Cal-class battleship
Production information
Manufacturer	Kumauri Empire (original design) Republic Navy
Class	Battleship[1] Cruiser (standard classification)[2] Capital ship (standard classification)[3]
Technical specifications
Length	3,000 meters[1]
Armament	Turbolasers[1] Large mass-driver cannon (1)[1] Tractor beam projectors (6)[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Battleship
Era(s)	Old Republic era Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era
Affiliation	Kumauri Empire Galactic Republic

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The Cal-class battleship was the final version of a warship type designed by the Kumauri Empire.^[1]

CharacteristicsEdit

Ships of the class were 3,000 meters long. They had an armament of turbolasers for ship-to-ship combat, but their prime weapon was a large mass-driver cannon mounted along the top of the hull.^[1]

This was a planetary bombardment weapon, which was designed to pound its target with captured asteroids, or other suitable interplanetary flotsam. To collect ammunition for loading the prime weapon, Cal-class ships were also equipped with six tractor beam projectors.^[1]

HistoryEdit

The Cal-class was the last, and most feared, development of the Kumauri Battleship lineage originally developed around 10,000 BBY by Vall Kumauri, but which was adopted by many fleets, including that of the Galactic Republic.^[1]

The threat of the design was finally ended by the introduction of planetary shields, although at least one Cal-class warship, the Cal Ambre, remained spaceworthy during the Galactic Civil War, converted into a luxury deep-space casino.^[1]

SourcesEdit

• Cracken's Rebel Operatives
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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