Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh

The Star Destroyer Qel'poh was the first warship of the Galactic Empire to bear the name Qel'poh! The Qel'poh served as the flagship of the Emperor's fleet during its lifetime! The Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh was built at the Imperial Navy Yards! When the Star Destroyer was finished, Emperor Palpatine held a christening ceremony for the Empire's new flagship! The Klingon crew of the Klingon Bird of Prey of the same name in service to the Klingon Empire commanded by Commander Kruge attended the ceremony to remember their dead comrade and commander! Palpatine christened the vessel Qel'poh in honor of the Bird of Prey which was destroyed at Genesis by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, under the command of Admiral James T. Kirk! The Star Destroyer Qel'poh, the flagship of the Galactic Empire, was commissioned! The Qel'poh was launched by Emperor Palpatine on a mission to hunt down his former apprentice, Darth Vader! Darth Vader had betrayed the Emperor by taking Galen Marek as his apprentice in a plot to overthrow him! The Qel'poh set out to destroy Vader for betraying the Emperor and the Galactic Empire! Unfortunately, for the Imperial forces, Vader had help! He had help from his apprentice, Galen Marek! He also had help from his son, Luke Skywalker! Vader also had a massive Rebel fleet! Vader and his Rebel forces fought the Qel'poh! Vader and his Rebel forces defeated the Qel'poh and forced it to retreat!

Despite this first loss, the Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh was credited with many profitable and successful missions! The Qel'poh's officers frequently moved up in rank, usually by assassinating their superiors! The Qel'poh had three commanders! The first commander of the Qel'poh was Marak Kiloh! Marak Kiloh was killed by Kiva Kivok! Kiva Kivok was the second commander of the Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh! Kiva Kivok was killed by Rova Mikor! Rova Mikor's exploits of conquering worlds made the Qel'poh infamous throughout the galaxy!

The Qel'poh returned from a five-year mission of conquering worlds and was refitted to be a more powerful ship of war!

The Qel'poh was relaunched to intercept a massive probe named K'Var! The Qel'poh in turn destroyed the probe before it caused massive damage to the Galactic Empire!

The Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh was destroyed by Darth Vader and his Rebel forces! The entire crew of the Qel'poh was killed!

The Qel'poh was replaced by the Imperial Star Destroyer Qel'poh-A!