Thursday, September 27, 2012

Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser

Dreadnaught-class vessels were almost a hundred years old by the time of the Clone Wars and were quickly surpassed by Venator-class and related vessels.

By the time of the Empire they were outclassed and replaced in their main role by Vindicator-class Heavy Cruisers. They would have suffered the same fate as the Neutron Star-class Bulk Cruisers, shunted into low priority sectors as patrol vessels.

They came back into popularity when Grand Admiral Thrawn grabbed the Dark Force fleet of Dreadnaughts, which did not have the starfighter squadron listed below and were a darker colour.

In the Return of the Starforge campaign, I might have a few of the Dark Force variants as starting vessels, leftover from the Thrawn campaigns and as a way of reinforcing 'everything old is new again' theme of the campaign.

Here is the Wookiepedia entry.


Role: Heavy Cruiser, Patrol Frigate
Manufacturer: Rendili Stardrive
Build At: Rendili
Size: 600 metres
Speed: 13 MGLT
Shielding: 2,560 SBD
 Main Battery: 15 Light Turbolaser Batteries
Secondary Weapons: 20 Light Quad Turbolasers, 15 Light Turbolasers
Anti-Fighter Weapons:  None
Complement: 1 squadron of starighters
Availability: Tech Level 0

I am currently a holder model for testing purposes. If you have a model I can use let me know.

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