Starship class
Defender-class assault carrier
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The Defender-class assault carrier was a starfighter carrier first deployed by the New Republic shortly before the Black Fleet Crisis.
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Facts
- Manufacturer
- Republic Engineering Corporation
- Line
- Defender program (Original design)
- New Class Modernization Program (Final development)
- Model
- Defender-class assault carrier
- Length
- 700 meters
- Max speed
- 1,000 km/h
- Hyperdrive
- Class 1.0
- Class 10 (backup)
- Shield gen
- Equipped
- Sensor
- Equipped
- Armament
- Light anti-fighter laser cannons (20)
- Fire arc: 5 fore, 5 port, 5 starboard, 5 aft
- Crew: 1
- Atmospheric range: 50 km
- Complement
- 3 wings of starfighters
- Assault shuttles
- Various personnel transports
- Crew
- Crew (4,050)
- Gunners (20)
- Skeleton
- 1,350
- Passengers
- 700 (troops)
- Capacity
- 12,000 metric tons
- Consumables
- 5 months
- Availability
- Not available for sale
- Role
- Assault carrier
- Affiliations
- New Republic
Appearances
2 works, in story order
- Shield of Lies (first appearance)
- Shield of Lies abridged audiobook
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