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The Mandator II-class Star Dreadnaught was a warship design that served in the centralized Republic Navy by 19 BBY.
Characteristics[]
The Mandator II-class was a powerful vessel. While Star Destroyers like the Venator-class could stand up to a handful of Separatist Recusant-class light destroyers, a Star Dreadnought like the Mandator II-class could withstand an assault of up to 1,000 Recusants.[1] As such, the vessel carried reactor equipment large enough to force the length of its hull up to its length of 8 kilometers.[3]
History[]
Having cut its ties to the Techno Union prior to the Clone Wars, Kuat Drive Yards began building starships for Republic use only.[4] Among its new designs was the Mandator II-class, an upgrade of the prewar Mandator-class Star Dreadnaught, which had formed part of the Kuat sector's defenses in peace-time.[5] These heavy vessels formed part of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's newly centralized Republic Navy during the Clone Wars,[6] along with KDY's other heavily armed, wedge-shaped warship designs.[1][7]
The class was far larger and more heavily armed than the Venator-class Star Destroyer and was produced in fewer numbers than this common Jedi cruiser.[8] The various KDY warships were collectively praised for the Republic's victories during the war, while the Jedi Generals' leadership was downplayed.[1][7][9] The Mandator II-class design was later surpassed by heavy warships made during the reign of the Galactic Empire.[10]
Among the designs derived from it, was the Bellator-class dreadnought and the Mandator III-class dreadnought which emphasized different aspects of both the Mandator and Mandator II classes.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
According to Ansel Hsiao on Stardestroyer.net forums around the time The Essential Guide to Warfare was released, both he and Jason Fry planned to make all the Mandator-series, in addition to the Bellator-class, humpbacked vessels similar to the one that appeared in Dark Empire, although nothing of the sort made it into the final cut by the time of its release.[11] However, the intended humpbacked hulls of the Mandator-series was nonetheless implied in Jason Fry's endnotes for the book.
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 32
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Jason Fry's Dorkery — EG to Warfare: Endnotes Pt. 7 on Tumblr (backup link)
- ↑ HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided, science experts of the Core Worlds made note of the size required for a ship large enough to destroy entire task forces of capital ships, a minimum was a length of 8km.
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ Republic 71, by the end of the story, all home fleets are made part of the centralized Navy.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
Republic attack cruiser in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 32
- ↑ Slave Ship
- ↑ Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
- ↑ http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=124353&start=1600