In the real world navies there was also a more notable tonnage gap between the second most-powerful shipclasses (Heavy Cruisers) and the most powerful ones.įor example, the German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen had around 18.000 tons in tonnage, but the next bigger ship, Battlecruiser Scharnhorst, had already 38.000 tons.Ĭlassifications are also rather inconsistent anyways as the Malevolence of the CIS is called a Subjugator-class “Heavy Cruiser” when it is with 4.8km bigger than the already mentioned Praetor MkI which is classified as a Battlecruiser.įor all intents and purposes, the Malevolence should actually be classified as a Battlecruiser too if not even as a Star Dreadnought due to its immense firepower. In Star Wars, the roles of Cruiser and Destroyer are simply switched around with Destroyers like the Victories, Venators and ImpStars being the second most powerful classes with the tonnage gap being bridged by ship-classes designated as Heavy Destroyers (like the Tector-class) or light “Battlecruisers” like the Allegiance-class or Praetor MkI (which has 4km length). Patrol Boat/Gunship->Corvette->Frigate->Destroyer->Cruiser->Carrier/Battlecruiser/Battleship. Maybe in the Star Wars galaxy the designations of “Cruiser” and “Destroyer” are simply switched compared to Earth naval nomenclature? Both of those vessels were 600 meters in length, and were relatively heavy warships in comparison to the ships available to planetary governments at the time.) However, the Dreadnaught was dwarfed by the Victory and Venator-class Star Destroyers that were designed during the Clone Wars, and even those were put to shame by the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. (A comparable vessel designed during the Imperial Era would be the Vindicator-class Heavy Cruiser, or her more recognizable cousin, the Immobilizer 418-class Interdictor Cruiser. The architects of the Anaxes system noticed that, and made allotments for ships far outside the old 600 meter limit.Īt the time of its inception, the Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruiser was actually a rather sizable warship at 600 meters in length.
Under the old classification system, ships over 600 meters in length (the maximum size of the Cruiser-class) were a rarity, but by the time the Clone Wars rolled around, the Cruiser class was made increasingly meaningless by the sheer number of private enterprises churning out warships far larger than the old size limitations permitted, regulations be damned. That’s the thing about the Anaxes system.
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