Bellator - class dreadnought The Bellator " - class dreadnought , also known as the Bellator " - class Star Destroyer , was a warship in the Imperial Navy , as well as a divergent design in the " Mandator " - series of Star Dreadnought . Description . Dimensions . The " Bellator " - class was a model of dreadnought based on the earlier " Mandator " - and " Mandator II " - class dreadnoughts . It was a scaled - down version , 800 meters shorter than its predecessors . Offensive and defensive systems . The dorsal surface mounted a large array of gun batteries . The batteries were arranged both on the port and starboard sides of the hull , as well as on the ridge in front of the command tower . Propulsion systems . Built for speed , the " Bellator " sacrificed armaments to gain higher velocities than its " Mandator " - class predecessors . This philosophy separated it from its conceptual cousin , the " Mandator III " - class dreadnought , which was built to be larger and more heavily armed than the previous models of the series . The " Bellator " - class had two reactors that protruded underneath the superstructure with armored bulges . It was propelled by ten large thrusters and four smaller ones . Bridge tower . The class was marked with a ridge - structure in front of its command tower . The tower itself was similar to the towers on a number of other Imperial warships , like the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer and the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought . History . Design lineage . The " Bellator " - class dreadnought was a design based on the " Mandator " - and " Mandator II " - classes . It diverged from its predecessors by being shorter and faster and the design was referred to in the Imperial Military as a " fast dreadnought " . Service history . During the class ' s service period , several " Bellator " - class dreadnoughts were known to have docked at Naval Station " Validusia " for refueling and maintenance alongside other heavy warships . In addition , ships of both this class and that of its cousin , the " Mandator " - class , often flanked the " Assertor " - class Star Dreadnought in fleet formations during the Galactic Civil War since prior to the Battle of Yavin , largely due to that ship ' s role as a sector command and control ship . At some point prior to the Battle of Hoth , Captain Firmus Piett and Admiral Kendal Ozzel of Death Squadron observed several " Bellator " s that were part of a fleet gathering . The fleet included several battlecruisers and Star Destroyers and displayed maneuvers by entire squadrons of TIE Advanced x1 fighters . After the Arms Race campaign of the Galactic Civil War , at least one " Bellator " - class was involved in a fleet exercise that involved an " Altor " - class replenishment ship refueling multiple large military vessels , including an " Assertor " - class Star Dreadnought and an " Allegiance " - class battlecruiser simultaneously . Its presence during this time presumably had to do with the presence of the former vessel . Post - Endor . At least one " Bellator " - class dreadnought appeared to be in service with the New Republic during the Thrawn Crisis , flying in formation alongside a fleet of " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers that were adorned with the New Republic logo , as well as a " Procursator " - class Star Destroyer . The fleet was joined by the Heroes of Yavin , flying in the " Millennium Falcon " . During Luke Skywalker ' s capture and transport to Byss in 10 ABY , a " Bellator " - class vessel was present during a fleet maneuver of various Star Destroyers around the planet . Behind the scenes . This design originated as a background vessel in " " , drawn by Cam Kennedy . It was later remade as a detailed 3D fanon vessel by Ansel Hsiao and displayed on his 3D modelling site . The background ship had previously been cataloged by Curtis Saxton as the " anonymous star cruiser # 5 " on his technical fansite . When Hsiao first saw the design in " Dark Empire " , he compared its appearance to a very angry bear prowling the forest . He envisioned it as a fast battleship / battlecruiser designed to hunt destroyers and even worry dreadnoughts . For his 3D work , he kept the dagger - shaped hull of the ship narrow and long in order to invoke a real sense of menacing speed throughout the whole ship . The class - name chosen by Hisao is the Latin word for " warrior " . Approached by Lucasfilm Licensing to provide artwork for " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , Hsiao submitted his own designs in addition to new models , along with their names . The names were recorded in LFL ' s Holocron continuity database . He also indicated that , if one compares the " Star Wars " ships to 20th century naval ships , the " Bellator " closest equivalent was the . Creating the detailed model , Hsiao gave it the designation of " Star Battlecruiser " . It was later changed to " dreadnought " on the basis of the Anaxes War College System classifications created by Jason Fry for his book , " The Essential Guide to Warfare " . This was displayed in his seventh round of endnotes for the book . A similar change was made with the " Allegiance " - class battlecruiser , which on Hsiao ' s site was listed as a Heavy Star Destroyer . In the book ' s endnotes , Jason gave several facts about the class as well as others done by Hsiao , which is now canon information . He also gave two accounts ; in - universe and out - of - universe on the method behind the design of the " Bellator " . The in - universe explanation , supplied in the History section , mentioned the divergence of the " Mandator III " and the " Bellator " from their predecessor designs . The out - of - universe explanation was that the " Essential Guide to Warfare " accidentially combined separate design specs for the art and text for the famous humpbacked ship in " Dark Empire " . In addition , according to Ansel Hsiao on Stardestroyer . net forums around the time " 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 . However , the intended humpbacked hulls of the " Mandator " - series was nonetheless implied in Jason Fry ' s endnotes . In addition to Hsiao ' s book illustrations , the " Bellator " can also be seen in two other paintings , both by Tommy Lee Edwards . The latter of which uses a picture from Hsiao ' s personal gallery as a background , where the ship appears as one of the vessels closest to the bridge in the foreground of the image ( the rear being partially obscured by Admiral Ozzel ' s head ) , and another of the same class is seen a brief distance away facing the bridge . The Hsiao picture in question was named " Strategic Reserve " by him . According to Hsiao , The armament for the ship consists of 16 heavy dual TL , 48 quad heavy TL , 40 octuplet heavy TL , 14 quad heavy ion cannons , 108 strategic missile tubes , 288 light missile tubes ( launchers of 24 tubes ) , 142 medium quad turbolasers , and 1568 light quad weapons ( ion cannons , turbolasers , laser cannons ) However since this has not been published in an official source , and just in a post as he made the model for the ship . . In a promotional video made for BioWare ' s online rpg game , " " , one of the shots depict Odile Vaiken watching a Star Destroyer ( implied to be the " Harrower " - class dreadnought ) being built . The details on the vessel correspond to a similar shot of the " Bellator " found on Ansel Hsiao ' s site , right down to gun placements and hull features . Hsiao , commenting on this image , as well as an image of the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer he originally made a 3D model of , that was used as part of a " Star Wars Galaxies " trading card , remarked that it amused him endlessly that LFL used his various 3D models in their own work ( without his knowledge ) .