Harrower - class dreadnought The Harrower " - class dreadnought , known more infrequently as the Harrower " - class battle cruiser , was a heavily - armed class of wedge - shaped capital ship that was the backbone of the Imperial Navy of the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War , the Cold War , and the Galactic War with the Galactic Republic . Produced by Taerab Starship Manufacturing and measuring around eight hundred meters long with heavily - reinforced hull plating and shield generators , the " Harrower " - class dreadnought carried a complement of over one hundred starfighters , bombers , and shuttles ; a single dreadnought required a crew of 2 , 400 and could carry 7 , 300 troops . " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts required an immense amount of energy and materials to produce , and a single dreadnought was capable of taking on starfighters and smaller warships on its own when it was not coordinating Imperial fleets as a command ship . Description . A large dreadnaught that was approximately 800 meters in length , the " Harrower " - class dreadnought — also known as the " Harrower " - class battle cruiser — adhered to the wedge - shaped design that had been used for warships of the Sith Empire since the Empire ' s founding in 4980 BBY The " point " of the " Harrower " - class wedge was split down the middle for a quarter to a third of the length of the ship , forming two prongs . Between those two prongs was one of the " Harrower " - class hangar bays , with two hangar openings stacked on top of each other and protected by force fields . Two additional hangars were located on either side of the ship , between the ends of the forward prongs and two smaller " wings " that protruded from each side closer to the rear of the ship . A final hangar was located on the underbelly of the dreadnought . Two of the ship ' s shield generators were located on the upper hull of each of those wings , and an early model of the " Harrower " - class that saw use during the first years of the Great Galactic War between the Empire and the Galactic Republic had a set of four turrets on both the top and bottom sides of both wings . On the later model that saw wider use , those turrets were moved forward to form two rows of four turrets on both the top and bottom of the ship , just above the forward hangar bay . A smaller wedge was located on both the top and bottom of the dreadnought towards the rear , and the vessel ' s command tower was positioned at the rear of the vessel atop that wedge : wing - like protrusions extended out from atop the upper wedge , and the rectangular command tower was built atop the junction of the " wings . " " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts sported heavily - reinforced hull plating and four shield generators , and the ship featured turbolaser batteries , quad laser cannons , ion cannons , proton torpedos , and concussion missile launchers as its armaments . Most " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts had three primary thrusters surrounded by four smaller ones located at the rear of the ship . Standard " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts carried a complement of ninety - five starfighters , most of which were the Imperial Navy ' s standard Mark VI " Supremacy " - class starfighter , as well as thirty - two B28 " Extinction " - class bombers and thirty - five shuttles . " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts required crews of 2 , 400 , and could carry a complement of 7 , 300 troops . The " Harrower " - class dreadnought also came with a number of escape pods . As the largest and most heavily - armed vessel in the Imperial Navy , a single " Harrower " - class dreadnought was capable of holding its own against fleets of starfighters or several smaller warships , but dreadnoughts were typically used as the backbone of the fleet : " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts normally coordinated fleet attacks while absorbing damage and dealing damage of its own . The " Harrower " - class was produced by Taerab Starship Manufacturing , and the energy and material cost of building a single dreadnought was roughly equivalent to a decade ' s output of a major planetary mining colony . A smaller version of the ship known as the BSX - 5 Dreadnaught , while visually similar to the standard " Harrower " - class , was only 600 meters in length and had a reduced armament and complement . History . The " Harrower " - class dreadnought was in production as early as 3712 BBY , when the Sith Lord Darth Ikoral was given an early model " Harrower " - class dreadnought " Red Reaper " so that he could conduct his expedition to search for pureblooded Sith outside of the Empire . The " Harrower " - class dreadnought had become the primary capital ship of the Imperial Navy of the Sith Empire by 3681 BBY , when the Empire instigated the Great Galactic War against the Galactic Republic , though the early design — which was similar to the " Red Reaper " — would be phased out over the course of the war . " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts were present at the Republic ' s first contact with the Empire in the Tingel Arm , and over thirty " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts made up the bulk of the Imperial fleet that reclaimed the Sith tombworld of Korriban . In 3678 BBY , several " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts were part of the Imperial fleet that defended Korriban from a Republic assault in 3678 BBY . In 3671 BBY , " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts were among the vessels making up the Imperial fleet that attempted to capture the Mid Rim world of Bothawui — a Republic victory that became known as the First Battle of Bothawui . At least three dreadnoughts were present at the Battle of Alderaan in 3667 BBY and " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts also saw use during the Rim Campaign of 3661 - 3660 BBY — at least two dreadnoughts were destroyed at the end of the lengthy Battle of Ord Radama in 3660 BBY . A powerful prototype " Harrower " - class known as the " Voidstar " disappeared during the Great Galactic War , though it was later discovered floating as a derelict during the subsequent Cold War . " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts such as the " Scream of Ragnos " made up much of the fleet that conducted the Sacking of Coruscant in 3653 BBY , a battle that brought about the Treaty of Coruscant and the end of the war . Over a dozen " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts and " Terminus " - class destroyers were stationed at Vaiken Spacedock , the primary staging area of the navy , including the " White Nova " and the " Ziost Shadow " . Grand Moff Rycus Kilran commanded the Imperial Fifth Fleet from the " Harrower " - class " Emperor ' s Glory " , which attacked the Republic transport " Esseles " in 3643 BBY in an effort to capture the Republic ambassador Vyn Asara . The " Emperor ' s Glory " and the rest of the Fifth Fleet later defended the Maelstrom prison from Republic attack as the Galactic War began to erupt , but Kilran was killed aboard the prison and the " Emperor ' s Glory " was destroyed . Knowledge of the design remained for thousands of years , with the Sith Lord Darth Sidious remarking on its similarity to his own Imperial Star Destroyers after he became Galactic Emperor . Behind the scenes . The " Harrower " - class dreadnought was introduced by the multimedia project for " " , a video game released by BioWare in 2011 . However , the design was not finalized by the time the tie - in webcomic " " was released in 2009 , resulting in an altered appearance for the starships . The " Oppressor " , a " Harrower " - class dreadnought that is featured in the Jedi Knight storyline of the game , first appeared as the original design in the comic . " " , the first in a series of videos detailing the game ' s backstory , used concept art of the " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyer from the Legacy era in place of the " Harrower " - class , as the design for the " Harrower " - class had not yet been finalized by the video ' s release in March 2009 . The " Harrower " - class itself did not actually appear until " " in October 2009 , which showed an early design of the ship that featured a less prominent split between the ship ' s prongs and a wider vessel overall . The " Hope " cinematic trailer , which premiered on June 14 , 2010 , included a side shot of several " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts over the planet Alderaan , though the design continued to undergo revisions . The " Return " cinematic trailer , which premiered in June 2011 , featured " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts with slightly different designs than the finalized version that appeared in " Star Wars : The Old Republic " — the ship is thicker than the finalized version , and some of the ship ' s turrets are located on the rear " wings " instead of above the forward hangar . That rendition was also pictured in the 2012 reference guide " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , which credited the design to artist Ansel Hsiao . " Harrower " - class dreadnoughts are a frequent sight in " The Old Republic " , with several of them serving as hubs in the Imperial Fleet for Sith Empire players and others appearing in the game ' s various space combat missions . Imperial guilds can purchase their own Harrower - class dreadnought as a " Guild Flagship " as part of the " Galactic Strongholds " digital expansion .