Venator-class Star Destroyer

The Venator-class cruiser is the backbone of the Republic Navy from tech 4 onwards.

Overview
The Venator has 10 heavy turbolaser turrets, and numerous other medium and point-defense weapons. The Venator's armament is rounded out by a fore proton torpedo launcher, and is crowned by its beam weapon. Its hangar carries a large number of V-19 Torrent fighters and and NTB-630 bombers until techs 4 and 5, in which the bombers are replaced with ARC-170s and V-Wings, respectively. They can only be built at certain shipbuilding-oriented worlds, but they come as free garrison from any level 5 space station.

Use
The Venator sees a wide variety of uses.
 * Using its heavy weaponry to obliterate similarly-sized ships, especially when using the "Fire all Batteries" ability
 * Using its beam weapon to quickly end fights with damaged warships
 * Using its heavy armor to spearhead assaults
 * Using its large fighter complement to combat CIS fighter spam
 * Using its bomber squadrons to destroy important hardpoints on enemy vessels, or to provide surface bombardment for ground battles

In Nojembre's Expansion

 * The NTB-630s are reskinned as Y-Wings.
 * Each star destroyer carries a generic Jedi Knight in a Delta-7 interceptor.
 * Jedi Masters Yoda, Shaak Ti, and Ki-Adi-Mundi get Venators in space engagements.