Acclamator-class assault ship

Acclamator I-class assault ship The Acclamator I-class assault ship, commonly known as the Republic assault ship, was a starship created for the Galactic Republic by Rothana Heavy Engineering.

It participated in the Clone Wars since its beginning at the Battle of Geonosis.

Details
The 752 meter long Acclamator I-class assault transport carried thousands of Galactic Republic clone troopers into battle. These ships were armed with 4 heavy missile/torpedo launch tubes; 24 point-defense laser cannons, rated at 6 megatons per shot; and 12 quadruple turbolaser turrets, each rated at 200 gigatons per shot.

Groups of these ships could perform a "Base Delta Zero" order, which could tell starships in orbit to commence orbital bombardment and destroy the planet. The later Acclamator II-class could also serve as star frigates to support their landing groups. In addition to ground landings, Acclamator-class ships were capable of water landings, as displayed at the Battle of Dac.

Acclamator I-class ships also carried support equipment and vehicles, such as AT-TE and SPHA walkers, used to provide clone troopers with heavy battlefield support. Eighty LAAT gunships were carried to insert personnel, vehicles, and cargo to battle zones in addition to providing close air support. Each Acclamator I-class ship held 320 speeder bikes, used by clone troopers for fast battlefield reconnaisance and patrol duties.

The Acclamator I favored a wedge or dagger shaped design, like those Republic warships during the Mandalorian Wars, due to its effectiveness&mdash;it allowed concentration of firepower while minimalizing target profile. This basic design was used in a number of larger craft predating it and would define Imperial ships for decades to come.

In their first engagement at the Battle of Geonosis, the Acclamator I-class performed admirably, delivering legions of clone troopers to the battlefield while a large Republic fleet engaged the Separatist fleet in orbit.

Near the end of the Clone Wars, a more updated version, the Acclamator II-class, was put into production. The ships would see many battles in both the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War.



Other Kuat Drive Yard designs; including the Venator, Imperator, and Tector-class Star Destroyers&mdash; would soldier on throughout the 20-year Galactic Civil War, fighting alongside the Acclamators.

There appears to have been several variants of the Acclamator dedicated for space combat rather than planetary assault, in addition to several designs roughly based on the Acclamator "look". One example was the Class II Frigate, such as Rand Ecliptic, which had two docking bays with openings on both port and starboard. There was no large downward-facing hanger bay as seen on the Acclamator, but there were large retractable loading ramps in order for the clone troopers to board.

In addition to being a warship and a military transport, some Acclamators were used as slave ships, transporting large quantities of enslaved people to various Imperial penal colonies during the Galactic Civil War.

Known ships

 * Aken
 * Annealer
 * Anvil
 * Arrestor
 * Bolide
 * Candaserri
 * Coronet
 * Dominance
 * Doneeta
 * Doughty
 * Founder
 * Implacable
 * Majestic
 * Prosecutor
 * Sea Legacy
 * Sundiver
 * Triumph
 * VCD987

Trivia

 * The word "Acclamator" means "one who acclaims."


 * The Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide mentions that the starships and vehicles used by the Republic during the Clone Wars, such as the Acclamator and AT-TE, were "retired" shortly after the end of the conflict. This is inconsistent with what is shown in the post-Revenge of the Sith era, such as Empire at War and the "Empire" comic series, where they're shown to be in continued use, albeit on the Empire's more remote worlds (In the case of the Acclamator, they are specifically mentioned as "slave ships" by Darth Vader in The Shadows of Their Fathers story arc).


 * In the game Empire at War, the Acclamators present seem geared towards ship-combat rather than carrying ground forces, and have the designation of 'Frigates'. This may be an attempt to link the ships with a classification system more based on conventional naval designation (using the terms Frigate/Destroyer/Cruiser/Battlecruiser/Dreadnought with a 'Star' prefix).

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Breaking News: Confederacy Storms Duro - CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:2:29 Edition - Star Wars Insider 74
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Jedi: Count Dooku
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * General Grievous
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Empire at War
 * Star Wars Empire 30: In the Shadows of Their Fathers, Part 2
 * Star Wars Empire 32: In the Shadows of Their Fathers, Part 3
 * Star Wars Empire 33: In the Shadows of Their Fathers, Part 4
 * Star Wars Empire 34: In the Shadows of Their Fathers, Part 5
 * Star Wars Empire 36: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 1
 * The Unifying Force