Victory I-class Star Destroyer image - Galactic Conflict mod for Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Age of Empires III: Galactic Conflict is a non-commercial, fan-based Star Wars themed mod under construction for Ensemble’s Studios Age of Empires III, drawing inspiration from several star wars games such as Galactic Battlegrounds, Force Commander and Empire at War, AoE3: GC aims to bring the star wars universe to the great RTS game of Age of Empires III.
An heavy cruiser warship designed for planetary defense, support of planetary assault, and even to ship-to-ship combat. The Victory I-class Star Destroyer, was used by the Galactic Republic during the mid-Clone Wars, and the Galactic Empire and the Corporate Sector during the Galactic Civil War. With 900 meters long, despite being several decades old at the time, the shields and hull armor of Victory I-class ships were still quite heavy compared to the other vessels used during the Galactic Civil War. Due to it's armor, a Victory-class vessel was said to be capable of fighting a Dreadnaught-class cruiser to a stand-still.
In the mod, the Victory I-class is available at an early age to the Empire, and at a late age to the Galactic Republic, however, due to being older models, the Imperial Victory I-class ships won't be as usefull as the Republic Victory I-class.
When playing with the Empire, because larger capital ships are expansive, it is reckless to leave them unaccompanied, having at least a Victory I-class escorting larger ships should give you assurance. The VSD is also very effective to use in defensive stances, when sending your ship on an assault it's wise to leave a couple of Victory Star Destroyers behind to protect your base, should the enemy counter-attack, the VSDs should hold the enemy forces until your reinforcements arrive.
When using a Republic Victory-class, however, due to the vessels be a brand-new technology introduced, the VSD is actually more a ship-to-ship vessel, giving the larger capital ships support needed to achieve the tactical advantage. However, when most other ships need to get close to commence attack, the Republic VSD has a very long range, capable to support allied ships at a safe distance.
Credits: AotR for model and original texture. Modified, rigged, and texture modifications by me.
In the picture, two Imperial Victory I-class Star Destroyers protecting a larger Imperial I-class Star Destroyer, facing a Republic Victory I-class. I wonder if that's Captain Dodonna commanding that ship...
Wow, this mod's scope is bigger than I have expected! Nice models.
Thanks! And yes I'm trying to go bigger, while at the same time not going big enough to fail.
The model's credit's are in the description.