"In its precise, long-range tracking mode, the DBY-827 could hit a target vessel at a range of 10 light-minutes."

If the TL is a powered-up laser, this would mean a targeted vessel would be hit (max.) 10 minutes after the TL is fired - 10 lightminutes range means the energy needs 10 minutes to cover the distcance to the assigned target. Is there a complementing TL-targeting-device which can predict/compute the target's position 10 minutes into its future? This would be quite a technological feat for the Empire, I think - and would spell doom for any attackers in nearer, and easier range of computing / prediction.

Would be glad for any hints or info on this specific claim / tech.

• This seems rather... odd. Admiral J. Nebulax 20:37, 4 Jan 2006 (UTC)
• That does seem a bit excessive. 10 light-minutes is 179,875,474.8 kilometers (111,769,438.2 miles), which in Earthly terms would be the distance from the sun to a point right between the orbits of Earth and Mars. Probably the only practical application for this is hitting immobile orbital or ground installations or executing surprise attacks. Using precise targeting data from a probe on the scene or taking a chance on previous mapping data, a ship could pop out of hyperspace within 10 light-minutes and execute an alpha strike. —Darth Culator (talk) 23:03, 4 Jan 2006 (UTC)
  • Very interesting. Admiral J. Nebulax 00:25, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the numeric details, Darth Culator. It's the idea of a 'target vessel' ('small' size, shifting vector of movement) which bugs me. Planetary fortifications or orbital defenses may be choice targets for the 10 lm range... difficult enough to hit, by the way. Scaled down comparatively, aiming at the broad side of a Star Destroyer is like targeting a moving dime from about 1800 km distance with a 3 km/s 'speeding' projectile, where each shot is triggered with 10 minutes delay (hope my calcs are correct). We're talking about really heavy reconnaissance which could probably be done only by faster than light probes, and really heavy computations here. Hmm. I don't know. This kind of Alpha-Strike-application somehow doesn't have the right SW-feel to it (at least for me) - sounds more like something from the 'Aliens Technical Manual' (the section on tactical space combat) or from Iain Bank's 'Culture' universe. And would probably be the end of the 'conventional' space battles we all love and enjoy... would be like shifting from naval battle a la 18th century to a 21st century naval action...
• Seeing as the Death Star superlaser is supposed to have a maximum effective range of ~157 light-seconds (per Technical Journal of the Imperial Forces [1]), the notion that a mere starship turbolaser is effective out to 10 light-minutes is patently absurd. 10 light-seconds, maybe. 68.47.234.131 19:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Perhaps, but we'll need confirmation, if there is/will be any. Admiral J. Nebulax ^(talk) 20:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Chalk this one up to "Curtis Saxton strikes (out) again". For a guy so insistent on technical accuracy, he sure does produce a lot of questionable figures. 71.203.209.0 05:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Like you could do any better. You don't make canon, so don't dispute it. —Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 12:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
      • I don't have to when the canon disputes itself. 71.203.209.0 22:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
        • Oh, shut up, anon. We're not a forum. Go find a real forum to complain on. —Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 23:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• Can't this turret be seen in operation at the beginning of Episode III when from the ventral side of a Venator comes a beam of blue light, just cracking a Providence-class carrier-destroyer in two? (maybe it is the 'vaporizing blow' that is mentioned). Correct me if I'm wrong.
  • The DBY-827s are the ones on the dorsal, flanking the bridge. The ventral gun that zapped the CIS ship was an SPHA-T mounted in the bay of most Open Circle Fleet Venators per Anakin Skywalker's suggestion. —Darth Culator (talk) 18:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Not a SPHA-T; just a SPHA turbolaser. Admiral J. Nebulax ^(talk) 19:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

The picture there now is pretty bad, it's so dark you can't see anything other than the fighters' engines. One from a little later in the scene, when it's firing at a Recusant's engine may be better. --Commander Mike 21:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Well, this is the only up-close image of it we have so far. Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 22:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Is the cannon-like weapon firing towards the Invisble Hand from one of the Venators, this DBY-827 turbolaser or were those guns some other form of defenses on the Venator?

• Yes. Those big turbolasers firing at Invisible Hand were DBY-827s. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 13:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

ok...thanks Grand Admiral J. Nebulax

• No problem. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax ^{(Imperial Holovision)} 12:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The Turbolasers could hit non-manuvering spaceships too. Like battleships just moving across a systems with a constant course. And it doesn't say that it can penetrate the shields. Maybe it can't at that range... Also, while humans couldn't aim that, Computers probably could. And the Venator does seem to incorporate a lot more automation, perhaps weapon batteries had computer control? Empire probably left them out in a fit of stupidity...there are so many with them...--75.111.36.13 07:24, March 17, 2012 (UTC) I for one, know how i would target at that range. I would build really advanced recon drones, and i would send them to the enemy fleet. They would be like starfighters you know? They would observe how the turbolasers are doing, and if they had hyper comms they could report back on what is happening instantly. Still, the closer the enemy came to you, the more effective your batteries would be.

Didn't the turbolasers appear in Battlefront II? Edit

i think that Battlefront II should be added to the Appearances section. I'm not complaining, I'm just suggesting, but couldn't someone get a picture of the turbolaser on the Star Destroyer from Battlefront II?

AppearancesEdit

Shouldn't there automatically be an appearance whenever a Venator appears? Corellian Premier 00:19, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

• Since the Resolute has been confirmed to carry these by the Clone Wars Visual Dictionary, should the appearances be therefore expanded? Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 14:56, June 1, 2010 (UTC)