The result was the Mon Calamari MC-80b, which, while being the Rebel Alliance's first purpose-built heavy warship, was still a fundamentally civilian design.Īs the successor to the MC-80a, the MC-80b shares many of its strengths and weaknesses. Unfortunately, Rebel engineers did not have time to design a new ship from scratch, so they based their production design on the MC-80a.
These performed well as heavy cruisers and flagships and the Rebel Alliance decided to start producing them en-masse. The first such ships deployed were the MC-80as, which were retrofitted luxury liners. The MC-80 line of star cruisers were the first large capital ships used by the Rebel Alliance.
