Dahranihkian Defense Fleet

The Dahranihkian Defense Fleet was a group of ships dedicated to protect the Outer Rim planet of Dahranihki. It primarily consisted of Sand Dune class heavy frigates and Starlancer class fighter. It picked up a Star Destroyer during the Galactic Civil War as the centerpiece to their fleet.

Pre-Clone Wars
When Dahranihki was first found, the inhabitants were afraid due to their proximity to Wild Space. They created a simple spacedock and shipyards, and began to mine the vast deserts of their planet for resources to create their first defense ship. It was designed to look like a sand dune, so the ship class was named Sand Dune. The first ship was christened the Dahranihki, in honor of both the planet and the famous Dahranihkian. Eventually, two more ships were made to support the first: The Aulia, named after the continent, and Oasis, named for the common occurence on their desert planet. The defense fleet defended against numerous Vagaari scouting missions until they were destroyed by Thrawn.

Clone Wars
The Dahranihkian Defense Fleet protected their home planet of Dahranihki during the Clone Wars. The shipyards also began to create a fourth ship to add to the fleet, but was not named at the time. When General Ni Resh arrived at the planet with his fleet, the Separatists attacked the planet. The four ships of the Fleet attacked with the 72nd, and managed to repel the invaders. War Hero and native Dahranihkian Dy-No-Myt christened the fourth ship of the fleet Coursca Gem, after his ship destroyed at Aroonan.

Galactic Civil War
Captain Dy-No-Myt returned to his home planet, and was promoted to Commodore and given command of the fleet to replace the aging Captain Portney. He immediately ordered the shipyards to begin constructing a fifth Sand Dune. When the Galactic Empire launched a fleet of Nebulon B's at Dahranihki, Commodore Myt had the newest ship, Dust Devil, join in. Later on, when the Star Destroyer Malignant attacked the planet, Commodore Myt used the newly created sister ships Long Trek and Final Journey in a surprise attack to disable the larger ship's engines. The Star Destroyer surrendered, and was repaired at the docks and re-christened the Dehydrator, because dehydration was a serious problem on a desert planet.

Yuzzhan Vong Invasion
Dahranihki remained a noncombatant in the Yuzzhan Vong War until Coruscant fell. Where many other planets were intimidated, Commodore Myt realized that the Galaxy would need to be united to defeat this threat, and brought his fleet alongside the Galactic Alliance. The fleet protected Dahranihki from the Yuzzhan Vong in a brief skirmish, and later fought at Ebaq 9. During the Battle of Coruscant, the Dehydrator and Coursca Gem were disabled, and would have been destroyed if Nas Choka had not ordered the surrender of his fleets.

Afterwards
The fleet stayed in orbit around Dahranihki. THe only conflict during that time was a brief encounter with Killik ships under control of the Gorog nest, and the Dahranihkian Defense Fleet swiftly triumphed.

Commander of the Fleet
The title given to the person in charge of the Dahranihkian Defense Fleet was given the title Commander of the Fleet. The first Commander of the Fleet was Dyan Dahranihki. Between the time of his death to before the Clone Wars, the fleet was not united, controlled by the ship's individual captains. In 70 BBY, the fleet was unified under Captain Lest Portney, the captain of the Dahranihki. During the Galactic Civil War and afterwards, it was contolled by the highest-ranking Dahranihkian in their history, Commodore Dyan Norel Myt.