Vindicator-class heavy cruiser

Vindicator-class heavy cruiser The Vindicator-class heavy cruiser was the standard 600-meter-long heavy cruiser design of the Imperial Navy.

Characteristics
The ship's armament consisted of 25 light turbolasers, 20 light quad turbolasers, 10 point-defense laser cannons, 20 light point-defense ion cannons, and 3 tractor beam projectors. The Vindicator was equipped with a Class 2 hyperdrive. It carried 400 troops and a crew of 2,551. Most Vindicators were specifically configured so that they could carry a full TIE starfighter wing and operate independently without the need for support ships. Other configurations could carry only two squadrons of starfighters.

History
It was intended for use in situations in which Imperial-class Star Destroyers were unavailable, and smaller ships were not powerful enough. The ship was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems

The Immobilizer 418 cruiser was designed using the same basic hull as the Vindicator. In addition to manufacturing new Immobilizer 418s, the Empire converted a number of Vindicators into Interdictor cruisers. The Vindicator's hull was used again to build the Enforcer-class picket cruiser, a patrol ship used by the Pentastar Alignment.

A Vindicator-class heavy cruiser was present near the Death Star during X2 and Grey Squadron's mission there.

Known ships

 * Ballista
 * Conquistador
 * Molator

Behind the scenes
While the Vindicator was the original ship in-universe, and its existence had been implied for years, it was only recently given a name and description in the book Starships of the Galaxy, published by Wizards of the Coast. Because of this, the derivative Interdictor cruiser is far more well-known.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith