Mandator-class Star Dreadnaught

Mandator I-class Star Dreadnought The massive Mandator I-class Star Dreadnought was a warship serving in the Kuat sectorial defense fleets, Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire.

Characteristics
The Mandator I-class had a main reactor large enough to protrude from the "belly" of the ship, similar to the ventral bulb of the later Imperial-class Star Destroyer.

The original Mandator was only equipped with a limited hyperdrive that restricted it from long-distance, transgalactic travel. It is unknown whether this limitation was rectified in the Mandator II model.

History
In the time before the Clone Wars, Star Dreadnoughts of this class helped form the Kuat Sector's sectorial fleet, working alongside Procurator-class Star Battlecruisers.

The Kuat sectorial fleets, and consequently the two Mandator sub-classes, became fully-fledged Republic military units during the latter part of the Clone Wars. This occurred when all home fleets were incorporated into the Republic Navy, in a centralization effort spearheaded by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, following the Battle of Rendili.

Since the Executor-class was said to be the largest Star Dreadnought constructed by the time of the Battle of Hoth in the Galactic Civil War, the Mandator-classes were most likely smaller.

Behind the scenes
Its name comes from the Latin word Mandatum, which means either "command" or "order", and that would imply that this class had a command-role similar to Executor.

In an official interview with TheForce.Net, author Curtis Saxton described the ships in Kuat's sector fleets as comparable to the later vessels of the Galactic Empire, but limited to local hyperdrive-ranges.