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manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Coroporation, this ship was used by the Old Republic as the basis for its fleet of consular ships. The Republic Cruiser, which measured 115 meters in length and required a crew of eight to control, was built from the same basic design as the Corellian Space Cruiser. Note that The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels indicates that the Republic Cruiser is the Consular-class Space Cruiser. Its forward section resembled that of the later Corellian Gunship, while its aft section was dominated by three Dyne 577 radial atomizing sublight engines. This engine array gave the ship a top speed of 900 kilometers per hour in atmosphere. It moved through hyperspace with the help of a Longe Voltrans CD-3.2 tri-arc hyperdrive. Being designed as a purely diplomatic vessel, the ship had no weaponry, but did have 9 escape pods to handle its maximum of sixteen passengers. The communications array that was used on these ships dominated the aft section of the fuselage, and was capable of transmitting and receiving signals from other ships or ground-based installations, in thousands of languages recognized by the Old Republic. However, as the Clone Wars began to drag on, many of these cruisers were refitted with weaponry and armor plating to ensure their passengers could safely travel across the galaxy.