Pursuit-class light cruiser
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Pursuit-class light cruiser |
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Patrol ship[1] |
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The Pursuit-class light cruiser was a type of capital ship in the Imperial Navy.[1]
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[edit] Characteristics
It resembled a small variant of the more common Star Destroyers that the Galactic Empire used, although the main hull was a rather flat, square-bowed platform rather than a deep-keeled dagger. The main engines were mounted in the superstructure rising above the hull platform at the rear, which was topped by a row of sensor globes.
The primary armament consisted of two weapons turrets, perhaps turbolasers, mounted ahead of the superstructure, which were probably supplemented by other weapons in less prominent emplacements.[1]
The Pursuit-class cruiser had docking bay capable of launching several TIE series starfighters and was sometimes equipped with more potent TIE Advanced x1 starfighters. In open space, the cruiser's straight-line acceleration seems to have been slightly below that of Millennium Falcon.[1]
[edit] History
The class was used and well-known in the year following the Battle of Yavin. One vessel was used as a command ship by Commander Strom in his sector near the Wheel, but little more is known about the design's service history.[1]
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars 18: The Empire Strikes (First appearance)
- Star Wars 19: The Ultimate Gamble (First identified as Pursuit-class light cruiser)
- Star Wars 20: Deathgame
- Star Wars 23: Flight Into Fury
