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- "From the earliest atomic rockets with primitive laser armaments, to Expansion Era cruisers such as the Gilagimar, to the Republic's battle vessels, to the amazing Super Star Destroyers of the Empire, ships have traded fire in the depths of space."
- ―Unknown[1]
ANebulon-B warship
Awarship was astarship designed primarily for use as a combatant inspace warfare, instead of for civilian use, support or yard operations.
Generic usage[]
As a general rule, warships possessed heavyarmor, strongshields, target acquisition and tracking equipment, and at least one offensive weapons system.
The primary armament consisted of theship's heaviest weapons, typically heavyturbolaser cannons. These massive weapons drew their power straight from the main reactor to direct a vessel's full power against a target. Often, these systems had limited targeting ability independent of the vessel's hull, which required the vessel itself to maneuver for targeting.
Secondary armament usually consisted of smaller, directed-energy weapons which served as both offensive and defensive systems. These dual-role systems provided supporting fire during offensive operations againstplanets, mid-range attack capability for ship-to-ship engagements, and some defensive capability against larger targets. Secondary armament systems typically consisted ofturret-mounted weapons which could be targeted independently from each other or fire-linked to bring multiple batteries to bear against a single target.
The third tier of armament was referred to as the close-in or "last-ditch" weapons. These smaller-caliber weapons were typically not utilized in offensive operations as they consisted of close-in weapons systems likeflak guns, point defenselasers andion cannons for shooting down incoming hazards or small asteroids. Smaller vessels such as starfighters rarely incorporated this third tier of weaponry in their design.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter(Codex entry)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
- Knight Errant
- "An Uneasy Peace" – Living Forcecampaign
"We Are Made of Suffering" —Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook(Mentioned only)- Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead 2(Mentioned only)
- "The King's Requiem" —Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Han Solo at Stars' End
- "The Farlander Papers" —Star Wars: X-Wing
- "Small Favors" —Star Wars Adventure Journal 12
- Star Wars (1977) 7(recolorized inStar Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld)(First identified as battle-spacers)
- Under a Black Sun(Mentioned only)
- "The Briefing of Spacetrooper Platoon 243-XT" —The Star Wars Sourcebook(reprinted inSecond Edition)(Mentioned only)
- The Bounty Hunter
- The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
