Arrestor

The Arrestor was a Praetor III-class battlecruiser. It was the first flagship of Imperial Chancellor Yogar Xeran, and was later replaced by the Arrestor II.

Cost
Originally built at the same cost as any other Praetor III, it surpassed its original price by the addition of a K0 primary hypermatter-annihilation reactor, which was a prototype of the K1 primary hypermatter-annihilation reactor that would be used on the Arrestor II-class star dreadnoughts.

Crew requirements
Like all Praetor III-class ships, the ship was crewed by 26,800 officers, 139,250 enlisted personal 1,100 gunners, and 200 pilots. As being the Imperial Chancellor's personal ship, it had 20,000 death troopers on board for security and ground operations. The large I-a3b solar ionization reactor and later the K0 reactor took up most of the interior space, forcing the crew quarters and recreation areas to be close to the exterior walls of the ship.

Dimensions
At 8,000 meters long, it was several times larger then normal Imperial-class star destroyers, and it had several key features that distinguished it from the aforementioned ships. It had a slightly slanted upper super structure, with the "neck" slanted backwards. Its bridge tower had 4 EDY shield generator domes built into the structure, and on top of the tower was a tractor beam targeting away, which also served a duel purpose of being a communications tower. The ships hull was painted with a golden color along certain areas of the ship, to symbolize the importance of the Imperial Chancellor's ship.

Armament and Shielding
Like other Praetor III-class ships, the Arrestor was heavily armed, with 4 main weapon batteries on the dorsal side. The two main batteries were on each side of the tall superstructure and held 3 octuple barbette heavy turbolaser turrets, and 1 octuple barbette heavy ion cannon turret each. The next two weapon batteries, which were towards the center of the ship on both sides of the lower super structure held 2 octuple barbette heavy turbolaser turrets and 1 octuple barbette heavy ion cannon turret each. The rest of the armament was rounded out by 100 XX-9 turbolasers and 100 NK-7 ion cannons, and 250 point-defense laser cannons, which were dispersed all over the ship. Shielding was provided by 4 EDY shield generator domes that were built into the command tower. After the instillation of the K0 reactor, the weapons got a increase in power, making the ship even more deadly then before, as well as strengthening the shields.

Complement
Two hangars were built on the Praetor III-class, following the same design as the Imperial-class, with a single large assault hangar close to the reactor dome on the ventral side of the ship, and a small shuttle hangar forward of the assault hangar. The assault hangar held 168 TIE series starfighters, and the forward hangar held 48 Sentinel-class landing craft, and 12 Lambda-class shuttles. One of these shuttles was the Nova Flyer. Unlike most other Praetor IIIs, the ship never was equipped with TIE/IN interceptors as the ship was destroyed before they were in service.

Propulsion systems
Initially powered by a I-a3b solar ionization reactor, which was an enlarged version of the I-a2b solar ionization reactor used by Imperial-class ships, it was replaced in a major overhaul in 4 BBY and was replaced by the K0 primary hypermatter-annihilation reactor, which was a prototype of the K1 primary hypermatter reactor. Thanks to the large military grade kyber crystal used in the K0, it enhanced the weapons and shields of the Arrestor two fold.

Bridge
The command tower was similar to the Imperial-class, and had its 4 EDY shield generator domes built into it. The tower had a tower that was used as both a tractor beam targeting array and as a communications tower. A bridge area with a similar lay out as the Imperial-class style bridge was retained. The sides of the tower and the shield generator domes on top were painted with a golden accent.

Early service
Among one of the first Praetor IIIs to be manufactured, the ship was named of the Arrestor, it became the flagship of Imperial Chancellor Yogar Xeran. Commissioned in 6 BBY, it would spend most of its time going wherever Yogar Xeran went, as he liked to put on a show of force wherever he went, including during negotiations.

First Republic-Imperial War and destruction
"I cannot believe that a bunch of pirates destroyed my ship!"

- Imperial Chancellor Yogar Xeran following the ships loss

Serving as the flagship of Nova Squadron, it would partake in the Battle of Castilon in 5 BBY and the Battle of Tatooine in early 4 BBY. In 4 BBY the ship was in orbit of Yavin Prime, and an Imperial inquisitor had captured a pirate jedi. The jedi contacted his pirate friends before his capture, and one hijacked a TIE/SA bomber and had planted a large EMP bomb on board. When the TIE bomber was transported to the system under the guise of reinforcements for lost TIEs, it had entered the hangar of the ''Arrestor. ''Once inside, it transmitted a massive electro-magnetic pulse that disabled the entire ship. Yogar Xeran ordered the ship to be locked down and for the engines and shields to be restored as soon as possible. Once the escorting fleet noticed the ship wasn't responding to any communications, Sentinel-class landing craft were dispatched with stormtroopers on board as reinforcements. The pirate jedi escaped, and the inquisitor dueled the jedi near the ships reactor. During the fight, the pirate jedi lost his lightsaber, and it was sent tumbling down into the reactors cooling pipes. Once the inquisitor had figured this out, she reported it to Yogar Xeran, recommending the ship to be abandoned. Yogar Xeran however refused, and dispatched a damage control team to repair the damage. However once they arrived they determined it was too late. One of Yogar Xeran's lieutenants suggested abandoning ship for his safety, and Yogar Xeran reluctantly agreed. The reactor started to overheat, and the ship started to fall to Yavin Prime's atmosphere. The ship began to explode as Yogar Xeran evacuated on the Nova Flyer. The Imperial fleet began to spread out, and a Corvus-class corvette commanded by a lieutenant Thrawn was ordered to stop the pirate shuttle from leaving. It damaged the shuttles engines but ultimately was unable to stop it from leaving. Yogar Xeran was furious that his own battlecruiser had been demolished by a bunch of pirates, even going as far to say he would have rather lost it to the Galactic Republic. The inquisitor and lieutenant Thrawn was assigned to capturing these pirates, and they both together eventually succeeded. This would earn Thrawn a promotion as a captain and the inquisitor was rewarded with her own star destroyer.