Model: Interdictor Class Cruiser

Manufacturer: Sienar Fleet Systems

Designation: Immobiliser/Capital Starship

Length: 598 meters

Crew: 2,807

Troops: 80

Cargo Capacity: 5,500 metric tons

Consumables: 1.2 years

Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2

Hyperdrive Backup: x8

Speed: 8 MGLT

Hull: 960 RU

Shields: 2,240 SBD

Special Features: Four Gravity Well Projectors

Weapons: 20 Quad Laser Cannons and 4 Gravity Well Projectors.

Onboard Craft: 12 TIE Series Fighters and 4 Light Transports.

 

Our esteemed engineers have come up with yet another way to defeat the Rebel Alliance fools who boast of the hyperspace capabilities of their starfighters. With the development of the gravity well projector, we were just a single step away from creating a new weapon in the fight against terrorist attacks.

Using the gravity well technology, Sienar Fleet Systems had created the Interdictor or "Immobilizer 418" Cruiser whose primary purpose is to set up an artificial gravity well in battle zones and high security areas. The gravity well serves two purposes.

First, it appears as a large gravitational body to any hyperdrive system. This prevents a ship from jumping into the vicinity of the gravity well. The Interdictor Cruiser is designed to be placed near engagement areas or areas of potential conflict. It will stay outside the battle zones and set up the gravity well as required by circumstances.

Second, any ships already in the hyperspace that pass within the gravity well's field will be drawn immediately into realspace. Thus, the Interdictor Cruiser can help set up ambush zones by locating in known hyperspace corridors, forcing Rebel, pirate or smuggler craft to reenter realspace where our battle fleets can engage them.

The Gravity Well Projector is a big technological improvement compared to the old and now outdated Hyperspace Pulsemass Generator. This grandly-named Imperial weapon was often referred to in more simple terms as a pebble-spreader. Its primary use was to create and scatter tiny spheres of hyperenergy into an area of space. These spheres, much like the fields produced by gravity well projectors, blocked a ship's ability to travel through hyperspace near them. The problem with these devices was that the tiny hyperenergy sphere dissipate their energy quickly, limiting the effective duration of the blockade.

While under optimal circumstances, a gravity well generator is an effective weapon, it does have its limitations. Powering up a gravity well generator takes 30 seconds. While it can be shut off with no delay, it takes the capacitors 40 seconds to shunt the power and completely recycle. Once a gravity well is placed, it is difficult to move, as it is subject to similar laws of inertia as actual gravitic bodies. The great energy output of a gravity well projector also affects the movement and handling of the interdicting cruiser.