Victory-class Star Destroyer

"What do we have parked at R/M, Colonel?''" "Several CR-ninety corvettes, two Carrack-class light cruisers, a couple of Victories, and a Venator-class destroyer&mdash;the Liberator''."

- Wilhuff Tarkin and an Imperial colonel

The Victory-class Star Destroyer was a type of Star Destroyer used by both the Republic Navy and the Imperial Navy that could deploy a garrison base. In 14 BBY, several Victories were utilized by the Galactic Empire, including some based at Coruscant's Imperial Palace and Belderone's R/M Facility Four deepdock. At some point after the Battle of Yavin, at least five Victory-class Star Destroyers served with the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader during the Galactic Civil War.

Characteristics
A model of Star Destroyer, the Victory-class Star Destroyer featured a vertical structure rising from its central tower, as well as protruding flaps on both of its side edges. Additionally, it was propelled by seven sublight engines and was capable of carrying at least one garrison base. The Victory-class could also perform surface landings.

History
The Victory-class Star Destroyer originally saw use with the Republic Navy. Sentinel Base, a lookout station that monitored supply shipments going to the first Death Star battle station, was originally a garrison base deployed from a Republic Victory-class Star Destroyer, although it was later expanded with prefabricated modules.

Following the rise of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, the Victory-class was still used by the Imperial Navy. In 14 BBY, the landing field of the Coruscant Imperial Palace could accommodate the landings of Victory-class Star Destroyers. A group of stormtroopers commanded by Darth Vader transferred the Sith Lord's meditation chamber from a Victory parked at the landing field to the corvette Carrion Spike, in preparation for Vader's mission to Murkhana with Moff Wilhuff Tarkin.

At Murkhana, the Carrion Spike was stolen by insurgents, who used it to attack Galidraan Station. Tarkin and Vader pursued the group to Galidraan III, using the Sith Lord's meditation chamber to track the Carrion Spike, although the insurgents ejected the chamber at Galidraan once they realized what had happened and fled the system. Tarkin then contacted an Imperial colonel and asked what Imperial resources were in the area, as he suspected the insurgents would strike again. Along with several other facilities, the colonel reported of the Imperial Navy R/M Facility Four deepdock at Belderone, at which several Victory-class Star Destroyers were parked, along with several CR90 corvettes, two Carrack-class light cruisers, and the Venator-class Star Destroyer Liberator. Tarkin decided to deploy the Liberator to Nam Chorios, as that seemed the most likely target in the vicinity, although the insurgents ultimately chose to attack Lucazec next.

Sometime after the Battle of Yavin, during the Galactic Civil War, at least five Victory-class Star Destroyers served with Darth Vader's flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator, when the Sith Lord learned that the rebel who destroyed the first Death Star was named Skywalker. At some point, a Victory-class Star Destroyer was attacked and damaged in space by the MC75 cruiser Aspiration.

Behind the scenes
The Victory-class Star Destroyer first appeared in the new Star Wars canon in the novel Tarkin, written by James Luceno and released in 2014. It was first pictured in Darth Vader 6: Vader, Part VI, a comic book released in 2015 and written by Kieron Gillen. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Victory class first appeared in the 1979 novel Han Solo's Revenge, by Brian Daley.

Appearances

 * Tarkin
 * Tarkin audiobook
 * Darth Vader 6: Vader, Part VI
 * Darth Vader 9: Shadows and Secrets, Part III