Venator III-Class Star Destroyer

"""'This is Moff Barcol of the Galactic Empire, surrender your forces to the might of the Starbreaker and you will not be harmed.' - Moff Barcol during the Sixth Siege of Munitio"The Venator III-Class Star Destroyer, also known as the Venator-Class Mark III Star Destroyer was a capital ship used by the Galactic Empire and later Moff Barcol's Imperial Remnant. The ship was the successor of the Venator II-Class Star Destroyer. The Venator III-Class was produced in small numbers and was distributed to select officers in the Imperial Navy in 3 ABY, just before the Battle of Endor.

Origins
The Venator III-Class was designed to be the successor to the Venator line of Star Destroyers while also improving upon newer Imperial designs and to act as a testbed to create a more powerful ship for the Empire, the ship therefore took inspirations from ships like the Venator, Venator II, Imperial I and Imperial II. Venator III Star Destroyers were constructed above both Kuat and Fondor with one, the "Starbreaker" being built over Byss.

Roles
The Venator III served mostly as a flagship for high-ranking Imperials near the end of the Galactic Civil War but also served support roles in large fleets or as troop transports for legions of the Imperial Army or Stormtrooper Corps.

Armament
While the original Venator-Class Star Destroyer could dish out a hefty punishment with it's DBY-827 heavy turbolaser turrets, it was unable to compete with the octuple barbette turbolasers of the Imperial-I and Imperial-II Star Destroyers. The Venator III improves upon it's Republic and Imperial predecessors, boasting a grand total of 20 octuple barbette turbolasers to dish out heavy damage against enemy capital ships. Along with it's 20 octuple barbette turbolasers, the Venator III hosts 16 superheavy ion cannons, 70 heavy turbolaser batteries, 70 heavy turbolaser cannons, 70 point-defense laser cannons, 10 heavy torpedo tubes and 10 tractor beam projectors. The ship also took inspiration from special models of Venators during the Clone Wars that had SPHA's mounted in the bottom hanger, and as such has two heavy artillery turbolasers utilized by the SPHA located on it's underside allowing for massive blows to enemy capital ships during combat.

Hangers
The Venator III held two primary dorsal hangers, two side hangers but lacks the ventral hangers commonplace on early Clone Wars Venator-Class Star Destroyers. The main hanger was placed towards the front of the ship and allowed fighters of several classes to be deployed in rapid succession and was connected to the two side hangers, allowing for additional fighters to be launched from either side if the main hanger is compromised and vice versa. The secondary dorsal hanger allowed for transport ships and shuttles to be transported from the hanger to allow for boarding parties, ground invasion, or other action requiring the need of infantry units. The hanger was more armored than the primary hanger, but was not connected to it nor did it have nearly as much space.

Bridge
Unlike many other KDY ships, the Venator III boasts a reinforced bridge as opposed to the more dominant but exposed bridges of ships like the previous Venators and Imperial Star Destroyers. The change to a more reinforced bridge was to prevent ships from attempting to crash into the bridge should the shields be disabled. A problem that would later be justified as in a major turning point in the Battle of Endor, the Executor, an Executor-Class Star Dreadnought was destroyed by an A-Wing pilot crashing into its bridge.