[X] Far & Wide Trade
If you can't get a money-maker like this under your belt first, you're hardly going to get a look in for a capital-intensive purchase. Set the company up on a good foundation first, then we can start aiming high.
I had a fascinating discussion on Discord earlier today about really looking at the ethos behind how space combat tech and space battles work in Star Wars from the Clone Wars on through to the Galactic Civil War era and somewhat surprisingly, what really seemed to fit was very late Age of Sail, to early-mid Age of Steam/Pre-Dreads. The heavy reliance on turbolaser batteries that form broadsides/casemates. The method of relative motion, the ranges that are required before weapons fire exchanges can be effective. The rise of the torpedo boat, but in the form of starfighters as opposed to actual corvette type ships. What it leaves us is that looking at an Imperial-class Star Destroyer probably fits best as an old style 74, a 3rd Rate Ship of the Line that provides that all-rounder balance of firepower, endurance, cost, and all the additional capacities.
Some of this is a little off-topic for the thread, but given earlier discussions here, I thought it might be of interest.
