Hajen-class fleet tender

The Hajen-class fleet tender is a vital part of the New Republic's New Class program. While New Class ships are capable combatants, they are small and do not carry enough supplies to operate for extended periods of time. No New Class ship carries enough consumables for more than 5 months. Hajen-class fleet tenders act as resupply ships, in order to extend a fleet's running time. With regular resupply, New Class ships can operate indefinately.

As a ressupply vessels, Hajen-class ships have to constantly run back and forth between fleets and bases, carrying vital supplies such as food, water, fuel, spare parts, and Tibanna gas. To perform their mission, these ships are equipped with very fast Class 0.9 hyperdrives. Hajen-class ships are highly automated, and only require a small crew to operate. Its standard crew numbers only 6 people, and mere 2 people can serve as a skeleton crew. These ships do carry extensive droid complements though. They are completely unarmed, and must rely on ships such as the Sacheen-class light escort for protection.

The Hajen-class fleet tender was built on the same basic hull and systems of the Sacheen-class. This practice of using the same basic design for multiple configurations was so successful that it was adopted for all later New Class ships.

The only official image of the Hajen-class is found in the RPG sourcebook Cracken's Threat Dossier. Like the pictures of other New Class ships, this picture contradicts information from the Black Fleet Crisis novels, on which Cracken's Threat Dossier is based. Specifically, the Hajen and Sacheen classes look nothing alike, even though they are supposed to be built on the same hull. Because of this, the picture has been labeled as erroneous and dismissed as non-Canon by many fans.