Legacy Class Heavy Star Destroyer

The Legacy-class Star Destroyer is the pure battleship design of the New Republic Navy and unlike the smaller, more multipurpose Venator Class Star Destroyer the Legacy does not carry anywhere near as many starfighters as the Venator which as part of it's design also serves as a carrier vessel. Instead the Legacy's design is focused upon packing the most firepower, armour and tactical ability into one platform; specifically a 1,400 meter war machine designed with the expressed purpose of taking on enemy vessels with impunity and comining out the otherside to tell the tale of it's victories.

The Legacy has easily twice the firepower of the Venator if not more, with sixteen Heavy Quad Turbolaser turrets, ten further medium quad turbolasers for filling in the gaps in the main batteries fire as well as no less than sixty point defense laser cannons, ten heavy Proton Torpedo tubes and two ion cannons. All told the Legacy is by far the most heavily armed vessel in the Republic's inventory and although it only carries forty starfighters it more than makes up for this by being as heavily armed as it is. With a crew of over 7,600, the Legacy is only marginally more crew-intensive than the Venator, a result of enhancements in internal systems, but regardless the Legacy remains incredibly cost-intensive and as a result, production will be slow.

History
The First of the Legacy Class was produced in the year 2 AFR and was entered into service as the Republic Flagship and stationed on Homeworld security detail above New Coruscan.