Gladiators were originally designed as escorts for Victory-class Star Destroyers but saw limited use in that role as Victory-class ships were replaced by Imperial-class Star Destroyers as the anchor ship of the Imperial Navy.
The vessel shares the same hull as the Broadside-class Cruiser.
I am torn on whether to include this vessel since it does not appear to be used that often even though it was an older vessel. It appears to have the same limitations as the Neutron Star-class Bulk Cruiser - old technology that the Imperial Navy would want to replace with a standard escort vessel like the Nebulon-B or a standard heavy cruiser model like the Vindicator-class.
I may include this vessel just to have a personal ship for Admiral Screed. Its lowly stature suits his cartoonish villain appeal - the classic bully, strong against the weak but weak against any half decent defence.
Here is the Wookiepedia entry for the vessel.
Role: Long Range Patrol, Escort Vessel
Size: 500 metres
Speed: 20 MGLT
Shielding: Unknown, Guessing Similar to Victory-class
Main Battery: 6 Dual Light Turbolasers
Secondary Weapons: 2 Concussion Missile Launchers, 3 Tractor Beam Projectors
Anti-Fighter Weapons: 2 Point Defence Laser Batteries
Complement: 2 Squadrons of TIE Fighters
Availability: Tech Level 0
I currently do not have a model for this ship, if you have a more appropriate model please let me know. If I cannot find a suitable model I will consider using the Broadside-class model or not using this vessel at all.
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