Star Wars: Acclamator Class Assault Ship - Ship Breakdown
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- Spacedock breaks down the Republic Acclamator Class Assault Ship.
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I'm impressed that the Accalamtor survived so long, given the Empire's love of scrapping good ships.
It has a hyperdrive of 0.6...!
It's almost as fast as the millennium falcon.
Useful for transport a good amount of cargo aka troops, and it has a powerful armament that can effectively fend off any pirates or rebel scum vessels like the CR90 Corvette...
@Anzu Wyliei Thats why they kept it.
TheBraveGallade it has a 0.6 hyperspace speed!?!? That’s crazy I can only imagine how a tactician like thrawn could abuse that. Especially since the acclamator could be considered a boarding craft. Imagine having interdictors set up and having an acclamator hyperspace right above a mon calamari cruiser and just drop thousands of stormtroopers in there and leave immediately before they even realize what happened.
The Venator was scrapped mainly because it did not fit well with the Empires naval doctrine. Relying on Capital Ship firepower instead of vast quantities of fighters. The Venators hanger configuration would have also been less than ideal for the new Tie Fighters being introduced into the fleet. Other ships like the Acclamator fulfilled a specific niche within the Imperial Military and thus was kept in service for far longer.
"Acclamate to this!" A very dramatic clone bridge officer
I just read dead that with a clone voice in my head.
@@bogustoast22none25 same
Same
"Assimilate this"
-Lt. Worf
@@davecrupel2817 Star Trek VIII, First Contact
The Acclamator is such a cool ship, but damn, it got taken out so quick by one shot of the droid proton cannon during the Battle of Ryloth.
We technically never see the full fate of the vessel. We see one of the engine units get blown to pieces and ship begin to list downward, but the scene cuts to the dropships before we can see if the ship was able to recover with emergency booster engines.
Angus Jameson true and we don’t know how long it has been barraged by cannon fire as well. It could’ve been multiple shells hitting the hull of that ship
I doubt the Venator would have fared Much better.
A lot of people hate the Acclamator but personally I love the design, being an atmospheric capable ship able to land on the surface and even on water. It can perform an orbital bombardment in its II configuration. Has a huge complement of troops and the equipment to support them. And a very fast ship to boot. Very good design in my opinion.
Agreed, its like a smaller Venator
How could anyone hate the acclamator ?! It’s absolutely adorable.
It's a great design, that's why the empire couldn't wait to desecrate it.
1:39 "By featuring no windows anywhere on the surface of its command tower and bridge"
1:49 Shows picture of the ships with windows ALL over the command tower and bridge.
Yep. That's an inconsistency on their part, the lore states no windows.
I guess maybe they could be running lights or something, but it's clearly just a mistake.
Those were lighting panels. for target practice..... lol
@@Spacedock Decoys.
@@Spacedock clearly it's to trick the enemy into thinking they have windows so they waste time trying to target them.
I guess it's just the designer wanting the bridges to be like those from IRL warships
Empire at War made me love the Acclamator....as the Alliance. I had six Assault Frigate Mark II's defending a Level IV station, and the enemy AI dropped 30 Acclamators on the planet. The ASFMII's turbolasers way outranged the Acclamator's weapons, and by sending in the free reinforcements from the station to occupy and slow down the constant stream of acclamators, my ASFMII's made short work of them. Man I love that game.
You ever played the Rise of the Rebellion mod? It's almost an entirely new game!
I'll look into that
Lol, see it was always the opposite with me. I'd rush Victory's and ISDs, the whole time defending against swarms of Nebulon B and Assault Frigate's. When you get Interdicter's there's nothing the rebels can do to break through!
Except spam artillery, those rocket trucks are so OP.
I liked the Acclamator more. too bad they got overlooked so quickly. :C
its the workhorse of the Republic and later Imperial fleet XD
It only seems like it was overlooked quickly, but as we see with the clone wars tv show they were used extensively to besiege planets.
The Acclamator would seem to be a perfect ship to fill a gaping hole in an Imperial occupation fleet. Shift its armament more towards anti-starfighter so they can provide protection to ISD than once orbital superiority is established they land forces and provide air cover while the ISD do orbital bombardment.
If the bridge has no need for windows, why even put the bridge there in the first place?
accountnumber90 redundancy also really the only reason why to have an exposed bridge is if sensors go down and the pilots can still steer by sight
If the window has no need for bridges, why even put the window there in the first place?
I like the fact that despite the bridge being devoid of windows there is a huge window on the front of the bridge module clearly visable in all the front on shots.
It's a design flaw, they are so used to having windows over thousands of years they didn't take full advantage of the possibilities of the holotech.
What is even more stupid is they went back to vulnerable windows on the Imperial Star Destroyers, that can be taken out by a out of control A-Wing.
But yes, having an internal bridge is superior, not only from the perspective of protecting the command crew and removing the opportunity to decapitate the ship, but improving the aerodynamics and allowing more armour by streamlining the hull.
Still they're not the only ones, while not as bad, Starfleet ships tend to have their bridge on top of the saucer section, even though they use viewers. The only exception is the Defiant.
Probably for the added BIG DICK ENERGY
"It's shield and and armor were it's biggest weakness". Me: Remembers TCW episode were it was destroyed by one shot. "Yep"
Ah, I love using Acclamators in Empire at War. Usually in the late game of Galactic Conquest, I would usually have one to three Acclamators alongside two Tartan class Patrol Cruisers (each) to escort my troops to warzones or I'd use them to defend low-priority systems. They were cheap and quite capable of performing the duties I gave them.
In the Star wars Republic Commandos it was awesome to fight your way through one of these ships though it was sad to see the insides damage.
The ending to that level was satisfying, if I remember. The guns come back online and you destroy some Separatist battleship.
@@galacticreggie yeap 1 crippled ship and a fully operational one destroy a battle ship
It's like an angry munchkin star destroyer.
KingSkeletor yes yes it is
KingSkeletor Nah, the Arquitens is the real munchkin
Little babey star destroyer lol
I still don't see the point of having a "command tower" or "bridge tower".
You are literally putting your most essential crew members on a stick and dangling them in front of the enemy to target. Put that shit at the heart of the ship with as much hull around it as possible.
we have exposed bridges irl, but also bridges deeper into the ship for more dangerous engagements. good to have redundancy.
@@AdamantLightLP That does not explain why the external one is always used as the primary bridge, or why it has to be on top of a tower. In IRL having a bridge tower is advantageous because it gives the captain a better line of sight at sea, which is hardly relevant in space engagements.
Whichever way you look at it, it's hopelessly impractical.
You're thinking of something like the Andromeda in terms of bridge placement?
@@karlthebarbarian9875 Not sure which one you're referring to, but think Battlestar or Expanse.
In the Expanse, for example, the Donnager-class battleship has several CIC/bridge modules, each one in the form of a small airtight bunker, all in the middle of the ship so they're surrounded by as much plating and hull as possible.
@@PanzerYeena Well, either of those makes more sense compared to the Acclamator design, so I agree with you on that.
The one I refered to was the Andromeda Ascendant from the series Andromeda, it has a similar concept in terms of bridge placement.
I love the background music, how much of a star wars feel it has!
Have to say the accalamtor class assault ship was one my favorite ships in clone wars when introduced. With it becoming second with the venator being personal favorite of clone war ships
If I was running The Republic Navy I would have had a more built out roster of ships. The Venator is a great carrier but an awful battleship, they should have commissioned a dedicated battleship as soon as the conflict broke out. The Acclamator is alright at a lot of things, but I would have modernized the Dreadnaughts already in service to fulfill the frigate role and relegated the Acclamator to landing troops. And of course there would need to be some readjustment for dedicated anti-fighter ships. Something fast with missiles and laser cannons. Pull some old cruisers, like the Hammerhead of which there is likely a huge graveyard full of them, out of mothballs to do inner sector security duties and then the Republic would have a well balanced ship roster and fleet composition that would have allowed them to be more evenly footed against the CIS in space.
Well they did have battleships/battlecruisers like the maelstrom class, praetor, preator II, and capital ships like the victory class, among others.
Um in regards to the EU version of the Acclamator Class Assault Ship which I assume your covering since you mentioned the Acclamator II.
The Acclamator I, actually had strong armor that was impregnated with with ultra-dispersive neutronium that withstood and spread massive energy blasts. Even heavy CIS ordance barely even scratched the hull armor of the Acclamator I.
Eveey SW warship is armoured with neutronium, and it does jackshit to capital grade firepower. Once shilds are down, we never see ships hold together.
I think the Acclamator was able to survive while the Venator didn't was that the Acclamator was not in direct competition with the ISD. Empire's loss. Having actual balanced fleets would have been better.
Imperial Acclaimators were known to also carry slaves as well, not just Stormtroopers and other mechanized units. Some of the older Acclaimators eventually fallen into hands of private companies that found them useful for hauling freighters, and some offering ferrying service with passenger loadout in the upper decks. In the New Republic, Hera Sindula commanded an Acclaimator as her own flagship called Lodestar.
When playing the Empire in Vanilla-Empire at War/Forces of Corruption, I usually build a lot of Acclamators for their torpedo complement alone.
I would really like to see the UNSA Retribution from Call of Duty Infinite warfare covered in a Ship Breakdown like this. I think that the design of this ship as well as that of the UNSA Tigris are very well thought out. They would also be very interesting juxtaposed with the ships in The Expanse since the universes are so similar. I think that the game in general has a lot that is worth looking at.
One of the most overlooked Star Wars designs in my opinion. Glad to see it getting some love!
I actually find that ship interesting if it can be useful for the rebellion against the empire to store more starfighters instead of gun ships and tanks.
I think it could probably hold quite a few star fighters, but i don't think it's built to open its bay doors in space. It didn't have that forcefield most hangars are shown to have
Whoever chose that music in the background should get a raise. Brilliant
Excellent job as always, Spacedock!
Love the use of The Mandolorian Blockade music in the background
*Every Spacedock episode ever, but every time Daniel says "ubiquitous", it gets faster*
Not only is it outstanding for planetary assault, its also also a great cruiser. It's 12 Quad Turbolasers is basically the same as 48 indivudual turbo lasers in terms of raw power. Also including 24 laser cannons, it can defend itself fairly well against fighters, and it's 4 ordnance launchers can be extremely useful against larger ships, especially if fitted with a mix of concussion missiles, and proton torpedos
Fun fact: This ship is probably the only thing that represents a amphibious assault ship you will ever see in a space based war movie
Acclamator the star wars en empire at war jack-of-all-trades
There are so many cool space ships like the acclamator but I find it very sad, that they throw numbers together wich don't make any sence... :/ Like the fact that one of these ships was suppsed to carry up to 16 000 troopers, when there were only less then 4 000 000 active clone troopers in the GAR... Even if all the crews would have been non clones, the would only be able to fill around 200 of these big troop transporters and that dors not fit with a szenario of a galactic war...
Again, I love the clone wars years, but there are so many numbers breaking the immersion...:/
scifi writter have ne sense of scale for how big space is. 40k is about the mainstream scifi property that gives reasonable numbers for troops and they intended for it to be over the top and ridiculously huge. take coruscant just going off surface area the 1 trillion population would make have less people per square kilometer than new York now take into account the buildings are high enough they need life support on the upper floors and they shade out the surface completely and with the numbers given and you'd rarely see another living soul which doesn't line up at all with the movies portrayal. even Asimov and the foundation books really low balled the population of a city spanning planet. you can also look at star destroyers which have utterly tiny crews when scaled up from a real navel ship. modern carrier tends to hold 64 planes on average and can hold as many as 90 depending on the aircraft a star destroyer despite being over twice the size and having fighter meant to be disposable swarm craft has a comparable 72
That number written by Karen Travis is not true and factually in accurate. Donot give any credence to the republic commando books they are straight trash
@@vonfaustien3957 with the star destroyers the the crew numbers aren't that small, 37-38 thousand crew (not counting nearly 10 thousand stormtroopers acting as an embarked marine force) scales up from an aircraft carrier a bit on the high side. Also keep in mind the ISD is primarily a battleship with a small fighter carrying capacity for self defence rather than being a dedicated carrier designed to project a powerful fighter force to an area. A better comparison for modern carriers would be against the Venator class ships with a capacity of 416 fighters and has a quarter of the volume of the ISDs.
@@tachy1801 that too
The ridiculously low number for clones comes from a low canon tier book by a hack named Karen Traviss, and is not supported by any other source. Its not canon.
This is my favorite ships
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The Acclamator: Simple, Futureproof, Versatile, Well defended, and last but not least...Cheap
My all-time favorite ship.
The dual-roles of the Acclamator make no sense. If it’s landing troops it can’t be providing orbital covering fire or engaging other ships in its frigate role. I really like the ship though and think it could be refit in two different variants that optimize its intended roles.
The Acclamator II got close to optimizing it’s frigate/bombardment role with more guns and better shields but it should have gone even further, devoting as much space as possible (save maybe a small hangar for escort fighters and boarding shuttles) to weapons and shields, ditching the landed assault role entirely.
If you want a ground assault version fine. Give it anti-star-fighter weapons to defend itself and provide cover. Equip some weapons intended to be used as planet-side artillery. Give it some other blaster turrets and such for clearing an LZ. It doesn’t really need bombardment turbo lasers and concussion missiles. Essentially it becomes a mobile fort that is landed on the surface and functions as a base during the ground campaign
Concussion missiles were that anti-star-fighter weapons that you asked for.
And it served as a light frigate in its secondary role, given lack of dedicated ships of the class (effect of having GAR built in secrecy). It really makes perfect sense, as it has all the weapons needed to clear-up the landing zone that have a dual-use in a space combat.
SkywalkerWroc The turbo lasers would be useless and the concussion missiles wouldn’t really be good starfighter defense while the Acclamator is grounded (fulfilling its primary function). I get the whole multiuse because of secrecy but that doesn’t mean you can’t reconfigure the same spaceframe to serve dedicated functions. It would be a better frigate if it wasn’t intended to land heavy equipment and that space was used for more weapons and shields. It would be a better lander if some of the heavy spacebased weapons were changed out for lighter support weapons and the extra interior space used for more troops and equipment.
Like I said, I like the ship, the design is solid. But why make 10 mediocre frigate/lander hybrids when you can make basic modifications to the exact same design and get 3 excellent mobile fortresses and 7 spectacular frigates.
As it is, it’s like putting a supercharged street racing engine in a four-dour Civic sedan. The Civic is great at being either a performance vehicle or a practical sedan but it wouldn’t do both very well at the same time but you can economically use the same frame to fill two different functions
What's cool is that Fractalsponge introduced the Proclamator Star Destroyer that is very close to the Acclamator but slightly bigger and more armed for ship combat, just recently.
When you have them jumping from battle to battle, they need to be able to drop troops or bombard at a moment's notice.
The Acclamator does have AA defense. In Legends it has 24 point defense laser cannons.
I find it funny that, as soon as Mr. Spacedockman finishes explaining that the bridge has no windows, he uses a screenshot of Acclamators that very clearly show what look like windows.
My favorite thing about the Acclamator is that it falls apart quickly in Empire at war.
It looks like a mini-Venator.
ah another great video from spacedock
I have a request for a future video, the Ginivex-class starfighter.
I enjoy your videos, thx
Please do a video on the Behemoth class Battlecruiser from StarCraft
More of a fan of the Venator class but that is a very attractive assault craft. Thanks for the new video.
Thanks for the vid sir.
2:53
correct me if i'm wrong but can't the Acclamator double/layer its shields or something
or was that a legends thing.
Sounds like a typical battlecruiser, sacrificing protection in favor of firepower and maneuverability.
I never got a battlecruiser impression from these. The closest analogue I can think of would be amphibious assault ships like an LSD but with a larger caliber deck gun...
Its a landing ship with a limited armament for self defwnce and orbital bombardmen. An LHD or CVL are better analouges.
The Starships of the Galaxy Saga Edition states the Acclamator-II was deployed before the end of the Clone Wars. Furthermore, the Ardent-Class Fast Frigate seems to have been the successor to the Acclamator-Class Line.
Probably my favourite ship on sci fi.
Shame they never showed the
Acclamators more in the clone wars cartoon series. They would be formidable combined with the venators.
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For the Republic!
You NEED to do Nostalgia for Infinity from the Revelation Space series (provided you can find good pictures of it).
Can you do the Sova Carrier from Sins of a Solar Empire? Or really any of the ships from that game would be fantastic!
I love the Sova and the Halcyon. Beautiful carriers.
The ship that gets curbstomped in RAW every time and has less firepower than one fighter squadron
It does pretty well in the base game
@@kingjonstarkgeryan8573
In the base game totally.
It's got long range weapons and a bomber complement that make it exceptional as an escort for the more expensive destroyers
@@Galdenberry_Lamphuck Lmao RAW should be renamed "Venator at War"
But to be fair it comes mainly from TCW where the only capable ships the Republic has are Venator.
@delta 4684
I typically edit in a large fighter complement, double its weapon hardpoints, while weakening its shields to make it a dedicated carrier that packs a mean punch.
I do the same thing to the victory's weapons while weakening the venators complement.
Thus the venator is a pricey but versatile in between ship that serves between the specialized early game ones.
I also always get rid of all shields in the game because it makes battles way bloodier and more fun
First thing I did on my system was mod Acclamators to launch 3 large squadrons of V-19's equipped with lasers and missiles, and a small squadron of Delta-7s with rapid fire lasers and "Lure", both with reinforcements. At Tech 5, they get a medium squadron of ARC-170s to replace a V-19.
Next, I set the warhead hard points to use Weapon Swap to fire either concussion missiles, or proton torpedoes.
Then, set up point defense lasers and quad turbolasers to port and starboard.
The extra hard points give it survivability to launch fighters and meet a frigate on equal terms Power to Shields.
They get to be a pain when more than 3 show up with Dreadnought support. AI loves spamming them.
From what I've seen the Acclamator is abundantly more durable than it's Venator contemporary but had weak firepower compared to the Venator. It's durability was excellent owing to it's Neutronium Hull cladding (It was able to take Fusion Rockets without so much as a scratch) and it's Hyperdrive was extremely advanced for it's time (Class 0.6 or 0.75) The Venator was built as a dedicated Starfighter Carrier / Attack Cruiser whereas the Acclamator was built as an armed Durable Troop Transport.
The Acclamator was made of paper compared to dedicated warships.The Neutronium.was standard on all KDY capitals.
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 maybe but I've only seen it mentioned as being a feature of the Acclamator. And that it's Durability was it's only strength. As it's Firepower was lacking.
@@richardched6085 The Acclamator wasnt a porpouse built ship of the line, so that really would not be suprising.
Acclamators also had just 4 Torpedo/Missile Tubes (Like the Venator)
you should do one on the discovery
Ya Tarken took one look at this and said "No. Lets keep this one. Its command deck is pleanty exposed."
And lets not forget it's stupidly OP 0.6 class Hyperdrive
Republic armed forces are so damn good ! I know LucasFilm had had almost 30 years to think about it but it's still impressive ! Too bad we didn't get to see the New Republic fleet in the movies.
Love your videos!
Do the uss discovery next
Do a video on the Pelta class friget / phoenix home from rebels please
Overshadowed by the Venator class but still cool.
I would combine the best qualities of this ship with the Venator class.
Wait... so those ships at the Geonosis were not venator... I thought it was venator lol
Once you run the numbers on what an Acclamator can carry it is really easy to wonder why the hell did they not set some of these up as carriers instead of making the Venator a hybrid cruiser/carrier (most of the land vehicles and the LAATs were larger than Republic fighters and bombers, often 2:1 space craft vs land vehicle in ratio overall). Heck cut down on the vehicle complement (eliminating the internal vehicle derrick as well) and use the mass for armor, shields and some more weapons and this would be a decent light cruiser (it was the size of one).
@Rob With One B I'm aware of the Nevoota Bee. It is a very good example of what the chassis is capable of with only comparatively slight modifications.
It makes me wish they had continued the idea of the Victory-class Star Destroyer which, in Legends, was the main cruiser of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The Venator is cool and all, but is better served as a carrier rather than a cruiser. The Victorys should have been the ships doing the heavy fighting while the Venators deployed squadrons and Acclamators landed troops and acted as surface bases. Later on the Victory and Venators would be combined into the Imperial-class to serve as both battleship and carrier.
@@VegetaLF7 You're absolutely right, in Legend the Republic fleet was fairly balanced between Victory's, Venator's, Acclamator's I and II and various frigates like dreadnoughts.
The clone wars TV Show destroyed that by making the Venators capable of doing all and everything which never really made sense when you look at its weapons.
Please do a video on the Archangel from Gundam SEED/Gundam SEED Destiny!
J C some mech videos would be really cool
@@codename1176 yeah!
Pls do the Longsword from Halo
You forgot to mention how it can also land on, and float on, water.
What about windows on the bridge, blast doors that come down in case of a breach, and then the holo emitters activate?
I think you forgot a few like Judiciary CR90
Aw fuck yes, my good old faithful and favorite wedges of space cheese.
It's my wishful thinking that the Empire used an Acclamator to deploy the troops and AT-ATs on Hoth to attack the Rebel Base but I imagine books might have written that off or story wise the Empire used something else.
I don't think windows are always necessarily a weakness. Obviously they're not gonna stand up to the same firepower as dedicated armor, but in a universe like Star Wars where ion weapons are extremely common and potent, a good old fashioned window doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Consider episode 3 where the Venator is broadsiding Separatist ships with those manually operated short range guns. Even under a hail of ion fire shutting down major computer systems, those clones can still point and shoot. Especially because there's no projectile drop in space, and the targets are generally comically large warships, a direct fire weapon without the need of computer input, at least for close range engagements, doesn't seem like a terrible backup weapon.
Like the your videos. I know it may make for a boring video, but do you think you could do one on the Space 1999 Eagle and Hawk. Their are the most practical space craft I have ever seen in a T.V. show.
Do ships from the Orville.
The Acclamator's role is to hit the navel for critical damage.
Vorlon dreadnought for all sakes been asking for this for over a year now
And the Babylon 5 Station
The Rebels used one of these beauties as a carrier in Alphabet Squadron.
12 turbo lasers
3:50 sooo... why were they not used in Hoth, for example?
If the bridge has no windows what is the big glowing rectangle on the bridge?
A headlight? Some hectic neons?
So many triangles. Triangles every time.
This ship is a mean little thing ain’t it. It also has the troops to boot.
It has more turbo lasers then a venator
I personally loved the Acclamator and Venator vessels. Too bad the Rebellion couldn't their hands on a few, I mean in many stories they did but not enough to be a real challenge in the early days of the Galactic civil war but the Mon cal ships were in many regards better in terms of shielding and versatility.
When will Descent Freespace get some love?
Do the UD-4L drop ship form Alines.
Who remembers being on board one of these for Republic Commando?
Best level in the game.
This ship would be the downfall of any foolish CIS admiral who doesn't prioritize destroying this vessel in a Republic fleet.
CIS Admiral: All ships! Focus fire on that Venator!!
Acclamator: * Casually destroys the distracted CIS vessels*
*Bang* [Bye bye Venator :( ]
CIS Admiral: Yes!! Wait, where did all of my ships go?
*BOOM!!*
CIS Admiral: *Dead*
24 fixed laser canons
what are these 80 80 walkers the captions mention?
I'd love to have a model of this ship.
what about doing the Valor cruiser from the old republic
UESC Marathon when?
Can you do the adamant frigate or arachne cruiser from battlestar galactica deadlock please?
nice vid