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At some point prior to the [[Battle of Endor]], the ''Chimaera'' was seen undergoing weapons testing along with the ''[[Inexorable (Imperial I-class)|Inexorable]]'', the ''[[Nemesis]]'' and the ''[[Stormhawk]]'' in the [[Carida system]]. [[Ace Azzameen]]'s ''[[Otana]]'' mistakenly emerged from [[hyperspace]] near the Star Destroyers but managed to escape.<ref name="XwA">''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]''</ref>
At some point prior to the [[Battle of Endor]], the ''Chimaera'' was seen undergoing weapons testing along with the ''[[Inexorable (Imperial I-class)|Inexorable]]'', the ''[[Nemesis]]'' and the ''[[Stormhawk]]'' in the [[Carida system]]. [[Ace Azzameen]]'s ''[[Otana]]'' mistakenly emerged from [[hyperspace]] near the Star Destroyers but managed to escape.<ref name="XwA">''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]''</ref>
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Later, it was recalled to Endor as part of [[Death Squadron]], the fleet protecting the [[Death Star II|second Death Star]], under [[Admiral]] [[Horst Strage]]. It was next in the chain of command after the [[command ship]]s ''[[Executor]]'' and ''[[Pride of Tarlandia]]'', and with the destruction of both, became acting command ship. After several hours of fighting and the loss of Admiral Strage, [[Captain]] [[Gilad Pellaeon]] became acting [[commanding officer]] of the fleet and ordered a retreat<ref name="EGW"/> to the nearest [[sector]] [[capital]], [[Annaj|Cannij Barr]], in the [[Annaj system]].<ref name="TTB">{{WEG|The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook}}</ref><ref name="EGW"/> A quarrel broke out between the new commander of Death Squadron who wanted to counterattack the Rebels and two higher ranking officers : [[Admiral]]s [[Blitzer Harrsk|Harrsk]] and [[Adye Prittick]]. Harrsk quickly deserted to create his own warlord fief and Pellaeon accepted to transfer command to Admiral Prittick who ordered a retreat to the [[Yag'Dhul system]]<ref name="EGW"/>, in order to protect the [[Core Worlds]].<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref> Admiral Prittick briefly commanded the fleet while at Annaj but did not remain in command for reasons still unknown; this was presumably at least in part due to the authority vested in ''Chimaera'' itself. ''Chimaera'' remained under Pellaeon's command during the tumultuous years that followed, and under Pellaeon's leadership, she came to be regarded as one of the [[Galactic Empire|Empire]]'s most efficiently run Star Destroyers.
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Later, it was recalled to Endor as part of [[Death Squadron]], the fleet protecting the [[Death Star II|second Death Star]], under [[Admiral]] [[Horst Strage]]. It was next in the chain of command after the [[command ship]]s ''[[Executor]]'' and ''[[Pride of Tarlandia]]'', and with the destruction of both, became acting command ship. After several hours of fighting and the loss of Admiral Strage, [[Captain]] [[Gilad Pellaeon]] became acting [[commanding officer]] of the fleet and ordered a retreat<ref name="EGW"/> to the nearest [[sector]] [[capital]], [[Annaj|Cannij Barr]], in the [[Annaj system]].<ref name="TTB">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref><ref name="EGW"/> A quarrel broke out between the new commander of Death Squadron who wanted to counterattack the Rebels and two higher ranking officers : [[Admiral]]s [[Blitzer Harrsk|Harrsk]] and [[Adye Prittick]]. Harrsk quickly deserted to create his own warlord fief and Pellaeon accepted to transfer command to Admiral Prittick who ordered a retreat to the [[Yag'Dhul system]]<ref name="EGW"/>, in order to protect the [[Core Worlds]].<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref> Admiral Prittick briefly commanded the fleet while at Annaj but did not remain in command for reasons still unknown; this was presumably at least in part due to the authority vested in ''Chimaera'' itself. ''Chimaera'' remained under Pellaeon's command during the tumultuous years that followed, and under Pellaeon's leadership, she came to be regarded as one of the [[Galactic Empire|Empire]]'s most efficiently run Star Destroyers.
===Thrawn's flagship===
===Thrawn's flagship===
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[[File:Chimaera.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Chimaera'', as the flagship of [[Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Thrawn]].]]
[[File:Chimaera.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''Chimaera'', as the flagship of [[Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Thrawn]].]]
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This record for efficiency may have been what made [[Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Thrawn]] choose the ''Chimaera'' to be his flagship. Thrawn immediately left his mark on the ship, having a luxury entertainment suite once used by Pellaeon's predecessor turned into a meditation chamber/command room. Thrawn's reorganization of the fleet placed the ''Chimaera'' at the center of his personal armada, along with the Star Destroyers ''[[Death's Head]]'', ''[[Judicator]]'', ''[[Inexorable (Imperial I-class)|Inexorable]]'', ''[[Stormhawk]]'', and ''[[Nemesis]]''.<ref name="TTSB">{{WEG|The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook}}</ref>
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This record for efficiency may have been what made [[Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Thrawn]] choose the ''Chimaera'' to be his flagship. Thrawn immediately left his mark on the ship, having a luxury entertainment suite once used by Pellaeon's predecessor turned into a meditation chamber/command room. Thrawn's reorganization of the fleet placed the ''Chimaera'' at the center of his personal armada, along with the Star Destroyers ''[[Death's Head]]'', ''[[Judicator]]'', ''[[Inexorable (Imperial I-class)|Inexorable]]'', ''[[Stormhawk]]'', and ''[[Nemesis]]''.<ref name="TTSB">''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''</ref>
Thrawn soon began training the crew to his own specifications, and when he ordered the ''Chimaera'' to [[Tatooine]] to [[Second Mission to Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|obtain]] the [[Alderaan]]ian moss painting [[Killik Twilight]], they were put to the test by the unexpected complications caused by [[Han Solo]] and [[Leia Organa Solo]].<ref name="TG"/>
Thrawn soon began training the crew to his own specifications, and when he ordered the ''Chimaera'' to [[Tatooine]] to [[Second Mission to Tatooine (Galactic Civil War)|obtain]] the [[Alderaan]]ian moss painting [[Killik Twilight]], they were put to the test by the unexpected complications caused by [[Han Solo]] and [[Leia Organa Solo]].<ref name="TG"/>
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Soon afterward, Thrawn began [[Thrawn campaign|his campaign]] on the [[New Republic]] in earnest, starting with an information raid on [[Obroa-skai]]. The ''Chimaera'' remained his [[flagship]] throughout this devastating campaign, up until his death at [[Bilbringi system|Bilbringi]] at the hands of his [[Noghri]] bodyguard, [[Rukh]].<ref name="TTSB"/>
Soon afterward, Thrawn began [[Thrawn campaign|his campaign]] on the [[New Republic]] in earnest, starting with an information raid on [[Obroa-skai]]. The ''Chimaera'' remained his [[flagship]] throughout this devastating campaign, up until his death at [[Bilbringi system|Bilbringi]] at the hands of his [[Noghri]] bodyguard, [[Rukh]].<ref name="TTSB"/>
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Pellaeon was forced to call a full retreat of the [[Imperial Navy|Imperial Starfleet]], which regrouped near the [[Unknown Regions]].<ref name="TLCSb">{{WEG|The Last Command Sourcebook}}</ref>
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Pellaeon was forced to call a full retreat of the [[Imperial Navy|Imperial Starfleet]], which regrouped near the [[Unknown Regions]].<ref name="TLCSb">''[[The Last Command Sourcebook]]''</ref>
===Republic capture===
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[[File:AdmiralAlienAndCaptainMustache.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Thrawn]] and [[Gilad Pellaeon]] on the ''Chimaera''.]]
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