Interdictor-class heavy cruiser

For other uses, see Interdictor.

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Interdictor-class heavy cruiser

Production information

Manufacturer

Sienar Fleet Systems^[1]

Line

Interdictor line^[2]

Model

Interdictor-class heavy cruiser^[3]

Type

Heavy cruiser^[3]

Cost

15,400,000 credits^[3]

Technical specifications

Length

1,129 meters^[1]

Maximum atmospheric speed

975 km/h^[1]

Engine unit(s)

Engines (3)^[4]

Hyperdrive rating

Class 2 (primary)^[3]
Class 12 (backup)^[3]

Hyperdrive system

Equipped^[5]

Power plant

Auxilliary reactors^[6]

Shielding

Equipped^[7]

Sensor systems

Long range sensor^[3]

Navigation system

Navicomputor^[3]

Armament

G7-X gravity well projectors (4)^[3]
Quad laser cannons (20)^[1]
- 5 dorsal, 5 ventral, 4 port, 4 starboard, 2 aft^[3]

Complement

TIE fighter series starfighters (24)^[1]
- Typically one squadron of TIE/ln fighters or TIE/IN interceptors^[3]
- Typically one squadron of TIE/sa bombers or TIE/ca "Punisher" Starfighters^[3]

Docking bays

1^[7]

Escape craft

Equipped^[7]

Crew

2,807^[3]

Passengers

80 troops^[3]

Consumables

16 months^[3]

Other systems

Power trunking^[6]

Usage

Role(s)

Affiliation

Galactic Empire^[7]
- Imperial Navy^[7]

The Interdictor-class heavy cruiser, also called the Interdictor-class cruiser, simply the Interdictor-class or simply the Imperial Interdictor, was an Interdictor vessel that served as the successor to the Immobilizer 418 cruiser. Developed and used by the Galactic Empire, the craft was capable of emitting an interdiction field to pull passing ships out of hyperspace or prevent them from going to lightspeed. Despite being a relatively rare sight in the Imperial Navy, it was considered a dangerous design by rebel groups that relied on hit-and-run tactics. It was used against the rebellion in 4 BBY, and several featured as part of the 7th Fleet.

Description[]

Interdictor-FFG — The *Interdictor* prevents a CR90 corvette from entering hyperspace.

The Interdictor-class heavy cruiser,^[3] or Interdictor-class cruiser^[6] was a class of heavy cruiser.^[3] The ship was the successor model to the Immobilizer 418 cruiser.^[2] The Interdictor-class would ultimately arise, however.^[8]

It possessed four spherical gravity well projectors, which contained equipment to pull a number of ships out of hyperspace. It was 1,129 meters in length and could achieve a speed of 975 kilometers per hour. It was equipped with a class 2 hyperdrive^[1] as well as a deflector shield generator.^[7] The Interdictor-class was armed with twenty quad laser cannons,^[1] and outfitted with escape pods.^[7] It could maintain a complement of twenty-four TIE fighter series starfighters^[1] deployed from one ventral hangar bay opening.^[7] Interdictor-class heavy cruisers were crewed by 2,800 personnel,^[1] including Imperial officers, Imperial weapons technicians, and stormtroopers.^[7]

Role[]

The Interdictor-class heavy cruiser served in the capacity of an interdictor vessel and command ship.^[7] In this role, it was deployed to blockade worlds, investigate suspicious hyperspace routes, and prevent the escape of enemy ships. Interdictor-class vessels typically formed part of small battle groups, supporting heavier lines of capital ships in conjunction with frigates and starfighters.^[3]

History[]

The Interdictor, a prototype Interdictor-class heavy cruiser, was tested in the Del Zennis system^[9] in 4 BBY,^[10] under the command of Admiral Brom Titus. After pulling the rebel ship Liberator out of hyperspace, the crew was imprisoned. However, they escaped and sabotaged the ship, destroying it in the process of their escape.^[7] Sometime before its destruction, the Interdictor created an interdiction field around a planet with two other Interdictor-class heavy cruisers that prevented a CR90 corvette from entering hyperspace.^[11]

In 2 BBY,^[12] two were used by Grand Admiral Thrawn's Seventh Fleet during its assault on Atollon. However, the cruiser under the command of Admiral Kassius Konstantine was drawn out of position by an approaching rebel Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier, as the admiral sought personal glory and was sick of Thrawn's games. The carrier deliberately collided with the Interdictor, destroying both ships, to allow Ezra Bridger's Gauntlet to escape and seek reinforcements. The other cruiser was later destroyed by a Mandalorian strike team from Clan Wren, brought by Bridger.^[5]

Rebellion in the Rim cover art — An *Interdictor*-class heavy cruiser in battle against an MC75 Star Cruiser

During the Galactic Civil War, an Interdictor-class heavy cruiser fought alongside other Imperial forces against an MC75 Star Cruiser, at least two EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, and other Rebel Alliance forces.^[13] The Interdictor-class heavy cruiser later gave way to the Interdictor-class Star Destroyer line.^[14]

At the time of the Battle of Jakku, one of the last Interdictor-class heavy cruisers, the Spectral, guarded the shipyards of Fondor, before the fall of the planet to the New Republic. The ship left for Jakku, but was brought down by the efforts of Bak Rychuk and his droid Zeetoo-Zeetoo, and crashed on the surface.^[15]

Behind the scenes[]

The Interdictor-class heavy cruiser first appeared in "Stealth Strike," an episode of the second season of Star Wars Rebels.^[7] The ship originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity as the Immobilizer 418 cruiser.^[16]

The 2018 reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles states that the Interdictor-class heavy cruiser had a complement of 24 TIE fighters,^[1] while the 2019 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition establishes that Interdictor-class heavy cruisers possess a complement of 20 TIE fighters,^[9] As the 2020 sourcebook Starships and Speeders establishes that they had a complement of 24 TIE series fighters of mixed designation, and Starships and Speeders is the most recently published source,^[3] this article assumes Starships and Speeders is correct.