MC05 Republic-class Star Cruiser
The
Republic-class Star Cruiser is the most powerful and dangerous of the latest generation of Republic warships. Built by relative newcomers, the Mon Calmari Shipyards of Mon Cala, none can deny that the Mon Calmari can produce very powerful capital ships.
With a focus purely on war, the
Republic-class favours strong defences with extensive armour plating, a heavily reinforced hull and some of the strongest deflector shields used in the galaxy. To back this up, the
Republic-class is unusually manoeuvrable for a starship of its size with greater ability to avoid getting hit compared to its counterparts. To further enhance its defensive capabilities, the Star Cruiser has an extensive jamming array reduces the effectiveness of closing to short range by enemy warships and the threat posed by starfighters.
In terms of weaponry, the
Republic-class has six batteries of heavy turbolasers and four batteries of light turbolasers for destroying the hulls of enemy warships as its primary armament. The warship also has six batteries of heavy ion cannons to rid hostile targets of their deflector shields and then leave them disabled for the turbolasers to strike them.
Secondary armament consists of a full ten proton torpedo launcher tubes to strike at either enemy warships or smaller craft and a dozen batteries of medium laser cannons that have been configured to hit both starfighters and warships. The
Republic-class lacks no weaknesses for the enemy to exploit in battle.
Other features of the
Republic-class Star Cruiser include a class one hyperdrive with a class three backup and space for three years of consumables for those onboard. The star cruiser also has extensive hangar bays, capable of fielding up to a hundred and forty
Aurek-class starfighters though it usually fields a smaller amount due to hangar space being taken up by larger craft. The
Republic-class has multiple hospital bays with a total over a thousand medical beds and over a hundred bacta tanks to carry to injured and ill individuals.
The downsides of the
Republic-class Star Cruiser can be found in its limited transport capabilities for its size and the sheer cost of producing it. Compared to other ships of its size, the
Republic-class has sharply limited space for passengers and cargo as a result of being purely designed for war. The cost of producing one could bankrupt many nations and only a power as large and wealthy as the Galactic Republic can afford to build more than a handful of
Republic-class Star Cruisers.
Liberty-class Assault Cruiser
The
Liberty-class Assault Cruiser is the first warship of Corellian design that the Republic military has chosen to use in centuries and one of the new generation of warships used by the Galactic Republic. Like many modern warships produced by the Republic military under the leadership of Supreme Commander Revan Shan, the
Liberty-class Assault Cruiser is built purely for war with limited transport capability and a high cost to produce.
One of the most important and distinguishing features of the
Liberty-class is how fast it is. At great expense, the sublight drives are fast enough to outpace almost all other warships and keep up with a good many starfighters. The Assault Cruiser is meant to hunt down smaller warships that would normally be able to outrun a larger starship like the
Liberty-class. This speed is further supplemented by an unusually agile ship for its size as the Assault Cruiser has manoeuvring jets to make it harder to land a hit on it.
Beyond its very abnormal high speed, the
Liberty-class is a very capable warship. It has heavy armour, immensely strong deflector shields and a hull capable of taking plenty of damage. Combined with a jamming array to give it an edge at close range, the
Liberty-class is a fast and tough warship.
Its primary armaments consist of two batteries of heavy turbolasers plus half a dozen batteries of light turbolasers. Secondary armament is also extensive with eight batteries of light ion cannons and another eight batteries of medium laser cannons. With enough hangar space for forty starfighters, the Assault Cruiser is a highly versatile ship.
Non-combat functions include a class one hyperdrive with a class three backup alongside a fully equipped medical bay. The downsizes of the
Liberty-class Assault Cruiser is limited space for both passengers and cargo and a very high price tag for a warship of its size, both of those being things that the Galactic Republic is willing to accept.
Courageous-class Heavy Cruiser
The
Courageous-class Heavy Cruiser is the latest warship out of the shipyards of Rendili Hyperworks. While the design is based off of the old
Centurion-class Battlecruiser, the
Courageous-class Heavy Cruiser is significantly smaller though perhaps just as well-armed and protected.
Boasting a primary armament of six batteries of light turbolasers, half a dozen batteries light ion cannons alongside just as many proton torpedo launchers, the
Courageous-class lacks heavier armament of the
Centurion-class, but makes up for it in a larger number of lighter armament. The secondary armament boosts this further with two batteries of heavy laser cannons supported by twice as many batteries of medium laser cannons, all designed to engage starfighters just as easily as capital ships.
While the hull of the
Courageous-class is technically weaker than the
Centurion-class, it makes up for it with having significantly heavier armour plating and deflector shields. The net result is a tougher ship than the
Centurion-class despite the smaller size at an admittedly substantially higher cost.
The
Courageous-class Heavy Cruiser also has hangar bays with space for sixty starfighters or a dozen shuttles, another downside born from being smaller than the
Centurion-class when respective hangar sizes are compared. Further capabilities of the heavy cruiser include a class one hyperdrive with class three as a backup alongside a fully equipped medical suite.
Like the other modern Republic capital ships, the
Couregous-class Heavy Cruiser suffers from both limited transport capability and an expensive production cost as a result of being a dedicated warship.
Hammerhead-class Cruiser
Following the loss of larger capital ships in the Mandalorian War and the Second Sith War, the
Hammerhead-class Cruiser became the mainstay of the Republic Navy and to a large degree, it has retained this position despite new capital ships entering production and a focus on starfighters.
The original design remains in use and produced by a handful of shipyards, the Republic Navy primarily uses a refitted version of the
Hammerhead-class following the conclusion of the Third Sith War. Known as the B-variant while the original is known as the A-variant, the refit saw the hangar space on the Hammerhead-class Cruiser being halved and the light lasers being removed in exchange for using the newly freed up space for additional firepower and defences.
The level of armour has been slightly upped while the hull has been reinforced to a limited degree. The secondary armament has been substantially improved with two proton torpedo launchers, a light ion cannon and three sets of medium laser cannons compared to the old pair of light laser cannons. The refitted
Hammerhead-class has also been upgraded with superior, but expensive engines that effectively double the sublight speed of the warship and allow it to outpace most other starships and even match speeds with some of the slower starfighters.
Foray-class Blockade Runner
Like the
Hammerhead-class Cruiser, the
Foray-class Blockade Runner is an warship that became a mainstay of the Republic Navy following the Mandalorian Wars and saw refits following the end of the Third Sith War. Unlike the
Hammerhead-class Cruiser, the
Foray-class Blockade Runner has seen two different refits, the warship B-variant and the troop transport C-variant.
The C-variant of the
Foray-class Blockade Runner came out due to a lack of a dedicated troop transport and it being easier to refit the existing
Foray-class design than to come up with a new starship. For this purpose, the
Foray-class C-variant has a smaller class three hyperdrive, its weaponry replaced with light laser cannons and weakened defences to make room for additional troop compartments. While left significantly weaker as a warship, this version of the
Foray-class Blockade Runner can fit twice as many soldiers onboard as the original version.
The B-variant of the
Foray-class Blockade Runner is a more combat oriented version of the
Foray-class. This is done by upgrading existing aspects of the warship to superior quality parts that take up the same amount of space. The hyperdrive has been upgraded from a class two to a class one while the deflector shields have been strengthened by almost ten percent. The Foray-class's firepower has also been improved upon with the medium laser cannons have been upgraded from single barrels to double barrels for some additional firepower.
Valiant-class Light Cruiser
Coming from Kuat Drive Yards, the
Valiant-class Light Cruiser fulfils the need of a purely combat-focused escort warship. Unlike the
Foray-class Blockade Runner, which is meant to fulfil a variety of duties, the
Valiant-class meant for battle and battle alone.
With a small crew of eighteen,
Valiant-class Light Cruiser is powerful for its size. Both the hull and armour plating have been improved in strength for most ships its size while deflector shields are the strongest that a starship of its size can support. It has a class one hyperdrive for speedy FLT travel whilst a series of manoeuvring jets built into the hull make the
Valiant-class agile for its size.
Built for taking on ships of its own size or smaller, the
Valiant-class Light Cruiser has two pairs of light turbolasers for engaging hostile escorts alongside four sets of medium laser cannons to handle enemy starfighters. Designed for escort work or being part of a larger force, the
Valiant-class lacks the ability to take on the majority of larger warships even if it outclasses most other warships its size.