The “Fast Dreadnought” with 2 Reactors - Bellator-class Dreadnought - Star Wars Star Destroyers

[@Bunki_racing]

At 0:44 you say 10,000 tie fighters but the video shows 40,000

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Awesome catch thank you! So weird how that happens

[@darthrevan704]

MetaNerdz Lore uh meta the point defense cannons you said were not point defense the were the octuple barbette batteries like on the isd 2

[@chasesterling6360]

Lucas Reid is correct

[@denen404]

beat me too it LOL

[@Milk-ew4pf]

derp derp

[@LAV-III]

How to make a dreadnaut: Step 1: put a bunch of guns on it Step 2: put a bunch of engines on it Step 3: make it really big

[@generalofchaos5174]

*Slaps the roof of a Bellator* This boy can fit so many guns and engines in it.

[@awesomeperrymexd7180]

@@generalofchaos5174 *misses bigass roof*

[@insertmemorableusernameher6795]

You mean dreadnought

[@NotAnEvilMastermind]

I think "Make it really big" should be step 1. Makes the other 2 steps way easier to pull off.

[@furimindusties5736]

Step 4(bonus) :Make it also double for transporting an insane amount of troops or fighters.

[@charleshax]

If Fractalsponge had designed all Imperial ships, the Rebels wouldn’t have stood a chance

[@commanderknight9314]

What about if fractalsponge designed the rebel ships.

[@dasbubba841]

@@commanderknight9314 This ship was originally a fan-ship that sneaked itself into Legends.

[@commanderknight9314]

@@dasbubba841 I know.

[@lou3712]

Dog = *a man's best friend* Dewbacks= *Meta Nerdz best friend*

[@sugdolomar]

*wookies and ranchors

[@imppro]

@@sugdolomar *Wookiees and Rancors

[@jayjansen9086]

Ewoks and tusken raider

[@joniesraphael8883]

Dame Kuat Drive yard must be one of the most important and richest company in Star Wars universe because they build everything for the Republic and the Empire

[@VunderGuy]

Considering there's an entire planetary ring around Kuat... duh.

[@codename1176]

I feel like if they didn’t build ships the entire Kuat population would have a major existential crisis

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Well, at least Rendili and Fondor produces the same capital ships on a license as well. So it isn't just Kuat, but due to them being the Emperor's favourite they get to experiment with actual good ships as well. Such as the one mentioned in the video.

[@pubcle]

There are some alternative ship builders but Kuat is the largest and most powerful manufacturer of galactic history, they built enormous factories that span a massive ring around their world that could easily house dreadnoughts.

[@TK-nn8jd]

Considering it's supposed to be a Star Wars version of the Fast Battleship, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bellator actually had a Class 1 hyperdrive. This plus a bunch of Venators and Victories would definitely be my preferred fleet.

[@johnbuczkowski5628]

An Imperial ship that was large, fast, and had a 360 degree weapons placements! Why didn't Empire use these more often?!?!

[@commanderknight9314]

Don`t you mean FEAR factor.

[@commanderknight9314]

Joshua, okay.

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

Cuz they big

[@commanderknight9314]

Jareth Klaassen, the built bigger.

[@casbot71]

Or just use a scaled down version of this design for their standard ISD with its weapon layout and lack of “fighter bait" scrawled down the side.

[@Trevor-ig1cj]

I love this ship, this would definitely be my flagship if I commanded a fleet

[@gc6096]

Same

[@octosquid9918]

Sammmmmme

[@vincentemerson765]

Trevor 1205 same

[@connannbarbarin3033]

there are better dreadnought for commanding a fleet but Bellator is more like a battlecruiser it would be great as solo ship for raids or hunting bigger pirates groups and rebel calls, for jobs were you need to sand 3-4 ISD-s but you might loss some

[@mardalsow]

Indeed It is one of the more versitlie ships Though i think it would have a class 1 hyperdrive, to respond to threaths faster

[@greyhunter3271]

This is hands down my favorite super ship. Be my flagship if I had a choice

[@sugdolomar]

I'd modify it into an interdictor but I won't have it as a flagship since it's a big target. That's why I prefer my imperial 1 class star destroyer "hydra".

[@codename1176]

Grey Hunter I like it for its speed and response time imagine how much trouble the Vong would have had if there were 10-20 of these

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

i would add gravity generators and maybe upgrade it's hangers and the fighters their in. but yeah i'd take it from my flagship as well

[@jadonking5404]

@@sugdolomar Imperial I's are... Fine I guess? But I do prefer the legendary Imperial II class. Those heavy batteries are some of the most beautiful things. And I'd rather have this be a planetary siege cruiser. Have it roll up, crush the defense satellites and stations along with adding support to the main fleet as they engage the defense/attacking forces. And I'd rather have the Dominator class Star Destroyer for an interdictor, having power be focused into the gravity wells instead of the weapons would hinder it's use significantly. Yeah it's one of, if not the lightest of the star dreadnoughts used by the empire, but it is still one of the best ships to act as a skirmisher and blockade ship.

[@the7observer]

according to Generation Tech: Death Star = 1,000,000,000,000 credits (1 trillion) So the empire could have built around 1428 to 2000 of these beasts instead of the death star. Imagine Thrawn having all these ships at his disposal...

[@corwinhyatt519]

I have a hard time imagining Thrawn considering these worth the resources...

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

he would likely like them remember that though 7 km compared with the ISD 1.6 km is only a little bigger then 4 normal ISD's and is in better shape with more effective placement also the Bellator is far from the largest Dreadnought.... in fact it's nowhere near the top you would to increase it's length by 2.7 times to get a super star destroyer

[@casbot71]

And let's be realistic here, having a thousand of these appear around your planet and Base Delta Zero it, would be just as effective as a Death Star.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

one could likely do so alone and even the largest rebel fleets could never take 20 of them never mind 2000. though they would likely be spread out all over the galaxy

[@VunderGuy]

@casbott Unless the shielding was too both too strong on its own and or the refresh rate was too high.

[@raghuvarv]

Ah the Bellator... The most intelligently designed dreadnought in all of Star Wars.

[@grand-dadmiral]

I do love the Bellator. It is the only Imperial Dreadnought I personally approve of. However, I disagree with the classification - as a fast battleship, which the Bellator essentially is, it is more akin to the role of a Battlecruiser than a Dreadnought. Nonetheless, the Bellator was an excellent addition to the Imperial Navy, and my only regret is that they didn't build more of them.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

The empire had fairly nonsensical designations either way.

[@codename1176]

angelowl89 because functionality doesn’t always result in a form that strikes terror which was the empires main design weakness

[@marseldagistani1989]

Doesn't the Bellator have Dreadnought grade armor?

[@Highly-grounded]

The assertor is cooler imo

[@Arashmickey]

The best thing about Star Destroyers with engine protrusions is you can use them as a giant space-sword if you're a giant space-mech.

[@codename1176]

Arashmickey I have never wanted to see something so bad in my life before

[@datkat2001]

Vengeance sword yes please

[@casbot71]

Or if you do a handbrake turn.

[@KrautGoesWild]

Arashmickey Okay! Now I can't get that image out of my mind whenever I see the Executor... xD xD xD

[@spamviking]

Reminds me of the German "pocket battelships" of WW2, built with the intention that what they can't outrun, they can outfight, and what they can't outfight, they can outrun.

[@Gigas0101]

I love the Bellator, that huge ridge with the spherical turrets just looks so badass to me.

[@baraodocerroazul]

the most beautiful imperial dreadnought in my opinion

[@taylorakers9939]

The most beautiful ship in star wars. Thanks for making this!!

[@chasesterling6360]

Loved it once again never stop making videos

[@komitadjie]

Now that's a great quote. "Speed kills, especially paired with quad turbolaser batteries." xD

[@andreykuzmin4355]

Everyone is a rebel until FastNought goes brrrrrr.

[@Alexzander1989]

It’s a shame this wasn’t seen as much, cuz I absolutely love this ship, thank you Fractal Sponge.

[@vincentemerson765]

Thanks for covering one of my favorite ships!

[@shadows.82]

Given the choice for my flagship I would choice the Bellator over the Executor any day.

[@davidc.pierce9631]

A formidable design, with many possible mission assignments. Thanks, for the scuttlebutt! 👍

[@SonOfFudge]

Of all ships in Star Wars, give me a Bellator!

[@Fubblin]

Bellator is a pocket SSD and is a much more practical ship than the Executor. The redundant shield generator placements and the aft/stern weapon emplacements show a more realistic design and appear to have integrated lessons learned against insurrections (Rebel Alliance included). It also appeared to place more importance on its carrier role. The realistic application of weaponry, redundant shield generator placement, the removal of many weaknesses and excesses from the ISD line, engine design and importance of its carrier function seem to show a design philosophy more in line with the future New Republic strategy of a pragmatic approach about the threats it will face and doing away with unnecessary excess. It also happens to be a beautiful ship.

[@kenneth9452]

If i had the star forge, i would mass produce the Bellators and Nebulas

[@shariqchaudhari]

Cool ending as always! Speed kills indeed! 😀😀😀

[@isd_chimaera8335]

This is my favorite ship in the Star Wars universe and I desperately wish it was cannon. Thank you and great video as always!

[@nicolasrouvreau8365]

Even if it was not perfect, it's pretty much how a capital ship should be made (about weaponry at least)

[@thatgamingtitan]

What's great about this dreadnought is that it can use a good amount of its weapons to fire forward. Also all those dam ball turrets

[@kronosaur417]

I like this one more than the Assertor

[@maciejrusser9503]

More detailed video on the crusader?

[@keilerbie7469]

The quad heavy turbolasers on the superstructure aren't actually quad heavy turbolasers but double ultra heavy turbolasers and the ball turrets are also not all ion cannons but a 2x2 combination of both.

[@BenFrankarts]

I never knew Bellas were so damn huge. What a nice piece of firepower.

[@nathanlynch9634]

I love watching your videos keep going

[@michaelcoulter1114]

The perceived vulnerability in Star Destroyers defences from behind, isn't really that big of a deal, given that the radiation from the stardrives (even at idle) would have been too much for fighter shields to handle. My biggest peeve in Sci-Fi space combat is seeing a fighter or small capital ship going through the exhaust trail of a big ship with no effect!

[@GT-he4jt]

The best way to defeat rebellions is a flexible fleet of stardighters, corvettes, frigates and cruisers with MANY INTERDICTORS.

[@lunasaxon]

this is a fantastic ship

[@rivertownproductions]

This may be my favorite Imperial Dreadnought design. The Bellator just feels like a more practical design than the super massive executor or assertor classes (although dreadnoughts were just overkill in general)

[@ShadowHunter120]

Seeing one of these coming out of hyperspace head on must be a bone chilling experience, like staring down the barrels of a shotgun.

[@dugclrk]

Easily my favorite Imperial warship. Thanks!!

[@CS-nq9sq]

Those are not point defence cannons, those are octuple barbette's.

[@juliabergstrom9802]

Yeah it's the heaviest gun batteries on an ISD and on here it does look like point defense lol

[@Sistros]

Hi Meta, great video =) I love most of Hansel's work, however he tends to go over the top with the addition of many turbolaser emplacements instead of something more sleek and less conspicuous . I understand why he does it, he draws inspiration on WW II battleships. Don't get me wrong he has great care and logic in doing these things, as you've mentioned, the stepped and spaced weapon placement and coverage.

[@nigelft]

I get what you mean ... ... at the same time, you can never have quite enough firepower, especially when essentially engaged in a carrier-on-carrier, much like the USN vs IJN during WWII. Having that many turbolasers, especially heavy turbolasers, you could engage enemy ships at a much longer range. Of course, there is always the chance that some may sneak through, so have additional, staggered secondary and tertiary weapons, especially as close in defense makes sense ... ... that saying, I agree: the resulting design looks completely 'cluttered', with the sheer amount of weaponry installed, not unlike the _Iowa_ Class, and especially the designed - but never built - _Montana_ Class Battleships ... But, then again, in the near-hard vacuum of space, having that much armament wouldn't matter, since friction hardly exists, meaning being sleak, much like an SSBN, wouldn't be necessary at all ... An alternative would be to hide most of armament beneath hatches, that, like stage lifts, opens, and allows the additional weapons to 'pop up' ... but that would require an insane amount of engineering ...

[@LoneWolf20213]

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSS, THE DREADNAUGHT I WANTED A REVIEW ON

[@codename1176]

leon fierce Me too

[@davidtardisstudios7347]

This is an amazing ship.

[@blazetundra]

If you ask me the empire should have stuck with the Bellators and Assertors, they are both big and strong enough to induce fear and handle rebels but aren't so big that it's stupid,

[@archiescriven6178]

2:10 If you want to sound realy cleaver, that's known as "Super-firing turrets".

[@FireheartSamurai]

This ship is also being included in my SW Fanfic that I’m currently writing

[@conradvalentino6250]

What's it called?

[@FireheartSamurai]

Conrad Valentino No title yet. But I’m seeing if I can use canon & legends lore to make it.

[@sugdolomar]

Do the executor next!

[@rzufig961]

"Of course I'm not saying that length is the only thing that matters" - MetaNerdzLore 2018

[@SlavicSloth]

One of my favorite designs in all of SW

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

I do love the design of this ship. It looks positively imperial, has fewer weak points than the imperial and isn't nowhere as ridiculous as the Executor or the Assertor. Whom are these giant behemoths even supposed to be used against? The Yuuhzan Vong?

[@joskatollar9513]

Yes! This is my favourite dreadknot

[@RyujinNoKami]

Can you do the mandator line please

[@MetaNerdzLore]

yeah definitely want to get to that

[@wolfsoldner9029]

Please do the fandom Revenge-class heavy carrier from IMPS.

[@TerminatorGundam300]

2:22 - 2:41 Imperial Military Logistics: "Turrets at the back of the ship? That's stupid!!!!!" Millennium Falcon gets away by strapping to the back of an ISD Millennium Falcon does the same with the Eclipse II and hacks its hyperdrive to ram into the Galaxy Gun Oh what problems the Empire could've avoided if this feature was much more common

[@MagicSpud]

Still my favorite ship, not sure why we don't see it more often. That combination of speed and firepower can eat an ISD or Mon Cal Cruiser for breakfast.

[@jameslewis2635]

To me this was the most practical SSD design. The Executor class, while being more powerful, was huge to a point where it is very difficult to maneuver in crowded star systems, let alone in fleet actions. The Bellator still has massive firepower next to most other vessels and has a lot more ease of movement. Essentially it is like the German pocket battleships of world war 2. Powerful enough to eclipse its prey with ease and fast enough to outrun anything that can outgun it.

[@nathanshkopiak9060]

How long did it take a o paint those logos? 3:39

[@LAV-III]

And now we know why the rebels steal equipment they waist all there money on paint

[@LAV-III]

Maby a few weeks?

[@DerpyTurtle0762]

I'm creating a 'Terrodine' class Star Destroyer. It is well suited for long range and heavy broadsides along with room for fighters and a rear hangar that could lock in the bridge of a cr90

[@themeddite]

This ship is my absolute favorite ship in SW.

[@Drakefance5]

The Bellator, easily my favourite imperial ship.

[@azaanyasir2811]

Great video. But why's the poll for best frigate??

[@MetaNerdzLore]

oh damn thanks let me change that

[@slightlyobeserat5781]

favorite ship ever besides mc90

[@bamboozleafoozle7335]

Then winged ewoks arrived!!!

[@CaptainM792]

Do the allegiance class star destroyer next.

[@johnpatz8395]

One mistake I just noticed while rewatching this, you mention the ion cannons are best used via broadsides, as you show the bow of the vessel, but the angle of the hull allows many of the side mounted ion cannons to fire directly to the front, which gives head on the highest output of fire from the ion cannons Nose of the amount of turbo lasers and ion cannons with a clear line of fire is impressive, as is the broadside of course. Overall it’s just a beast

[@maxilos1987]

this is probably my favourite Empire ship. i just wish the first order had taken hints from this for their dreadnaught, that pesky resistance loud mouth Poe Dameron woundn't have stood a chance.

[@DonSeldum]

That's a bad ass looking ship.

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

One of my favorites. Id take this over 12 venators

[@Snagabott]

Looking at those prices, I say it was pretty damn sporting of Kuat to charge by the meter for Star Destroyers without falling for the temptation to just make them look like pencils.

[@silvertounge2099]

your right, length isnt the only thing...that matters!!!

[@Lilc-ho9rb]

Does it carry any tie fighters because it looks like it has hangers at the 3:07 mark

[@axis19752]

From NZ 🇳🇿: That Ship is miiiine. I wish

[@redshirt0479]

[In response to the question asked in the video] The best way to fight rebellions in this setting would be a to invest in smaller vessels that patrol in groups with plenty of point defenses and Electronic Warfare support Canon that would be the _Arquitens_ class, _Raider_ class, along with the specialized _Gozanti_ from Rebels. Additionally, bringing in _Acclimator_ variants such as one designed primarily for space combat instead of one that’s basically a large armored transport. Heavier warships such as ISDs and the remaining _Venators_ in service should always be under escort and would serve to coordinate the fleet efforts in a given sector rather than be used to hunt down small cells. If Legends is brought in, then the _Gladiator_ class, _Broadside_ class, _Vindicator_ class, and the _Dreadnought_ classes are a must. Large and flexible enough to operate independently if needed, cheap enough to be produced in bulk, and can easily serve as the command ship in a wolfpack or task force. Empire has the material advantage and the Rebellion has maybe a dozen ships that have a chance of going toe to toe with an ISD. This plan should mitigate the damage from their hit and run attacks and bleed them of resources while having minimal effect on Imperial supplies. Can't run and hide if there are ships in every corner of space. ~Of course spending a fraction of the resources needed to build the various super weapons and superships on public works projects and not going overboard on the authoritarianism would have killed the rebellion long ago, but where's the fun in applying that much logic to this setting?~

[@demi-femme4821]

I have an idea for a ship: The _Venator_ II-Class Star Destroyer. Basically: take a Venator, smooth out the sides, put both command bulbs directly on top of a superstructure platform, and keep the ventral hangar in about the same place at about the same size, adding more hangars to the sides for more fighters. It'd be used as a flexible ship, with balanced carrying capabilities, speed, and firepower. Pound-for-pound (ignoring size), it'd have about 85% of the Imperial II's firepower, 95% of the Venator's carrying capacity, 100% of the Venator's point-defense, 130% of the Imperial II's shields, and 150% of the Imperial II's maneuverability. it would move at about 1200 kmph in-atmosphere, have a range of 300000 light-years, and have a class 1.5 Hyperdrive (slower than the Venator, but still better than an ISD). The ship would be about 2400 km long, and 1200 wide.

[@gunrunner7224]

Ya know the more i think about it it would make sense if this ship would have a foward facing ion cannon from the malevolence to force ships into broadside or stun for the total K.O. with ion cannons(standards) to completely take down the ship your chasing for either kill or capture and for a ship like this it would make a fair amount of sense to do that as your mostly gonna be chasing rebels or smaller ships anyway and more often then not they wont have a clear hyper jump especially if you have a interdictor with you so all they can do is try and dodge while you can get much closer. Thoughts?

[@k98_zock_tv47]

Heya! Nerdy Greetings :) Did you ever covered the Techno-Union Frigate? First I saw this ship, was when I played the mod "Republic at War". I get very rarely any information on this shark shaped ship, so please - do it !

[@ph89787]

0:54. In Empire at war it takes about 10 Venators to destroy one Bellator.

[@codename1176]

I don’t know why but the bellator is my favorite dreadnought

[@caseygray2328]

the Bellator is one of my favorite ships in star wars

[@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898]

If my Selonians had this ship, then it would be called the Bellytor-class

[@kristiankepley5944]

I don’t know why but I really liked this one For me it was a shotgun of SSD’s. A super star destroyer meant to get up close and unload

[@happykilmore4637]

Initial Dreadnought

[@semiproparrot9985]

i love the bellator it has to be my favorite SSD

[@GT-he4jt]

I think it is a class 1.5 hyperdrive.

[@RobinSwede]

favorite star wars ship

[@hanifloka130]

Number 1 favorite dreadnought. Second is the First Order's Mandator IV.

[@DerpyTurtle0762]

My fleet's biggest ship. If I were in control of ep. 9 we'd see a less armed Bellator

[@KrisHandsome]

You writing some fanfic? The Bellator is a good choice, but for non-executor class large ships I prefer the Vengeance Class.

[@CS-nq9sq]

Baby Assertor

[@joshuashkopiak8644]

Cathal Swanton what's wrong with the USSR?

[@CS-nq9sq]

That's a profile pic to annoy my friend, he's a commie

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Dude come on, we've all been young and thought the economy is messed up, Ak-47s are cool, I get it. Russian culture is so strange that it is interesting, but the USSR is evil man come on. Seriously it's like an edgy hipster thing to think it was cool, so many memes, yet nobody would think it was cool if people were defending the Nazi's. Funny enough, I hate communism too, but it's defenders of the philosophy are right to point out that the USSR was not how it was supposed to be iterated, and was an utterly corrupt system. So both capitalist and communist agree the USSR was evil. I don't use that word often, there are grey areas for too much or too little socialism, but the amount of people who suffered and died under the USSR is appalling and it's not cool to try and be edgy and casually support systems that cause so much suffering for hundreds of millions of real individuals.

[@commanderknight9314]

And now they have been turned into a dictatorship.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

lol "turned" into a dictatorship. I agree he is but they have had dictators for most of their history, even Gorbachev was unanimously "elected", and only in a couple hours. The parliament was incredibly corrupt, and obviously they had a dictatorship under the Czars. You got like a handful of years over the last 100 that arguments could be made that it was mildly democratic, and still no where near as representative as it is in the US, and yet is so trendy to critique how things are not fair here.

[@Temerald51]

That like 2 dislike tho, i liked btw also love ur vids

[@ajzebadua]

Idk why, the Bellator strikes me a lot as a "modernisation" of the Sith Empire's Harrower-class dreadnought. I guess the engines and redundant shield generators.

[@thebudgieadmiral5140]

I like this ship. Reminds me of the Kongo class fast battleships. A ship designed to hunt down ships of smaller size and outrun anything it can't outgun.

[@gunrunner7224]

Also the British battle cruisers like hms hood, lion, princess royal, ect.

[@AshanBhatoa]

I have a picture of multiple of these Imperial Dreadnoughts as my Laptop's Wallpaper Currently.

[@gc6096]

Now I'm a bit curious who would win a 1 Bellator-Class Dreadnought or 10,000 Tie Fighters?

[@taylorakers9939]

Also is it just me or do it's two ventral hangars look like they've got retracting shield doors like the Venator had on its dorsal?

[@osmacar5331]

The "stepped" gun configuration is called superfiring

[@mrsejd3446]

My favourite one.

[@Thelurkerbelowsea]

Did the Cis have a cruiser

[@skipper2407]

Will you also make A sirie like this about planets instaed of ships and tanks