Spaceball ONE vs. [Insert any smaller ship here]

Still no! It isn't the size of your Spaceballs' crew, but how big your Spaceball ONE is (not to mention how you use it)! Remember, Spaceball ONE is also a transformer which can be changed into a massive robot called (Reddit post) MEGA MAID and go from suck to blow with the flip of a switch!

This means this Spaceball "We Brake for Nobody" ONE ship could literally destroy both the death star and suck out all the air out of Planet Druidia at the same time!

There are so many 'wanna be' so called mega ships out there even ones that transform, but they will never compare to ONE... Spaceball One! It is just too big! No other one comes close!

The idea for this post came from this Reddit Post and the CBR Article proving Spaceballs is Better than Star Wars and lastly Spaceball ONE design at D6Holocron.

So the name kinda speaks for itself, and my lore here is very short, but here it is: as the Galactic Civil War dragged on without an end in sight and the New Republic started fielding highly capable small warships, specifically the MC30d assault frigate (please go check that out cuz I spent a lot of time and effort on it and I'm really proud of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsShips/s/7yt1iT0LcF), and the empire needed more proper warships.

The issue was manpower was a major issue so they took a look at their smaller ships, such as the vindicator. It already was a capable ship, but it didn't have the firepower to compete with the 30d, which the empire aimed to fix. By giving it the Tector treatment, the armor was increased and the Vindicator was able to power the heavier weapons needed to give it a better chance against the 30d. It still lost a good amount of the time (about half the time) so the project was mostly scrapped and the 30d continued to be a menace.

So the Vindicator is often described as basically a pocket ISD (or at least that's how I've often seen it described) and one of the roles listed on its Wookiepedia page has it being a light battleship. That being said the "heaviest" weapon it has are light turbolasers. Why is that? Shouldn't a light battleship/pocket ISD have some medium turbos at the very least or something?

Like ik it has a ton of light turbos (20 quads and 25 regulars), but is the volume of them enough for the role it fills? Like if it went up against an MC40a or an Assault Frigate (mark I or II) would it be able to win due to how many light turbos it has or would it not be enough?

I could also be looking at this all wrong, so, if I am, please correct me

Curious to hear if this would appeal to anyone.

EDIT: accidentally wrote "Endless Space" which is a space grand strategy game. I actually meant to say Fractured Space which was a capital ship MOBA game that shut down, similar to Dreadnought

Maybe something like Star Was World of Warships, Fractured Space, AC Black Flag or anything like that where you'd control a capital ship with all of its weapons and maybe even launch starfighters from your hangars etc.

Lenth:

With:

Height:

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Year of Introduction: 33BBY

Producer: WMR

Type: Space Superiority Fighter

Price: 88.000 Credits

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Hyperdrive: Class 1

Shields: equipped

Weapons:

- 4 Laser Cannons

- 2 Torpedo Launchers (3 Shots each)

Crew: 1

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Roles: Star Superiority Fighter, Sub-Sector Patrol

Affiliations:

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The Multi-Combat Fighter 800, endearingly called MulCo, was introduced at a time, when a lot of sovereingty movements popped up in the Colony Worlds and the Outer Rim.

It was supposed to offer a solid basis for PD Forces and other young defense institutions. A special deal structure was offered, giving 36 Star Fighters, a License to produce the Star Fighter indiginously, an assembly line, and a parts support contract. This scheme helped WMR expand into the Outer Rim massively and obtain dozens of small yard stations and thousands of acres of real estate.

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Let me know what you tink! See you next time :)

Star Wars starfighters, such as the A-Wing, B-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing, have inspired fans to create starfighters for every letter of the alphabet. However, the shape of numbers appears to be an unexplored area. In an effort to innovate, I have decided to design a series of starfighters based on numerical shapes, thus opening a new field of exploration in spaceship design.

See more number-wing starfighters in this video: https://youtu.be/Sx6zPsaTmuI

After months of wanton, unopposed slaughter in the Outer Rim, the rogue Secutor-class Conquest is lured into a trap by the Corporate Sector Authority after repeated attacks on their shipments and defense fleets. Instead of coming bow-to-bow with more unaware CorpSec bulk cruisers, the Conquest is met with a combined fleet of combat-ready CSA and Imperial destroyers. Its escape is prevented by a thick net of interdiction mines surrounding the edges of the system.

Without any hesitation, the crew of the upgunned Secutor hurls their ship into what will be its last, and most glorious battle, easily shredding the CSA's Separatist stock while giving their former Imperial comrades a taste of the Conquest's immense firepower.

Alas, all good things must end, and with the arrival of an Imperator backed by a squadron of Dreadnaughts, a CSA Tagge battlecruiser, and an Invincible dreadnaught, the Conquest's rampage will finally be brought to a close...

...with a bang.

RH ships:

• Secutor-class Star Destroyer ('Conquest')

Imperial ships:

• Imperator-class Star Destroyer ('Unyielding')
• Victory I and II-class Star Destroyers
• Venator-class Star Destroyers
• Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers

CSA ships:

• Tagge battlecruiser
• Invincible-class dreadnaught
• Lucrehulk Core destroyers
• Providence-class carrier/destroyers
• Recusant-class light destroyers
• Sabaoth-class Star Destroyers
• Captor-class heavy munitions cruisers
• Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers
• Carrack-class light cruisers

Trying something new by depicting actual dead ships to really set the tone for this one, signified by them being slightly translucent and having varying degrees of battle damage (chunks erased out of them) while drifting with no power.

Also thought I'd give the Conquest a faded Republic roundel (with the colors of the Open Circle Fleet, which she was supposed to be a part of before the Clone Wars ended) just for some neat imagery.

Besides the hardcell-class and the bulwark (which I can't find picutures of) are there records of any techno union specific warships?

I’m indulging in my recurring Star Wars ”living out of a space Winnebago” fantasy, and I’m looking for ships suitable for hauling friends and family around while still living comfortably.

I’m thinking moderate interior conversion, not a complete transformation. Like, smaller cargo areas could turn into cabins, but I don’t want to be building entire apartments out of the cavern inside an Action IV.

To keep the options non-obvious, let’s omit CEC (Corellian) designs. Bonus points if it can perform a planetary landing! The kids love to take their speeders out and check out the wildlife.

Mods: Renegade: Specialized Ship Modules, Va’ Ruun Sev, Avontech, Better Flips, Cross Heavy Industries, Tiger Shipyards, Barrage Missile Launchers, Ol’ Big X, Matilija Aerospace, and Antares Supra.

Disclaimer: the following story is a fanfic that's a mix between Legends and Canon. You have been warned.

Pic 1: Bind Squadron:

Flagship: 1x Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, Arbitrator.

Capital ships: 24x Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

Link: Scourge Squadron image - Star Wars: Interregnum mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - ModDB

Pic 2: Bind Squadron executing genocide against an alien species.

Link: Eclipse (Executor-class) | Wookieepedia | Fandom

Pic 3. Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, leader of Bind Squadron.

Link: Ishin-Il-Raz | Wookieepedia | Fandom

Note: the pictures used are meant to be an example of what Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz and Bind Squadron looked like and did, not actual depictions of them.

Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, a COMPNOR propagandist and one of Palpatine's most devoted servants, was promoted to Grand Admiral in 1 BBY for his meritorious service to both the Galactic Empire and the Old Republic that preceded it during the Clone Wars. The Emperor also selected him as the late Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit's successor after Grand Admiral Thrawn caught him for treason for stealing supplies away from Project Stardust. While the Emperor didn't explicitly state it, the message to the other Grand Admirals was clear:

Even you aren't irreplaceable.

Raz was aware his appointment was purely political and that he was loathed for being Palpatine's bootlicker, especially since he used his political ties to dodge the draft at least 6 times both under the Republic and the Empire, even once claiming he had bone spurs. As such, he befriended fellow Grand Admiral Peccati Syn, who taught him the art of naval warfare, and used his political connections to secure himself Bind Squadron, one of the many anti-Rebel task forces created following the Battle of Yavin. With Bind Squadron, Raz gained command over 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyers and the flagship Arbitrator, an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer.

With Arbitrator under his command, Raz used Bind Squadron to commit many genocides against multiple alien species to earn Palpatine's favor, where his lack of combat experience didn't matter much when he possessed overwhelming firepower against unarmed innocents. Unsurprisingly, he became one of the galaxy's most hated figures, and the Rebel Alliance marked him as a priority target, though there wasn't much they could do about it as he was too heavily guarded for either assassination or a direct strike at his fleet.

Their chance came in 4 ABY after they won the Battle of Endor, destroyed the Death Star II, and killed Palpatine, Vader, and most of Imperial High Command. Raz was devastated over the loss of his icon, so Syn gave him his copy of Secrets of the Dark Side, the holy book of the Empire's state-sanctioned religion, the Church of the Dark Side, to cheer him up, to little avail. Raz retaliated by going on a rampage through the Outer Rim after Grand Moff Ardus Kaine abandoned Oversector Outer, determined to get revenge against the so-called "New Republic" by striking them at Endor and cutting the head off the snake.

His campaign was devastating as it was reckless, his fury cutting a swath through the Outer Rim and ignoring Grand Vizier Mas Amedda's desperate pleas for him to return to Coruscant to defend the Imperial capital world. Raz's rage left dozens of worlds burning in his wake, and he didn't care if they were allied with the Rebels or not. Not even Imperials were spared, as Raz clashed against Superior General Sander Delvardus and his rogue state, the Eriadu Authority, and Imperial-held Bakura. That same anger brought him to Endor's doorstep, but his success cost him 12 of his Star Destroyers, with the other 12 damaged in varying states.

Just before Raz could invade Endor, Syn, who was blockading Kashyyyk in the Mid Rim, requested reinforcements from Raz. Syn was under siege by Admiral Ackbar while General Han Solo and Chewbacca were leading a team of NR Special Forces Commandos on a ground mission to undermine Syn's control, just like they did at Endor. While Syn received reassurance from a pair of Bothan agents the Greater Maldrood would send reinforcements, he suspected them of being NR spies and requested Raz's help as insurance against being blindsided.

Torn between avenging his late Emperor and helping his only friend, Raz hesitated only for a moment before cancelling his campaign and hightailing it to Kashyyyk. Unfortunately for Raz, the New Republic intercepted Syn's transmissions and dispatched a huge fleet to stop him, led by General Hera Syndulla of the New Republic's revived Open Circle Armada.

Thanks to the New Republic capturing Kuat Drive Yards earlier that same year, they obtained several impressive warships, bolstering their navy. Syndulla's flagship was the Aurora, a Bellator-class Dreadnought, accompanied by the Event Horizon, a Communications Battlecruiser, Luminous and Stellar Halo, two Allegiance-class Battlecruisers, Lucrehulk Prime, a Lucrehulk carrier filled with 1,000 starfighters, True Fidelity, a Procrusator-class Star Destroyer, and five Imperial-class Star Destroyers, Emancipator, Liberator, Allegiance, Rebel Dream, and Freedom, along with several Mon Cala Star Cruisers, which included Justice, Liberty, and Mon Remonda, and dozens of cruisers, frigates, and corvettes. Together, they formed Task Force Borealis.

Initially, Syndulla's fleet was meant to be supported by Admiral Areta Bell and her fleet of Victory Star Destroyers, along with Admiral Sien Sovv and his squadron of Bulwark Mk. III Battlecruisers, but the former was tied up elsewhere while the latter needed NR reinforcements to liberate Sullust, his homeworld, from Delvardus' siege.

Instead, Syndulla was joined by General Lando Calrissian, much to her exasperation, and Fleet Admiral Hiram Drayson of the Second Fleet, both of whom were commanding from the Liberator and the True Fidelity respectively, and were there to assist Hera.

While Drayson technically outranked Syndulla, she was given command of this mission since she had more experience fighting Grand Admirals than anyone else in the New Republic thanks to battling Thrawn. The Rebellion's final victory over Thrawn at Lothal was bittersweet since they had to pay a high price to achieve it, and Syndulla was determined to ensure nobody sacrificed themselves to stop another Grand Admiral.

Thanks to Raz's history of genocide, the New Republic marked him for death, though Syndulla did offer amnesty to the rest of his fleet. Unfortunately, Raz had filled his fleet with COMPNOR members who were just as fanatically loyal to the Empire as he was, and who were also loyal to him personally, so most of them rejected Syndulla's offer.

Moving swiftly, Syndulla, Calrissian, and Drayson initiated a series of hit-and-fade attacks against Bind Squadron, targeting Raz's weakest ISDs and never sticking around long enough for him to get more than a few shots off. Plus, Syndulla and her allies were aided by independent worlds and their Planetary Defence Forces, who were frightened at being Raz's next targets and eager to defeat him. Especially since Syndulla secured their aid by promising any ISDs they captured from Raz would go to them in exchange for their help. As a result, Task Force Borealis slowed down Raz significantly. While Syndulla's orders were to stop Raz at all costs, Supreme Chancellor Mon Mothma told her if she saw an opportunity to capture Arbitrator without risking more lives, she should take it.

Slowly but surely, Syndulla's game of cat-and-mouse whittled down Raz's fleet, destroying or capturing his ISDs until only Arbitrator and 5 ISDs remained, all of whom were badly mangled by the repeated attacks. Especially since Syndulla refused to give Raz even a moment to repair his ships. As such, the Imperial crew's morale was low and only sheer fanaticism kept them going. Once again, Syndulla offered amnesty to Raz's subordinates, and even revealed proof the New Republic and the Galactic Empire were close to signing a peace treaty.

Raz was incensed by Syndulla's "lies" and humiliated by the fact a mere alien proved to be more skilled at naval warfare than him, but his anger grew further when he received word Ackbar had destroyed Syn. Furious, he took Bind Squadron to Ryloth, Syndulla's homeworld, and blasted it from orbit for several hours. By the time Task Force Borealis arrived, Bind Squadron was gone, and Ryloth was devastated, as was Syndulla's heart.

Or so they thought.

Bind Squadron swiftly ambushed Syndulla from behind one of Ryloth's moons via a micro jump. Worse, Raz had leased the Aggregator, an interdictor cruiser, from the Greater Maldrood and used it to prevent Syndulla's forces from escaping. As the target of Raz's fury, Syndulla found herself under heavy fire and tried to fight back, then escape, before finally evacuating her ship. Aurora's resulting explosion destroyed all five of Hera's ISDs while severely damaging True Fidelity and several of her vessels. Calrissian himself barely escaped Liberator aboard his personal yacht, Lady Luck, and picked up Hera's escape pod before boarding Stellar Halo, the closest ship at the time.

Syndulla hastily took Halo as her new flagship and rallied her fleet. With Aggregator hidden behind Arbitrator and the other 5 ISDs, and Task Force Borealis in shambles, she calmly accepted the fact she was trapped, hoping Sabine, Zeb, and Chopper would take good care of Jacen for her, and prepared for her final stand.

Or so they thought.

Emerging right behind Bind Squadron was a fleet of 5 Victory Star Destroyers Triumph, Monarch, Bombard, Crusader, and Swift Liberty, led by Admiral Areta Bell and her flagship Defiance, an MC80 Home One Type Star Cruiser. Followed by Admiral Sien Sovv and his flagship Arrow of Sullust, a Bulwark Mk. III Battlcruiser, and a squadron of more Bulwark Mk. IIIs. The cavalry had arrived.

Boxed in on all sides, Raz went from being smugly confident to panicking wildly, his imminent victory snatched out from under him as his fleet got pounded from every angle. The Emperor was dead, his only friend was gone, and he was about to join them soon unless he did something.

That's when Raz received an unexpected call through his private channel, the one reserved exclusively for the Emperor to use to contact his Grand Admirals. Initially, Raz thought it was Amedda calling again to demand his return to Coruscant and was annoyed until he answered it, and received a dark greeting.

From Trioculus, Slavelord of the Central Committee of Grand Moffs and Palpatine's son.

Trioculus formed the Committee to seize power back from Amedda, who was plotting treason by signing a peace treaty with the Rebels. Trioculus informed Raz he planned to restore the Empire to its rightful glory with him as the new Emperor and promised a place for him in his new Empire, if Raz was willing to help him, since Trioculus needed his help.

Unsurprisingly, Raz accepted.

After receiving coordinates from Trioculus, Raz immediately escaped with the Arbitrator to Kessel, the Committee's base. In doing so, he left behind his 5 remaining ISDs, whose captains were all shocked and outraged at being abandoned. But instead of accepting Syndulla's plea to surrender, they kept fighting to the bitter end until they were all destroyed. As for Aggregator, its captain immediately surrendered to Syndulla in exchange for amnesty, even turning the cruiser's interdiction fields on the 5 ISDs to discourage them from fighting to no avail. Unlike them, the Aggregator's crew weren't fanatically loyal to the Empire, a fact Syndulla was grateful for.

The Arbitrator was heavily damaged at this point and its hyperdrive was leaking, allowing Task Force Borealis to track Raz down. Since the hyperdrive was mangled, Raz was forced to execute a series of short jumps to Kessel instead of one smooth jump. As a result, Syndulla and her allies managed to catch up, collecting more NR ships along the way, and corner him up against the Maw Cluster, a group of black holes in the Kessel Sector. Raz had nowhere left to run.

Raz was angry at being so close, yet so far, from the son of the man he had devoted his entire life to helping. On his side, he had one Executor heavily damaged from weeks of fighting non-stop and had little reason to expect Imperial reinforcements. On the New Republic's side, they had dozens of Battlecruisers, one Lucrehulk, hundreds of frigates, corvettes, and cruisers, several Star Destroyers, and a few Mon Cala Star Cruisers. Like Raz, they were tired, angry, and eager to get this chase over with. Unlike him, they had sheer numbers on their side, with possible NR reinforcements incoming.

That didn't stop Raz from fighting back.

Three hours later, Arbitrator was reduced to a floating wreck with most of her guns destroyed or out of commission. Syndulla lost her Lucrehulk, 3 Battlecruisers, 5 Star Destroyers, 6 Bulwark Mk. IIIs., and dozens of her support vessels. But she and her allies had beaten Raz into submission. Plus, Syndulla received word a New Republic fleet led by one of their other captured Super Star Destroyers was heading ASAP to Kessel, and she told Raz of that fact, hoping to finally force him to surrender, but prepared to finish what she started if he chose to fight.

Or so they thought.

Unwilling to accept defeat, and knowing surrender would guarantee his death sentence, Raz plotted a hyperspace route to Kessel to escape. When the navicomputer refused to accept his coordinates because it led straight through the Maw Cluster, he used his Grand Admiral's override codes to shut off the safeties. Then he pulled out the Secrets of the Dark Side, the same book Syn gave him, and recited a prayer, determined to reach the son of Palpatine and save the Empire.

Then he leapt into hyperspace - and oblivion.

Days later, Syndulla, Calrissian, Bell, Sovv, and their allies attended the funerals of Hiram Drayson and everyone who died fighting against Raz. Syndulla's grief was tempered by her joy at reuniting with the Ghost crew and her son, as well as the New Republic and the Galactic Empire signing the Galactic Concordance, officially marking the end of the Galactic Civil War.

Syndulla felt aghast at Raz's decision to commit suicide by plunging Arbitrator into one of the Maw Cluster's black holes. She hated him for his numerous war crimes and bombarding Ryloth, now under reconstruction by the NR, but at the same time she felt pity for him for being so devoted to Palpatine he failed to envision a life beyond serving him. However, Syndulla would do anything to protect her son so, in that regard, she reluctantly admitted maybe she and Raz weren't so different.

Except Syndulla had loved ones who cared about her, whereas Raz had no one. For the longest time, she couldn't understand why the Jedi forbade attachments and why they thought it was dangerous, but Raz's suicide had helped her too understand: become too attached to someone, and you risk losing yourself. In that regard, Syndulla swore to never become so overprotective of her son or her friends and family that she would because just as bad as Raz did.

As a reward for taking down Grand Admiral Ishin-II-Raz, Task Force Borealis's leaders were all offered promotions. Areta Bell accepted a promotion to Fleet Admiral of the Second Fleet to succeed Drayson and received the Endurance, lead ship of the Endurance-class Fleet Carriers, as her flagship. Sien Sovv received a posting as part of the New Republic's Home Defence Fleet at Chandrila, their capital world, and the Nebula-class Star Destroyer Voice of the People as his flagship.

As for Syndulla and Calrissian, the latter turned down his reward and decided to resign his military commission to go back to being an independent businessman while Mothma offered a new Super Star Destroyer to replace Aurora. However, Syndulla decided to take leave instead to spend time with her family, telling Mothma she would need to think about it. As Syndulla gazed out of Home One's viewport into the vastness of space, with Jacen and the Spectres standing beside her, she felt like she could finally relax as she smiled.

The dreadnought heavy cruiser is one of the most underrated ships and is somewhat perfect to be converted into a cargo transport ship
Modifications I would make to the ship

Replace some of the Heavy weapons with Iron cannons and concussion missile launchers and anti star fighter defense systems

Upgrade the shielding systems to hold off more punishment and damage form pirates attacks

Take 12 Vulture droid starfighters for defensive actions and anti piracy defenses and take 1 Nu class attack shuttle to carry cargo and supplies to the ship

I would mostly take a droid crew to help pilot the ship and would take supply’s runs to different planets mostly avoiding weapons or military cargo

Maybe it's the asymmetrical shape, but something really catches my eye with this particular TIE concept. This one is from The Artwork of TFA and was designed by long-time SW artist Ryan Church (who also designed Episode III Jedi Starfighter)

- 1 T-65 X-wing

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Think about it. Many big and small wars across galactic history. The GCW being this massive, sweeping conflict across the Outer and Mid Rims that eventually invades the Core as entire sectors begin declaring their independence or join up with other factions to secure their own interests. The Imperial Navy being this truly unstoppable juggernaut in peer combat when it manages to bring its full might to bear, which only makes it more shocking and awe-inspiring when the Rebellion pulls the rug out from under them, in no small part thanks to Imperial defectors joining them in waves as the Rebel Alliance proves itself as a legitimate alternative to the crushing rule of Palpatine's New Order.

The more powerful of independent polities having their own Star Dreadnoughts (with the strongest players such as the Galactic Empire having various classes of them in double digits), more rating systems, the Rebel Alliance utilizing a variety of Star Cruisers (Anaxes battlecruisers) ranging from Clone Wars stock to GCW-era builds such as the Home One. Battles rapidly escalating in scale the more heated the war becomes - the single digit ship skirmishes of the early GCW become a thing of the past as the Rebellion gathers more and more support, and the Imperial war machine mobilizes to crush the widespread revolt that threatens to spill into the heartland.

And best of all, consistent ship and starfighter powerscaling. Small squadrons of fighters now struggling to even pierce the shields of the destroyer, necessitating extremely risky maneuvers or further strength in numbers or tonnage to hurt them. Things like what Wedge and Luke did are now abnormalities, making them very difficult to replicate conventionally and setting them apart from other pilots as many are unable to pull off what they seem to do regularly. Anything that discourages single-digit ship battles or anything of that sort.

Sure, the budgets for shows will suffer trying to depict so much going on at once, and the writers will probably eat their blasters trying to stay consistent across all forms of media, but it's a very small sacrifice to make for adding true scale to the "Wars" part of "Star Wars". Big number might break the minds of fans when they try to process it, but that's a worthy price to pay, because as long as Star Wars media can consistently depict and place emphasis on it, they'll eventually acclimate and learn to accept it.

You have an entire galaxy to play with - it's not fair that writers encourage the shrinking of it.