Harbinger-class Escort Carrier

The Harbinger-class Escort Carrier is a small model of transport used in the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, and Astragon Navy.

Characteristics
This class of ship is perhaps the most common in the whole second sector fleet. This was mainly due to the sector's reliance on starfighters, and many of these are not capable of entering hyperspace. As a result, the Escort Carrier was devised as a simple means to provide long-distance transportation. To be as fast as possible, the Escort Carrier was equipped with a class 0.5 hyperdrive.

Despite being 500 meters long, the Escort Carrier was very poorly armed, being defended by ten point-defense-dual laser cannons facing port, starboard, and aft while a high-capacity warhead launcher loaded with 25 concussion missiles faced forward.

The Escort Carrier was one of the smallest ships capable of carrying a full fighter wing of seventy-two ships. Unlike the smaller Liberator-class cruiser, the Escort carrier washeavily armored enough to take a serious beating and live long enough to recall surviving fighters.

This ship could carry any fighter class, so it could make the perfect ship to conduct shipping raids in enemy territory. To accomplish this, it often used the TIE Interdictor bomber.