Class: Light Fighter
Operators: Renegade Legions, Commonwealth Armed Forces
Mass: 101 tons
Cost:
Engines:
Center Engine Rating (1200)
Thrust: 6
Shields:
Bow: 60
Right: 40
Left: 40
Stern: 60
Armor:
Bow: 60
Right: 50
Left: 50
Stern: 60
Weapons:
Type (Location)
1 MDC8 (Bow)
1 Hardpoint (L Wing)
1 5/1 Laser (L Wing)
1 Hardpoint (R Wing)
1 5/1 Laser (R Wing)
Crew:
Passengers:
Marines:
Extras:
Streamlining
Overview[]
Many in the Imperial Navy consider the Ventura to be a slow-moving target just waiting to get shot. In a war where sound tactical doctrine dictates that light fighters must utilize high acceleration to survive, the Ventura is the slowest of the Commonwealth's light fighters. Intelligence sources state that most veteran Commonwealth pilots prefer even an older fighter such as the Guardian to piloting a Ventura whose controls they find to be sluggish and slow.
Despite the opinion of veterans, this fighter is popular with pilots just starting their combat careers with the traitorous Renegade Legion. Because of its heavy shielding and armor-almost unheard of in such a small fighter-the Ventura offers even the greenest pilot enough protection to safely break off an engagement. Indeed, the Renegade Legion has begun to assign its green pilots to Ventura Class ships to reduce the number of lost pilots. (This same heavy shield protection is such a power drain that it slows the vessel to tactically unacceptable levels, however)
Because the Ventura lacks the speed accepted as the norm for light fighters, it has been ruled out of carrier duty, and restricted mostly to planetary defense missions. TOG pilots believe that the Ventura is a relatively easy kill because its pilots are generally not yet skillful. Recently, the Renegade Legion has been assigning veteran pilots and heavier fighters to fly escort for the Ventura squadrons. Renegade Naval Command claims that this is to give the new recruits a chance learn from the veteran pilots, but it is obvious that they are using the new recruits as bait.