Laudable The Laudable was a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer in the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , the " Laudable " was dispatched from the Republic ' s galactic capital of Coruscant , under the command of the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune , to patrol the Phu system for Separatist activity . While on patrol , the " Laudable " task force — consisting of at least two other Star Destroyers — was attacked by the " Malevolence " , a Confederate warship equipped with two ion pulse cannon s on each of its sides . Under the command of the Confederate General Grievous , the " Malevolence " took down the shields of the entire Republic fleet with its ion cannons . After doing so , the " Malevolence " proceeded to destroy Nune ' s task force , including the " Laudable " , using its turbolasers to obliterate the exposed ships . Description . The " Laudable " was a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards that served in the Galactic Republic Navy during the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . It was armed with fifty - two laser cannons , eight DBY - 827 heavy dual turbolaser turrets , two medium dual turbolaser cannons , four proton torpedos tubes , and six tractor beam projectors . The " Laudable " was 1 , 137 meters long , and was equipped with escape pods and two command towers . History . In 22 BBY , while docked at the drydock s of the Republic ' s galactic capital of Coruscant , the " Laudable " was assigned to the Phuii Jedi General Ares Nune . General Nune was in command of a Republic task force , made up of at least two other " Venator " - class Star Destroyers , to patrol the Phu system for Separatist activity . Nune himself used the " Laudable " as his flagship while in the system . The " Laudable " departure from Coruscant was witnessed by the clone shock troopers Rys and Jek , who were near the drydocks , waiting for their next assignment . While on patrol , the " Laudable " task force ' s initial sweeps reported no enemy activity . Nune , from the bridge of the " Laudable " , ordered another scan of the surrounding area to be sure nothing had been missed . While the secondary sweeps were underway , Kite , a clone commander stationed aboard the " Laudable " , began to discuss the mission with Nune on the bridge . However , a new Confederate weapon was hiding out of sight of the Republic task force in the form of the " Malevolence " , a " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser under the command of the Confederate General Grievous . As Kite and Nune were finishing up their conversation on the bridge , Grievous ordered the " Malevolence " to fire its ion pulse cannon s at the Republic task force , which disabled the shields of the entire Republic fleet . The " Malevolence " destroyed the " Laudable " , along with the rest of the Republic fleet , killing Kite , Nune , and everyone else onboard . The loss of the " Laudable " and the rest of Nune ' s battle group was later reported in a press release by HoloNet News . An audio recording of a clone trooper stationed on the " Laudable " during the attack survived the battle , and the transmission was played during the broadcast . Despite the quick destruction of the " Laudable " , the recording stated that an evacuation of the " Laudable " via its escape pods had been attempted , but the crew was not quick enough . Commanders and crew . The last commander of the " Laudable " was General Ares Nune , who was in charge of the Star Destroyer at Phu . The " Laudable " crew included Clone Commander Kite and numerous clone troopers . The entire crew of the " Laudable " , including Kite and Nune , was killed by the " Malevolence " in the Phu system . Behind the scenes . The " Laudable " made a brief cameo in " " , which led into " Ambush , " the first episode in the " " . The " Laudable " was given a more significant role in the webcomic " " , which led into " Rising " Malevolence " , " the second episode in " The Clone Wars " television series . The loss of General Nune ' s task force was reported in the in - universe " HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided " , the first installment of the online Holonet News podcast series that took place before the events of " Rising " Malevolence " . "