Designed to wreak havoc with opponents shipping, the Watchman
class ships are fast, agile, and not particularly sturdy craft.
Generally, they prowl the spacelanes of areas not loyal to the
Empire, and picking off underdefended cargo vessels. The Watchman
is quite successful in it's role, as it is capable of dealing with
convoys of lightly armed medium and bulk transports, as long as it
can isolate the individual elements. Against light freighters it
is somewhat less successful, as those ships can dodge the
Watchman's heavier weapons with relative ease, and can usually
hyper out before they come into range of the starfighter scale
weapons, which are designed primarily to fend off escort fighters.
Still, if the cargo of the light freighter is particularly
important, the Watchman can launch it's Interceptors, which will
usually be able to destroy the freighter. The Interceptors are
usually used to provide additional anti-starfighter cover, and to
help separate larger ships from their formations.