Tempest (Star Destroyer)

The Tempest was an in the service of the Golden Empire.

The third Star Destroyer built in the Empire (after the Keltrayu and the Stronghold), the Tempest was completed at Baes in 129 ABY. Its construction had initially languished under the stewardship of the weak-willed Consul Toblus Dijrek; after Tariun Sakaros deposed him and appointed Sorrik in his place in 128 ABY, the Umdal gave the project new energy.

The Tempest did not see real action until the Conquest of the Chiss Ascendancy, where it again came under Sorrik's control, this time part of his fleet as Legate. It participated in the Battle of Kinoss and the final defeat of the at Csilla.

The Tempest was Tariun Sakaros's primary heavy warship, after the Sith Star, during the Vagaari War. In 147 ABY, the war hero Commodore Tarse Medrego became captain of the Tempest. Two years later, it served as first Tariun Sakaros's and then Medrego's flagship during the Nightmare War, leading the Xoquon Sector Fleet. When Medrego became the first Sector Magister of the Romasi sector, the Tempest remained his command ship and became the flagship of the Romasi Sector Defense Force.