that bore its name.Long before the Clone Wars, it was lost with the rest of the fleet due to the outbreak of a hive virus that caused the crew of the Katana to go mad and jump to random hyperspace coordinates, along with the other 199 slaved ships. That fleet was called the Katana Fleet or, in the Rebellion era, the Dark Force.Although the fleet was rediscovered around 9 ABY, and the majority captured by the Empire, the Katana herself was one of the 15 ships recovered by the New Republic. During the Battle for the Katana fleet