Resolute-class destroyer

Resolute-class War Cruiser

The Resolute-class destroyer was the only unique to the Royal Navy of the Golden Empire. Its firepower was comparable to the smaller Keltrayu-class heavy cruiser, though its additional complement made it more well-rounded.

Dimensions
At 1,140 meters, the Resolute-class destroyer was the second largest class (aside from the unique Sith Star) in the early Empire's Navy, after the.

Armament
The primary armament of a Resolute destroyer was its arsenal of. Resolute destroyers boasted ten quad turbolaser batteries, ten double batteries, and an additional thirty standard turbolasers. Resolute destroyers had only four launchers, though each launcher carried a standard load of one hundred torpedoes. To take enemy ships relatively intact, Resolute destroyers had ten s and four projectors.

Crew and complement
A Resolute-class destroyer required a crew of 7,000 officers and enlisted beings, as well as 410 gunners. The ship could carry three squadrons of s, as well as boarding and ground assault craft. Additionally, they could house thousands of ground assault troops.

Service
Not developed or deployed until after the Great Liberation, Resolute destroyers were some of the strongest ships in the Royal Navy, along with and s.  Their size and their crew requirements of 7,410 total beings (not counting starfighter pilots or ground troops) made them rare in the early Empire, and they were usually deployed as the centerpiece of various fleets when Imperial Star Destroyers were not available.

While most commanders preferred Imperial Star Destroyers as command ships when they were available, at least one (Legate Salome Hrek) defied that trend, using her most recent command, the Redoubt, as her flagship during the Vagaari War.

Conventional wisdom had it that, properly employed, a Resolute destroyer could defeat a smaller ship in battle, although Tarse Medrego won a ship-to-ship simulation wargame against a Resolute destroyer with a Keltrayu-class heavy cruiser while still only a Cadet at the Royal Naval Academy.