How big is the Gyndine shipyard?

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2004-09-17 09:12am

At first I didn't even know the system had a shipyard but knowing SW shipyards they usually are large, anyone who knows how large?

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-09-17 09:21am

in the NJO, it was called moderate by leia, i think its possible that it produced ships from fighters to Frigates and Carrack type ships

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2004-09-17 10:46am

Dartzap wrote:in the NJO, it was called moderate by leia, i think its possible that it produced ships from fighters to Frigates and Carrack type ships

Gyndine produced the first ISD.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-09-17 10:49am

Did it? wheres that stated?

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-09-17 12:17pm

Wow, the NJO mentioned it? Cool. It originally appeared in the Mandel blueprints, IIRC, thought it has since appeared in DK works ...

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-09-17 12:30pm

Erm.. its gets mentioned because it gets smashed to peices by the Vong, who decide that they might as well show off their ground troops...

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2004-09-17 12:30pm

Dartzap wrote:in the NJO, it was called moderate by leia, i think its possible that it produced ships from fighters to Frigates and Carrack type ships

Moderate, when large is described as "system spanning" (Kuat, in Iron Fist)

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2004-09-17 03:17pm

Vympel wrote:Wow, the NJO mentioned it? Cool. It originally appeared in the Mandel blueprints, IIRC, thought it has since appeared in DK works ...

Its appeared in various different EU sources aside from the DK books... I dont remember all of them though

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2004-09-17 03:30pm

Connor MacLeod wrote:
Vympel wrote:Wow, the NJO mentioned it? Cool. It originally appeared in the Mandel blueprints, IIRC, thought it has since appeared in DK works ...
Its appeared in various different EU sources aside from the DK books... I dont remember all of them though

Gyndine is mentioned in Splinter of the Mind's Eye, during which Bin Essada was the Imperial Governor, under whose jurisdiction Mimban fell.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2004-09-17 05:00pm

Publius wrote:
Connor MacLeod wrote:
Vympel wrote:Wow, the NJO mentioned it? Cool. It originally appeared in the Mandel blueprints, IIRC, thought it has since appeared in DK works ...
Its appeared in various different EU sources aside from the DK books... I dont remember all of them though
Gyndine is mentioned in Splinter of the Mind's Eye, during which Bin Essada was the Imperial Governor, under whose jurisdiction Mimban fell.

Oh yeah. I forgot.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-09-17 10:02pm

The NJO book in question just to help clarifiy things, is Agents of Chaos II - Jedi Eclipse.

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2004-09-18 04:45pm

Interesting. So its near Kuat level size. Even with half the construction bays as Kuat it would still be system spanning.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-18 04:53pm

Ender wrote:
Dartzap wrote:in the NJO, it was called moderate by leia, i think its possible that it produced ships from fighters to Frigates and Carrack type ships
Moderate, when large is described as "system spanning" (Kuat, in Iron Fist)

By the way, a single continuously linked band of stations and docks encircles Kuat's equator entirely and appears to outmass the Death Star II easily (ref: Coruscant and the Core Worlds).

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-09-18 09:16pm

Dark Primus wrote:Interesting. So its near Kuat level size. Even with half the construction bays as Kuat it would still be system spanning.

It is never mentioned to be Kuat-sized, only moderate. Remember that the KDY home shipyards are the only ones we know of that surround the star in such a manner. All other examples of major SW shipyards have them as space yards orbiting a planet. Kuat isin't a "Large" shipyard, it is the "largest" shipyard in the Galaxy. The second largest shipyard in the galaxy, the CEC docks, are not system spanning, and Gyndine cannot be larger than the CEC yards.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-19 01:32am

Where are the CEC yards said to be second to Kuat? Fondor's yards were rather extensive.

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-09-19 02:13am

Fondor is one of the many planets that specialize in starship constuction and repair. It is one of the oldest of these worlds, and its orbital shipyards are some of the most extensive and sophisticated in the galaxy, perhaps second only to the yards at Corellia and Kuat. (The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons; pg. 86)

Emphasis mine.

Fondor's yards, while extensive, are clearly smaller than those of the CEC. To more properly gauge its size, I'll have to read through a few chapters of Jedi Eclipse, which offer a description of the yards.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-09-19 02:37am

Where?

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-09-19 02:56am

Edited post with quote.