Capital Ship

Starship

This broad category includes immense military vessels that bear enormous martial might. Capital ships are usually armed with the heaviest shields and the most powerful ship-board weaponry in the galaxy. Manned by crews in the hundreds, if not thousands, these stellar behemoths often house entire fighter squadrons and even smaller capital ships within their cavernous hangar bays.

Capital Ship Capacity

Capital ships and large freighters are extremely sizable, and thus have a great deal of capability for carrying cargo. Due to this, the encumbrance capacities listed are simply the minimum capability the ship has for transporting supplies and resources. Most of these ships could carry far more if the need arose.

Starfighter Defence

Capital ships tend to mount heavy turbolasers and ion cannons to combat other large vessels. These ships are the only ones large enough to mount such heavy weapons. However, it does tend to leave them vulnerable to much smaller and more agile snubfighters. Turbolasers and ion cannons fire more slowly and are unable to traverse rapidly enough to target these ships effectively, and the larger surfaces of the ships means the weapons need to cover wider fire zones. 
For this reason, some capital ships mount dedicated anti-starfighter weapons, typically laser cannons and blasters. Doing so is a calculated trade-off - every anti-starfighter weapon takes up power and space that could go towards more powerful guns. However, some designers consider the trade-off worthwhile, especially when building mid-sized "escort" vessels. When firing auto-blasters, blaster cannons, laser cannons, and quad laser cannons, capital ships (and only capital ships!) count their silhouette as one less.

Used by

• CR90 Corvette
• DP20 Gunship
• EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate
• Marauder-Class Assault Corvette

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