Destroyer

Across the galaxy, a warship known as a destroyer was employed by a multitude of groups. The Anaxes War College System defined a destroyer as a capital ship that measured approximately 1,000 to 2,000 meters in length. This placed it in size between a heavy cruiser and a battlecruiser. The destroyer class was introduced by the system within what the Chiss and other groups from the Unknown Regions call Lesser Space, which is the galaxy beyond the Unknown Regions.

There were a variety of destroyer models that were actively used. The Chiss Ascendancy's Ruling Families and their Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet made use of the Chiss destroyer in addition to the Clarr destroyer. Several models were used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, including the Corporate Alliance's Fantail-class destroyer along with the Commerce Guild's Recusant-class Light Destroyer and Recusant-class Support Destroyer. During their conquests in the Unknown Regions, the Nikardun Destiny deployed the Nikardun destroyer. Factions such as the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, Imperial Remnants, First Order, and Sith Eternal all utilized Star Destroyers.

The Anaxes War College System broadened the nomenclature during the Clone Wars to incorporate three additional classes, namely the destroyer, the battlecruiser, and the dreadnought, despite the fact that the destroyer classification was already in use in the Unknown Regions and the dreadnought era had already occurred during the Alsakan Conflicts. Destroyers were utilized in the Clone Wars, which saw the rise of the Star Destroyer design family in addition to the destroyers that were operated by the Separatists. Following the Clone Wars, Star Destroyers continued to be used during the Imperial Era, and they also saw action during the rise and fall of the First Order many decades later.