Vengeance-class Super Star Destroyer

The Vengeance class Super Star Destroyer is a uniquely Sith design. They were created to provide the Sith Empire with a truly massive ship worthy of commanding its fleet of Star Destroyers, but not be quite as economically draining as an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, which could bankrupt a whole sector of the Galactic Empire. The first Vengeanace class, the vessel which the line derived its name from was lost in battle against the treacherous Loris Alliance during the Loris Ambush of Sith forces. A second vessel, The Dark Side was built by the massive capital ship yards at Sythic, and a third one, The Darkness, was planned but later scrapped.

Regardless of the fate of its sister vessels, The Dark Side became the commandship of the Sith Empire's promintent First Sector Fleet, and the overall flagship of the entire Sith Navy. The Imperial SSD terrorized worlds beyond the capability for resistance, and thus it could conquer a system without firing a shot or win a battle before even engaging the enemy. The Sith Empire hoped to mirror the Executor class' success with the Vengeance class, which is essentially a scaled-back Super Star Destroyer. The Vengeance class is 10.1km long (down from the Executor's 18km length), and thinner, with a more pronounced dagger-like shape. The Vengeance class preserved much of its starfighter and support ship capability, along with the majority of its heavy turbolaser armament. However, troop capacity and more conventional weaponry (such as regular turbolaser batteries, ion cannons, and concussion missile launchers) suffered. In its place was designed an intricate defense of five hundred point-defense laser cannons, capable of intercepting large warhead salvoes, also also up to the task of shooting down enemy starfighters. The only other weakness of the VSSD design was decreased shielding, which was compensated for with incredibly heavy armor plating, actually stronger than the more massive Executor class'.

The only Vengeance-class SSD, The Dark Side, was destroyed at Korriban.