Bellator-class dreadnought

The Bellator-class dreadnought is a heavy capital warship used by the Imperial Navy.
== Design ==
The Bellator-class has a total length of 7,200 meters (23,622.05 ft), with a beam of 4,050 meters (13,287.4 ft) and a dry mass of approximately 160,000,000 metric tons. It is 800 meters shorter than the earlier Mandator-class dreadnought.
=== Armament and defenses ===
The Bellator-class is armed with heavy turbolaser batteries. Secondary weapon systems include medium and light turbolasers, laser cannons, ion cannons, and proton torpedo launchers. The class is also equipped with tractor beam projectors.
Select Bellators, such as the Fulminatrix and Instigator, were equipped with ventral-mounted AD-353 orbital autocannons for planetary bombardment operations.
== History ==
Having cut its ties to the Techno Union prior to the Clone Wars, Kuat Drive Yards began building starships exclusively for the Republic. Among its new designs was the Bellator-class, a replacement for the prewar Mandator-class dreadnought, which had formed the core of the Kuat sector's defenses for the past two decades. These heavy vessels formed part of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's newly centralized Republic Navy during the Clone Wars, along with many of KDY's other warship designs.
The class was far larger and more heavily armed than the Venator-class battlecruiser and was produced in fewer numbers. The various KDY warships were collectively praised for the Republic's victories during the war, while the Jedi Generals' leadership was downplayed. The Bellator-class design was later surpassed by other heavy warships constructed during the reign of the Galactic Empire.
By 1003 ARR, many Imperial Bellators had been upgraded to the Belator II specification.
== Ships of the line ==
Bellator
Assertor
Wrath
Fulminatrix
Instigator
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