[quote=@Sini] A) We're using the Anaxes WC system as clearly stated in the OP (which was an institute in place even under the Old Republic). B) The Venator's armament allows it to lock horns with an Imperial I-class SD. There is no doubt it could take on a Victory I-class. Main battery wise, the Venator has 8 dual turbolaser, whereas the SD only has 6 but complemented by 2 large ion cannons. The smaller hardpoints taken into account, shows indeed a discrepancy. Something I consider normal, seeing as the Imperial SD-designs are more advanced than the Venator schematics. However, a Venator would be able to field over 400 starfighters which is entirely disproportionate in comparison with the 72 an Imp I could. Capping it at 96 or 108 means it has two/three more squadrons than an imperial star destroyer. In conclusion: Being able to field two squadrons more than the Imp I-class, and possessing the armament between a Victory I and Imp I-class, sounds sufficient to me. The ship is less advanced than either of those imperial designs, and keeping it at 400 starfighters seems unrealistic (paradox aside). The Venator was designed as a capital ship, with its main task being ship-to-ship combat. Its [i]secondary[/i] role was starfighter carrier, escort or troop transport. This is sufficiently illustrated by the 24-36 additional starfighters, meaning it has around 1.5 times an Imp I's complement. Another argument for the smaller amount of turrets is that a SD is almost 500 meters longer than the Venator. TL;DR - Venator starfighter complement is capped at 108. Don't be overly semantic ;). While it perhaps wasn't the successor in the same line, the Imp Star Destroyers make up the core of the Imperial Starfleet whereas the Venators did that during the Clone Wars. The Venators were in fact being replaced by more modern Star Destroyer designs. As a capital ship and 'workhorse', the Imp SD's followed the Venators. [/quote] A) I agree on that point I was just saying how you may have got the confusion xD B) The Venators armament alone is smaller: 8x Dual Heavy Turbos, 2x Medium Dual Turbos versus the ISD-I: 6x Heavy Dual Turbos, 2x Dual Heavy Ion, 2x Quad Heavy Turbos, 3x Triple Medium Turbos and 2x Medium Turbos. Just going on the heavy stuff, coupled with the ISD-Is heavy armour and lack of significant weakness it's no competition just as a Single Venator struggles to take on a single Providence Class and usually ends up loosing that fight. C) The Venator was a hybrid destroyer/carrier design. While meant to be able to put out a semi-reasonable amount of firepower it also heavily relied on it's fighters. Most of the time against an opposing ship of the same size without it's greater fighter compliment it would come up the loser in any fight. Yes I know that makes fighter superiority a major bonus to anyone fielding a Venator the Imperials did come up with countermeasures for against fighters. At the end of the day this isn't meant to be full on combat so it shouldn't really matter, so if you want you can just tell me to shudup :L