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This might be a worthwhile tradeoff when you have 400 fighters to get into space all at once, but less so with the reduced fighter complement of the Imperial Star Destroyer. It was slow to open and close, and was relatively easy for an enemy to attack. The large bow opening allows the Venator to launch a lot of fighters at once, but it's also a very large piece of the ship to be moving. Given that the total number of small craft was cut severely, it's not really a big surprise that the hangar space and launching capacity was reduced as well.

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In contrast, the Imperator has various configurations of TIE fighters but always 72, plus perhaps a few dozen shuttles and landing craft of different types. The First Order values these warships highly as they are key to their plans to 'restore order' to the galaxy and build a new Galactic Empire.According to various Cross-Sections and other reference works, the standard fighter complement of a Venator was up to 420 fighter craft (192 V-wings, 192 Actises, and 36 ARC-170s), plus either 20 or 40 LAAT/i gunships (depending on the source) and some unspecified shuttles. In this way, the New Republic or the Resistance would never know the true scale of the project or number of ships being built. It is unknown how many of these ships are in operation, but to keep their numbers a secret, each Imperator-class Star Dreadnought were each built in a different facility and shipyard. Able to invade planets with a small army or turn the surface into a wasteland of molten rock from orbit. With more powerful weapons and equipped with superior wings of starfighters, these ships could operate on their own without the protection of the fleet for long periods of time. The engineers of the First Order heavily based on this massive warship on the Executors, but with their design flaws removed with the main command bridge built better defenses against enemy starfighters. The Imperator-classes were far more advance and much more powerful than their predecessor, the Executor-class, in both size, armaments, and speed. The first super star destroyers to appear in the galaxy in 30 long years. Out of the secret facilities and shipyards of the First Order came the Imperator-class Star Dreadnoughts. 30 years later, however, in the depths of the Unknown Regions, the First Order, the heir apparent to the old empire, had built a highly advance armada of new and powerful warships for their plans for galactic domination. When it was destroyed during the battle of Jakku, it was believed that all super star destroyers were officially gone. But by the end of the Galactic Civil War, only one, the Ravager, was in Imperial hands. Their sheer size and power made them symbols of fear in the galaxy. The Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts were the largest and most powerful warships ever built by the Galactic Empire. But that doesn't mean that the First Order couldn't have their own super star destroyers, right? If they could turn an entire planet into a star system destroying doomsday weapon, why not? Which is now a mountain of scrap on Jakku. Leading the way in building the galaxys largest warships, the Old Republic shipyards are perhaps best known for the Imperator class of Star Destroyers, better. And the last one in Imperial hands (officially) was the Ravager.

The new canon says that there were only thirteen Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts in existence. But thanks to the new canon, we have to rethink on how many there are now flying around. It is basically the size of Manhattan armed to the teeth. When you saw it, you know that this was the one ship you didn't want to mess with. I've always loved the super star destroyer in the Star Wars films.