The following information is available for the Hapan Nova Battle Cruiser.

Hapes Nova-Class Battle Cruiser (Historical Information)

Hapan Nova-class Battle Cruisers are fast combat cruiser designed to supplement Hapan Battle Dragons. These battle cruisers are four hundred metres long and bristled with weaponry; they often command task forces charged with guarding the borders of the Hapes Cluster. Hapes Nova Cruisers maintain sufficient supplies for a year of continuous operation. These fearsome ships have proved powerful enough to discourage many pirates and smugglers from trying to enter the Hapes Cluster. The Hapes Nova Battle Cruiser is less than a decade old and incorporates the latest Hapan breakthroughs in technology, not to mention a number of advances that were stolen from Imperial Corporation such as Kuat Drive Yards and Sorosub. The results are a Cruiser that is exceptionally swift at sub-light and light speeds.

The Hapes Nova Battle Cruisers’ main weapons are twenty-five turbolasers utilised for engaging capital ships, ten laser cannons are mounted to handle fighters and small freighters, and another ten ion cannons are added to enable the ships to disable and capture enemy vessels. The Cruisers carry two squadrons of Hapan Miy’Til fighters and six Hetrinar Assault Bombers. They can carry drop ships or landing barges as well as ground troops and combat vehicles, but normally Hapan Nova Cruisers are assigned to escort larger troop ships for planetary invasions. Because of Hapan’s limited turbolaser technology, Hapes Nova Cruisers must choose their battles carefully. Since the Hapan turbolaser take nearly three times as long as Imperial turbolasers to recycle, a Hapes Nova Cruiser can find itself incapable of returning fire at the most inopportune time.

To counteract this weakness, the Hapans often assign Nova Cruisers in groups of three or more ships. Hapan captains tend to favour swift, brutal assaults intending to destroy all enemy ships with the first attack. This approach has added to the Hapans reputation for vigorously defending thier borders. Taking a cue from mon calamari designs, Hapes Nova Battle Cruisers built in recent years have added backup shield generators.

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