Is Thrawn's Star Destroyer "CHIMAERA" Battleworthy? 

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It has Thrawn at the helm, with him anything is battleworthy

Judging by the battered state of the Chimaera, if Thrawn had any other ISDs with him they've all been stripped for parts by now. The name "Chimaera" might be extremely appropriate, it could be made of bits and pieces cannibalized from several different ships (perhaps even including salvaged alien tech and witchcraft?).

I’ve been saying it since the start, the Eye of Sion is the Chimaera’s hyperspace ring. With the resources of the Shadow Council and Pelleaon’s level of resources that made Gideon and others question it, I think the Chimaera can easily become back up to 100%

The scene of the chimaera arriving is one of the best scenes in star wars for giving a sense of the scale and power of a ISD, even if battle damaged. Feels like a predator just arrived and everyone is holding their breathe and moving cautiously to avoid drawing its attention

Speaking about cooking, Night Sisters can cook pretty well, as I have no other explanation for Thrawns imperial class belly.

The ship could be like the Flying Dutchman. A supernatural ship that is powered by science and magik. And the night troopers could be a combination of enhancement and resurrection. Same for the chimera.

From a technical standpoint, the Chimera is not battleworthy. But with Thrawn at the helm, added with the seen abilities of the Eye of Sion, it has a chance to survive long enough to make it's way to some kind of remote imperial remnant shipyard to make repairs and bring it back to its previous glory

After seeing all the impossible things Thrawn has managed to pull off in ship combat, I'd honestly say that he could probably find a way to beat an entire rebel or New Republic fleet with nothing but his single barely-functional Star Destroyer. Also, ha, Thrawn now has his own Red Ribbon Army. In regards to the gold that Thrawn is using to repair the ship, I guess it wouldn't be prohibitivly expensive if they're not buying it but rather mining it from the planet they're on themselves. And maybe they made some kind of super-durable alloy that uses gold as part of the recipe, like Iron Man.

with regards to Thrawn and Ezra surviving their trip through hyperspace despite the bridge viewports being shattered- it may well be that those viewports are covered by emergency MagCon (Magnetic Containment) fields- like those that allow hangar bays to remain open to space without venting atmosphere

I like to imagine the damage was done by purgil bones hitting the ship and action sequences where you have alarms going off and officers manning guns all shooting bones coming down

The chimera's underside looks badass tho

the jump cut to the mother saying "it reeks" had me paralyzed for a good 30 seconds

I believe the 7th was whisked away in all directions either by their own accords or by the Purrgil like Thrawn's Chimaera, but i think only Thrawn ended up in another Galaxy while Pellaeon and a portion of the Seventh would be recovered across the galaxy

Well even if her weapon systems are spotty it at least looks like her armor and shields have been somewhat restored so she can probably take a beating or two. However, once back in the main galaxy I expect the Shadow Council will be able to provide most if not all the required resources to have her fully battle ready. Plus it does help the Eye of Sion has point defenses and a starfighter wing.

If more than one to several other damaged ISD's were dragged by the purgill to Peridia, I'm surprised that the Chimaera is in such poor shape. I would've assumed that they'd cannibalize the other ships to whatever extent they'd need to in order to keep Chimaera at top shape. Unless they already have and this is as good as it's gonna get, in which case it reminds me of Darth Nihilus's zombie ship "Ravager" from KOTOR 2.

When the whales jumped with the ISD. I think the internal physical shields would have been deployed before the jump. Keeping Thrawn and Ezra alive.

There are still imperial regiments around besides the first order, he maybe able to call on a few Thrawn loyalists maybe won’t be a grand fleet but could be a threat

Nah bro it's like your first car it's rusted busted and barely still alive but with some love you can make it into a lovely battle damaged looking car

Maybe unimportant knowledge but Thrawn in Ahsoka has the same dubbing voice in German as in the audio book of the original Heir of the Empire, where Luke, Leia, Han etc. also had the original dubbing voices.

I had been thinking about how Thrawn and Ezra survived ever since Ahsoka came out because I remember the windows shattering. So I went back and rewatched the Rebels finale and you can see glass being put back in place mid-air as if Ezra was knitting together a window. How he managed to hold that to another galaxy all while after being shot I don't know. But I guess we'll figure that out later.

Thrawn is like Captain Torres from ace combat, he is a singularity an outlier he doesn’t just want to destroy his enemy he wants to understand them. He is a singularity because of how much information he will soak in, granted we aren’t to the insanity part yet but I would not be surprised if he starts offering salvation to the new republic

I'm interested to see whether or not the Chimaera is hiding any TIE defenders. If I were Thrawn, I would have kept a squadron on the Chimaera, probably from the first production batch and well before the factory was put out of action in Rebels. I would also take advantage of the Chimaera's damage and subsequent unorthodox repairs to retrofit some of the hull breaches as hidden auxiliary hangars, then pull a reverse Marg Sabl maneuver to visibly deploy the normal TIEs from the main hangar while obscuring the deployment of Defenders from the hidden hangars, a capability even experienced rebel admirals would not expect from an ISD. In short, I'll be mildly disappointed if we don't see any Defenders by the finale. Only mildly, though.

One thing I can't help but notice is that both chimera and the storm troopers have been repaired with the bronze looking material. I am thinking it is probobly some local material native to this galaxy that is fairly comparable in strength to normal starwars armor materials.

I can say with certainty based on that first scene that the Chimera's pipe organ still works quite well. Slightly more seriously, my guess would be that the purgil grabbed all of Thrawn's ships, but deposited the ones other than Chimera around the regular galaxy, probably with significant damage. That's why it was said the ships "vanished" rather than "were destroyed," and how Paelleon could be active in the main galaxy. Most of the ships did not end up in Peridea, because Ezra was just trying to get them away from Lothal and take Thrawn out of commission while hurting as few people as possible.

I love the whole vibe his ship and troopers have, they seem like they’ve seen a lot in 8-9 years, are battle tested, and know what to do to survive and win, can’t wait to see what they do in the final 2 episodes

Wonder where Thrawn's naval personnel are, it's very strange that he doesn't have bridge officer as his adjutant. Its also possible that the rest of the 7th Fleet were dropped wherever Pallaeon was to be separated from Thrawn. That would explain why Pallaeon has so many resources and sway on the shadow council while being only a Captain that's separated from Thrawn.

I hope Thrawn doesn't die during this series he has so much potential and it would be interesting to see thrawns invasion from the perspective of someone like ke mando

It's true that Thrawn has limited resources right now but when he gets back he would most likely be as opportunistic as possible in acquiring new ships. I wonder if in season 2 will Thrawn acquire the Katana fleet like he did in the books? Would be a great nod to the original source material. Maybe he will reach out to his own people the Chiss for assistance.

I like how GT dives into questions and topics other SW you tubers don’t. I look forward to Allen’s takes. I much prefer the long formate videos too

I think the pragmatic Grand Admiral calculated that the Imperial staff officers wouldn’t be worth keeping alive when compared to the Stormtroopers. That could account for why there are so many Stormtroopers in the hanger. The coffins could contain the rest of the crew, which is why he needs the Mother’s Dark Magick.

if more of the seventh fleet still remains, then I have to assume that the Eye of Sion will have to transport them one at a time... that being said, with the state that the Chimaera is in, and the likelihood that any other star destroyers Thrawn has are in a similar state, there is the possibility that Thrawn may have taken the decision to scuttle some of those ships to reduce his force to a size that he can keep supplied

I love that mc30 are actually in live action all we need now is the mc80b mc90 and viscount

I think it's likely at least one other ISD or a few small ships made it to Peridea with Thrawn, and recognising that the Chimaera was their best bet, the others were scrapped for parts to keep the main battleship going.

And unlike Musk, Thrawn is actually competent at his job

I just wanna see Palleon reunited with the Chimaera again 😪

the chimaera is so beautiful with the markins on the bottom and the gold plating omg i love it. fav ship in the franchise

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I'm pleased that Dave Filoni chose to depict the Chimaera as heavily damaged from the Purgil attack ~10 years earlier and the ship was partially repaired with whatever resources could be scrounged from Peridea. It demonstrates that Filoni CARES about those types of details and will push for them, in stark contrast to Jar-Jar Abrams, who didn't give a sh!t and reused the ISD-1 Star Destroyer CG model from Rogue One and upscaled it for TRoS to save money. Filoni learned the importance of a "lived-in universe" from his mentor George Lucas, whereas Jar-Jar Abrams only cares about superficial BS like lens flares and mystery boxes. I don't expect to see more of Thawn's ISDs in the Peridea galaxy; Thrawn seemed grimly forthright that his manpower and resources were diminished, so I don't think he's hiding a larger fleet. Even if more of the Seventh Fleet was taken to the Peridea galaxy by the Purgil, Thrawn probably cannibalized them for parts to repair the Chimaera. I believe Filoni is depicting Thrawn as the underdog so that he can demonstrate his tactical brilliance in a battle against the New Republic. My prediction is that Thrawn will return to Seatos and encounter the 3 NR cruisers still there. Thrawn will defeat the NR ships with a combination of his brilliant tactics and Nightsister magic. Perhaps Thrawn will shoot some of those mystery caskets at the NR ships and either undead Nightsisters or Stormtroopers will reanimate from them and commandeer the NR cruisers, in an homage to the stolen Mole Miners in Heir to the Empire. Ahsoka, Hera, and Sabine will escape the battle and warn the New Republic of Thrawn's return. Ideally, the New Republic will send its Home One fleet to confront Thrawn at Seatos, but Thrawn will have broadcast a message to the Imperial Remnant and the Imperial Fleet will start appearing out of hyperspace and completely surround the NR Home One fleet, and the season will end on a crazy cliffhanger. That's my hope anyway!

Look forward to your long format content every week. Keep it up!

I’m honestly glad Alan is always here to remind me it’s okay to take a break from social media negativity

In a previous video, you mentioned that they had been there 10-11 years. If so, that's a long time to explore the local systems. We dont know if they are truly stuck on that planet. They might be now, but at the start of their excile, they might have had enough fuel and resources to explore out among the local systems.

I think that if all of Thrawn’s fleet was whisked to Peridia, then a good majority would have to be salvaged for the hull and supplies

I believe in rebels recon on the Star Wars show Dave Filon or PabloHago said how Ezra used the force to keep the atmosphere on the bridge, you can see it because there’s glass shards floating

The ONLY reason the Republic sent those 3 starships after Ahsoka, was so that they'll be there when Thrawn comes popping out of hyperspace and BAM! I could be wrong but I don't think so.

No matter how Damaged she is she still strikes fear into the hearts of those who dare lays eyes upon her

I kinda wish that instead of the Chimaera making its return that maybe instead Thrawn has the ship rebuilt into something else using as much undamaged parts from the old ship into the new ship making a Chimaera 2

In the books he was looking for katana fleet .a lost fleet of 200 dreadnoughts that the fleet commander slaved to fly in unison after a incurable virus broke out

Either it’s just rule of cool. seeing a star destroyed using a hyperspace ring, or theirs something important about the Cimera that makes it important. Probably not Cargo space

I want to mention that we do know that hyperspace creates a vacuum and we know this from the clone wars when the droids were stealing separatists codes and had to fight the hoards of droids the bulkhead was opened and they had to magnetize to not get sucked out of the ship.

Thought Elsbeth said she built the hyperspace ring to thrawns specifications that he sent into her mind, so im assuming its designed to work perfectly with the Chimera

Thrawn just had to order the Imperial equivalent of E-4s to "tactically acquire" the parts from any of the other ships. The only thing he was really missing was a drydock.

Odds are that any other ships that made it to Peridia were stripped for parts so that the Chimera could be repaired to the best of their abilities. Once the Eye of Sion brings Thrawn and the Chimera back to the main galaxy, Morgan Elsbeth will be able to use her vast resources to fully repair the Chimera.

I’m sure the Eye Of Sion connects with the ISD Chimera and returns with Gilad Pellaeon, Rae Sloane, Nial Declann, Brendal Hux/Armitage Hux with Snoke

I love the fact that you mentioned the net reaction that was produced in 2022. I wrote a paper about it about a month after if happened for a college class. I was so excited that it even happened.

16:20 - that’s one thing that surprise me - no TIE defenders.

Visually it reminds me of Darth Nihl's Sith Destroy in KOTOR II, held together by the dark side of the force, in this case though maybe by Night Sister magic.

If his solders are alive. There aren't as many so if they have all their food left, it would last more than 2 years.

Thrawn could get a surrender from an entire fleet with nothing but a cool stick he's holding between his legs while making "whoosh" sounds in the most suave voice possible. Literally anything under his command would be immediately deemed battle-worthy. Why? Because thrawn wouldn't be at the helm of something unless he knew it was viable for combat.

I wouldn't call Elon competent, comparing Thrawn to him is an insult to incompetence itself

Oh bro you called Scamon Musk competent. I have to down vote, sorry.

Incidentally are we not forgetting that the ISD can contain a 150 meter CR90 in that hangar bay? Its about a tenth the length of the ISD at least.

Came for a video about a Star Destroyer, learned about Fusion reactors. Love this channel 😅

No one going 2 point out how his ISD1!! Is now a ISD2? Or am I mistaken

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I believe that some of the other star destroyers may have survived, however they might have been gutted for parts and had their crews and resources consolidated on the Chimera to ensure its combat effectiveness and lengthen its survivability. The Star Destroyers logistical tail might be long, but it could be shortened for a time by utilizing the resources from several of them to keep 1 afloat

This is definitely my new favorite Star Wars channel on RU-vid! Love your way of describing things and how much you know about my favorite universe. Continue the good work!

It's an Imperial warship so it would depend on the priority's of the situations that it has been through Vs it's ability to be repaired with parts that could be made from scratch. In Rebels Thrawn only had to face off against the ghost crew including two Jedi. The Skywalker Jedi faction could prove to provide more Jedi friends. Also Thrawn's return may get side tracked by the Chiss Acedancy.

"it reacs" in the intro was brilliant xD

Oh wow I just realized another thing gold is better armor than we thought the main damage as in from proton torpedoes and turbo lasers are extremely hot and gold not only reflects heat and radiation but contrary to popular belief it actually becomes HARDER if heated too quickly not softer so it’s actually kind of genius to use as armor in Star Wars

I love that Alan includes real world problems and theories into the Star Wars universe. I just got an entire science lesson from him it’s great!

I'm pretty sure a taco truck with a machine gun on it is battle worthy if thrawns in command of it

Amazing analogy to the mild hybrid, that is perfect

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Im hoping he dosent immediately announce his return but instead quietly links up with pellion and gets his ship fixed/upgraded etc Caz lets face it thry aint stopping that ring from bringing him back to the galaxy with 1 ship

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13:35 I've heard other content creators say that the hyperdrive creates a pocket of space around the ship and carries that pocket through hyperspace and I would guess the purrgil do something similar. It stands to reason that if you're in an atmosphere when you jump it creates a pocket of breathable atmosphere until the end of your jump.

I love how ur channel name is generation tech but you cover star wars things

I believe the cargo Thrawn was referring to is the remains of the Chimera’s crew. Because like you said, the stormtrooper count we saw in the hangar is much smaller than on an average star destroyer during the empire’s peak.

The only issue I have with his fleet returning is that there is only one, I repeat only one ISD scaled Hyperdrive Ring capable to returning the Chimera from the Unknown Regions. The rest of his fleet would not be able to join him without the Purrgil's dragging them out.

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I wanna look back at what we have seen in Mando season 3, when we're shown the shipyards on coruscant we see many ships still relatively supplied and intact, we see also earlier in ahsoka that the new republics shipbreaking facilities are riddled with imperial corruption... I think we've seen thrawns fleet.

Chimera in Ahsoka looks to me like it has an Imperial II's communication array

Yeah he only has the Chimera as the rest of the fleet were destroyed by the purgil as stated in Rebels series finale. Thrawn, Ezra, and his ship were taken by Purgil.

I personally am hopeful that we see more of Thrawn's Legends tactics ie Heir of the Empire style... I know that would be fan service but I really liked how that trilogy made him think outside conventional Imperial doctrine

If the imperial remnant is as organized as it seemed to be in the Mandalorian, I have no doubt that they have a few ISDs stashed away, crewed and ready to go, waiting for Thrawn's return. The Chimaera is just his ride back.

I loved the “it reeks” 😂😂

The Venator is and always will be THE BEST Star destroyer to ever be made AND NO ONE WILL CHANGE MY MIND.

I think his seemingly underdog status with a beat up ship will make his inevitable first win even more impressive. He’ll win with brains not brawn… and a little magick.

I was curious about this question myself so, I hunted for what plans and schematics there were and turned them over to my Dad who is a chartered vessel salvage engineer and asked him to cast his eye over them and the images we see. His opinion, from over 30 years in the business, is that if Thawn arrived at Peridia with a few of his ships and used the badly damaged ones for parts, then there is a good chance that she'd be capable of putting up a half good fight. He thought it was odd that the gold like metal is not covering all over the damage, so his view is that its strapped to the original spaceframe in order to strengthen it compared to repairing like the trooper armour. The port side main engine not only looks damaged from the engine bell but also the area around is is pitted, scored and broke so he would discard that right away. The centre engine looks as if it would light if it was very badly needed to but the starboard main engine appears to be intact so he'd have no issues lighting that up. What he was surprised to note was the lack of repairs to the "upper works" or the bridge area - thats been left as damaged on arrival, so Thrawn might be controlling the ship from a secondary room. There also seems to be a lack of weapons from midships aft, so any engagement in a ship to ship role would have to be facing forwards on to the target

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The ship is called The Chimaera. I wonder if Thrawn could have used the other ships from his fleet or their remains to repair and restock it? I do think Thrawn has a farm somewhere. The snail people have food and we've seen three species on the planet. Hey Allen I have a question for a short. What do you think the imperials eating if they're alive? And do you think they're eating the snail people? Because they seem like the easiest form on protein on the planet so far. I am concerned.

Let's recall Return of the Jedi: "Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station." As with all good Star Wars, it will rhyme once Thrawn gets back and a squadron gets absolutely manhandled by his one seemingly wrecked Star Destroyer. In fact, if I had to hazard a guess, he will have a way to disable the ships and take the fleet for himself, maybe through an EMP like attack and perhaps by simultaneously activating his agents/ Imperial sympathizers that are part of the crews to disrupt/take over while the undead troopers board and reinforce (something that's super well set up across all the live action shows so far). Furthermore, we now know resources were being siphoned under the New Republic's nose from one of the biggest shipyards the Empire had. There may he a fleet waiting to reinforce Thrawn at some point.

when he gets back his ship might be in the shipyards for a long time

Nice to see that Kintsugi works for Star Destroyers as well as Storm Troopers.