Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruiser

The Dreadnaught was originally designed and commissioned by the Old Republic. During their time, they were the largest heavy cruiser class in service in the Old Republic, until the creation of the Victory-class Star Destroyers. The Dreadnaught first came into existence before the start of the Clone Wars. A number of Dreadnaughts have been refitted for service in the Empire over the years. The standard Dreadnaught in the Imperial Navy is not significantly different from the original used in the Old Republic. The ship maintains its original weaponry, and even after refitting, this ship's sublight speed barely matches that of the Victory-class Star Destroyer and still requires the extremely large crew. The reason for the large crew was that this ship made little use of droid assistance. The Empire also built flight decks in most of its Dreadnaughts, because the originals did not have any.