Mon Calamari Medium Cruiser

Slightly bigger than the light Calamari Cruiser, with more turbolasers and ion cannons, the first MC-90, the Defiance, served as Admiral Ackbar's command ship during the Battle of Calamari against the powerful World Devastators. Its better armament and shields withstood the heavy onslaught from Imperial warships.

Shortly before the Battle of Endor, Admiral Ackbar wanted to design a warship that was built solely to engage an Imperial Star Destroyer alone, and live to tell the tale. The final end result was the MC-90, a Mon Calamari Medium Cruiser. Designed as a warship, rather than a converted pleasure ship, the MC-90's were a major threat to the Empire, and highly successful.

The MC-90 features many improvements of the original MC-80 design. First, the MC-90 line is more modularized. While each individual ship is still a work of art, the internal components and systems are more consistently arranged to aid non-Calamari techs who must work on the ship. Second, all the controls and displays have multiple wavelength settings so that crew-members of any species can crew the ships. Although no longer necessary with these new modifications, Calamari continue to make up most of the bridge crew on these vessels, operating well together during a crisis or battle.

Each MC-90 carries a full commando division, complete with assault craft and ablative heat shields for orbital drops, 15 Assault Walkers and 20 Scout walkers for ground assault, and 6 fighter squadrons for escort and patrol.

These vessels are more than weapon platforms. They also act space stations, repair docks, and heavy transports for smaller craft. A typical MC-90 carries combat craft, shuttles, repair and recovery vehicles, landing barges, drop ships, ground assault vehicles, and one prefabricated garrison base for immediate deployment on hostile worlds..