They absolutely will be and they have a place. In the Novel "Catalyst" they were being used alongside ISD I's at a battle being commanded by Moff Tarkin. He commanded one of them to bombard a cliff the rebels were using as a base causing the whole mountain to come down on top of the rebels.

I could easily see them being the Imperial version of the MC80 Command Cruiser. Give them red dice side arcs and they will pair nicely with The Arquintens Light cruiser.

Also note the that the ship has already appeared in rebels as a model behind Grand Admiral Thrawn's desk.

Also note the that the ship has already appeared in rebels as a model behind Grand Admiral Thrawn's desk.

Hah - that's true, forgot about that!

Kind of a strike against the 'Victory'-class (as we have it in the game right now) making it back into canon as-is, though, no? After all, by the EU, Thrawn's earlier commands (before the Chimaera ) alternated between Victory-class and Imperial-class ships...the EU never put him in a Venator-class.

Also note the that the ship has already appeared in rebels as a model behind Grand Admiral Thrawn's desk.

Hah - that's true, forgot about that!

Kind of a strike against the 'Victory'-class (as we have it in the game right now) making it back into canon as-is, though, no? After all, by the EU, Thrawn's earlier commands (before the Chimaera ) alternated between Victory-class and Imperial-class ships...the EU never put him in a Venator-class.

It could be the ship that bore the name "Chimera" before the ISD I

The problem is that they are not official. The rules haven't been produced and vetted and playtested and balanced by the game developers, and are not "legal" within the context of open/regular play. They are essentially house-rules; which is fine for casual, non-competitive play, but isn't attractive to a lot of the more active players.

Chemosh667 I understand that but the fact remains that these ships have been made and that people can get them for casual,non-competitive play.

And without Shapeways many of our Rebel Fleets and Imperial Fleets would be pretty small right now.

And since I don't do Tournaments(because I'm not that good)I'll stick with playing with my friends or running games like my SSD game I ran and will run again at an upcoming game convention early next month.

Michael

The Venator was behind Tarkin not Thrawn. In the EU I believe the reason he commands a victory early in his career is because those are the state of the art ships not long after he's rescued.