Mandator-class Star Dreadnaught

Mandator I-class Star Dreadnaught The massive Mandator I-class Star Dreadnaught was a KDY warship.

Characteristics
The Mandator I-class was a multi-mile long warship in the Star Destroyer design family. It 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 model was equipped with a limited-range hyperdrive that restricted it from transgalactic travel.

History
In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, the Mandator-class was developed and produced by KDY. Star Dreadnaughts of this class helped form the Kuat sector's defense fleet, working alongside Procurator-class Star Battlecruisers, to protect against invasion.

The ships continued service in the Galactic Empire, as Kuat's security forces were Imperialized and augmented at the Empire's founding to ensure continued military ship-production. Unlike their starfighter lines, the Mandator design was still part of Kuat's bountiful ship catalogue decades later.

Behind the scenes
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.