Dreadnaught cruiser

The Dreadnaught cruiser was a type of warship used by the Sith fleet of the Brotherhood of Darkness toward the end of the New Sith Wars. In 1001 BBY, three Dreadnaught cruisers formed a part of a Sith fleet that attacked a Galactic Republic naval force in orbit around the planet Ruusan. During the surprise attack, the Dreadnaughts targeted with their laser cannons two of the Republic's Hammerhead-class cruisers, whose shielding had been compromised, although the Sith craft were forced to abandon their advance when their quarry deployed starfighter squadrons against them. Approximately a year later, the Sith used Dreadnaught cruisers to blockade Ruusan so as to prevent a Jedi fleet from landing reinforcements to aid an ongoing ground campaign on the planet, and eventually the Dreadnaughts went on to engage the Jedi capital ships in combat.

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