A giant metallic arrowhead materialized with a flicker as the warship reverted from hyperspace. Its glowing blue engines propelled it through the void of space towards the cerulean orb of a planet. The ship was the Trucemaker, a fairly new reimagining of the now-classic Imperial Star Destroyer design, dubbed a Galactic-class battle carrier. Although the same length as a Star Destroyer, it displaced considerably more hull volume due to a broader and blunter hull. The vessel bore the insignia of the Galactic Alliance, the reigning galactic government, and although its launch bays were filled with starfighters and the ship itself bristled with turbolasers, ion cannons, and other weapons, it was not on a mission of war. Instead, its presence was due to a fragmented distress signal received fro