Empiricist

Type: Proto Star Destroyer Model: Venator Class Captain: Captain Daken Riu 7,400 Personel Complement: 92 Actis class Interceptors Weapons: Heavy turbolasers, Medium turbolasers, Proton torpedoes, Tractor Beam Projector

One of the thousands of Venator class heavy warships deployed during the Clone Wars, the Empiricist was taken into Imperial service following the declaration of the New Order. Venators were an early template for the ship design that was modified into the classic Imperial class Star Destroyer, but generally smaller and less heavily armed, fulfilling a heavy cruiser role rather than that of a capital ship.

The Empiricist was one such ship, produced towards the end of the Clone Wars and seeing only light combat before the 'Pax Imperia' was instituted. Due to a general reduction in need for heavy warships and politically motivated distrust for its commanding officers, the Empiricist was assigned to long range patrol duties on the Outer Rim, away from anything of strategic or political value.

Only one year after the Declaration of the New Order, the 'Empiricist' disappeared. It was last detected by Imperial long range probe droids in the Taif system, but did not respond to hails. After subsequent probe sweeps did not reveal the Empiricist's location, it was presumed lost to accident or mutiny, along with all hands.