Cuirassier-Class Heavy Cruiser

Dimensions
:Keel – 750m
:Mast – 110m
:Beam – (AVG) 100m

Armaments
10 Heavy Quad Turbolasers
((2 bow; 3 port; 3 starboard; 1 ventral, 1 dorsal))
40 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries (Dual-Gun Casements)
((8 bow, 16 port, 16 starboard))
4 Heavy Ion Cannon
((2 ventral turrets, 2 dorsal turrets))
12 Firestorm Systems
((Various Locations About Ship))

Defensive Precautions
Reinforced Duranium Armor
Quadranium Armor Deposits at random location around primary (aft) engine housing

-x4 Novaldex Ray/Energy Deflector Generators
(sunken projectors)
-x6 ((4 primary, 2 reserve)) Novaldex Particle Shield Generators
(sunken projectors)


Propulsion and Power Systems
x8 CEC mark XXIV Primary Drive Units
- Hyperdrive: x1.5
- Reserve Hyperdrive: x3

x1 DuraCorp Solar Ionization Reactor

Miscellaneous Systems
: Cargo – 7000 metric tones
: Consumables – 4 months

Compliment
:Crew:
-Officers - 167
-Gunners - 800
-General Hands – 6,930
-Flight Operations – 105

:Support Vessels:
x4 Sentinel II-class Landing Shuttles
x2 Lambda-class Shuttles
x4 Trian-class Landing Barges

:Combat Craft:
x3 Squadrons TIE Defenders Mark II (36 craft)
x2 Delta-class Assault Shuttles
x2 XG-9 Missile Boats

:Ground Vehicles:
- Capacity to Carry Equipment and Vehicles of three complete Imperial Heavy Armored Battalions or one full regiment –

Design Purpose
To act as a replacement for the aging Imperial Katana-class Dreadnaught in its capacity as a primary combat vessel or supporting cruiser.

Design Explanations

The cruiser itself is coherent to the Imperial predisposition for designing ships along a primary axis. Unlike the Nebulon-B Frigate formerly used by the Empire, the Cuirassier-class Cruiser has no thin central spine that can be shattered by one concerted turbolaser salvo. Also, unlike the previous ship, armor is layered in all places, including the aft engine housing where the structure is at its thinnest.

The Cuirassier possesses a command tower like its larger cousins in the Star Destroyer-line. Just fore of said tower are the dorsal ion turrets, and fore of that the primary sensor dome that gives the ship a superb scanning reach. While no new systems have been introduced into this design, existing systems have been refined and refitted to create a smooth and sophisticated design.

Like most Imperial vessels, the Cuirassier has been built with a broadside mentality, but also has a considerable amount of weapons fore or located in positions that can be easily swiveled towards the bow.