The Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier was a specific carrier design.
A carrier was a kind of military starship intended primarily for the transportation of smaller craft. The Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier, along with the Imperial escort carrier, represents a carrier type utilized by both the Galactic Empire and the Phoenix Cell. This particular carrier was outfitted with a pair of light turbolaser batteries situated at the front of the vessel.
