Hapes Nova-Class battle cruisers are fast combat cruisers designed to supplement Hapan Battle Dragons. These battle cruisers are four hundred meters long and bristling with weaponry; they often command task forces charged with guarding the borders of the Hapan 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 Hapan 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 corporations such as Kuat Drive Yards and SoroSuub. The result is a cruiser that is exceptionally swift at sublight and light speeds.
    The Hapes Nove battle cruiser's main weapons are twenty-five turbolasers utilized 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 Hapes Nova battle cruisers carry two squadrons of Hapan Miy'til fighters and six Hetrinar assualt bombers. They can carry drop ships or landing barges as well as ground troops and combat vehicles, but normally Hapes Nova cruisers are assigned to escort large troop ships for planetary invasions.
    Becuase of the Hapan's limited turbolaser technology, Hapes Nova cruisers must choose their battles carefully. Since the Hapan turbolasers take nearly three times as long as Imperial turbolasers take to recycle, a Hapes Nova cruiser can find itself incapable of returning fire at the most inopportune time. To counteract this weakness, the Hapans assign Hapes Nova cruisers in groups of three or more ships. Hapan captains tend to favor swift, brutal assualts, intending to destroy all enemy ships with the first attack. This approach has added to the Hapan's reputation for vigorously defending their borders.
    Taking a cue from Mon Calamari designs, Hapes Nova battle cruisers build in recent years have added backup shield generators. These newer ships also have been refitted with larger power generators so that they do not suffer from the power shortages that tend to plague Hapan Battle Dragons. However, these additions take up a great deal of the ship's interior space, eliminating the second squadron of fighters.