The Venator I-class Star Destroyer was operated by the Galactic Republic Navy. The wedge-shaped starship was armed with eight DBY-827 heavy turbolaser turrets and two medium dual turbolaser cannons. The Venator I-class was succeeded by the Venator II-class.

Characteristics[]

The Venator I-class Star Destroyer, a variant of the Venator-class, had a hull characterized by the shape of two wedges and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two towers. Four port and four starboard^[1] DBY-827 heavy turbolaser turrets^[2] flanked the superstructure. A recessed portion of the hull joining the dorsal and ventral surfaces also accommodated one port and one starboard^[1] medium dual turbolaser cannons.^[2]

History[]

The navy of the Galactic Republic operated the Venator I-class. At one point, a Venator I-class starship of the Republic's Open Circle Fleet was present near Valor, a space station orbiting^[1] the planet^[3] Carida in the Carida system^[1] of the Colonies region.^[4] On its dorsal surface, that ship had a central red stripe from the bow to the superstructure, four red stripes on each aft wing, and one Open Circle emblem on each side of the centerline near amidships.^[1]

The Venator I-class was succeeded by the Venator II-class, the latter of which was utilized by both the Republic^[5] and the Galactic Empire,^[6] which was formed from the Republic in 19 BBY.^[7]

Behind the scenes[]

The Venator I-class Star Destroyer was first pictured, albeit unnamed, in "Republic Reinforcements," an article published by Fantasy Flight Games for the Star Wars: Armada miniatures game on their website on January 25, 2021. The article advertised the Venator-class Star Destroyer Expansion Pack,^[8] released by Atomic Mass Games^[9] on April 16, 2021.^[8] In the expansion pack, the Venator I-class Star Destroyer was identified as such on a card of the same name.^[1]

Sources[]

• Republic Reinforcements on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link) (First pictured)
• Star Wars: Armada — Venator-class Star Destroyer Expansion Pack (Card: Venator I-class Star Destroyer) (First identified as Venator I-class Star Destroyer)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 204
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars board game (Picture only)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Atomic Mass Transmissions Live Star Wars! on the atomicmassgames Twitch channel (original link)

Star Destroyer classes
Star Dreadnoughts Executor-class (Executor I-class · Executor II-class) · Mega-class Battlecruisers Maelstrom-class · Resurgent-class · Secutor-class · Xyston-class Destroyers Imperial-class (Imperial I-class · Imperial II-class · Interdictor-class) Cruisers Acclamator-class (Acclamator I-class · Acclamator II-class) · Interdictor-class Onager-class · Venator-class (Venator I-class · Venator II-class) Frigates Gladiator-class (Gladiator I) · Victory-class (Victory I-class · Victory II-class) Unknown designation Imperator-class · qaz-class · Tector-class
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