Star Wars: Interregnum is an upcoming mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion that builds off of the highly successful Enhanced 4X Mod. Fleeing the unknown terror that is chasing the Vasari, the factions of Sins of a Solar Empire stumble on a temporary wormhole that takes them to a galaxy far, far away. The sudden arrival of armadas with trillions of refugees and thousands of warships between the events of Episodes 5 & 6 forever alters the Star Wars universe and plunges the galaxy into an unprecedented period of chaos and violence. Begun, a new conflict has.
While the Rebellion had been using SoroSuub built ships since the beginning, the largest of which was the Dauntless class Heavy Cruiser, the company truly only got on board as a major warship manufacturer after the creation of the New Republic. It's main product was the Liberator class Cruiser, a powerful assault carrier that was well armed and could still bring a fighter combat wing into battle.
As Sullust was one of the first worlds liberated after the Battle of Endor, SoroSuub had a bit more time to design its contribution to the New Republic fleet. The result was an exemplary vessel for its size, capable of defending itself with numerous turbolasers and ion cannons, while launching fighter craft for additional offensive options. It was also one of the most efficient vessels in the New Republic fleet until the final New Class vessels were brought online.
In the mod, the Liberator serves as the New Republic "Assault Carrier", similar in role to the MC40. It has superior armament compared to the Mon Calamari ship but is not quite as durable and lacks the upgraded cluster bombs to deal with attacking starfighters.
So, the idea for the New Republic faction is that it starts off pretty weak, but gathers strength as you progress through the tech tree (presumably to convey how it's actually becoming a legitimate state to rival the Empire in its own right), yes? What will their early-game ships be? Just regular Rebel Alliance ones?
Yes, but it's not weak because of its early ships. It is weak due to its inexperience, which give it large penalties to attacking enemy planets. The New Republic defend itself well enough, but early game it will be at a large disadvantage if it takes the fight to the enemy.
I tried to show this side of the New Republic in the lore with the Battle of Rodia. Moddb.com
I loved this ship in Star Wars: Rebellion. (If anyone remembers that game...)