10 Ships That Could Have Saved The Empire | Star Wars Theory

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  @wither5673 · 3 years ago

  the thing is, you did not even need a death star to annihilate a planet, a single ISD could glass an entire planet in a few days with its turbo lasers alone, when cranked up to full power, isd turbo lasers are about as destructive as a barrage of tactical nukes, without the radioactive fallout.

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• CF

  @CFRF13 · 3 years ago

  Don't limit yourself to Disney Canon. The Empire had its own version of the Corellian Corvette in Legends, called the CR92A Assassin class Corvette. Other lighter roles were filled by the Carrack Cruiser, Lancer class Frigate, Strike class Cruiser, and a few more obscure ships (mainly from Comics) like the Imperial-II class Frigate.

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  @18videowatcher41 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The artificial inflation of crew sizes by the Empire is known to be intended so that as many civilians as possible are directly employed by the Empire and involved in its defense. This serves the dual purposes of keeping the Imperial economy a closed circuit, and reducing the likelihood of rebellion in civilian populations due to the fact that their own people are taking part in protecting the Empire. Overall, I think you've done a good job of highlighting and explaining many of the ships that the Empire underused or misused. The only ships I really would add are the Carrack cruiser and the Lancer corvette. Granted, both could use refitting, the Lancer in particular being a little slow. If nothing else, the Empire could certainly use the Corellian CR90/CR92 and DP20 in conjunction with the Raider corvette.

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• BE

  @berkleyhuffman48 · 3 years ago

  Something you should have added about the Venator is the comparison of point defenses. The venator had 52 point defense batteries, which, when facing off against a force that is primarily made of small craft, would have done way more than focusing on larger weapons that the ISDs had

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• RE

  @redenginner · 3 years ago

  Ignoring the Victory-2 Star Destroyer was one of the Empire’s greatest errors. A well armed fairly speedy star destroyer that costed 1/3rd the price of the ISD and was designed to operate in tandem with Venator and Arquitens as a capital ship. Theres also the Secutor, which is effectively a Venator that fixes its survivability issues, which was sidelined for the ISD family. <br><br><br>And then theres the Ton Falk, which is a star destroyers hangar with engines and some quad lasers.

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• PA

  @palious13 · 3 years ago

  Don&apos;t forget the TIE Defender, a starfighter more than match for any Rebel or Pirate fighter.

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• RA

  @ranishkA123 · 3 years ago

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• JO

  @joseas1518 · 3 years ago

  Lancer is the one that comes to the forefront.

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• MA

  @masteridiot123 · 3 years ago

  The Acclamator I and II would have been excellent patrol and pocket Star Destroyers, since they were multirole heavy frigates and had Class 1 Hyperdrives, as well as a decently large weapons suite for both light and heavy combat, and can be kitted out for troop transport and carrier roles.

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  @Shadx27 · 3 years ago

  Vindicator Class Heavy Cruiser, more interdictor class, Tie Hunter, Nebulon B2, several of the game ships basically. &nbsp;The assault transport and normal transport from the X-wing/Tie Fighter PC game series come to mind.

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  @suttone75 · 3 years ago

  I agree, the Empire&apos;s downfall was in not incorporating smaller, faster support vessels with their ISD main ships. Yes, am ISD might deter a planet or system to stop their rebellious people, but if each ship came with a slew of support ships that acted as pickets to the larger vessels, they could have lasted longer. Venators, Carrack cruisers and the like could have been a better alternative to the just build big doctrine.

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• JA

  @jamesondonnell4054 · 3 years ago

  Lancers should have been #1 on this list

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