Keldabe-Class Battleship

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Production information
Manufacturer
MandalMotors
Mandal Hypernautics

Model
Keldabe-class battleship

Class
Cruiser
Capital ship

Technical specifications
Hyperdrive rating
Class 2 (backup class 10)

Armament
Turbolaser batteries (5)
Heavy Ion cannon batteries (3)
Mass driver missile launchers (1)
Shield leecher weapon (1)
Tractor beam

Complement
Starfighters (36)
Shuttles (2)
Light freighters (2)

Crew
6,000

Passengers
1,000

Cargo capacity
20,000 tons

Consumables
2 years


The Keldabe-class battleship was one of several different warship classes utilized by Tyber Zann's faction and others in the Galactic Civil War. At least one vessel of this class was employed by the Mandalorians during the Galactic Civil War.

Like the Crusader-class corvette, it was a Mandal Hypernautics design. It was named after Mandalore's capital, Keldabe.

Ships of the class were able to compete with the Galactic Empire's Imperial-class Star Destroyers. Keldabes were armed with turbolasers, ion cannons, and a special mass driver weapon capable of firing directly through enemy shields. The mass drivers were located in between the two engine systems and at the front of the ship.

An interesting facet of the ship's design was that they were capable of actually leeching energy from enemy vessels and shields to power its own weapon systems. Whether this was a product of the ship's original construction or whether Tyber Zann added his own modifications in is unknown.

Overall, they were approximately a third more powerful than the Consortium's Aggressor-class Star Destroyers, but this also led them to be much more expensive.