Venator-class battlecruiser

The Venator-class battlecruiser, commonly referred to as the Jedi cruiser due to it's prominent use by Jedi Generals, is a capital warship that saw service with the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, and would continue to serve in the Imperial Navy, as well as with the Rebel Alliance fleet, during the Galactic Civil War.
==Specifications==
===Superstructure and hull===
At 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) long, Venator-class battlecruisers are twice the length of a Vindicator-class destroyer. These vessels have a similar profile to the later Provocator-class heavy cruiser and Imperator-class battleship, with a wedge-shaped primary hull and elevated command deck, yet are not not identical and feature a noticeable crook towards the stern. 
As with the majority of Republic and Imperial capital ships, the Venator's hull is constructed from titanium-reinforced alusteel, with an internal framework of super-hardened durasteel alloy. This durable structure, combined with powerful deflector shields, allows the Venator to easily withstand sustained fire from multiple hostile warships.
=== Power generation ===
The Venator-class is powered by an antimatter annihilation reactor that can annihilate up to 40,000 tons of fuel per second, producing at maximum 3.6 x 1024 watts of power. Sublight propulsion is provided by four electroplasma drives, with additional chemical rockets for reaction control and a repulsorlift suspension unit for use in atmospheric flight. The ship is equipped with a Class 1 hyperdrive with an effective range of 60,000 light years.
=== Armament ===
The standard armament of a Venator-class battlecruiser consists of sixteen UV-8 triple heavy and twenty VW-6 dual medium turbolaser batteries, fifty-two point-defense laser cannons and ten concussion missile launchers.
== Service history ==
=== Design and commission ===
The Venator-class battlecruiser was designed by Lira Blissex as a response to the Trade Federation's deployment of modified Lucrehulk-class freighters during their occupation of Naboo, under the belief that a capital ship capable of matching and/or exceeding the Lucrehulk's firepower would be necessary in the event of a potential rebellion by the megacorporations. 
=== Separatist Crisis ===
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