Please consider a setting around Episode IV: What type of vessel would the Empire employ to enforce Imperial law in the Outer Rim?

I'm talking about hunting smugglers, apprehend wanted criminals, preventing small uprisings, inspect suspect ships, etc.

Probably a larger number of smaller craft, and for the outer rim older stuff.

Vigil corvettes, Raider corvettes, Arquintes corvettes, Ton Falk "escort" carriers, Strike class cruisers, Victory Star Destroyers. The occasional Imperial class destroyers, probably used as the command ship.

If you want to get old school you can also toss in stuff like the old Customs Corvette.

There's a website called the D6 Holocron which has free PDF's of the old RPG books by West End Games.

The Imperial Sourcebook contains a number of smaller Imperial vessels which might be what you're looking for.

Lancer -Class Frigates, EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigates, Gozanti -Class Cruisers, and Imperial Customs Frigates would all be solid choices as well as the ones others have already given.

I've loved the strike class cruiser since 1991 (or was it 1992?), basically when I first laid eyes on the artwork in the weg book. I also liked that edition of the game in the sense that turbolasers had longer range than concussion missiles which meant if the strike cruiser stayed at the extreme range of its weapons it could send more flack at a victory then the victory could send back. That was a critical plot point in one campaign. Unfortunately WotC reversed that which meant the campaign novelization didn't make sense anymore.

17 hours ago, Vorzakk said:

The Imperial Sourcebook ...

This is exactly what I was looking for! Great book!!!

Thank you, Vorzakk!

A while back I went through the legends imperial fleet page and pulled the ship classes mentioned there for the galactic civil war. The ones with an asterisk were the ones with FFG stats at the time. Aside from surpressing small uprisings, the missions you mention would probably be executed by cruisers or smaller (possibly with a smaller ship or two as escort).

Imperial Ships

Corvette: 100-200m

Vibre

ADZ*

DP20*

Interceptor

Assassin*

CR70

CR90*

Marauder*

Lianna

Light

Raider*

Frigate: 200-400m

Bayonet

Detainer

Tartan

Munifex

Trenchant

Storm (Imp Escort Carrier)

Nebulon-B*

Nebulon-B2

Lancer*

Pelta

Medstar (medical)

Star Galleon (transport)*

Imperial II (rename)

Vigil*

Arquitens

Quasar-Fire*

Cruiser: 400-600m

Gladiator*

Gladiator II

Broadside

Carrack

Pursuit

Strike

Neutron Star*

Ton-Falk*

Victory II (rename)

Heavy Cruiser: 600-1000m

Victory*

Victory II

Vindicator*

Dreadnaught*

Immobilizer*

Dragon

Acclamator

Acclamator II

Star Destroyer: 1000-2000m

Venator

Secutor*

Tector

Imperial*

Imperial II

Procursator

Interdictor*

Doomgiver

Battlecruiser: 2000-5000m

Allegiance

Praetor

Praetor II*

Lucrehulk

Invincible

(0, 1, or 2 unnamed classes)

Dreadnaught: 5000+m

Executor

Mandator

Mandator II

Mandator III

Bellator

Assertor*

Vengence (unique ship)

Aurora (possibly a battlecruiser)

Speaking of the Pursuit -class....

http://myswrpg.com/pursuit-class-cruiser/

Short range patrols may be lead by decimators too.