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Black Ice

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a Field Secured Container Vessel, the Black Ice was part of replenishment fleet DK-209 during the Galactic Civil War. The Alliance discovered that it was used to transport huge quantities of starship fuels cells to shipyards in and around Mortex Sector. The Alliance launched bold attempt to steal the ship and its fuel supply after the loss of a refinery in the Choah Belt shortly after the Battle of Yavin. In its entirety, the Black Ice measured some 7,800 meters in length, from end to end. In between the two engine pods, the Black Ice was formed from nine individual doublefield spheres. After defeating Skolos and the ship's own systems, the agents succeeded in taking control of the ship. However, the Empire had secretly programmed the ship to send out an SOS beacon upon emerging from hyperspace, and Imperial forces followed the Black Ice to the Alliance base on Fangol. The Empire attacked with a torpedo sphere, but the Alliance countered by ramming the sphere with the emptied Black Ice. The resulting destruction wiped out the torpedo sphere and much of the Black Ice, but the Alliance was given time to evacuate Fangol. Note that the Black Ice module claims the ship was designed and manufactured by Rendili StarDrive, but the Imperial Sourcebook claims that Loronar developed it..