love that this is depicted with a small hangar as any ship of its size would have a one for small shuttle craft at the least, even if it did not carry fighters. also makes the later turbulent class, which was slightly larger, make a lot more sense as vessel meant to be somewhere between an ISD and a Procursator or Venator.
Nate
2 years ago
So with the expanded hangar on this version, would the complement be expanded to include 3-4 squadrons of starfighters, or is this hangar for planetary assault forces?
Anonymous
2 years ago
How large is this? My guess is 1200m long but if anyone has any other guesses about length width or height please reply
As far as I know the Praetor II is the only case where the “official length” (4.8km) differs from Fractalsponge’s designed length (6.4km).
Ryan
2 years ago
It would be awesome to have a formation shot of two Procursators and an Allegiance, that Dark Empire panel still looks cool
Phoenix
2 years ago
Only thing I don’t like is that it’s missing the missile launchers that were on the original procursator but I think is a crux of a lot of star destroyer designs the lack of any sort missiles or torpedo’s but other then that it’s fantastic.
Wouldn’t be the first time Fractalsponge took out a missile battery when “reduxing” one of his old designs.
He did the same with the Secutor – the original had a tactical concussion missile battery in the hull trench, (one battery on each side), almost half-way down from the bow (there’s an isolated quad turbolaser on each side of the dorsal hull, looking exactly like an Imperial II’s main gun, but with only four barrels instead of eight, close to the hull trench at that location). The updated Secutor, with all its quad turbolasers replaced with Venator-type turbolasers, has no missiles in the trench at that spot.
I’m curious about the presence of an old-style (tiny hangar, missiles) but updated with the new triple-barrelled gun (modernised to look more like that of Imperator Redux) Procursator beside the new, big-hangar, missile-less one in the first two images.
Is it intended to show the contrast in armament?
Or is it intended to show that both ships exist – with the new one being a variant of the old one rather than replacing it?
I would say different variants. MkI (missiles) and MkII (expanded hanger)
jdpeterson34
2 years ago
This feels like the sweet spot for star destroyers. I wish they would make it canon since it’s better than any Imperial ship that’s been introduced yet imo.
This design was introduced around the time of Empire Strikes Back, this along with the Allegiance was apart of the Empire’s movement toward dedicated battleships without fighter capability
Allegiance was essentially a Tector on steroids, while this design was more of a frontline skirmisher warship, packs a punch while having the speed and shielding to survive
FollowTheBlu
2 years ago
YEAHHHHHHHHH PROCURSATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this redux for too long
Interesting to see the differences between it and the classic Procursator – longer underside hangar, the addition of the Venator’s double-barrelled medium turbolaser mounting in the forward part of the trench – and the replacement of the trench missile batteries with hangars.
love that this is depicted with a small hangar as any ship of its size would have a one for small shuttle craft at the least, even if it did not carry fighters. also makes the later turbulent class, which was slightly larger, make a lot more sense as vessel meant to be somewhere between an ISD and a Procursator or Venator.
So with the expanded hangar on this version, would the complement be expanded to include 3-4 squadrons of starfighters, or is this hangar for planetary assault forces?
How large is this? My guess is 1200m long but if anyone has any other guesses about length width or height please reply
1.2km is the length that the endnotes to The Essential Guide To Warfare gives it.
https://jasonfry.tumblr.com/post/23039847571/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-7
As far as I know the Praetor II is the only case where the “official length” (4.8km) differs from Fractalsponge’s designed length (6.4km).
It would be awesome to have a formation shot of two Procursators and an Allegiance, that Dark Empire panel still looks cool
Only thing I don’t like is that it’s missing the missile launchers that were on the original procursator but I think is a crux of a lot of star destroyer designs the lack of any sort missiles or torpedo’s but other then that it’s fantastic.
Wouldn’t be the first time Fractalsponge took out a missile battery when “reduxing” one of his old designs.
He did the same with the Secutor – the original had a tactical concussion missile battery in the hull trench, (one battery on each side), almost half-way down from the bow (there’s an isolated quad turbolaser on each side of the dorsal hull, looking exactly like an Imperial II’s main gun, but with only four barrels instead of eight, close to the hull trench at that location). The updated Secutor, with all its quad turbolasers replaced with Venator-type turbolasers, has no missiles in the trench at that spot.
I’m curious about the presence of an old-style (tiny hangar, missiles) but updated with the new triple-barrelled gun (modernised to look more like that of Imperator Redux) Procursator beside the new, big-hangar, missile-less one in the first two images.
Is it intended to show the contrast in armament?
Or is it intended to show that both ships exist – with the new one being a variant of the old one rather than replacing it?
I would say different variants. MkI (missiles) and MkII (expanded hanger)
This feels like the sweet spot for star destroyers. I wish they would make it canon since it’s better than any Imperial ship that’s been introduced yet imo.
This design was introduced around the time of Empire Strikes Back, this along with the Allegiance was apart of the Empire’s movement toward dedicated battleships without fighter capability
Allegiance was essentially a Tector on steroids, while this design was more of a frontline skirmisher warship, packs a punch while having the speed and shielding to survive
YEAHHHHHHHHH PROCURSATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this redux for too long
Interesting to see the differences between it and the classic Procursator – longer underside hangar, the addition of the Venator’s double-barrelled medium turbolaser mounting in the forward part of the trench – and the replacement of the trench missile batteries with hangars.