Harrower-class dreadnought

Sith battlecruiser Sith battlecruisers served the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War and the Cold War.

Characteristics
These Sith battlecruisers seem to have been the most numerous capital ships used by the Sith Navy during the Great Galactic War of 3,681 BBY and the Cold War between the Sith Empire and Old Republic that followed in 3,653 BBY. In this respect, they served a similar role to the earlier Interdictor-class cruiser of the Republic, and vessels which would follow thousands of years later like the Venator-class Star Destroyer of the Republic, Imperial-class Star Destroyer of the Empire, and the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer of the Fel Empire.

The class had an overall similar build to the Republic's Centurion-class battlecruiser, and was likely an ancestor of the later Star Destroyer line of vessels used by the Republic and Empire. The class of ship had a deep gap running along the centerline of its wedge shaped hull, and had three large thrusters and four smaller ones, arranged like on the Imperial-class. The class also carried a compliment of Sith starfighters.

History
The battlecruiser design was first developed under the supervision of the Sith Empire's first Grand Moff, Odile Vaiken, in the decades after the Empire's establishment on the planet Dromund Kaas. The first ships were assembled in orbital shipyards while Vaiken plotted his build-up and estimated that they and the rest of the military would not reach their goals of challenging the Republic within his lifetime. Ships of this kind participated in the Great Galactic War, culminating in the Sacking of Coruscant and the bombardment of the surface of the city-planet, during the Great Galactic War. They were later the main Sith vessel used during the Cold War, where they served alongside the Oppressor Battle Cruiser and Sith starfighters.

Behind the scenes


One depiction of these warships, found in the Galactic Timeline trailers for the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game, was actually taken from for the Pellaeon-class done by Star Wars: Legacy concept artist, Sean Cooke. This was apparantly a placeholder until more suitable artwork could be found.

Appearances

 * Timeline 11: Rebirth of the Sith Empire
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire
 * Timeline 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * The Mandalorian Blockade is Broken
 * Timeline 6: Onslaught of the Sith Empire
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic

Notes and references
Crucero de combate Sith