Cruiser

Cruiser was a designation given to starships, usually capital ships, of varying sizes and capabilities. While usually considered to be reserved for ships around 400-600 meters in size,Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy the term sometimes included corvettes and frigates alongside actual cruisers.Rise of the Separatists Examples included the Consular-class light cruiser, the CR90 corvette, the Arquitens-class light cruiser, the MC80 Star Cruiser, and the Venator-class Star Destroyer, often referred to as a "Republic attack cruiser." The Kilji species' government of the Kilji Illumine used Kilji war cruisers and Kilji picket cruisers.Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil One such cruiser was part of the Chiss Ascendancy Pommrio family's fleet.Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good This Chiss Ascendancy made use of diplomatic cruisers.Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
By the time of the Separatist Crisis, the Jedi Order typically used the Republic's cruisers for its diplomatic missions across the galaxy. However, some tasks required less conspicuous and smaller starships such as the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor.Star Wars: Complete Vehicles
==Characteristics==
Cruisers, similar to corvettes and frigates, were depended on for a variety of roles, both in civilian and military applications. In military navies, cruisers served the vital role of filling in the space between small starfighters and large capital ships.Starships and Speeders According to the Anaxes War College System, warships were divided into seven main classifications. Cruisers were classified to be between 400-600 meters, heavy cruisers at 600 to 1,200 meters, and battlecruisers at 2,000 to 5,000 meters. These classifications were flexible, however, and some ships could be moved to a higher or lower class depending on their total firepower and function.Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
===Sub-classifications===
There were multiple sub-classifications of cruisers, including diplomatic cruisersThrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising and merchant cruisers. Arrestor cruisers were specialized cruisers that used powerful tractor beam projectors to steer traffic and patrol. An attack cruiser, such as the Venator-class Star Destroyer, was a cruiser honed in for ship-to-ship combat. In the Galactic Empire, attack cruisers were considered a step down from the standard Star Destroyers.Lost Stars A battlecruiser, was a significantly larger type of cruiser. One example of a battlecruiser was the Maelstrom-class, or the Resurgent-class, which was 2,915 meters long.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections For the Chiss Ascendancy, a battlecruiser was more of a commodious label for midsized alien starships until their capabilities could be better defined.Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil
A dreadcruiser was a type of cruiser used by the Hutts.The High Republic (2021) 8 Meanwhile, a heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser that was larger than the standard, but were classified below destroyers in the Anaxes War College System. Despite this, at least one heavy cruiser, the Subjugator-class, was large and formidable enough to also be considered a battleship,Collapse of the Republic a battlecruiser, and Star Dreadnought. The Subjugator-class was 4,845 meters in length,Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles far longer than the 600 to 1,200 meters that would classify a heavy cruiser in the Anaxes War College System. The MC85 Star Cruiser, another model of heavy cruiser, was 3,438 meters long.Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections Other heavy cruisers included the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, the Chiss heavy cruiser, the Emissary-class Republic Cruiser,The High Republic: Light of the Jedi the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser,Forged in Battle and the Interdictor-class heavy cruiser.
Light cruisers were smaller than the standard cruiser, with models including the Consular-class light cruiser at 115 meters,Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace the Arquitens-class light cruiser at 325 meters, the Carrack-class light cruiser at 350 meters in length, and the Imperial Gozanti-class cruiser at 63 meters.Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
Other cruiser sub-classifications included bulk cruisers, patrol cruisers, picket cruisers, pocket cruisers, Star Cruisers, and war cruisers.
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Category:Capital ship classifications