, who literally will not shut up
Even by canon standards the Hammerhead style design has been around for centuries
They were known to be powerful with strong bodies, which is displayed pretty effectively in Rogue One
Not only could they withstand ramming a Star Destroyer,
but their engines were powerful enough to move a disabled one
Unfortunately that's about all we currently know
So let's get into Legends, which is more fitting anyway considering this is a Legends game
But wait! It's a Sith!
"It's a Dark Jedi!"
No Trask, it's a Sith, not a Dark Jedi.
There's a difference you noob
Oh well, they're both dead anyway.
Just going to loot this body and take your lightsaber.
Nope! I can't. Why not? I don't know why not.
Whatever, I'll just take your money and be on my way
Where was I?
Oh yeah, the Legends version of the Hammerhead
Instead of corvettes, the ships in this game are called Hammerhead class cruisers
Now there's no hard and fast rule on the specific differences between a cruiser and a Corvette
But in general it seems that cruisers were the larger class
meaning the Legends version is larger than the canon
And I think that looks to be true here
They were armed with six turbolaser cannons, quad laser cannons and point-defense batteries
Compare that to the Corvettes' 3 dual laser cannons
Even the bridge seems much more spacious here than it did in Rogue One
Of course, like I mentioned before,
the corvette version we see in Rebels and Rogue One is supposed to be based on a very old design
and just in case you've never played Knights of the Old Republic before
this game takes place four thousand years before the events of the films
Even in Legends, Hammerhead style ships appeared throughout the timeline
including the New Sith Wars
Which happened about 3,000 years after the events of this game
They were also around before this game during the Great Sith War
and there was an even larger Praetorian-class frigate that shared the Hammerhead design as well
This ship specifically, where the game starts, is called the Endar Spire
It was part of the Galactic Republic fleet assigned to stop the invading fleets
of Darth Revan and Darth Malak during the Jedi Civil War
It was under the command of Bastila Shan until it was boarded by Darth Bandon over the planet Taris
And that's who we've been fighting against this whole time
Sith
Not Dark Jedi, Trask
Although I feel like I should point out why Trask called them Dark Jedi
These guys were part of the Sith Empire, but they weren't Sith Lords
So, they were probably referred to as Dark Jedi just to avoid confusion
Also, the armored guys are still technically Sith but they're Sith troops, part of the Sith army.
They don't have Force abilities, but they still fight for the Sith
This was back before the time of the Rule of Two,
when the Sith had a huge and conspicuous presence in the galaxy
Our goal on this ship is pretty much just to reach an escape pod
and get off before it explodes
And now we've done that
So off we go, headed for Taris
Despite the ship seemingly vaporizing
The Endar Spire will crash onto the planet behind us
and remain there throughout the Cold War
And I think that sounds like a decent stopping point
and we can talk about the planet Taris next Friday
We'll do its Legends history and talk about its return to canon
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