Approved Starship Interdictor-class Heavy Cruiser

[Amelia von Sorenn]

INTERDICTOR-CLASS HEAVY CRUISER​

OUT-OF-CHARACTER INFORMATION

Intent

An updated variant of the Inderdictor-class Heavy Cruiser for use by The Sith Order

Image Source	[HERE]
Permission(s)	Not Applicable
Canon Link(s)	Immobilizer 418 Interdictor-class Heavy Cruiser
	Interdictor-class Cruiser
Primary Link(s)	Interdictor III-class Cruiser
	GADF Nuruodo-class Interdictor Cruiser

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Manufacturer	Aether Systems
Affiliation	The Sith Order
Model	Interdictor-class
Market-Status	Closed-Market
Production	Semi-Unique

Materials

Hull Plating	Internal Structure	Additional
Quadanium Steel	Duralloy	Chromium
Nyix-Alloy	Titanium	Crystasteel
Doonium	Aluminium	Vandinite
Duralium	Laminasteel	Starship Components
Trimantium	Duraplast

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Classification	Interdictor Cruiser
	Patrol Cruiser
Length	800 meters
Width	300 meters
Height	175 meters

Rating Specifications

Armaments	Very Low
Defenses	High
Maneuverability	High
Speed	High
Hangar Capacity	Extreme - (9) Squadrons
Hyperdrive Rating	Equipped - Class 2

Hangar Compliment

Starfighter Squadrons	Support Squadrons
(7) Squadrons	(2) Squadrons

Armaments and Defenses

(6) Agrocite Cannons	AR-0B Damage Reduction Component
(10) Heavy NK-7 Ion Cannons	Redundant Deflector Shield Generators
(20) Quad Laser Cannons	(24) Missile Deactivation Transmitters
(6) Assault Concussion Missile Launchers	(20) Antimissile Octets
	(40) Heavy Point Defense Ion Cannons
	(40) Heavy Point Defense Laser Cannons
	(20) CL-3 Anti-Starfighter Cluster Bombs

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND LOGISTICS

Crew Compliment	45 Officers
	124 Gunners
	3,291 Enlisted Crew
Passenger Capacity	500 Individuals
Cargo Capacity	12,000 Metric Tons
Consumables	2 Galactic Standard Years

STANDARD FEATURES

General Systems Acceleration Compensator Anti-Shock Fields Astrogation Computer Code Breaker Containment Shield DPU7 Heat Sink BQR-19 Navigational System Damage Control System Escape Pods Internal Security Blast Doors Code Cylinder Readers Klaxon Alarms Walkthrough Identification Scanners Weapon Detectors Ray Shield Generators 57c Holocams Sensor and Communication Systems Com-Scan 5-Node Sensor ANs-9.5 Sensor ANq-51 Sensor Array Telesponder Hyperwave Transmitter Hyperwave Transceiver Broadcast Relay Holotransmitter Holotransceiver Life Support Systems Atmospheric Processor Enviro Filter Climate Control Unit Shielding and Hull Plating Systems Ion Shield Generators Deflector Shield Generators Navigational Deflector System Deflector Plates Heat Dispersion Vents De-icing System Engineering & Hyperdrive Systems Gemon-15 Ion Drives Ter58 Ion Engines Accu-Accelerator 400MGs Stardrive System Warp Vortex Stabilizer

ADVANCED FEATURES

AR-0B Damage Reduction Component Carbon-Durasteel Armor (3) Galaxy Guard Mk VII Radiation Negator Hyperwave Interceptor (20) Phylon Q7 Heavy Tractor Beam (4) G7-x Gravity Well Projectors Crystal Gravfield Trap Active Phased Full-Spectrum Transceiver Array Passive Dedicated Energy Receptor Array Long-distance Signal and Sensor Array Dish High-resolution Hyper Spectral Imaging Receiver

STRENGTHS

Powerful Interdiction Capability - Equipped with four Gravity Well Projectors, the cruiser can generate artificial mass shadows to forcibly pull vessels from hyperspace, prevent hyperspace escapes, and lock down entire sectors for capture or destruction.

Reliable Cloak Detection - The Crystal Gravfield Trap provides the only consistently reliable method of detecting cloaked vessels, making the ship exceptionally effective against stealth craft, smugglers, and covert reconnaissance operations.

High Defensive Survivability - Despite its relatively light armament, the Interdictor-class compensates with reinforced armor, redundant shielding, a damage reduction system, and extensive point-defense coverage, allowing it to endure prolonged engagements.

Superior Speed and Maneuverability for Its Class - Unlike most interdictor platforms, this variant is capable of high-speed pursuit and rapid repositioning, enabling it to patrol trade lanes and respond quickly to emerging threats.

Dangerous Area-Denial Ordnance - CL-3 Anti-Starfighter Cluster Bombs can shred entire fighter formations and create lethal exclusion zones, making direct assault against the cruiser extremely costly.

Significant Carrier Capability - With capacity for two full wings of starfighters - organized into three squadrons per wing - with an additional squadron to reinforce losses, as well as two support squadrons, the Interdictor-class can project a sustained fighter presence for interception, patrol, escort, and pursuit missions.

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WEAKNESSES

Limited Capital-Scale Firepower - The Interdictor-class's main armament is intentionally light, leaving it poorly suited for direct engagements against heavily armed warships without escort support.

Reliance on Specialized Systems - Its combat effectiveness depends heavily on gravity wells, sensors, and electronic systems; damage to these components significantly reduces its strategic value.

Cluster Bomb Friendly-Fire Risk - CL-3 Anti-Starfighter Cluster Bombs are indiscriminate weapons that pose a danger to friendly starfighters, requiring careful coordination or temporary withdrawal of allied craft.

Vulnerable When Isolated - While resilient, the Interdictor-class is not designed to operate alone against major fleet elements and can be overwhelmed if cut off from support.

Limited Planetary Assault Capability - The cruiser lacks the heavy bombardment weapons needed for surface engagements, restricting its role primarily to space control rather than direct planetary conquest.

High Power Consumption - Operating gravity well projectors, shields, sensors, and hangar operations simultaneously places extreme strain on the reactor, limiting sustained peak performance.

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DESCRIPTION

The Interdictor-class Heavy Cruiser is a highly specialized control vessel engineered to dominate space not through overwhelming firepower, but through denial, detection, and containment. Designed to serve simultaneously as an interdictor cruiser and high-speed patrol platform, it represents a deliberate evolution of earlier immobilizer designs, optimized for active enforcement and pursuit rather than static ambush roles. This variant was manufactured by Aether Systems for the Sith Order, commissioned under a discreet procurement directive issued by an unidentified benefactor within the Sith Order. The ship's semi-unique production status, advanced sensor suite, and uncommon systems suggest a carefully controlled development program intended to provide the Sith with unmatched hyperspace control and counter-stealth capabilities, while keeping the project's true sponsorship obscured. At the heart of the vessel's operational role are its four Gravity Well Projectors, capable of generating artificial mass shadows that forcibly pull vessels from hyperspace or prevent escape altogether. Once targets are trapped, the Interdictor-class's extensive sensor arrays and Crystal Gravfield Trap allow it to detect and track cloaked vessels, neutralizing stealth technologies that would otherwise allow enemies to evade pursuit. Although its capital-scale armament is intentionally limited, the Interdictor-class Heavy Cruiser compensates through layered defenses, redundant shielding, damage reduction systems, and dense point-defense coverage. Its enhanced speed and maneuverability allow it to reposition rapidly, maintain pursuit, or withdraw under fire - traits uncommon among ships of comparable size. The vessel's substantial hangar capacity supports seven starfighter squadrons and two support squadrons, enabling sustained patrols, interception operations, escort missions, and boarding actions across contested space. In combat, it relies on coordinated fighter screens, electronic warfare, and area-denial measures rather than brute-force exchanges. Among its more dangerous systems are the CL-3 Anti-Starfighter Cluster Bombs, munitions capable of saturating large volumes of space with lethal submunitions. While devastating to enemy fighter formations, these weapons are inherently indiscriminate, requiring careful coordination to avoid friendly losses and reinforcing the cruiser's role as a space-control platform rather than a conventional fleet combatant. Within the Sith Order, the Interdictor-class Heavy Cruiser is not a frontline warship but a hunter, warden, and executioner of hyperspace denial. It isolates prey, strips away concealment, and ensures that once a vessel is caught within its interdiction field, escape is no longer a possibility. Where it patrols, hyperspace itself becomes a weapon wielded in the service of Sith dominion.

 

[MANIAC]

Amelia von Sorenn

Nicely made as usual.

Approved.