Mandalorian cruiser

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 * name=Mandalorian Cruiser


 * manufacturer=*Mandalorians


 * Various Mandalorian manufacturers


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 * class=Cruiser


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 * length=1220 meters


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 * navigation=Navicomputer equipped


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 * engine=Large Ion engines (4)


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 * hdsystem=Class 2 (Backup class 10)


 * shield gen=Deflector shield generators


 * hull=Heavily armored hull


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 * armament=*Heavy Turbolaser Batteries


 * Turbolaser cannons


 * Laser turrents


 * Heavy Concussion missile launchers


 * complement=*36 Davaab-type starfighters


 * 2 Shaadlar-type troopships


 * crew=3500


 * skeleton=250


 * passengers=4500 (troops)


 * capacity=5500 tons


 * consumables=5 years


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 * role=Warship


 * era=Old Republic era


 * affiliation=*Mandalorians


 * Mandalorian Empire

Characteristics
The Mandalorian Cruiser was a powerful warship used by the Mandalorian Clans during the First Great Galactic War despite not much is known about them they seemed to be a more refined version of the ancient Kandosii-type dreadnaught used during the Mandalorian Wars three hundred years prior. These ships have a much smoother hull and designed to fight against the Republic Valor-class Cruisers and other Republic vessels at the Sith Empire and Mandalore's bidding.

Mandalorian Cruisers were very heavily armed for combat with heavy turbolaser batteries in groups of five per bank, turbolasers, laser cannons covering several places on the hull giving it an even grouping. As well as each having a number of heavy concussions missile launchers allowing it to deal large amounts of damage to enemy capital ships.

These ships also have large cargo bays enabling them to carry up to 36 Davaab-type starfighters or any other type of starfighter in its defense of enemy fighters as well as having 2 Shaadlar-type troopships with enough room for a personal heavy starfighter to berth in.

History
During the First Great Galactic War and the rise of Mandalore the Lesser, the Mandalorian clans came to their new leader's call to challenge the knights of the Jedi in battle. To do so, Mandalore the Lesser commissioned dozens of powerful warships to be constructed which would be based all of the ancient ships the clans used during their crusade, the result became the Mandalorian Cruiser. When their fleet was completed they blockaded the Hydian Way, a vital trade route between the Core Worlds and the resource rich Outer Rim choaking off the Republic's supply lines and overnight the supplies had seemed to disappeared. Riots went through the streets of Coruscant as a result of the blockade until the Republic Senate pleaded for the Jedi Order to intervene and despite their hesitation they did but unfortunately they lost the battle due to the cruiser's firepower. A great victory for the Clans, the Blockade would hold for several months before a smugglar named Hylo Viz and her smuggling contingent appeared. They brought their ships filled with precious goods to the edge of the blockade and while the Mandalorians were busy dealing with the frieghters the smugglers attacked in a small and well armed fleet but even with this they weren't a match for the Mandalorians until SIS reported to the Republic of the attack and supported them. Only with the combined firepower of the Republic fleet and the smugglars were they able to break the blockade, after this the remaining ships fell back for orders from Mandalore.

After the death of Mandalore the Lesser, a newer Mandalore took his place and inherted everything that the pervious one had as well as commissioning the construction of more cruisers to be used on the Empire's side when war finally broke out again across the galaxy in the Second Great Galactic War. Sometime after the Rise of the Mandalorian Empire these cruisers were used for border patrols and heavy combatants against the Republic and other enemies of the Mandalorians.