While disabled it's hyperdive was sabotaged and when the crew attempted to jump into hyperspace the vessel collided with a nearby moon. The Malevolence was eventually disabled by a flight of Republic BTL-B Y-Wings.
The Malevolence was armed with an experimental Ion Cannon that allowed it to disable entire fleets of Republic warships with a single shot. One vessel of the Subjugator-Class would gain infamy after leading a campaign against the Republic in the early weeks of the war. With this vast armament, the Subjugator-Class vessels were able to shred the Venator-Class Star Destroyers of the Republic Navy. The Subjugator-class was also armed with considerable amounts of standard secondary weaponry to destroy the ion cannons victims. Each Vessel was armed with over 500 dual turbolaser turrets, 400 laser cannons & 10 proton torpedo tubes. Built shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, these vessels soon became high value targets for the Republic Navy.Įven though only a few of these vessels were ever built, the represented a significant threat to the Republic Navy. The Subjugator-Class Heavy Cruisers where some of the most powerful vessels in the Separatist Navy.