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See also Adam Smith 's concept of the " Invisible Hand ". The Trade Federation Cruiser is a ''. SPECS The Trade Federation Cruiser, ''The Invisible Hand'' was Count Dooku and General Grievous 's Confederate flagship and Palpatine 's Prison , commanded by Capt. Lushros Dofine . It was modified from a standard ''Providence''-class Destroyer to contain a larger amount of star-fighters. It was manufactured by Free Dac Volunteers in the tunneled Quarren colony world Pammant which was recently devastated with radioactivity and fractured to the core by a cataclysmic hyperspace accident involving the Republic 's Star Battle-cruiser ''Quaestor'' during the Clone Wars . It was 1,088 meters long and had a crew of 600, along with 1.5 million deactivated Battle Droid s. The ''Invisible Hand'''s weapons were 14 quad turbolaser turrets; 34 dual laser cannons; 2 ion cannons; 12 point-defense ion cannons and 102 proton torpedo tubes. Its complement were 120 Droid Starfighter s; 120 Tri-Droid Fighter s; 160 MTT s (Multi Troop Transports) and 280 droid vehicles including AAT s (Armored Assault Tanks), Hailfire Droid s, OG-9 Spider Droid s, LM-432 Crab Droid s, Persuader-class Droid Enforcers , and Homing Spider Droid s. HISTORY Shortly before the Battle Of Coruscant , the ''Invisible Hand'''s main communications and sensor pod was refitted as a lofty sanctum for Count Dooku , the head of the Confederacy Of Independent Systems . Sith cunning and Jedi wisdom make Count Dooku appear like a simple and saintly leader and is called "Gentle Hand" by primitive folk on remote worlds. From the communications tower, Dooku transmits Separatist propaganda throughout the galaxy. If the evil Separatist leader had not been stopped, he would have broadcast the holo-image of the captive Supreme Chancellor Palpatine around the galaxy to crush Republic morale. Under the command of General Grievous , ''Invisible Hand'' has played a key role in most of the Separatist cyborg's raids into the Galactic Core. These include the release of the Loedorvian Brain Plague that killed entire Republic Clone Armies and almost every human in the Weemell Sector . The Invisible Hand also terrorized 26 important Loyalist worlds including the hour-long orbital bombardment that depopulated and melted the crust of the former city world Humbarine , an ancient founding member of the Republic . Loyalist agents have tried to track the ship's movement, but unfortunately, the crafty Grievous frequently swaps Mid Rim patrols with her sister ship ''Lucid Voice'' to confuse the Republic. When Palpatine was captured by Count Dooku and the General, the Battle Of Coruscant had started and it was up to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to rescue him. The two Jedi managed to land in the main hangar bay and make their way to the Chancellor's signal. Anakin then defeated Dooku and saved Palpatine right when the ship was engaged by the Venator-class Star Destroyer ''Guarlara'', starting a confrontation in which both ships were critically damaged. A lucky shot from the ''Guarlara'' started a chain reaction in the ''Invisible Hand'''s point-defense cannon bays that almost destroyed the ship. Weakened, the cruiser began to plummet towards Coruscant. Eventually the crew managed to regain control of the ship and prevented a deadly crash. Once the ship was stabilized, Ray shields captured Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Palpatine. The trio was brought to the main bridge for the awaiting General but the Jedi freed themselves with the help of R2-D2 and engaged Grevious. Outnumbered, the General fled by smashing the protective windshield then making his way to the escape pods. Grevious managed to jettison all the pods leaving the Jedi stranded. At this point the crew began escaping, leaving no-one in control of the ship. Anakin then took control of the ship, and began making a steady re-entry into Coruscant but the damage sustained from the battle with ''Guarlara'' caused the cruiser to break into two large chunks in the Atmosphere . Anakin was able to crash land the front half of the ship on a landing strip with Obi-Wan Kenobi exclaiming, "Another happy landing". EXTERNAL LINK |
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