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Vessel Info
The Loronar Strike-Class Cruiser was supposed to be a revolution in warship design towards the end of the Galactic Civil War. In many ways it was, and to this day it continues to be an interesting ship class that can be an immense threat if the right resources are handy. The ship class has been designed from the ground up to be a multi-purpose ship, depending on the modules that are loaded on the ship. This modular construction gives the ship enormous strategic flexibility, assuming that the resources for performing this change are available. With the recent short supply of shipyards that are accessible to the Brotherhood as a whole, this is rather difficult to accomplish.
History
The Dark Predator as yet does not have much of a history with Clan Scholae Palatinae. The ship was recently completed at the Brotherhood shipyards, so essentially it is still in its' shakedown cruise, fixing up the random items that tend to go wrong with any new warship. The ship was an award from the Brotherhoods' Dark Council after the Sixth Great Jedi War.
Deployment
The Clan fleet is very glad to have the Dark Predator as part of the fleet, as it is in its' "standard" cruiser configuration. Unlike the Valkyrie, it has a full compliment of weaponry aboard, not compromising firepower for anything else. Thus, it has been designated as a "ship of the line."
The Clan fleet is playing around with the best way to deploy the ship. Currently, they are thinking of deploying the Dark Predator in conjunction with other Clan warships to perform as the nucleus of a new task force. Current training regimen aboard the ship indicate a flexibility towards both offensive and defensive actions, which lead some to think that the ship will be used interchangably with the Excidium in some combat roles. As the second-most powerful ship in the Clan fleet, it has a decent crew, with a "Regular" rating attached to them. With constant drilling sessions, they hope to get up-rated to "Veteran" within a few months.