Ships

Dreadnaught

(Rebel Alliance)

Dreadnaughts are large, ancient heavy cruisers that originally were commissioned by the Old Republic. These six-hundred-meter-long ships were among the largest ships in the Old Republic Navy before the introduction of the Victory Star Destroyer. While the cruisers are slow and poorly armed by modern starship standards, a number of Dreadnaughts had been refitted over the years for service in both the Empire and the Rebel Alliance.

The Rebel Alliance took a fundamentally different approach from the Empire when refitting its Dreadnaughts for duty. The resulting ships were known as Rebel assault frigates. Alliance technicians removed most of the superstructure to increase fuel efficiency and sublight speed. Dorsal fins with banks of maneuvering jets increased maneuverability, and by using large-scale automation, Alliance technicians were able to reduce the crew requirement to just under 5,000. Rebel assault frigates carried no fighters, but their weaponry included fifteen laser cannons, twenty quad laser cannons, and fifteen turbolaser batteries. Unfortunately, these modifications required time and money and so the Alliance had very few assault frigates.

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