This program, named New Class, offered the Fleet a new level of standardization, power and flexibility previously enjoyed by the Imperial Starfleet. The resulting inefficiencies of this diversity prompted a program to streamline the Fleet's ships and increase maintenance efficiency.

In the nine years following the reorganization of the fleet, the variety of vessels that comprised the Defense Fleet grew starships from hundreds of shipyards across New Republic space made up the frontline, support and civilian vessels of the Fleet. New Republic reinforcements at the Battle of Yag'Dhul

These groups patrolled segments of the New Republic on a rotating basis, with at least one always assigned to defending Coruscant and another assigned to patrolling ' Thunder Alley.' Prior to 16 ABY, four fleets were created to fulfill this function. Ostensibly it was during this period that the Navy began to organize into fleets. While the Defense Force was organized into Fleet Command, Intelligence, Technology and Quartermaster sections, the Defense Fleet served as its primary action body, and was led directly by the Supreme Commander, Ackbar. Starships, starfighters and soldiers all served under the Supreme Commander, an office built from the remains of the Minister of Defense, Minister of the Army, Minister of the Navy and the Minister of the Starfighter Corps.

Along the way, the Fleet engaged a number of Imperial warlords and relied heavily upon its officers' ingenuity to defeat the warlords' superior warships.Īfter the liberation of Coruscant, the New Republic reorganized under the Common Charter, which also organized the military might of the New Republic into a single, unified command structure, the Combined Defense Forces of the New Republic. During this period, Ackbar coordinated the Fleet towards the Council's primary goal: the capture of Coruscant. 3 Starships of the New Republic Defense FleetĪt the creation of the New Republic, the former Alliance Fleet consisted primarily of donated starships converted to military duty, volunteer resistance force fleets and a small number of vessels purchased with limited Rebel Alliance funds, headed by Admiral Ackbar, who also held a seat on the New Republic Provisional Council.

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