Acclamator-class assault ship

The ***Acclamator*-class assault ship**, alternatively referred to as the ***Acclamator*-class trans-galactic military transport ship** or ***Acclamator*-class transgalactic military assault ship**, or by the shorter names ***Acclamator*-class transport**, ***Acclamator*-class troopship**, or the rarer **Acclamator I transport**, was an assault-class capital ship created for the Galactic Republic by Rothana Heavy Engineering. It was the predecessor of the later Republic and Imperial models in the Star Destroyer line.

## Characteristics

The *Acclamator*-class assault ship was developed by Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards. The predecessor to later Star Destroyer designs like the *Venator*-class, the *Acclamator*-class was part of the secret construction program initiated by Darth Sidious (under false orders of the Jedi High Council) to create a Grand Army of the Republic. It had a broad, arrowhead shaped hull, with a single command and observation deck toward the aft of the ship, with most of the interior of the ship devoted to cargo space and passenger berthing. During the first battle of geonosis, Acclamators were unpainted in a gray color. Some time after this, most Acclamators featured a red strip through the center, as well as stripes along it sides. The *Acclamator*-class cost 111,000,000 credits and was equipped with long-range sensors. Although planetary defense forces had previously built much larger ships to patrol local space lanes, the *Acclamator*-class was notable for representing the return of the first truly transgalactic warships to the galaxy.

The *Acclamator*-class was propelled by a series of electromagnetic thrust-vectoring sublight engines and extraordinarily fast Class .6 twin hyperdrive engines, that utilized a navigation computer. It additionally possessed a backup hyperdrive of Class 10 The hyperdrives were housed within the tail of the ship, along with neutrino radiators for the power system. The main reactor was hidden deep within the ship's hull terraces and fed by condensed annihilation reactant many orders more dense than the ship itself. Tensorial integrity and inertial compensator field conduits ran throughout the length of the ship. Towards the stern of the ship was the conning tower, which housed the main sensor and communications assembly at the fore, behind which was the bridge and battle operations room.

The *Acclamator*-class was crewed with 700 officers and enlisted crew. While it carried no starfighters, it carried 320 speeder bikes, 66 Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry, 14 Low Altitude Assault Transport carriers, 48 AT-TEs, and 36 SPHA walkers. The *Acclamator*-class could carry a full legion of clone troopers— 9,000 fighting troops and 6,000 HQ and support troops. The *Acclamator* additionally carried 6 months of consumables and 10,000 tons at encumbrance. Unlike many craft of its size, the *Acclamator*-class was capable of both ground and water landings, where it could unload its complement of clone troopers and vehicles in a matter of mere hours. In order to support the ship's weight, a combination of antigravity repulsorlifts and landing pads are utilized. Troops and vehicles could exit from the main hanger via ramps extending from the sides or a ventral hanger opening. Barracks for most troops were near the dorsal terrace of the ship. LAAT gunships were carried on a circulating rail in the main hanger, with platforms allowing for maintenance and loading of troops, while other combat vehicles were stored in dedicated service bays.

In order to defend itself from attack, the *Acclamator*-class was cladded in super-dispersive neutronium-impregnated armor, making it quite impervious against Separatist fusion rockets. It was also protected by strong deflector shielding, with regional shield generator nodes located at different points on the ship. However, as displayed during the Battle of Ryloth, Separatist J-1 proton cannons could easily penetrate the shields of an *Acclamator*-class assault ship.

The *Acclamator*-class possessed three starboard, three port and six forward quad light turbolaser batteries, twelve port and twelve starboard heavy laser cannons, four proton torpedo launchers, and tractor beams. The ship was ringed by a series of point-defense laser cannons. These armaments allowed it to conduct a range of orbital bombardments in support of ground forces. These could vary from precise surgical strikes to massively devastating Base Delta Zero bombardments.

## History

In addition to being a warship and a military transport serving forces in backwater areas, some Imperial *Acclamator*s were used as slave ships, transporting large quantities of enslaved people to various Imperial penal colonies during the Galactic Civil War. Although they were initially not considered "Star Destroyers", the *Acclamator*-class was sometimes referred to as such during the reign of the Empire. The Empire also modified a number of *Acclamator*s, sacrificing weaponry to increase cargo capacity for use as Imperial cargo ships. The Empire never used the Acclamator in its fleets but did use them in planetary defense or skirmishes.

During the Imperial Era, the *Acclamator*-class assault ship was considered to be an old model. The wreckage of an *Acclamator* was left in the Wastelands of Kullgroon. Some fell into the hands of criminal groups such as the Zann Consortium and the Second Union. Despite the ship model's age, one, the *Lodestar*, was still active, serving as the flagship of New Republic General Hera Syndulla's Barma Battle Group. By 9 ABY, an Acclamator was located in the headquarters base of the Restored Empire splinter faction of the Empire.