Craft: | Rendili StarDrive Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruiser |
Class: | Capital |
Cost: | n/a |
Size: | Gargantuan (600 m long) |
Crew: | Normal +2 (16,113 crew, 97 gunners) |
Passengers: | 3,000 (troops) |
Cargo Capacity: | 9,000 metric tons |
Consumables: | 2 years |
Hyperdrive: | x2 (backup x18) |
Maximum Speed: | Cruising |
Defense: | 16 (+10 armor, -4 size) |
Shield Points: | 230 |
Hull Points: | 560 |
DR: | 30 |
Weapon: | Turbolaser cannons (10) |
Fire Arc: | 1 battery left, 1 battery right |
Attack Bonus: | +8 (-4 size, +2 crew, +4 battery fire, +6 fire control) |
Damage: | 2d10x5 |
Range Modifiers: | PB -6, S -4, M -2, L +0 |
Weapon: | Quad turbolaser cannons (20) |
Fire Arc: | 6 front, 7 left, 7 right |
Attack Bonus: | +2 (-4 size, +2 crew, +4 fire control) |
Damage: | 4d10x5 |
Range Modifiers: | PB -6, S -4, M -2, L +0 |
Weapon: | Heavy turbolasers (10) |
Fire Arc: | 1 battery front, 1 battery rear |
Attack Bonus: | +4 (-4 size, +2 crew, +4 battery fire, +2 fire control) |
Damage: | 7d10x5 |
Range Modifiers: | PB -6, S -4, M -2, L +0 |
Over two centuries before the Clone Wars, Dreadnaughts were introduced
to the Galaxy, and until the design of Victory-class Star Destroyers
the Dreadnaught was the queen of the fleet and the most powerful
warship in service in the Galaxy. When originally built, hyperdrive
technology was somewhat slower (x4 hyperdrive, x24 backup) and the vessels
carried five years of consumables. As hyperdrive technology improved
in the decades before the Clone Wars, it wasn't necessary to have such
a large fuel and consumable storage, so much of this area was converted
to starfighter hangar bays (carrying up to 12 starfighters). The
Katana fleet was also made up of Dreadnaughts, these modified
with slave rigging to reduce the crew requirements (2,204 instead of over
16,000), but all two hundred of the vessels were lost several years before
the Clone Wars because of a hive virus that infected the crew. The
loss of the Katana fleet is the prime reason why there was never
a move toward more automation on capital ships, resulting in the still-high
crew requirements.