Approved Starship Venerable-class Star Destroyer

[Matsu Ike]

Intent: To provide for the Republic a modern, general utility carrier warship.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Kuat Drive Yards
Model: Venerable-class Star Destroyer
Affiliation: Republic
Modularity: No
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Durasteel
Description:
The Venerable-class Star Destroyer is designed as a modern successor to the Venator-class Star Destroyer of the Old Republic. It was a symbol of power and stability for a galaxy-spanning government and a symbol of what the Republic could become once again. Though the ship bears the figure of its ancient predecessor, its armament and systems are fully modern. Ten heavy dual turbolasers serve as the ship's primary means of engaging enemy capital ships. Ten heavy dual ion cannons serve as a secondary weapon suite, giving the ship a variable mission profile.

However, the ship's primary function is that of a fleet carrier. To that end, it carries ten squadrons of E-25 starfighters into a fight, utilizing the same spinal hanger for the fighters as the Venator did in ages past. Twenty-five batteries of quad laser cannons give the ship a strong anti-starfighter defense, though not as potent as other capital ships of similar roles and size. In reducing the number of fighters the ship could carry, the Venerable enjoys considerably more endurance than the Venator did. Even so, it is ill-advised to put the Venerable on front-lines combat duty in large skirmishes.

Classification: Support Light Star Destroyer
Role: Fleet Carrier, General Purpose Capital Ship
Height: 268 meters
Width: 548 meters
Length: 1,137 meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Hypermatter annihilation reactor
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1.0
Minimum Crew: 1,900
Optimal Crew: 6,500
Armaments:

• Ten Dual Heavy Turbolaser Cannons
• Ten Dual Heavy Ion Cannons
• Twenty-Five Quad Laser Cannons

Hangar:

• One Hundred Twetny E-25 Starfighters
• Twenty Justicar-class Shuttles
• Twelve Malos-class Gunships

Non-Combative Attachments:

• Advanced Targeting Systems
• Encryption Network
• Escape Pods
• Holonet Transceiver
• Long-Range Communications Array
• Standard Deflector Shield Generator
• Standard Detention Cells
• Standard Life Support Systems
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Standard Sensor Array
• Tractor Beams (x6)

Passenger Capacity: 2,000
Cargo Capacity: 20,000 tons
Consumables: 2 years
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: Class 6