The exchange of fire between warships in space continued. Under the command of Lieutenant General Trinald Skarrid, the Republic task force launched an extremely determined assault. Three Knight-class Star Destroyers spearheaded the advance, with seventeen Hunter Class Battlecruisers providing support from behind. Their overwhelming firepower and coordination left Rendili's fleet unwilling to stray even a step from the space defense platforms.
Although the Rendili Planet Defense Fleet had three times as many ships as the enemy, the bulk of its forces consisted of Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers. Just two or three years ago, these ships had still been the mainstay of the Galactic Republic, but before the Knight-class Star Destroyers, they were already obsolete relics two generations behind!
If Darth Malthael were to comment, he would not go so far as to repeat the exaggerated claim found in certain records that the Imperial-class had a hundred thousand flaws. Still, he could certainly go on at length about several poor aspects of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer's design.
Of course, although he had mistaken the Knight-class for the Imperial-class, there was not actually much difference between them.
The problem was that flaws were flaws, but the firepower of a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser posed no threat whatsoever to a Knight-class. At 1,600 meters long, a Knight-class Star Destroyer had nearly ten times the volume of a 600-meter Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. Even its shield capacity was something a mere Dreadnought-class could never hope to shake.
What was more, with the latest Deflector Shields and turbolaser cannons, the Knight-class still had a higher energy output rate than the Dreadnought-class.
The only ships capable of threatening the Knight-class Star Destroyers were the seven Victory I-class Star Destroyers. But the 900-meter Victory-class was still like a child standing before an adult when compared with the Knight-class. Its attacks