Pursuit-class light cruiser

Pursuit-class light cruiser

Production information
Manufacturer	Kuat Drive Yards^[1]
Model	Pursuit-class light cruiser
Class	Light cruiser^[2]
Technical specifications
Length	500 meters^[1]
Armament	Turrets (2)^[2] 2 barrels per turret^[2] Additional flanking weaponry^[2]
Complement	TIE squadrons (2)^[1] TIE/ln starfighters^[1] TIE Advanced x1s^[2]
Usage
Role(s)	Patrol ship^[2]
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

[Source]

"It's only a light cruiser… not in the full Star-Destroyer class!"

―Han Solo^[src]

The Pursuit-class light cruiser was a type of capital ship in the Imperial Navy.^[2]

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references

CharacteristicsEdit

"Or that one of the Empire's Pursuit-class cruisers would immediately hop on our tails, intent upon nailing us as the Rebel pirates?!"

―Han Solo^[src]

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 instead of 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 mounted ahead of the superstructure.^[2]

The Pursuit-class cruiser had a docking bay capable of launching several TIE series starfighters, and it 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.^[2]

HistoryEdit

In the Battle of Andalia, the Pursuit-class light cruiser Shepherd, commanded by Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik, led a contingent of two squadrons of TIE fighters and eight gunships to fight the Hapan consortium that was doomed to fail, resulting in the destruction of the ship and the entire fleet.^[3] Another Pursuit-class vessel was used as a command ship by Commander Strom in his sector near the Wheel.^[2]