Gladiator-class Star Destroyer

The Gladiator-class Star Destroyer is a model of unusually small Star Destroyer. It is small enough to be used by the second sector of the Astragon Navy.

Characteristics
Originally, this 500-meter-long ship was only lightly armed and relied heavily on its high-capacity ordinance tubes. Once it was mostly phased out of service, Astragon bought at least one intact ship off the black market and upgraded its power generators to modern standards. With more power, more powerful weapons were added.

Astragon's Gladiator design looks very much the same, but its primary weapons are now six quad heavy turbolaser batteries instead of its original six dual light turbolaser batteries. Two batteries of point-defense laser cannons protect its hangar and twin ordinance launchers.

This ship class is reknowned for its high-capacity ordinance tubes, where each tube can hold 300 medium concussion missiles or 300 proton torpedoes. Thus, it can bombard enemy ships from long range before finishing them off. Plus, it can carry 24 starfighters to help its own defense or to outflank its opponents.