Ballista (Victory-class)

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Ballista
Production information
Manufacturer:	Rendili StarDrive Kuat Drive Yards
Product line:	Star Destroyers
Model:	Victory II-class Star Destroyer
Class:	Star Destroyer
Technical specifications
Length:	900 meters
Beam:	578 meters
Height:	248 meters
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 1.0 Backup Class 15
Power output:	Peak: 3,6 × 1024 W
Power plant:	Hypermatter annihilation reactor
Shielding:	2880 SBD
Hull:	1660 RU
Armament:	Quad turbolaser batteries (20) Double turbolaser batteries (40) Ion cannons (20) Tractor beam projectors (10)
Complement:	Fighter Squadrons (2) Shuttles (5) Additionally: Landing barges (6) AT-AT walkers (10) AT-ST walkers (15) or HAVw A5 Juggernauts (10) PX-4 Mobile Command Bases (5)
Crew:	6,107
Passengers:	1,600 troops
Cargo capacity:	8,100 metric tons
Consumables:	4 years
Usage
Fleet:	Jusadih Naval Command
Task force:	Oberon
Known commander(s):	Quejo Drakai
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Ballista was a Victory-Class Star Destroyer II under the juresdiction of the Clan Plagueis Naval Command. She has been there since being acquired after the Eighth Great Jedi War.

Ship Information

Construction

The Ballista began construction at the Kuat Drive Yards at Kuat in 1 BBY. She was built to replace another Victory II that been severely damaged in a previous battle under the command of Grand Moff Tarkin. She was simply another ship off the line.

Command Crew

Commanding Officer

BAdml. Quejo Drakai

Executive Officer

Cpt. Terrance Young

• Species: Human
• Birthplace: Kapsina
• Height: 1.92 M
• Weight: 99.7 Kg
• Eyes: Green
• Hair: Brown

Terrance was a member of the Jusadih Defense Corps when the newly formed Clan Plagueis decided to use Jusadih as its new base of operations. He immediately joined their Navy and was stationed on the M/STRKC Atrum Pars. There he served under the current CO of the CSD Cotelin. Rising through the ranks to Lieutenant Commander during the Battle of Antei, he was one of a few survivors from that battle and returned to Jusadih. He was promoted to Commander and served as Executive Officer to Alaris Jinn on board the Ballista. Upon Alaris's appointment to Quaestor, and subsequent promotion to Brigadier Admiral, Terrance received a promotion to Captain and still serves as XO on board the Ballista.

Bridge Crew

• Navigation: Lt. Kara Paul
• Communications: LCdr. Henry Glade
• Weapons Commander: LCdr. Aristan Renfled

History

Among the last of its class to be built, the Ballista was sent to Grand Moff Tarkin as replacement for another Victory II undergoing a retrofit at the time. The ship arrived just in time to participate in the Atravis Sector Massacres. Although the assignment was meant to be temporary, the untried crew acquitted themselves well during the campaign, gaining the favor of Tarkin through the zealous pursuit of their objectives. The merciless destruction of two surrendering refugee ships, as ordered, ensured their permanent attachment to Tarkin’s forces in Oversector Outer. The death of Tarkin at Yavin brought Scourge Squadron under the command of Ardus Kaine, who would go on to found the short-lived Pentastar Alignment as a warlord. The ship was assigned to the defense of Seswenna Sector, where it remained throughout its tenure with the faction. With the Alignment’s later absorption by the Imperial Remnant, Ballista found itself transferred to the Kwymar Sector to reinforce the Instigator’s mission there.

In mid-26 ABY, the destroyer joined the Instigator in being deemed too outdated and underpowered to serve Kwymar’s evolving defense requirements. The Dark Council quickly seized the opportunity to purchase the two warships using the funds resultant from Operation Tempest Bravo. Both were then brought to the Xa Fel shipyards until the rest of the new fleet was assembled. Ballista, and its full complement of support craft, was placed under the banner of Clan Plagueis in the aftermath of the Yuuzhan Vong sweep through the Brotherhood’s domain.

While under the command of Alaris Jinn, the Ballista was given a matte black finish, helping to camouflage it against the black of the void.

Ship Designation

Ballista serves on Task Force Oberon as part of the Offensive Designation, serving on the same line as the Atrum Pars II. She serves this position well, her first being a test of her attack abilities in the 2nd Battle of Kapsina in 30 ABY.

Compliment

Support Craft

• DX-9 Defiant
• DX-9 Shiver
• SLC Swooping Clawbird

Fighter Craft

• TIE Interceptor Fortress Squadron
• TIE Interceptor Lurker Squadron

Plagueis Fleet
Star Destroyers/Battleships
NSD Ascendancy - FFC Perdition - ISDII The Baron - VSDII 'Ballista' - VSDII 'Instigator'
Frigates/Pickets/Medium Cruisers
INT Atrum Pars II - CRV 'Silent Scream'
Transports
VT-49 - VT-49 - YCHT 'Nebula Strider' - YCHT Calm Sea - YCHT Respite
Starfighters
S1 Firespray-class Patrol Ships - TIE Avengers - TIE Interceptors - Z-95 Headhunters
Bombers & Gunships
Scimitar Assault Bombers
Transports & Shuttles
Gamma-class ATR-6 Assault Transports - Sentinel-class Landing Craft - DX-9 Stormtrooper Transports