During the New Sith Wars, Hammerheads each held a squadron of Aurek-class tactical strikefighters and had undergone significant upgrades and design revisions since their debut thousands of years before. Another ship, the Tanthior, was shot down over Onderon during the war with Zakuul. Hammerhead-class cruisers served alongside Thranta-class corvettes, a competitor design, at the Second battle of Leritor. Throughout the Great Galactic War, Galactic War, and New Sith Wars, the class remained in service. With a third of the Republic's fleet crushed at Malachor V during the Wars, and another third, including bigger Interdictor-class cruisers, taken by Revan to form the basis of his Sith Empire's forces, the ailing Republic government turned to these smaller capital ships to halt the Sith advance. ĭuring the Mandalorian Wars thirty years later, they remained in frontline service, sometimes alongside the Inexpugnable-class command ship, itself a class made to sell more Hammerheads. During the restoration period after the war, it was mass-produced at such a scale that Rendili Hyperworks would finish a new cruiser every ten days for several years. Hammerheads were first seen in service in the Great Sith War, where they participated in the Battle of Koros Major. History Ī Hammerhead-class ship during the New Sith Wars. This changed over time, earlier ships having three engines that emitted blue particles. They were propelled by four ion engines emitting particles in the orange section of the visible spectrum during the wars around 3956 BBY. As demonstrated by the Endar Spire and the Harbinger some years later, they also appeared to have a number of lighter, point-defense laser cannons for use against small craft mounted at various points along the hull. In 3956 BBY the cruisers appeared to possess at least seven turbolasers, with three batteries of two and a single turbolaser cannon mounted atop the hammerhead bridge structure. They also bore a large resemblance to the EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate of the Galactic Civil War era, due to the vertically elongated bridge. The spaceframe resembled the later Consular-class cruiser and the CR90 corvette, though this may have been coincidental. Hammerheads were able to enter atmospheres and land on planetary surfaces. This ship could also undertake independent operations, unlike the Foray-class blockade runner, which was never observed outside a supporting fleet. Serving on the line in fleet engagements as a courier and as a command ship of large fleets, it was a workhorse of the Republic and a common sight near Republic-controlled worlds. This ship was a cruiser and a successor-design to the smaller Praetorian-class frigate. The bridge of a Hammerhead-class cruiser.
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