Nova-class battle cruiser

Design
The Hapes Nova-Class Battle cruisers were 400 meters in length and were bristling with weaponry. The bridge of the ship was connected to a long neck-like body, with an "inverted-V" shape split-wing structure at the rear of the vessel. The bridge had a retractable wall-like shield that could be deployed for combat. Near the end of the ship's body were the landing/launch bay and main power core. The ion/hyperdrive engines and maneuvering jet arrays on the rear wings made for a combat cruiser that was extremely swift at both sublight and light speeds, thanks to its modern design (and not a little due to technological espionage directed against Imperial corporations such as Kuat Drive Yards and SoroSuub). Recent retrofits of Nova-class cruisers have followed the practices of the Mon Calamari in adding redundant shield generators and larger, more reliable power generators- these improvements cost one of the Miy'til squadrons, however.

Armament
The main weapons of the cruiser were generally 25 turbolasers for use against capital ships, 10 laser cannons for dealing with starfighters or light freighters, and 10 ion cannons for disabling and capturing enemy ships. In their bays, they carried two squadrons of Hapan Miy'til fighters, and six Hetrinar assault bombers. The Hapes Nova cruisers picked and entered their battles cautiously, as their slow (3x as slow) turbolaser technology left them unable to return fire at very inopportune times; hence, they were generally deployed in wings of 3 or more ships. This allowed for the swift, brutal assault that was generally preferred by the Hapans.

Trivia
Prince Isolder once offered a Cruiser to Han Solo if Solo would drop his courtship of Princess Leia. Solo refused, and instead kidnapped Leia, spiriting her off to Dathomir.