Don't ever speak down to the Lucrehulk in my presence

[@benalor1973]

Doesn't matter to where I am at personally with the star wars franchise if it's doing good or bad. Anything CIS related always gets me excited to hear about.

[@buffalowt]

You might like the video “what if the Droid Army joined the rebel alliance” by Pente Patrol Star Wars

[@benalor1973]

@@buffalowt , I have seen almost every single video regarding the CIS. It's just one of my favorite Science fiction factions. But thank you anyways.

[@WuTugu999]

Same! I love learning about the CIS Droid armies. Their weapons are some of the most interesting things to me in Star Wars.

[@reagangaitens7154]

​@benalor1973 1000% agreed. I've pretty much completely tuned out of Star Wars, both actual SW media as well as KZbin. But I saw this video and immediately went to watch it. I love the CIS

[@Utyug_]

Thats ong

[@granatmof]

I don't know why, but I like the fact that the Droid fighter craft walks around on its "legs" like a giant pterodactyl

[@zenebean]

They are a really good design, nothing else really looks like them

[@jaywerner8415]

The Vulture Droids, yeah they do that.

[@jddj6747]

They're the magnum opus of a dedicated race of engineers

[@DoctorX17]

It’s amusing and a fascinating design choice when landing gear and wheels/treds are tried and true options

[@simpleviewer1334]

It makes sense too since if there is anti-air, the droid can land and still be useful (my only changes would be in weapon strength, a shield, and missiles still being able to be used when landed

[@42meep13]

"Doom donut on standby. Prepare to be glazed." -Lucrehulk battleship captain upon exiting hyperspace. Probably. Unironically though, the Lucrehulk battleship is one of the most powerful warships in the setting. It is closer in size and capability to a mobile Golan platform than a "traditional" battleship. It took to being a warship astoundingly well for a converted merchant vessel. Though, that may be in part because when it comes to star wars capital ships, bigger almost always equals better.

[@bthsr7113]

A terrible ship for slugging matches, but a hauler refitted into a carrier? Magnificent.

[@amarured]

Magnificent indeed! And if a hauler was refitted into a frigate it was ... ... munificent!

[@joshuaraewa-ay9684]

​@@amarured*Slowly claps* Now the door is open.

[@rockystudiogaming]

@@amaruredAh, a good star wars pun. *I SHALL ADD IT AS A FINE ADDITION TO MY MEME COLLECTION*

[@ew7d]

The battleship variant was a beast comparable to kuat dreadnaughts

[@米空軍パイロット]

It's a great landing ship and carrier. Like an LHD. The guns for self defense are just a bonus.

[@praeamble]

It never occurred to me that the Lucrehulk we saw in TPM was unique amongst the Trade Federation's fleet, I guess I always just assumed that the other Lucrehulks we see on screen were also filled droids and fighters, but it makes total sense that they would only have one ship like that at the time while the rest were all still configured to carry conventional cargo, and it explains why they didn't have a backup droid control ship when the main one was destroyed.

[@timothymiles2851]

I actually love this ship. Probably my favourite. It’s got great lore. Looks cool and impressive. And would love to know what a modernised version of it would look like.

[@palladin1337]

...Thank you, now I'm imagining a Lucrehulk with the defensive systems of a Mon Calamari ship and the weapons of an ISD, and it's f*cking terrifying.

[@guardiantree8879]

With all that cargo space… Interdiction bubbles on a ship that can actually take a hit?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I just realized. A corporation has a seat in the senate. Did the Republic have a Citizens United case before their high court?

[@palladin1337]

@@MonkeyJedi99 More likely was that the Republic prior to the prequals was bending over backwards to get big corporations to develop the neglected territories for them, and seats in the government were one of the offers made to the largest ones. If nothing else, it does a wonderful job of highlighting just how broken their system is even before Palpatine started taking hammers to it during the Clone Wars.

[@shawnmckay6036]

The day I found out that the Lucrehulk was a ship and not a space station was wild.

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

Yeah 😂 me too

[@thebighurt2495]

@@sumukhvmrsat6347 It's so damned big it might as well be a station with engines bolted on

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

@@thebighurt2495 yup , it's in that secsy sweet spot between space station dreadnought and warship

[@AshanBhatoa]

I love how you're revisiting these vessels Eck. The first generation of Lucrehulk-class Battleship was only hampered with it's blindspots not covered by the arcs of the nasty quad-turbolasers across the equatorial and aft sections. In addition to the additional reactor systems linked to the main hypermatter reactor. Surprisingly, the Geonosians drew inspiration from the centerspheres of these freighters for the basic shape of the First Death Star. Another behind-the-scenes fact is that the Lucrehulk-class was intended to be a thematic predecessor to the Imperial-class Star Destroyers as denoted by Times Magazine.

[@CyberSkuII]

The Lucrehulk is the best ship ever designed in Star Wars that doesn’t include super weapons or dreadnoughts. Prove me wrong

[@Tacticalpotat0]

You can’t bro

[@appo9357]

Harrower class battle cruiser.

[@ryancarrell3186]

A decent argument could be made that it IS a dreadnaught, at least in spirit. I mean seriously, have you *SEEN* how big those fuckin things are? like, really thought about it? Because I tried to 3d print one once, only to realize it would take like 3 rolls of 1kg filament. Things are massive, literally massive.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Venator and Imperial-Class Star Destroyers. The basic flagships are all dope tbh...

[@elliottenglish2388]

Neither come close.@@thalmoragent9344

[@tarjacob2293]

I love the Lucrehulk, with its large reactor you can fit definetly fit heavy turbolasers on it and it has plenty anti starfighter defense. That and the ship just looks cool, imagine being on a bridge and comanding one.

[@spacecat409]

The episode 1 & 2 cross-section books are some of my favorite, just to see a little bit of the insides of these massive ships was amazing, also helped me as GM for knowing the basic layouts of ships for campaigns

[@Nidhoggrr]

I just love how useful the ship can be. It makes a great work ship, a great carrier, and while not a fantastic front line fighter it's one of the few ships with the ability to project 360 fire with main and tertiary weapons. These ships are so big that entire smaller shipping companies could base their organizations out of one including just having everyone live on the ship. You jump into a system, release all your smaller freighters to different planets to drop off/pickup, they all fly back to the LH and you jump to the next destination with all your ships and cargo secured. Plus these ships are so vast that they can easily hide an ocean of weapons internally and externally and mount serious shields.

[@mikedoge5559]

Lucrehulk was and always will be the most simple yet scary and powerful carrier/battle ship...saw ep 1 as a child and oh my lord I fell in love with the size of that ship, the powerful quad turbo lasers firing with immense fire power and carrying thousands of star fighters and planetary size invasion force

[@Living_Target]

I used to buy into the myth that these things were a joke, until I played Republic Commando. Yeah you were in a crippled acclimator; but that entire mission is just you hanging on by a thread. Pretty much anything up to a late war venator struggled to go toe to toe with the thing. To be honest, RC gave a very realistic look at what the war was like for a non-superhero though, much like how stormtroopers are actually pretty terrifying.

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

Seriously. I still love Sev "seeing" the Lucrehulk on the edge of the system, and then it just drops out of hyperspace. Now that I think about it, RC might be one of the only times we see a lucrehulk drop out of hyperspace.

[@MrOiram46]

There’s a reason why it’s called a “battleship”

[@richardched6085]

Idk.... 2 Acclamators (one of which was hanging by a thread as you said) taking out a Lucrehulk proved that it was extremely underpowered as the Acclamators themselves weren't particularly powerful.

[@Living_Target]

@@richardched6085 Your ship was literally coming apart at your feet, and the Luchrehulk was in prolonged sustained combat AND had sent half of it's troop complement at you. It couldn't afford another sustained combat partially because of damage, but mostly because they didn't have the troops to sustain anything against a boarding action. The Luchrehulk didn't lose because it was outgunned, it left because it's mission was a failure, there's literally nothing left to gain and no point in sustaining more damage. The other Acclimator have forced their hand OR would have destroyed our ship if they tried to force their way aboard the ghost ship again. Honestly the damage your ship did was negligible, it just convinced them you had more fight in you than you did.

[@SaiIor_Moon]

​@@richardched6085Actually, I think Republic Commando shows the opposite. It shows how underrated the Acclamators are as capital ships in their own right. Twelve quad turbolaser batteries are nothing to sneeze at, and DOUBLE that number...that's a lot of guns on target. Of course we do have to assume the Lucrehulk chasing them was PRE-REFIT....

[@merafirewing6591]

I think the Lucrehulk should've had a supersized version like the Providence had it's own supersized version.

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

It is a super sized ship man ,.... of the Munificients 😅

[@jaywerner8415]

"By the Emperor, can these things get any bigger!" The Lucrehulk is HUGE already, it gets much bigger and it can probably give the Death Star a Hug.

[@Bzhydack]

Technicaly, DeathStar was supersized version oc LH Coreship 😉

[@Julian-pw5mv]

How huge do you want the damn thing? It's already by far the largest ship you'd actually run into during the clone wars. The only things larger were the malevolence/subjugator class heavy cruisers and the few republic dreadnoughts, which were exceedingly rare.

[@MajinOthinus]

It's already a supersized ship on the level of a dreadnaught....

[@dragonblaster-vu8wz]

Honestly, the Lucrehulk is a good concept for a space station. I'd personally fill in the entire thing so theirs no middle gap. And 3 kilometers wide? There's a lot that can go on in there. From recreation to ship maintenance and even limited ship manufacturing

[@wardenmetallicred]

The Lucrehulk is honestly one of my favorite ships. Basically a super aircraft carrier in space.

[@Eisfalken]

The Lucrehulk is amazing. It's cargo capacity allows it to be potentially rennovated for any kind of use. Just to prove the point, I'm running a Star Wars TTRPG game right now in which the players are turning a Lucrehulk into a city-in-space colony ship to explore the Unknown Regions. Basically, they're capping the top and bottom, and filling the extra space with systems to make consumables (food, water, air), process fuel and raw materials, and a factory to produce stuff for building everything from blasters and armor to smaller starships (up to freighters/shuttles). But you could do all kinds of insane ideas with this. I had another idea for a campaign in which the players start their own mercenary company out of a Lucrehulk, start working for Hutts and other fringe states in the galaxy, only to end up running afoul of the Empire and transitioning to getting hired by rebel worlds like Mon Cala to run ops against Imperial sites, transporting war materiel to various outposts, etc. Would have a climax during the Battle of Endor, where the Lucrehulk would be hired to spearhead a major assault against an Imperial shipyard. Anyway, yeah, this ship is a great thing for "big" concepts but without the cost and heft of a SSD like the Executor.

[@otminealnamer1385]

The Lucrehulk is, by-far, my favorite capital ship design in star wars. Evenly defended on all sides(at least the later versions), extremely durable, huge capacity, and it looks darn cool. They're basically a mobile battlestation, whereas other ships are weaker when pincered, the lucrehulk seems purpose-built for being surrounded. They're the perfect centerpiece to any fleet, meaning other ships can be more specialized and cost-effective destroyers. That's what I love most about CIS ships in general; they just seem a lot more practical.

[@davecrupel2817]

7:25 "Its a beast. Meant to sit in the middle of your formation, soak up firepower, dish out damage. It's not that fast, but it doesnt need to be." That pretty much fits all definitions of a battleship!

[@brockwilkie6022]

There is something about this ship I have always loved. The simplicity in layout and it just looks so different. Always felt a squadron with one of these in command and paired with some Munificent Star Frigates would be devastating. Overwhelming fighters to overwhelm and keep enemy at a distance so large cannons on Frigates could snipe at enemies, when the enemy eventually go close the frigates could then advance to finish, and if they were lost it was not a big deal since they were almost entirely automated.

[@TriplePistol]

Lucrehulk is the sole winner of the "best warship never purposed" award

[@mihajlo961x]

Love this ship so much! And some interesting trivia: it was based on the design of the Cothon, the harbor of ancient Carthage.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Not only is this a solid ship in its own right but it’s also almost as iconic as the Star Destroyers of the Republic and the Empire.

[@sunyavadin]

Nothing made me smile more in Jedi Survivor than seeing the crashed Lucrehulk on the horizon from a vantage point early in the game and realising that at some point I'd be able to go there and explore it.

[@DarkTraveler09]

Honestly, the Lucrehulk is still one of my top ships of all time still. The sheer size of it, the capacity of starfighters and/or ground forces it can carry. Plus how went from a cargo vessel to a battleship just oddly tickles my fancy. It was certainly a beast of its own time.

[@Tomreese130]

I love reading the Death Star novel where the Fortressa attempts to solo the Death Star. We need more ex-CIS Rebel ships.

[@Soboba.Fett69]

Highly underrated capital ship. Everything about it is perfect.

[@CuriousMind477]

I was always a fan of this ship. I can totally see it as a cargo ship converted into a massive carrier, and it is such a beast

[@WSGCclan]

Im just in that mood where your video hits the spot, just need some Sci fi

[@michaelsmith8028]

Oh so it's like an Indiaman ship from the age of sail.

[@LrdDeathScythe]

I loved it enough where I made an Imperial variant in Empire at War. It has green lasers and carries Tie droids instead of vaulter droids.

[@vinceguy1464]

Yo I am sure this is an amazing video, and I will watch it eventually, but for right now I can't get over the thumbnail, it's peak

[@serinahighcomasi2248]

I’m now imagining Lucrehulks with Star Trek-style beam arrays across the exterior surface of the curved arms, amplifying its anti-missile/anti-fighter point-defense capabilities to extreme heights.

[@christianbryan6961]

Imagine taking a Subjugator and putting the Lucrihulk arms where the ion canons would go. Supercarrier battleship.

[@Steve-em4tb]

Actually, many captured Lucrehulks were used by the Imperial Navy as flight schools.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

A C-9979 landing craft measures 210 meters by 370 meters by 150 meters, which means it would take up a total of 11.6 million cubic meters. If you assume that a Tri-fighter droid would need a rectangular cube to be stored propertly (and not nested together) each Tri-fighter would take up 65 cubic feet of space. So if you could pack a tri-fighter droids with 80% efficiency (like taking up 80% of the space) into the same space as a C-9979 you would be able to 144,000 Tri-fighters. The Lucrehulk, with tons of extra space and other equipment and cargo, can fit 50 C-9979 landers. So you could _easily_ house 200,000 Tri-fighters inside of a Lucrehulk. If you were to replace all the C-9979 landers with Tri-fighters it would be well over 7,000,000. If the Lucrehulk were a dedicate starfighter carrier, then, it very easily fit 1,000,000 or so Tr-fighters in if you replace everything with Tri-fighters accept what you’d need to operate that many fighters (such as extra missiles and fuel). The problem then would be that it would take a very long time to deploy that many fighters.

[@thefalconegeneral4820]

It is the ultimate carrier it could carry almost 2k fighters with a crew of 150 to 350 people

[@jeffreycarman2185]

It normally carried that many, along with an invasion and occupation force of droids. If you crammed in as many droids as _could_ fit, the number it could carry would be in the millions of vulture, hyena, and tri-fighter fighters.

[@NorbertKasko]

*1500

[@AlphaAurora]

Might've used better Hangar placement. The ships coming off the donut hangars could've been pointing forwards relative to the ship's position, instead of having to make the sharp turn. Some fuel/power couplings and internal hangar blast doors to section off the hangar would be nice to have too, in case of fires.

[@brianbarter691]

#askeck Video idea/question for Eck: You are in charge of New Republic fleet strategy, you have access to designs for all ships from present to a few years pre-clone wars, and you are aware that the Imperial Remnant is a potential threat. What would you put into the New Republic navy? There’s everything the Rebel Alliance had, and whatever they captured, but I’m talking about fleet composition and strategy going forward. What would you build, and how would you use them in this semi-clean slate navy?

[@JoshuaHistoryBuff]

I love the droid army and their badass lucrehulks! Those landing ships are a thing of beauty as well!

[@emberplays6376]

The vite roman add both looks epic in the space battle side, and also the vite roman looks delicious

[@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy]

Personally, I firmly believe the _Lucrehulk_ is inspired by the great _Cothon_ of Carthage. Itt would be quite fitting, considering Carthage was quite the savvy merchant-empire, and also main rival to "the Republic".

[@riolkin]

The parallels between the Ruusan Reformation and the London Naval Conference and certain factions cheating on the treaties to get more tonnage out of their war fleets is just *chef's kiss*

[@macwelch8599]

What would’ve happened if the Republic Judicial Forces fleet attacked the Trade Federation during the Battle of Naboo?

[@ianmckee4726]

Or just the sector fleet of whatever sector Naboo is in. Either group would likely be too small to engsge full bsttleships though, espicslly if they are geared for antipiracy

[@williammagoffin9324]

It becomes more of a standoff than a battle. The Judicial Forces might not be able to take the Trade Federation but the Trade Federation likely wouldn't be willing to risk starting a civil war in which they might be standing alone over one planet by firing on "federal" Republic forces. The only reason they destroyed that courier ship with the Jedi was that no one besides Naboo was watching so they had plausible deniability to the rest of the galaxy.

[@macwelch8599]

@@williammagoffin9324 interesting analysis

[@drguineapig8755]

It’s probably the best fighter/troop carrier ever made in Star Wars. Sure they would need an escort and it’s kinda slow but it does what it was made for very well.

[@sourry9649]

Looks like someone bit a donut and spit it out

[@strambino1]

Great job mar mar!

[@vonneely1977]

1) Take the biggest freighter you've got. Since you're the Trade Federation, that's going to be pretty darn big. 2) Design droid fighters that are basically Transformers that don't require any actual modifications to the cargo bay to use it as a hanger space. 3) Victory without breaking the bank. Since you're the Trade Federation, that's going to be pretty darn important.

[@GordonKerik]

I have always loved the lumbering Giants the idea of setting of thousands of droid Fighters to do my bidding has always been a dream

[@SixshotRevan]

7:40 This screenshot is the top half of a poster I've had since Christmas 1999. It's a bit beat up, but it's still on my wall.

[@davecrupel2817]

I love this ship. Its an S-tier in logistics & supply management. And a robust impromptu warship/battle carrier too.

[@Capsuleer7]

The beauty of these ships is that you could easily refit the damn things into mobile stations. Imagine a mobile foundry, asteroid miner, colony ship, and the list goes on. Frontline combat? Probably not the best idea, but with some reworking of the internals and weapons you could probably make it work. Have one act as the immovable center of your fleet.

[@austinblades8903]

its one of my favorite star wars ships, and it has real world inspiration. the first flat deck aircraft carriers to see military service were actually modified merchant vessels. i think it very likely that fact was the inspiration for the lucre hulks origins as a cargo hauler turned warship.

[@LoneWolf20213]

The Venator would have complimented this ship well if the army wanted to focus on carriers over true battleships, and even if you're not, it's still a great ship to act as a base more than anything, a command and capital ship, large, durable, and having enough to defend itself

[@andyhall9721]

Every fleet I’ve made in my head has included 2 ships. The Lucrehulk and the Raider Corvette

[@Vidiocity92]

About time we had another Lucrehulk video

[@pandurial]

When i was six i thought this was the fist death star

[@matthewfinkenbinder5846]

Along with the Gozanti, the Lukrahulk is one of my all time favorite SW ships. If building a fleet, I'd quite possibly use one (or 20) as the key support craft. They'd act both as my fleet supply ships and my carriers. I'd very likely actually use one as the flag command ship. Setting one up as a command ship to head a large fleet from the second line and command on the startegic level rather than the chaos of the first line would be relatively easy. Add to that utility for invasion, planetary defense, area command ships, etc, they are extremely versatile. I'm also the type who might watch a battle for an opportunity to pull an "Admiral Spoor Maneuver" i.e. disrupt an enemies formation by unexpectedly rushing my supply fleet directly into a pitched large scale fleet action seemingly unnecessarily with the goal not to actually join the fight or reach any actual goal but rather just punch directly through the enemies forces and out the other side purely to cause confusion amongst their forces enough to create a window for the actual fleet to exploit the disorder. To do that my supply force would have to have ships robust enough to 1: engage the battle line, 2: survive to the other side of the formation, 3: still present enough threat after punching through as to make an ememy feel there must have been an actual goal other than just to punch through, and 4: survive while the actual battle fleet exploits the confusion and breaks the enemy. Few but the Lukrahulk could pull that off and even then it would be several of them.

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

The Lucrehulk is kind of a mobile Space Station, wich is why I love it so much

[@Shadlezz]

The Lucrehulk is literally the perfect flagship of a carrier task force. It is the ideal centrepiece. It is my precious, beloved baby.

[@zennim125]

since it is a vessel made with automated crew in mind, the thing is just hollow, it has a massive amount vacant space inside, the 70% of "donut" section is just massive hangars, you can actually believe that it was meant to be a cargo ship, thing can probably fit enough produce/food in it to feed an entire planet for months and months it is no wonder that the clone wars was so messy, a single lucrehulk could have a big enough droid army inside to conquer an entire planet

[@smokinggnu6584]

My personal absolute favourite ship in Star Wars. Whenever i look for a new mod for EAW, i always first look if this ship is in the mod somewhere where you can buy/build it. If not, no thanks.

[@kennethferland5579]

You could argue that the hanger exit spaces are rather restrictive vs the total volume and thus if caught unaware it can not sorte fast. This factor is often not seen to be very important in StarWars, but it was a BIG factor in WW2 Carrier operation and is still a major factor in modern Carrier doctrine. You can effectivly think of it as the time for a boxer to wind up a punch.

[@jaywerner8415]

And far as i know this thing is like the only "super carrier" that exists, at least till after the galactic civil war. Not to mention its a Merchant ship turned warship which just adds to the cool factor.

[@austinmeans7294]

Hey Eck! Possible Video Idea, I'd love to hear about the different diseases we know of in Star Wars. There's a lot of info on bioweapons and things like Rakghouls, but not much on the everyday stuff citizens of the galaxy might see. For instance, I'm pretty sure niemodians are famous for having all types of diseases in their skinfolds. Does Bacta Help with disease? Are some Species not in contact with one another because one has a chance to nuke their society with pathogens? Idk, love your current stuff, I think there's a idea there lol. Keep killin it Eck!

[@nickvinsable3798]

🤔 . . . Which ship(s) would’ve rivaled this on, based on your description(s)?

[@sunlightcosmos9887]

It can literally take on anything the empire throws at it. And imagine if it was chock full of High quality starfighters

[@Anditeshordo]

I've always loved the design of the lucrehulk. I feel like the empire could have kept a few for various planet defense stations. Like imaging Scarif having 2 Lucrehulks instead of those star destroyers above the planetary shield base. I'm sure the rebels would have struggled getting those plans for sure. Plus that many more tie fighters and even bombers would have caused the rebels to lose. Even the empire could have used them to protect secret projects. Also, having them as screening various vessels off and on planets would be a way to control what and who goes on and off planets.

[@Verdha603]

Video suggestion; go over the lesser known “cruiser grade” Star Destroyers from the Imperial Era ie the Vindicator, Gladiator, and Immobilizer 418 class cruisers, since the only smaller SD that tends to get a lot of video traction are the Victory-class (even though they REALLY need to be brought into canon on the big screen).

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

Sometimes I wish we could see lore accurate capital ships in action, that would be some sights to see

[@18videowatcher41]

I think the general design, even if not the Lucrehulk itself, has amazing potential as a heavy battle-carrier. Give it all-around good systems (shields, armor, weapons, engines, hyperdrive, sensors, etc.), fill it up with solid fighters, bombers, & interceptors, and give it a skilled crew to staff it and pilot the fighters. That's a force to be reckoned with right there, especially as part of a diverse and well-rounded fleet.

[@loneneotank.5687]

A battle carrier that works is a dangerous one indeed.

[@MRDLT00]

Man I’m loving these video titles and thumbnails 🤣

[@stizanley3987]

Lucrehulk is all time great name for a spaceship, especially one that is a mass cargo hauler.

[@roelantverhoeven371]

CIS is basically the Dutch VOC (east india company) in space ;) and the lucrehulks are the space opera equivalent of a 17th century east-india-man armed for war, as they often were.

[@18videowatcher41]

I love the design of this ship. It’s very interesting, effective, and under-appreciated.

[@SkepticalChris]

Considering during the galactic civil war a "carrier" vessel carried likely just a bit over 100 fighters, and the Lucrehulk carried THOUSANDS of Droid Starfighters, it performed its role of carrier exceptionally well. To add to that is the internal space for the vast armies it can also transport at the same time. When refitted to be a front line battleship, the sheer number of weaponry points on the lucrehulk, I would say arguably would give it firepower to challenge even more advanced Imperial warships of later years like the ISD-II

[@guardiantree8879]

Fighter superiority alone would be enough, just has to survive long enough for its fighters to render an ISD helpless.

[@Blue_Fire-Chibi]

The Lucrehulk is a perfect example of a doing a ship design thats outside the design standards of an average ship, and by that Im referring to its unique shape.

[@monkofbob]

5:23 in the Battle of Geonosis, I thought the spherical landers were the core section of the Lukerhulks in orbit

[@nerdwatch1017]

This ship to me is perfect for intergalactic travel to another galaxy. For its cargo capacity and ability to carry thousands of people/droids

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

imagine if the post clone wars early revenge of the sith the trade federation stuck miniature death star lasers on the control sphere of the lucrehulk, so that a v formation of blockading lucrehulks could snipe through that little corridor that exposes the hangar's exit/entry way and the control sphere proper at whatever fleet of isd's, venators, unsolicited blockade runners, etc.

[@Daniel-dr8dd]

The perfect ship. Just by looks!

[@ThomasMusings]

Shoutout to the Battle of Teyr, where a Lucrehulk landed to act as a base.

[@WillFredward7167]

I genuinely didn’t know about disney removing huge amounts of behind the scenes footage, etc. I can’t think of any way for them to justify that

[@VestedUTuber]

I wouldn't call it a perfect carrier because of layout of the flight deck. But it's about as good as you can get for an improvised carrier made out of a freighter in Star Wars. The fact that a ship that was never originally designed for combat is so good at it says a lot about both the design and engineering of the Lucrehulk and the deficiencies of other ships in Star Wars.

[@kelltainer2448]

Me: (flying above the Lucerhulk) people talk a lot of smack about you for something within proton torpedo range.

[@SageofIrrelevance]

So happy that the Lucrehulk is getting the love it deserves.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

"Thats no moon, Thats the Lucrehulk"

[@carlosgutierrez3918]

The CIS Had the best ship cause each role the fulfilled had a strategy and a purpose, each was modular and none of them acted the same as each other. Mean while you have the republic who whole strategy can be summed as 'Throw as many Vendors at the problem till a Jedi shows up'

[@bohba13]

the Lucerhulk is the best ship in star wars bar none. This is a _beast_ of force protection. one ship is capable of blockading a planet. _ONE SHIP_ and these things are avalable in relatively huge numbers for its weight class.

[@danielboatright8887]

The Luchrehulks main problem is it is severly undergunned, yes it has lots of guns but its lacking the larger ones. If I were making a custom one, Id seal off the hanger access to the weak spot, add an extensive point defence battery of quad laser turrets, and mount many octuple heavy turbolaser turrets to the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the hanger arms. With a full compliment of starfighters as an escort it would be rather brutal.

[@benmillerarchive]

I see Home Resonance is being used again. Did you get that situation sorted out with that music company?

[@Matteus2109]

I always loved the idea of a merchant navy militarizing, but still heavily indebted to it's historic ethos and design philosophy.

[@chimera6485]

It is the best designed capital ship in star wars in my personal opinion. it fits every role it has been given perfectly.

[@kamerondonaldson5976]

my favorite thing about the luchrehulk is that it's a centralized place where you can remote control an army of battle droids. slap a cloaking device on the thing, make it untargetable.

[@seraphim_hawkk]

I had a toy model of this as a kid when EP I was out in theaters. Best spaceship toy I ever had next to my vulture droid and N1. I love space battles that involve a lucrehulk.

[@Exodianecross1978]

I'm a huge fan of the Lucrehulk, good as a battleship, a freighter and a carrier! And not so exposed like a star destroyer. I always wondered how good a Lucrehulk would be as a flying spaceport/shadowport like the Errant Venture!

[@samkavanagh8249]

Star viper class and the virago! That’s what I want to see!

[@undraftedboomer5055]

#askeck A) which ship would win a a versus match-up: the Munificent or the Vindicator? Which ship, would you say, was more effective within its era? B) Also, if you're low on Ideas, you could cover the Imperial Hammers Elite (Hell's Hammers), and maybe the impressive battle on Turak IV.

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

A) Munificient Reasons Higher Tonnage Skeletal Efficiency Design more fire power More deadlier Star fighters More Fast?

[@undraftedboomer5055]

@sumukhvmrsat6347 See I am not so sure. The Vindicator still has a pretty heavy armament for a ship of its size, and likely had comparable energy energy output despite its smaller size. The Vindicator is likely more sturdy than the Munificent, boasting the classic thick hull and wedge design. While the Munificent has that tough exoskeleton, it's undersides, bridge and engines are exposed. While faster in a straight line, the CIS frigate is less menuverable. Being the classic cheese wedge, the Vindicator is able to focus almost all of its firepower on a target in its frontal arc. The CIS frigate is poorly designed in this way. It has a heavier armament, but it's only able to bring to bear so many guns. The frigate is forced to angle or broadside, rendering the heavy frontal TL and ion cannons useless. The Vindicator carried up to 72 starfighters almost double what the Munificent brought. And while trifighters are fierce opponents, the vulture is lightly armed and predictable. I wouldn't be surprised if the TIEs superior pilots and numbers would sweep up the vultures. Especially if TIE Interceptors were on board. In the end, the Munificent would still probably beat the Vindicator 7 or 8 times out of 10, but it would be crawling away. As a we look into their respective eras, both were effective, though I'd argue the Vindicator is better for its era. It's more powerful than most rebel or pirate frigates. It is a great compliment to an ISD. Is a modern Imp vessel, originally designed to replace the old but powerful dreadnaught. And it is a quite modular ship. The Munificent still succeeded in what it was supposed to do, which was down the less powerful Venators and Aclamators, while still being modern and cheap

[@cr90captain89]

@@undraftedboomer5055 actually the all the broadside guns on the bow of the frigate (due to how & where they are positioned on the hull) can all fire forward with the ultra heavy turbo laser. this was demonstrated at ryloth, kamino, umbara & more. indeed its been consistently demonstrated in every battle they took part in. meaning it to can bring all its guns to bear. this is why it takes only 3 munificents to overwhelm a venator & start creating fires. when 3 structurally weak af retro fitted cargo haulers can fight, cripple & destroy a dedicated warship? i'd say the munificent has this one.

[@undraftedboomer5055]

@cr90captain89 yeah the guns are arranged in a kinda semi oval around the bottom of the bow. This is good placement, but even still, the latter guns are blocked in a head on engagement. Also, this seems to be maybe half the Munificents armament if that. There are more guns scattered about the hull in the mid section and on the lower bow section, all seeming placed in bradside positions. These oval frontal cannons, excluding the obvious Heavy TL and Ion cannon, are the only ones capable of firing forward. There are only 2 on the bottom and apparently, on a few frigates, two or so in that center opening. My point about angling is also demonstrated in the clone wars, as the frigates often take positions above GR capitol ships. This is for that main semi oval of guns on the bow. When doing this, the large Heavy TL and Ion cannon, as well as the lower and top armaments, are limited in use. Broadsides might be just as effective. All this proves is that the Munificent is pretty versatile and has a plethora of decent firing arcs, with its frontal arc perhaps being most powerful. But still, when compared to the pizza ships of the empire and late Republic, they all have more powerful frontal firepower, even with the Munificents Heavy TL. And being able to take on a venator or aclamator in battle is not much of an achievement, as those ships, especially the venator, are very under armed for their size

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

@@cr90captain89 not just a dedicated warship I think there were others in back ground after destroyed and Anakins Resolute too added .....