Admiral Ackbar

• Admiral Ackbar was one of the first of the Mon Calamari to be captured and utilized by a slave by the Empire.  As a slave he was an interpreter and personal servant for a fleet officer until he was presented to Grand Moff Tarkin.  In the role of loyal servant, he never missed an opportunity to learn from Tarkin, discussing everything from military tactics to the command structure of the Empire.  He studied military documents and was one of the first to hear, from Tarkin's own mouth, about the Grand Moff's "Rule by Fear" doctrine.  It was from Tarkin that Ackbar also learned of the rebellion against the Empire.
• As Tarkin was being transported to the newly completed Death Star, rebels attacked the transport.  Following a hard fought battle with Admiral Motti's Star Destroyer, the rebels escaped with Ackbar, who's days as Tarkin's servant were over.
• Ackbar pledged his service to the Rebel Alliance and returned to Mon Calamari to enlist the help of that entire world.  The people of Mon Calamari had worked tirelessly to refit their enormous cruisers with weaponry and had been successful for several years in keeping the Empire at bay.  Ackbar convinced the people of his world to build even more ships and weapons for the Alliance.  The Mon Calamari not only devoted time to producing ships for the war effort, they devoted themselves to serve as crew for the ships.  
• Ackbar was named a commander in the Aliance naval force, but his was a gift of creation.  He gathered several engineering minds and they worked to create the B-Wing fighter.  This was known as the Shantipole project.  Shortly after the first B-Wings were delivered to the Alliance, Ackbar was promoted to Admiral by Mon Mothma.
• Although widely recognized as a fine tactician, it is his organizational and administrative abilities that make Ackbar an outstanding leader. He is known for being rather conservative in battle strategy, but this aspect of his personality is counterbalanced within the fleet's command structure by the innovative impetuosity of his young officers and the aggressive nature of General Madine.
• A case in point is the Battle of Endor. When the Death Star surprisingly went operational and began systematically destroying the Rebel Fleet's most powerful vessels, Ackbar's first instinct was to call off the attack. But Lando Calrissian pleaded with him to continue by engaging the Imperial Star Destroyers, in the hope that the Death Star wouldn't be able to open up on them without hitting Imperial ships.
• For all of his conservatism, Ackbar saw the logic in Calrissian's radical plan and acted accordingly. The gamble paid off.
• The battle over Endor proved to everyone that Mon Mothma's choice for command of the fleet was perfect. It was the Alliance's shining moment, and Ackbar deserves much of the credit.
• Ackbar continued to command the Rebel Fleet in the years following Endor, but he also had political responsibilities.  This made him a target in the watchful eyes of the Bothan politician, Borsk Fey'lya.  In meetings of the Provisional Council and the ruling Inner Council, the debates between the Bothan and the Mon Calamari were considered legendary.
• During the crisis of Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to rebuild the Empire (read the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn if you haven't already), Borsk Fey'lya accused Ackbar of treason.  Thrawn had planted false evidence in Ackbar's credit accounts and Fey'lya found the evidence and implicated the Mon Calamari for the credit issues as well as supposed military mismanagement.
• Ackbar was cleared through evidence gathered by an employee of the smuggler chief Talon Karrde.  He resumed his duties and helped lead the fleet to victory over Thrawn's forces at the Bilbringi Shipyards.
• As commander of the Rebel Fleet, Ackbar has one of the most important and demanding jobs in the Alliance. The fleet is the Rebellion's most valuable asset and its most important tool to challenge the overwhelming might of the Empire. Admiral Ackbar was the natural choice for fleet commander.

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Admiral Ackbar's Belongings:

• Blaster Pistol (damage is 40)
• Datapad 
• Comlink

Admiral Ackbar's Command:  Though Ackbar is the commander of the Rebel Fleet, the ships in the Rebel Fleet are too numerous to list here.
Here is the task force directly under Ackbar's command.

• Home One - MC2600 - Home One is the name of the Rebel Fleet's Flagship.  When a new Home One is chosen, the previous is renamed (unless it was destroyed). 
• 4 MC90 Cruisers
• 7 MC 80 Cruisers
• 3 Belarus-class Medium Cruisers - medical frigates
• 3 Endurance-class Carriers - starfighter carriers
• 5 Defender-class Carriers - starfighter screen/starfighter carriers
• 10 Sacheen-class Light Escort Cruisers - close support vessels
• 10 Warrior-class Gunships - the picket line

Starfighter Compliment:  Acbar's taskforce does not carry the full compliment of starfighters that it could (falls short by a little more than 6 wings), but it still carries a formidable fighter screen

• 2 wings of O-Wing space superiority fighters
• 5 wings of X-Wing space superiority fighters
• 4 wings of B-Wing heavy assault fighters
• 3 wings of E-Wing all-purpose fighters
• 3 wings of A-Wing interceptor fighters
• 1 wing of A-9 Vigilance interceptor fighters

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