Valido-class Star Destroyer

Built by the First Order, Valido-class Star Destroyer was among the first ships the First Order built. The Valido-class was a conversion of the Imperial-class line of Star Destroyer so that they fall within the New Republic's guide line that said all First Order warships had to have limited sub-light speed, and a reduced range on their hyperdrives. However, the guide lines didn't say anything about increasing a ship's armor, weaponry or it's mobility when stationary (it's pivoting mobility) and so the First Order exploited this loop hole by taking some Imperial-class Star Destroyers and adding more shielding, more armor and more weapons all the while using the power that would have gone to it's engines to power these new sub-systems reducing the ship's speed, and hyperspace range.

Other changes between the Valido-class and Imperial-class was the relocation of the ship's primary bridge it's dorsal tower and to a more secluded location were it could be better protected. Another change was the reduction of the needed crew by adding droids.

When the New Republic was shown the design for evaluation they where displeased about the guide line's exploitation, but they were not too worried as the Valido-class was only good for defensive engagements. By 34 ABY the First Order had around three dozen Valido-class Star Destroyers left as many had been scrapped by this time point.