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a series of Mon Calamari space cruiser originally designed as a luxury ship, but later overhauled to become Alliance warships. Each of these ships is a hand-crafted work of art, unique from all others. They appear to be organic in nature, because the Mon Calamari built them with sleek, rounded pods and bulges to contain sensor arrays, weapons batteries, and shield generators. Since they were designed as luxury ships, they have a large number of viewports. this was a problem when they were refitted for military duty, as the large number of viewports reduced the ship's structural integrity. To further protect the MC80, the Mon Calamari covered the viewports with hull components and heavy blast doors. These ships were built specifically for use by Mon Calamari crewmen, and required a great deal of refitting for use by other species. These ships are 1200 meters in length and carry a normal crew of 5,156 officers and 246 gunners, with the ability to transport 1,200 troops. It has been rated at 60 MGLT at sublight speeds. They were designed with triply-redundant shielding, and most other systems had at least double redundancy. This made them extremely battle-effective, but required a great deal of maintenance. The MC80a has the following shipboard components: TriLuna 400 MGS Stardrive and Hyperdrive Motivator, 20 ArMek SW-7 Ion Cannon Batteries, Serridge SEAL Shielding System (rated at 240 SBD), 6 Front-mounted Phylon-Q7 Tractor Beam Projectors, 48 Taim and Bak XV9 Turbolaser Batteries, Plat Dromma Targeting Computer, 6 Fighter Bays (Y-wing Squadrons, 2 X-wing Squadrons, and 1 A-wing Squadron).