Vindicator-class heavy cruiser/Legends
The Vindicator-class heavy cruiser was the standard 600-meter-long heavy cruiser design of the Imperial Navy.
Characteristics
The ship's armament consisted of 25 light turbolasers, 20 light quad turbolasers, 10 point-defense laser cannons, 20 light point-defense ion cannons, and 6 tractor beam projectors organized into 5 light turbolaser batteries, 5 light quad turbolaser batteries, 4 laser batteries, 4 ion cannon batteries and one capital-grade tractor beam battery.[3]
The Vindicator was equipped with a Class 2 hyperdrive.[3] It carried 400 troops and a crew of 2,551.[3] Most Vindicators were specifically configured so that they could carry a full TIE starfighter wing and operate independently without the need for support ships.[1] Other configurations could carry only two squadrons of starfighters.[3]
History
It was intended for use in situations in which Imperial-class Star Destroyers were unavailable, and smaller ships were not powerful enough. The ship was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.
They were to replace the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser as the Navy's standard multi-role cruiser.[2]
The Immobilizer 418 cruiser was designed using the same basic hull as the Vindicator. In addition to manufacturing new Immobilizer 418s, the Empire converted a number of Vindicators into Interdictor cruisers.[3] The Vindicator's hull was used again to build the Enforcer-class picket cruiser, a patrol ship used by the Pentastar Alignment.
The Vindicators were assigned as escorts or as lone hunters. Those postings were seen as prestigious by Imperial commanders.[2]
A Vindicator-class heavy cruiser was present near the Death Star during X2 and Grey Squadron's mission there.[4]
Some of these cruisers were eventually found in local fleets and large pirate squadrons, while an Imperial Vindicator called Molator was captured by the Rebel Alliance.[1]
Behind the scenes
While the Vindicator was the original ship in-universe, and its existence had been implied for years, it was only given a name and description in the book Starships of the Galaxy, published by Wizards of the Coast. Because of this, the derivative Interdictor cruiser is far more well-known.
A ship of the same name is mentioned in the manual for Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, but this appears to be a mislabelled Victory-class Star Destroyer.
Appearances
- Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (First appearance)
Sources
- Starships of the Galaxy
- Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II ("Immobilizer 418")
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- Fly Casual
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 Starships of the Galaxy
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
- ↑ Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron