Providence-class carrier/destroyer



The Providence-class carrier-destroyer, also known as the Trade Federation cruiser, was a capital starship produced and used during the Clone Wars that was originally used by the Trade Federation, hence the nickname. Designed by the Quarren Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps, the rounded, pseudo-organic aesthetic echoed the influence of Dac upon the design of the later produced Mon Calamari star cruisers. The ships were operated by 600 droids although commanded by sentient officers.

Providence-class ships were massive, cylindrical 1088-meter-long warships with a pointed nose that tapered towards the superstructure. The surface of Providence-class ships were covered with heavy weapons emplacements including fourteen turret-mounted quad turbolasers, thirty-four dual laser cannons, two capital-scale ion cannons, twelve point-defense ion cannons, and 102 proton torpedo tubes. Along with thick hull plating and heavy combat shields, the ships relied on four Creveld-4 radial ion drive units for sublight propulsion and featured an advanced Class 1.5 hyperdrive.

While a destroyer in firepower, the Providence-class was also a carrier with a compliment of 120 tri-droid fighters and 120 Vulture starfighters, along with 1.5 million deactivated battle droids, 160 Multi Troop Transports, and 280 droid vehicles including Armored Assault Tanks, Hailfire droids, OG-9 spider droids, LM-432 crab droids and NR-N99 Persuader-class tanks.

When the Quarren allied with the Confederacy, Providence-class ships became the heart of the Separatist starfleet, using their firepower to combat Republic cruisers and acting as point ships for planetary blockades, bombardments and invasions.

Known Ships

 * Colicoid Swarm
 * Invisible Hand
 * Lucid Voice

Behind the scenes
In the Clone Wars cartoon and Battlefront II game, it appears that the Separatist Coruscant invasion fleet included hundreds of Providences. The movie only showed one Providence destroyer clearly&mdash;the Invisible Hand.

This indicates that most or all of the other Providences were destroyed or had retreated earlier on in the battle, leaving the Invisible Hand with an escort of lesser ships towards the end.

However, this is disputed, as there is no other source that shows that there were hundreds of other Providence cruisers at the battle in addition to the Invisible Hand.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Battlefront II