Shriwirr
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In the Star Wars fictional universe, the Shriwirr was a massive battle cruiser from the Expanded Universe novel The Truce at Bakura, used by the reptillian Ssi-Ruuk. It was a Shree-class battle cruiser.
The Shriwirr was 900 metres long and littered with countless weapons emplacements. It was armed with the equivelant of 24 ion cannons, 12 concussion missile launchers, 24 heavy turbolasers and 12 tractor beam projectors. It could carry 500 Swarm-class Battle Droids which were the Ssi-Ruuk equivelant of starfighters and 12 D'Kee-class Landing Ships.
It was staffed by a large crew of P'w'ecks which are a species enslaved by the Ssi-Ruuk. The Ssi-Ruuk concentrate more on capturing enemy troops rather than destroying them because they rely on a technology that draws out the life essences of captives called entechment. The Shriwirr had a large entechment lab on board where many prisoners taken during the Battle of Bakura were turned into slaves. After the Battle of Bakura, the Shriwirr was captured by the Rebel Alliance who had it refitted to become a part of its fledging fleet. The Shriwirr was renamed Deb Sibwarra to honour the human slave who sacrificed his life so that the Ssi-Ruuk could be defeated.
The Shriwirr also lead the Ssi-Ruuk invasion fleet which consisted a Sh'ner-class Planetary Assault Cruiser, a Lwhekk-class Manufacturing Ship, four Wurrif-class Light Cruisers and 20 Fw'sen-class Picket Ships.
