Much like my attempt to make a Lucrehulk -class Battleship, I've decided to try my hand at statting out the Venator -Class Star Destroyer for the sake of a future Clone Wars campaign that I have in mind.

Venator -Class Star Destroyer: Sil 8, Spd 2, Hnd -3, F2/P2/S2/A2, Armor 8, HTT 110/SST 55

Hyperdrive: Primary: 1.0, Backup: 15
Navicomputer: Yes
Sensor Range: Long
Crew: 7,400 officers, pilots, and enlisted crew
Starfighter Complement: 144 starfighters
Vehicle Complement: Numerous shuttles, landing craft, utility vehicles, AT-series walkers, and ground assault vehicles.
Encumbrance Capacity: 12,000
Passenger Capacity: 2,000 troops
Consumables: 2 years
Cost: 59,000,000
Hard Points: 3
Weapons: Four port and four starboard heavy turbolaser batteries (Fire Arc Port and Forward or Starboard and Forward; Damage 11; Critical 3; Range [Long]; Breach 4, Linked 1, Slow-Firing 2),

One port and one starboard twin medium turbolaser battery (Fire Arc Port or Starboard; Damage 10; Critical 3; Range [Long]; Breach 3, Linked 1, Slow-Firing 1),

Five port and five starboard point defense dual laser cannons (Fire Arc Port or Starboard; Damage 5; Critical 3; Range [Close]; Accurate 1, Linked 1),

Eight dorsal and eight ventral point defense dual laser cannons (Fire Arc All; Damage 5; Critical 3; Range [Close]; Accurate 1, Linked 1),

Four proton torpedo launchers (Fire Arc Forward; Damage 8; Critical 2; Range [Short]; Blast 6, Breach 6, Guided 2, Slow-Firing 1),

Six heavy tractor beam emitters (Fire Arc Forward, Port, and Starboard; Damage -; Critical -; Range [Short]; Tractor 6)

Additional Rules: Massive 2

Much like with the Lucrehulk -class Battleship, I scaled back the number of starfighters carried by the Venator , as the original numbers were just insane (420 starfighters). I tried to put this ship's stats somewhere between the Victory -Class Star Destroyer and the Secutor -Class Battlecarrier (Which is described in Stay On Target as sharing more in common with the Venator than with anything designed by the Imperial Era KDY). I picture it having a full wing of either V-Wings or V-19s, along with 36 Eta-2s and 36 ARC-170s for the sake of this game.

The trickiest part of trying to figure out how I wanted to stat out the Venator was deciding on placement of the weaponry. The official stats say it has 8 heavy turbolasers, 2 medium turbolaser batteries, 4 proton torpedo launchers, and 52 "point defense dual laser cannons." I tried to give a decent spread to the weapons, having most of them focusing on the forward, port, and starboard arcs, with only a handful of the point defense lasers covering the aft arc.

I don't see armor rating.

I recall reading that the big open hangar bay along the dorsal side made it easy to crack open, thus the design change with the Secutor. I would probably lower the HT lower than the Victory, so 110 or even 100.

You can actually see the two medium turbolaser batters on pictures of the Venator; they're mounted on they mid-sides of the ship, so I'd list them as port/starboard instead of dorsal. They don't look like they have a lot of range of movement just from the way they're designed, so I'd hazard to say they only have port/star firing arcs instead of port/fore or star/fore.

Do yourself a favor and try to ignore the Incredible Cross-Sections descriptions if you can. They guy who did those made ridiculous descriptions to win a fan argument, so take the ravings with a grain of salt.

10 minutes ago, Swordbreaker said:

I don't see armor rating.

I recall reading that the big open hangar bay along the dorsal side made it easy to crack open, thus the design change with the Secutor. I would probably lower the HT lower than the Victory, so 110 or even 100.

You can actually see the two medium turbolaser batters on pictures of the Venator; they're mounted on they mid-sides of the ship, so I'd list them as port/starboard instead of dorsal. They don't look like they have a lot of range of movement just from the way they're designed, so I'd hazard to say they only have port/star firing arcs instead of port/fore or star/fore.

Do yourself a favor and try to ignore the Incredible Cross-Sections descriptions if you can. They guy who did those made ridiculous descriptions to win a fan argument, so take the ravings with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the feedback! Sorry I forgot to leave off the Armor. Meant to put it at 8 (lower than the Victory, equal to the Secutor). You're totally right about the Hull Trauma, and I have lowered it to 110. I'll also rework the various turbolasers as you suggested.

As for information out of the Incredible Cross-Sections, that's not a book I own, and when I'm just doing a quick wiki-walk to try and find if a ship has any official stats, it's kind of hard to tell what sources those stats came from. But your suggestion has been duly noted for the future ships I try to stat out!

1 minute ago, Underachiever599 said:

Thanks for the feedback! Sorry I forgot to leave off the Armor. Meant to put it at 8 (lower than the Victory, equal to the Secutor). You're totally right about the Hull Trauma, and I have lowered it to 110. I'll also rework the various turbolasers as you suggested.

As for information out of the Incredible Cross-Sections, that's not a book I own, and when I'm just doing a quick wiki-walk to try and find if a ship has any official stats, it's kind of hard to tell what sources those stats came from. But your suggestion has been duly noted for the future ships I try to stat out!

The wiki will generally list their sources. When you read "52 shenanigans" they generally source it with a small [1][2][etc.]. Click on that to find the sources, and if it takes you to the Cross-Sections (at least the PT-era ones; not sure about the ST), take it very lightly.

5 minutes ago, Swordbreaker said:

The wiki will generally list their sources. When you read "52 shenanigans" they generally source it with a small [1][2][etc.]. Click on that to find the sources, and if it takes you to the Cross-Sections (at least the PT-era ones; not sure about the ST), take it very lightly.

Thanks. Just double-checked. Looks like the 52 number comes from 4 different sources. Two of them are Cross-Sections, but one is from the Star Wars Databank.

Edit: Just finished reading through the last source, a Wizard's page giving RPG stats for the Venator. The 52 number is for the individual lasers, so the number should be reduced to 26 dual laser cannons instead of 52. I have adjusted accordingly.

Which probably cited the cross-sections, so YMMV.

12 hours ago, Underachiever599 said:

I tried to put this ship's stats somewhere between the Victory -Class Star Destroyer and the Secutor -Class Battlecarrier (Which is described in Stay On Target as sharing more in common with the Venator than with anything designed by the Imperial Era KDY).

I think the Secutor is just namechecked because it's got a 'twin bridge'.

If you have Lead By Example, the Maelstrom -class battlecruiser is supposed to be a modified Venator -class, isn't it?

10 hours ago, Magnus Grendel said:

I think the Secutor is just namechecked because it's got a 'twin bridge'.

If you have Lead By Example, the Maelstrom -class battlecruiser is supposed to be a modified Venator -class, isn't it?

It belongs to the same family of ships as the Venator and Acclamator ships, as something used by the Republic during the Clone Wars. The Maelstrom is described as the largest of the Republic's vessels during the Clone Wars, and it's stats closely resemble what I picture for an Acclamator . When I get around to making the Acclamator , I'll probably use the Maelstrom as a base and modify accordingly.

1 hour ago, Underachiever599 said:

When I get around to making the Acclamator , I'll probably use the Maelstrom as a base and modify accordingly.

I wouldn't. Maelstrom is a battle cruiser, which, in Star Wars, are pretty big; 3000 meters or bigger, and I'd hazard to say the Maelstrom is at least 4000 but probably closer to 8000. Acclamators are assault ships, designed to assault and occupy planets, moving large volumes of troops and military equipment for landings, and they are only 750 meters in length. There aren't any comparable ships in the game at the moment; the closest I can think of are the Gladiator Star Destroyer and the Munificent Frigate.