I love this ship. It's just so... Boring that it becomes interesting. It's not flashy, it's not threatening, but blast it, it gets the job done. It can be a Dropship, it can be a light carrier, it can be a patrol ship, it can be a transport... It's the little ship that could. It's just so endearing.
During WW2, the vehicles and weapons which saw action from 1939 to 1945 weren't the ones which were spellbindingly amazing; they were the ones which simply got the job done, and did so cheaply and reliably enough to justify their continued use. The British "Matilda II" tank is a good example of this. It was considered "very good" in 1939, and "good enough" by 1945. They saw service everywhere from Africa to Burma, and variants were made for many different roles. They were never "the best", but they were tried and true. This ship embodies that same mindset. It isn't amazing, and it isn't pretty. It won't turn heads, or blow people away. It can just about be relied upon to do what you want it to do, no matter what it is or where it might be. It can do a little of everything, and can be sent wherever at a moment's notice. They're reliable, and commanders love reliable ships. I love vehicles which occupy that niche. They're probably uncomfortable, cramped, and dirty to serve aboard... but their crews probably love them just the same.
Its also carried from the old republic era.. we can even see one in the phantom menace..it certainly seems weird that the Empire would resort to upgrade such classic and old design for their main assault /patrol tranport
@@Grymbaldknight So true while not from WWII, the 1954 built C-130 Hercules is still being used today and continues to save lives during humanitarian/disaster relief missions.
Yep, the Arquitens particularly have proven to bee very efective against the rebels. Kallus almost destroyed a bulk of the phoenix squadron with only three of those
The Tarkin Doctrine is the biggest derp in all of Star Wars. Peter Cushing created the scariest villain in the whole series and Legends writers decided to retcon the character into absurd incompetence.
Even in an animated show set in a universe where escape pods are designed to just crash into planets like meteorites and the passengers are fine, dropping an ATAT from like 30 feet in the air doesn't look survivable to me.
@@adamp3223 I know right? A light bump from an outdated AT-TE jolted the cockpit. If they're dropping from 30 feet those troopers hit the ceiling and are out cold.
One thing nice with SW Rebels is that it shows that the Empire has more than just *Insert Star Destroyer here* on every section of Imperial control space.
I admit that I like the ship too. It was useful for carrying fighters to and from the battle zone faster even with the Imperial Star Destroyers couldn’t. Very impressive
I believe the reliance on style is to hide the fact that their ships are cheap and mass produced because they don't mind throwing bodies at a problem in a typical authoritarian fashion.
@@dewdew80 also, fear factor, which initially worked very well as the few enemies they had lacked access to good quality capital ships and they just needed to scare and overkill them with turbo lasers. But that stopped when the Rebels got stronger and the destruction of Alderan pushed many to rebel rather than remain fearful
I have to say, I really like the 'Feel' that the Gozanti had in the episode. It felt like a heavy lift aircraft rather than a ship. Which I think really suits its general size and roll.
@@Marcus51090 I seem to remember a scene from a pre-Disney Legends book (don't remember which one) where the good guys knocked a bad guy out and put him "in the refresher". To me, that means the shower. I mean, you can't put somone in the toilet. But I think I've also read SW books where it definitely was a toilet.
Surprised you didn't mention the variant with the giant sensor dish on top.Regardless, it's a little beast of a ship. Glad it's getting the attention it deserves!
the reason the gozanti avoided the chopping block is because it isn't gigantic and trying to do too much at once like a venerator also it serves as a much better dropship then any republic ship did
The poor venator only tried to do to much because the republic didn't make anything else to fill the role of a capital ship. It was a great carrier that would have worked wonders against the fighter heavy rebellion, and deserved better.
"the reason the gozanti avoided the chopping block is because it isn't gigantic and trying to do too much at once like a venerator also it serves as a much better dropship then any republic ship did" That and probably becuase apparently the villain of the novel a New Dawn managed to make the program to convert them to cruisers come under budget so the price tag got a knock down.
This was awesome! A really cool exception to the rule of the Empire's ship design. I'd love to see more 40k breakdowns, if you're interested in making them. I'm a huge fan of the universe, and they're really useful for introducing friends to the universe or explaining things, especially when running RPG's and the like. Maybe something on the Mars-class battlecruiser, or the ubiquitous Lunar-class cruiser?
I seem to remember from other critiques that SD hates the idea of ship design that too closely apes ocean-going vessels so be careful what you wish for.
If I'm not mistaken, the Gozanti was actually much, much older. Iirc, it was designed roughly 1000-800 BBY. It was also seen in rough shape on the backwater world known as "Tatooine" during the Naboo crisis.
Had the empire focused on making ships and weapons that are practical rather than being intimidating they could've defeated the rebellion. O'Neill's comparison of the P90 and the staff weapon from SG1 sums up nicely why practicality is more important than intimidation factor.
If they weren't led by a megalomaniac like Palpatine, they probably could have. Even Tarkin seemed somewhat reasonable in the Clone Wars, but being in close proximity to Palpatine and Vader's dark side evil probably led to his idiotic fear doctrine.
I'd consider it more the LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion, or hovercraft) of the Empire. A transport vessel intended to ferry vehicles between the fleet and deployment zones. The Huey would be closer to the LAAT/i of the Republic or the U-Wing of the Rebellion.
0:40 Disproportion of objects. Incorrect ratio of the sizes of objects relative to each other. Star Wars has always been wrong about that from the first parts.
If nothing else Rebels really helped expand on the imperial navy. Between this and the light cruiser it was nice to see some support vessels for a change.
Make it more agile, faster, better living contditions, more cargo capacity, 1 missle launcher front facing and have better shields Keeping to what it was ment to be but improving on it in some ways
Add a anti-fighter concussion missile launcher, remove the heavy/medium laser cannons and replace them with a more comprehensive point defense grid with rapid firing light laser cannons in strategic positions.
I always imagined that the Gozanti was used for the same purpose as the IPV-1 (With the added benefit of carrying 4 Tie Fighters) and that in numbers was a very effective Planetary Defense Warship.
I honestly love this design, it allows the Empire to send a gunboat without needing to risk or spend resources on a much larger ship. It's basic, maneuverable, and able to project power in places that might not be expected. If you had a few of these patrolling an area with a Star Destroyer a jump or two away they could easily disrupt most criminal or rebel operations.
Always liked this ship, I think it's cool how it broke with the Tarkin Doctrine, gives more depth and variety to the canon imperial navy. Nice video Daniel as always!
I've always liked smaller ships, frigates and the like, and something about a small carrier like this is more than a little interesting. I can imagine them being deployed in squadrons of three for freighter escort, so they have a full 12-ship TIE wing, with the lead cruiser acting as flight control. Just wish they were slightly better armed.
Why not give it a few dozen Heavy Turbo Lasers...and some more hull plating.....and a bigger fighter wing with an hangar maybe...... oh wait, isn't that an Imperial Star Destroyer :P
@@_Teorias_ The Gr-75 transport when modified can have four twin linked laser turrets. The fact that ship has more weapons than the Gozanti is embarrassing for the Empire.
Love this ship. It's like a Zeppelin with fighter planes slung behind the gondola. I always imagine that the pilots can get in and out of their TIEs through those docking pylons so they're not just hanging out in their fighters and using the Gozanti for immediate transportation somewhere, they're part of the crew. Would be the perfect ship to set very small-scale adventure stories in the Star Wars universe
I like that Rebels made use of this vessel well even with its limited role (Heck the book Thrawn even used the ship). It helped break up the use of needing an ISD in every part of the show to project Imperial strength.
@@lancer737 Do you mean the flimsy fighters or the Star Destroyers that only have anti-capital ship weapons and could be taken down by a ramming suicide fighter?
You read a lot. Still, Spacedock tends to look at the effects - and there I have to say, plotarmor or not, TIE's rarely win a fight against the rebels we see (again, biased bc. when they win it's just business as usual, a Rebel win is an outlier until ANH, supposedly, but still: that's what we see, canon).
It's actual canon that they did. General Veers ordered they use them. Usually they use Titan dropships but he wanted them to use something faster at Hoth.
Great video, one of my favorite designs. There are good shots of it in one or two clone wars episodes (Heroes on Both Sides) I'm surprised you didn't show them
There I was thinking the raider class was the coolest imperial ship! This thing is like the Thunderbird 2 of the Star Wars universe. Not flashy, but doing a lot of work!
I always thought the Arquitens, and other smaller hanger-less patrol craft should have a number of the retractable docking mounts on the bottoms to allow them to carry fighters, or in the case of the Arquitens, more fighters. Maybe not all of the ships of any specific class, but at least on sum, adding 6 on the Arquitens would result in it fielding three times as many fighters/bombers, which I’m sure would have been handy on many occasions
The gozanti is like a giant starwars blackhawk. Need a cargo ship that doubles as a light carrier? Theres a gozanti for that Need a vehicle to transport heavy armoured ubits to planatary surfaces? Theres a gozanti for that Want a heavy duty civvy cargo craft Gozanti for that Need to jamm or listen in on enemy coms? Gozanti for that too
I wouldn't be ashamed to own a C-Roc variant, if I lived in the Star wars setting. I'd be able to run a successful freight business and make good money while having the possibility of Adventure. It's a very good ship at the end of the day.
Personally I think the VCX-100 freighter is much better than a Gozanti. We saw the ghost dock with 3 starfighters, 2 on the sides, and one under the ship, and with it's auxiliary starfighter it had the same amount of ships but much faster and more maneuverable, and could have torpedo launchers. As an armed freighter the Hammerhead corvette had a much better Cargo capacity to Cost ratio than even the C-Roc. However the Gozanti was the only one of these ships that could carry ground vehicles. This is the role I would use it in alongside LAAT carriers, which were more expensive and could only carry one ship but much faster and more manueverable.
Throw a medium weight turbolaser on top, another chin mounted laser turret, and beef up the armor and you have a decent ship to ship corvette. Maybe replace one or two of the docking arms for some torpedo tubes.
I can see why Filoni decided to use a Gozanti in "The Mandalorian." They're small and capable craft, originally used for freight hauling (explains why an IR officer would carry weapons and supplies aboard), lightly-armed, and fast. Clearly not designed or intended for surgical strikes by Mandalorian warriors
Makes you think if Imperial doctrine put more emphasis on speed, precision, maneuverability as thrawn suggested, the Gozanti Cruises would have been a very effective counter-insurgency asset. Its capabilities allow to perform a wide variety of roles, but of course that did not happen, that require palpatine to trust his commanders way more then he was willing to do. It's basically the Imperial counterpart of the CR90 corvette.
I wonder if any of the Star Destroyers under Vader's command in the legendary Death Squadron that Vader's personal flagship the Super Star Destroyer Executor was the lead ship of had Gozanti class ships onboard or that larger model to deliver the At-At's to the surface of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.
Please do the Cygnus from the Black Hole. Also, would you consider doing a short episode on the longest running Science Fiction series in the world? After all, in 9 weeks Perry Rhodan ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan ) reaches issue 3,000 (not counting spin-offs and novels) and it is nearly unknown outside it's home country.
This is like the Star Wars version of the US Navy's DEs and the Royal Navy's corvettes in WWII. Doesn't get half the fame as carriers or battleships but just as important, maybe even more.
Wait, so an Arquitens-class at 325 meters is a Light Cruiser but the Gozanti Class at 63.8 meters is a Cruiser? The Gozanti is more like a Frigate at best. Star Wars designations make zero sense. I think they just named them arbitrarily based on what sounds cool.
The Gozanti is one of my favorite ships of that size. It has a lot of great qualities that would make it ideal for mid-range and long-range patrol for military use as well as a great hero ship/home for a Star Wars adventure (whether it be a cast of a movie or show, or in an RPG).
the reason its still around would probably be that its too useful and cheap to replace. all the money to fund the navy has to come from some where and the shear cost of a sd or ssd means they have to cut corners else where and this ship looks not only efficient but cheap, light armor not very big but big enough to do the job its probably a cost and utility issue as it can do so many different things and the time and money just can't be spared to make something else when their using it all to build sds that are waiting to be blown up by a squad of bombers jumping in and dropping a full volley of missle right up its back side
Let's all be honest with ourselves: This exists to balance out Star Wars Armada i.e. the Rebel Transport's counterpart. Though, to be fair, the Walker deployment alt mode I can see useful as this is the better brick for transporting lol
We can all agree that the CEC is just a military contractor in civilian clothing 😂 A lot of their "Freighters" are more than capable of taking on military grade ships not just defensively but offensively as well.
I was really bumping my head over what this ship is, since this is the only model I don´t know from Star Wars Rebellion Board Game, now that I know a bit more about it and the videos showing it on Rebels I like it more, but still prefer the imperial light cruiser...
These ships ensured that the Empire had access to some rather durable and reliable logistics ships and could keep operations going. Figures that this would be the one smart part of the Imperial Navy, man, Tarkin is such an idiot. He may be intimidating and be able to order Vader around, but I seriously think his reputation as a genius tactician is grossly blown out of proportion.
honestly im surprised the rebels never really used these things against the empire. they fit the rebellions M.O. way more than the empires, can you imagine these things modified to be hit and run strike craft with four a-wings slung underneath? sacrifice some of the armor and shields to strap some bigger engines on her and a turbo laser or two, pair two of them and their A-Wings with a hammerhead corvette and you got yourself a nice (and cost effecient) lil hit and run team to smash heavier enemy space installations than your starfighters alone can normally handle and run before the big boys come in. yes yes, im well aware that they did this already with their starfighters, and im aware that a-wings already have their own hyper drives, but you could maximize the starfighters uptimes by giving them the gozanti as a dock for fuel and a place for the pilots to relax and unwind without having to travel for hours (or even days) in a tiny lil cockpit to a rebel base. more uptime means more targets, and less of a chance for imperials to discover your actual base.
A shame, the original legends version of the ship had two retractable quad laser cannons, 4 retractable laser cannons, a proton torpedo launcher, heavy armor and solid shields I don’t mind the role the new canon has given the ship, but my problem is that was nothing but cannon fodder in Rebels and didn’t really have a good showing.
it's uses as a straight up cargo ship or dropship makes sense but even when policing a local system why use this?? better to use small but dedicated cruiser/destroyer, like a Corellian Corvette but more heavily armed 😈
Important note: an Imperial Gozanti may be able to be fully taken over by as few three or four Mandalorian warriors. Do not deploy this ship to Mandalore!
Ah Gozanti, why do I love you so? You may not be as powerful or pretty as the Imperial Raider but you are the cozy little patrol craft I would prefer to serve on.
I honestly think that Imperial Gozanti's are way too lightly armed for a ship of that size. If it were up to me I'd move the laser cannons to the wings while adding two more turrets (one dorsal and one ventral turret per wing) and add a pair of either proton torpedo or concussion missile launchers close to the wing roots, that way the Gozanti becomes a hell of a lot more versatile.
This ship has a lot of history in its time in both the CIS and imperil Navys. Though I still preferer the legions version of this craft. As it is more armed and serves better as a mobile support craft in combat rather than a pratol craft.
While we are on utilitarian Star Wars ships will you do a video on the Assault Gunboat from the Tie Fighter series of simulation games? I feel it always loses out to the more sexy tie fighters and x wings.
I love this ship. It's just so... Boring that it becomes interesting. It's not flashy, it's not threatening, but blast it, it gets the job done. It can be a Dropship, it can be a light carrier, it can be a patrol ship, it can be a transport... It's the little ship that could. It's just so endearing.
During WW2, the vehicles and weapons which saw action from 1939 to 1945 weren't the ones which were spellbindingly amazing; they were the ones which simply got the job done, and did so cheaply and reliably enough to justify their continued use.
The British "Matilda II" tank is a good example of this. It was considered "very good" in 1939, and "good enough" by 1945. They saw service everywhere from Africa to Burma, and variants were made for many different roles. They were never "the best", but they were tried and true.
This ship embodies that same mindset. It isn't amazing, and it isn't pretty. It won't turn heads, or blow people away. It can just about be relied upon to do what you want it to do, no matter what it is or where it might be. It can do a little of everything, and can be sent wherever at a moment's notice. They're reliable, and commanders love reliable ships.
I love vehicles which occupy that niche. They're probably uncomfortable, cramped, and dirty to serve aboard... but their crews probably love them just the same.
Give me a flying brick over a screaming dart if it gets the job done.
Its also carried from the old republic era.. we can even see one in the phantom menace..it certainly seems weird that the Empire would resort to upgrade such classic and old design for their main assault /patrol tranport
@@Grymbaldknight So true while not from WWII, the 1954 built C-130 Hercules is still being used today and continues to save lives during humanitarian/disaster relief missions.
Yeah i think that's why i love the design, not everything needs to be flashy and cool looking, this design is endearing because of that
The Gozanti and Arquitens are my favorite Imperial ships now. They suggest a part of the Navy that works for a living.
I agree with you.
They have to work: Otherwise they die lol.
@@Ismavolt they have to work because its not like Star Destroyers can do all the actual work of being a space navy for a galaxy
Yep, the Arquitens particularly have proven to bee very efective against the rebels. Kallus almost destroyed a bulk of the phoenix squadron with only three of those
With the TIEs slung onboard, it reminds me a bit of a Catapult-Armed Merchantman from World War II.
Fortunately someone in the Imperial Navy saw a continued need for a small support craft and saved it from the Tarkin doctrine.
I liked Thrawn showing what he could do with those ships in that Thrawn book, a ship very befitting of him, I believe.
The Tarkin Doctrine is the biggest derp in all of Star Wars. Peter Cushing created the scariest villain in the whole series and Legends writers decided to retcon the character into absurd incompetence.
I like how this solves the problem for the Empire to have fighter support on patrols without having to commit larger ships like star destroyers
The Empire spent so much time trying to frighten civilians that they forgot how to fight soldiers.
TFW the fighter puts everything into charisma and intimidation and forgets about everything else.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you put wings on a spacebrick.
So basically, it's the Empire's version of the Imperial Thunderhawk
And docking pylons with dangling TIE Dimgleberries
A brick to be sure, but a welcome one.
Which ironically makes it no longer a space brick
I like the idea of using the Gozanti for AT-AT deployment, more than the Titan drop ship.
Even in an animated show set in a universe where escape pods are designed to just crash into planets like meteorites and the passengers are fine, dropping an ATAT from like 30 feet in the air doesn't look survivable to me.
@@adamp3223 I know right? A light bump from an outdated AT-TE jolted the cockpit. If they're dropping from 30 feet those troopers hit the ceiling and are out cold.
One thing nice with SW Rebels is that it shows that the Empire has more than just *Insert Star Destroyer here* on every section of Imperial control space.
Yeah, they only used them when they would be impactful, if they overused them they would cease to be threatening.
This is a really cool idea for a light carrier or patrol ship. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for this one.
even if it wasn't too good at it's job..
@@jooot_6850 No, but it was "good enough" to get the job done.
I admit that I like the ship too. It was useful for carrying fighters to and from the battle zone faster even with the Imperial Star Destroyers couldn’t. Very impressive
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Closed Caption
“Most often including Thai Pilots”
🤣
Thai fighters? ua-cam.com/video/EH5oRJKTWuc/v-deo.html :D
Thai pilots are among the best in the galaxy. 😁
I've fond memories of this vessel. Simpler times, indeed.
Hey, what have you been up to with Ezra lately?
Yeah, back when they want ships that gets the job done rather than big ships to emanate big dick energy
I arrest for acting against the freedom of the people of the galaxy
Find the Katana Fleet yet?
Execute order 66
Imperial Navy, we put style over substance, but at least we looked damn good blowing up.
I believe the reliance on style is to hide the fact that their ships are cheap and mass produced because they don't mind throwing bodies at a problem in a typical authoritarian fashion.
@@dewdew80 also, fear factor, which initially worked very well as the few enemies they had lacked access to good quality capital ships and they just needed to scare and overkill them with turbo lasers. But that stopped when the Rebels got stronger and the destruction of Alderan pushed many to rebel rather than remain fearful
So who's here after last night's Mandalorian episode?
@Duane Clarence me
I have to say, I really like the 'Feel' that the Gozanti had in the episode. It felt like a heavy lift aircraft rather than a ship. Which I think really suits its general size and roll.
@@Bustermachine ur not wrong about it looking like a heavy lift vehicle
@@droidking3907 In Mando especially. Just the whole design really had a heavy cargo plane feel to it.
It’s not a bad ship for what it does. Honestly not a bad ship at all.
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> Hera Syndulla, one of the Rebellions best pilots.
> Flies in a straight line toward 3 Cruisers.
Spreads her turret fire between the three cruisers, instead of concentrating on one, allowing their shields to easily absorb it.
@@caad5258 they had yet to identify which of the three was carrying the Khyber shipment.
Yeah ghost a tanks Boi indeed. Hera great pilot runs straight into their fire.
It's the last thing they'd expect ;)
She probably taught Han who then improved this extreme maneuver with a slight banking motion
Does it have a toilet?
(most important question)
LOL :-D
They call them “refreshers”
They use the "FORCE"
No, it's Star Wars. It would be called something like "turbo toilet". 8-P
@@Marcus51090 I seem to remember a scene from a pre-Disney Legends book (don't remember which one) where the good guys knocked a bad guy out and put him "in the refresher". To me, that means the shower. I mean, you can't put somone in the toilet. But I think I've also read SW books where it definitely was a toilet.
Surprised you didn't mention the variant with the giant sensor dish on top.Regardless, it's a little beast of a ship. Glad it's getting the attention it deserves!
I like to imagine the bunks on those things are hell on your back.
the reason the gozanti avoided the chopping block is because it isn't gigantic and trying to do too much at once like a venerator also it serves as a much better dropship then any republic ship did
The poor venator only tried to do to much because the republic didn't make anything else to fill the role of a capital ship. It was a great carrier that would have worked wonders against the fighter heavy rebellion, and deserved better.
"the reason the gozanti avoided the chopping block is because it isn't gigantic and trying to do too much at once like a venerator also it serves as a much better dropship then any republic ship did"
That and probably becuase apparently the villain of the novel a New Dawn managed to make the program to convert them to cruisers come under budget so the price tag got a knock down.
This was awesome! A really cool exception to the rule of the Empire's ship design.
I'd love to see more 40k breakdowns, if you're interested in making them. I'm a huge fan of the universe, and they're really useful for introducing friends to the universe or explaining things, especially when running RPG's and the like. Maybe something on the Mars-class battlecruiser, or the ubiquitous Lunar-class cruiser?
It kinda looks like a brick with wings
Best kind of spaceship.
I know, right? Great design.
"For a brick, he flew pretty good"
Because it is.
So it's a space shuttle
Can we get a video on the space battleship Yamato from the 2199 series of the same name?
Yes plz.
Please do it
Strongly agree on that. 2199 and even 2202 had some amazing concepts on space battles both traditional and innovative.
Yes please. GAB would flip.
I seem to remember from other critiques that SD hates the idea of ship design that too closely apes ocean-going vessels so be careful what you wish for.
If I'm not mistaken, the Gozanti was actually much, much older. Iirc, it was designed roughly 1000-800 BBY. It was also seen in rough shape on the backwater world known as "Tatooine" during the Naboo crisis.
Some day, I'll be able to hear the name of this ship class without imagining a sneezing German...
Today is not that day.
Gesundheit Class patrol cruiser?
Sounds like something the Empire would build 😅
@@theodorkorner1497 considering gesundheit means health i doubt it
@@l33t9r0u93 In this context it means "bless you"
@@theodorkorner1497 yeah but if you name your ship like this it'll mean health
Could be worse, could be the Arg!Kittens! heavy imperial cruiser.
Had the empire focused on making ships and weapons that are practical rather than being intimidating they could've defeated the rebellion.
O'Neill's comparison of the P90 and the staff weapon from SG1 sums up nicely why practicality is more important than intimidation factor.
If they weren't led by a megalomaniac like Palpatine, they probably could have. Even Tarkin seemed somewhat reasonable in the Clone Wars, but being in close proximity to Palpatine and Vader's dark side evil probably led to his idiotic fear doctrine.
I love this ship. When my friends and I played a star wars RPG as imperial agents, we used this as our player base for most of the game. Great times.
Looks like a comfy mobile base for a tabletop party. Try not to run into any larger ships though :)
Anyone think when it has tie fighters docked it looks like a stupid car? 3:49
so basically the UH-1 Huey of the Empire
I'd consider it more the LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion, or hovercraft) of the Empire. A transport vessel intended to ferry vehicles between the fleet and deployment zones. The Huey would be closer to the LAAT/i of the Republic or the U-Wing of the Rebellion.
Its a patrol boat
Fun to see these drop off walkers.
Can’t wait to see the First Order version of this vessel, with at least 5 heavy Turbolaser turrets strapped onto it lol
0:40 Disproportion of objects. Incorrect ratio of the sizes of objects relative to each other. Star Wars has always been wrong about that from the first parts.
If nothing else Rebels really helped expand on the imperial navy. Between this and the light cruiser it was nice to see some support vessels for a change.
I loved the gozanti since the first time i saw it. Such an efficient design
You know it's quality when it's built by the CEC.
How would you personally modify the Gozanti class? I'm asking everyone this
Add more firepower at least as in more guns or heavier guns
I would give it heavier shields, better guns. Maybe thicker armour and larger thrusters to compensate for the heavier armour.
Better shields and armor
Make it more agile, faster, better living contditions, more cargo capacity, 1 missle launcher front facing and have better shields
Keeping to what it was ment to be but improving on it in some ways
Add a anti-fighter concussion missile launcher, remove the heavy/medium laser cannons and replace them with a more comprehensive point defense grid with rapid firing light laser cannons in strategic positions.
I always imagined that the Gozanti was used for the same purpose as the IPV-1 (With the added benefit of carrying 4 Tie Fighters) and that in numbers was a very effective Planetary Defense Warship.
You should do those imperial light cruisers that were in Rebels. Unlike the movies it was more realistic that they'd not send an ISD to every mission.
I honestly love this design, it allows the Empire to send a gunboat without needing to risk or spend resources on a much larger ship. It's basic, maneuverable, and able to project power in places that might not be expected. If you had a few of these patrolling an area with a Star Destroyer a jump or two away they could easily disrupt most criminal or rebel operations.
Always liked this ship, I think it's cool how it broke with the Tarkin Doctrine, gives more depth and variety to the canon imperial navy. Nice video Daniel as always!
Yeah, the empire could have been more effective if they did not have overreliance on overwhelming force.
I love this ship. It's utilitarian and seems like an effective design for it's role.
I've always liked smaller ships, frigates and the like, and something about a small carrier like this is more than a little interesting. I can imagine them being deployed in squadrons of three for freighter escort, so they have a full 12-ship TIE wing, with the lead cruiser acting as flight control. Just wish they were slightly better armed.
All Spacedock episodes are so so so well written, particularly the ending line in this video gave me the feels.
Nice ship. The Empire just really needs to give it a few more turrets and some stronger armor.
Stephen Lutz nah scatter token OP
Why not give it a few dozen Heavy Turbo Lasers...and some more hull plating.....and a bigger fighter wing with an hangar maybe......
oh wait, isn't that an Imperial Star Destroyer :P
@@_Teorias_ The Gr-75 transport when modified can have four twin linked laser turrets. The fact that ship has more weapons than the Gozanti is embarrassing for the Empire.
Stephen Lutz maybe the gozanti should have more anti star fighter weaponry. Tbh it would help since it’s a patrol vessel.
@@stephenlutz6936
And yet if the two were to fight one on one the the Gozanti would win every time.
Love this ship. It's like a Zeppelin with fighter planes slung behind the gondola. I always imagine that the pilots can get in and out of their TIEs through those docking pylons so they're not just hanging out in their fighters and using the Gozanti for immediate transportation somewhere, they're part of the crew. Would be the perfect ship to set very small-scale adventure stories in the Star Wars universe
so similar to the 747 parasite fighter concept?
The empire aka the fashion police...
No. Just no
lol
The Empire do rely more on style than function
God I love this ship. It’s just so good at what it does. It’s the starting point from which I design most of my smaller vessels.
I like that Rebels made use of this vessel well even with its limited role (Heck the book Thrawn even used the ship). It helped break up the use of needing an ISD in every part of the show to project Imperial strength.
And it was used by the First Order years later after the fall of the Empire
I heard that last minute jibe at Imperial designs. I heard it.
@@lancer737 except they aren't, thanks to the Tarkin doctrine
@@lancer737 Do you mean the flimsy fighters or the Star Destroyers that only have anti-capital ship weapons and could be taken down by a ramming suicide fighter?
You read a lot. Still, Spacedock tends to look at the effects - and there I have to say, plotarmor or not, TIE's rarely win a fight against the rebels we see (again, biased bc. when they win it's just business as usual, a Rebel win is an outlier until ANH, supposedly, but still: that's what we see, canon).
Excellent video, very detailed summary and good info. Nice analysis with the tarkin doctrine
Never been this early before...
Thanks for making so many excellent videos, Spacedock!
The Gozanti might just be my favorite sci-fi "working class" ship. It isn't amazing but it gets the job done
Headcanon: they used Gozantis to lift the AT ATS into the battle of hoth
It's not a head canon, it was basically confirmed
@@rsdillbot3646 pretty much since that's how they did it in rebels
It's actual canon that they did. General Veers ordered they use them.
Usually they use Titan dropships but he wanted them to use something faster at Hoth.
Great video, one of my favorite designs. There are good shots of it in one or two clone wars episodes (Heroes on Both Sides) I'm surprised you didn't show them
@2:21 hell of a foreshadow
There I was thinking the raider class was the coolest imperial ship! This thing is like the Thunderbird 2 of the Star Wars universe. Not flashy, but doing a lot of work!
I am really happy this thing exists, it fills a neat little hole in the navy and eliminates the needs for a dozen random dropships
I always thought the Arquitens, and other smaller hanger-less patrol craft should have a number of the retractable docking mounts on the bottoms to allow them to carry fighters, or in the case of the Arquitens, more fighters. Maybe not all of the ships of any specific class, but at least on sum, adding 6 on the Arquitens would result in it fielding three times as many fighters/bombers, which I’m sure would have been handy on many occasions
I always notice one of these on Scott Manley's bookshelf.
The gozanti is like a giant starwars blackhawk.
Need a cargo ship that doubles as a light carrier?
Theres a gozanti for that
Need a vehicle to transport heavy armoured ubits to planatary surfaces?
Theres a gozanti for that
Want a heavy duty civvy cargo craft
Gozanti for that
Need to jamm or listen in on enemy coms?
Gozanti for that too
I wouldn't be ashamed to own a C-Roc variant, if I lived in the Star wars setting. I'd be able to run a successful freight business and make good money while having the possibility of Adventure. It's a very good ship at the end of the day.
Personally I think the VCX-100 freighter is much better than a Gozanti. We saw the ghost dock with 3 starfighters, 2 on the sides, and one under the ship, and with it's auxiliary starfighter it had the same amount of ships but much faster and more maneuverable, and could have torpedo launchers.
As an armed freighter the Hammerhead corvette had a much better Cargo capacity to Cost ratio than even the C-Roc.
However the Gozanti was the only one of these ships that could carry ground vehicles. This is the role I would use it in alongside LAAT carriers, which were more expensive and could only carry one ship but much faster and more manueverable.
I am just wondering. Could you put things like the {4} Z-95 Headhunter or {4} T-70 X Wing or {4} RZ-2 A Wing on the racks for the Tie Fighters?
Throw a medium weight turbolaser on top, another chin mounted laser turret, and beef up the armor and you have a decent ship to ship corvette. Maybe replace one or two of the docking arms for some torpedo tubes.
I can see why Filoni decided to use a Gozanti in "The Mandalorian." They're small and capable craft, originally used for freight hauling (explains why an IR officer would carry weapons and supplies aboard), lightly-armed, and fast. Clearly not designed or intended for surgical strikes by Mandalorian warriors
Makes you think if Imperial doctrine put more emphasis on speed, precision, maneuverability as thrawn suggested, the Gozanti Cruises would have been a very effective counter-insurgency asset. Its capabilities allow to perform a wide variety of roles, but of course that did not happen, that require palpatine to trust his commanders way more then he was willing to do. It's basically the Imperial counterpart of the CR90 corvette.
I wonder if any of the Star Destroyers under Vader's command in the legendary Death Squadron that Vader's personal flagship the Super Star Destroyer Executor was the lead ship of had Gozanti class ships onboard or that larger model to deliver the At-At's to the surface of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.
Please do the Cygnus from the Black Hole.
Also, would you consider doing a short episode on the longest running Science Fiction series in the world?
After all, in 9 weeks Perry Rhodan ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan ) reaches issue 3,000 (not counting spin-offs and novels) and it is nearly unknown outside it's home country.
Very informative as always!...@ Spacedock
BTW, in tech data (0:55) typo error, an "e" is lost in the "frighter" word is "freighter" was the word.
This is like the Star Wars version of the US Navy's DEs and the Royal Navy's corvettes in WWII. Doesn't get half the fame as carriers or battleships but just as important, maybe even more.
Wait, so an Arquitens-class at 325 meters is a Light Cruiser but the Gozanti Class at 63.8 meters is a Cruiser? The Gozanti is more like a Frigate at best.
Star Wars designations make zero sense. I think they just named them arbitrarily based on what sounds cool.
The Gozanti is one of my favorite ships of that size. It has a lot of great qualities that would make it ideal for mid-range and long-range patrol for military use as well as a great hero ship/home for a Star Wars adventure (whether it be a cast of a movie or show, or in an RPG).
the reason its still around would probably be that its too useful and cheap to replace. all the money to fund the navy has to come from some where and the shear cost of a sd or ssd means they have to cut corners else where and this ship looks not only efficient but cheap, light armor not very big but big enough to do the job its probably a cost and utility issue as it can do so many different things and the time and money just can't be spared to make something else when their using it all to build sds that are waiting to be blown up by a squad of bombers jumping in and dropping a full volley of missle right up its back side
Long periods of unrelenting boredom, broken by moments of sheer terror. That the military life.
Let's all be honest with ourselves: This exists to balance out Star Wars Armada i.e. the Rebel Transport's counterpart. Though, to be fair, the Walker deployment alt mode I can see useful as this is the better brick for transporting lol
We can all agree that the CEC is just a military contractor in civilian clothing 😂
A lot of their "Freighters" are more than capable of taking on military grade ships not just defensively but offensively as well.
Another example of how literally any kind of ship in Star Wars can be called a cruiser
I was really bumping my head over what this ship is, since this is the only model I don´t know from Star Wars Rebellion Board Game, now that I know a bit more about it and the videos showing it on Rebels I like it more, but still prefer the imperial light cruiser...
These ships ensured that the Empire had access to some rather durable and reliable logistics ships and could keep operations going. Figures that this would be the one smart part of the Imperial Navy, man, Tarkin is such an idiot. He may be intimidating and be able to order Vader around, but I seriously think his reputation as a genius tactician is grossly blown out of proportion.
honestly im surprised the rebels never really used these things against the empire. they fit the rebellions M.O. way more than the empires, can you imagine these things modified to be hit and run strike craft with four a-wings slung underneath? sacrifice some of the armor and shields to strap some bigger engines on her and a turbo laser or two, pair two of them and their A-Wings with a hammerhead corvette and you got yourself a nice (and cost effecient) lil hit and run team to smash heavier enemy space installations than your starfighters alone can normally handle and run before the big boys come in.
yes yes, im well aware that they did this already with their starfighters, and im aware that a-wings already have their own hyper drives, but you could maximize the starfighters uptimes by giving them the gozanti as a dock for fuel and a place for the pilots to relax and unwind without having to travel for hours (or even days) in a tiny lil cockpit to a rebel base. more uptime means more targets, and less of a chance for imperials to discover your actual base.
this ship to me makes more sense than the Giant box shuttles said to move walkers to a planet , this is a true Utility support ship .
This was the great Flagship of our 2 year Star Wars RP-Group - "The Banshee" =) Such a great Ship!
I would have 2 heavy LC 2 heavy Ion Cannons 1 heavy proton torpedo launcher and have it carry 4 belballub-22 like the soulless one.
A shame, the original legends version of the ship had two retractable quad laser cannons, 4 retractable laser cannons, a proton torpedo launcher, heavy armor and solid shields
I don’t mind the role the new canon has given the ship, but my problem is that was nothing but cannon fodder in Rebels and didn’t really have a good showing.
it's uses as a straight up cargo ship or dropship makes sense but even when policing a local system why use this?? better to use small but dedicated cruiser/destroyer, like a Corellian Corvette but more heavily armed 😈
Important note: an Imperial Gozanti may be able to be fully taken over by as few three or four Mandalorian warriors. Do not deploy this ship to Mandalore!
I've never noticed the gozanti has a wedge shape since I normally see it from the front or side. god damn sith doctrine
Terminally inadequate is the harshest thing I have heard someone just gloss over. You didn't have to do ny boy like that man 😢
Ah Gozanti, why do I love you so? You may not be as powerful or pretty as the Imperial Raider but you are the cozy little patrol craft I would prefer to serve on.
I honestly think that Imperial Gozanti's are way too lightly armed for a ship of that size. If it were up to me I'd move the laser cannons to the wings while adding two more turrets (one dorsal and one ventral turret per wing) and add a pair of either proton torpedo or concussion missile launchers close to the wing roots, that way the Gozanti becomes a hell of a lot more versatile.
Wait, this ship works with only 12 crewmembers? wow
I know off topic but why can't there be a game like world of warships but with ships from the star wars universe ?
Well if we're talking space bricks can we get an episode on the Leopard class Dropship from Battletech?
Would love to see your take on the ships from the Legend of Galactic Heroes
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This ship has a lot of history in its time in both the CIS and imperil Navys. Though I still preferer the legions version of this craft. As it is more armed and serves better as a mobile support craft in combat rather than a pratol craft.
Has Spacedock ever done the Hammerheads or USS Saratoga from Space: Above and Beyond? I’d love to see that
Two of these and a Tartan Patrol Cruiser would be perfect for a small escort force for supply shipments over short distances like system to system.
While we are on utilitarian Star Wars ships will you do a video on the Assault Gunboat from the Tie Fighter series of simulation games? I feel it always loses out to the more sexy tie fighters and x wings.
A pair could carry two bombers , two interceptors . Use the hyper drive to mission across galaxy and poss micro bases of the rebels problems
hey Spacedock, have you done the imperial sentinel dropship/transport yet. if not, please do.
I would combine the best qualities of the Gozanti with the Arquitens.