Vindicator-class heavy cruiser

The Vindicator-class heavy cruiser is the standard 600 meter-long heavy cruiser of the Imperial Navy. It was intended for use in situations in which Imperial-class Star Destroyers were unavailible, and smaller ships were not powerful enough. The ship is manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards, and designed by Wilhuff Tarkin himself.

The ship's armament consists of 25 light turbolasers, 20 light quad turbolasers, 10 point-defense laser cannons, 20 light ion cannons, and 3 tractor beam projectors. The Vindicator is equipped with a class 2 hyperdrive. It carries 400 troops and a crew of 2,551. There is no mention of the number of starfighters and support ships the Vindicator can carry, nor is there even an image of the ship confirming the presence of a hangar bay. It is possible that the Vindicator is a dedicated warship, similar to the Allegiance or ''Tector-class Star Destroyer.

The basic hull of the Vindicator was reused for the far more famous (in real life) Immobilizer 418 Interdictor Cruiser. While the Vindicator was the original ship, and its existence has been implied for years, it was only recently given a name and statistics in the book Starships of the Galaxy, published by Wizards of the Coast.

Another ship built on the Vindicator's hull is the Enforcer-class cruiser, a light picket and patrol ship used by the Pentastar Alignment.