Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer
Manufactured by Kuat Drive
Yards. Two ships of this class were built, to serve as the Emperor's
flagship. The ship has a spine-mounted axial superlaser that although
not as powerful as the Death Star's superlaser, was still quite
devastating. It has several gravity well projectors, and many weapons
emplacements. In addition, its shields and hull were strong enough to
allow it to ram enemy vessels. Although it is shorter than the
Executer-class, at 16 km, it masses much more. Several official
sources place the length at 17.5 km, but Dark Empire, the originating
source, places it at 10 miles, or approximately 16 km.
Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer
Manufactured by Kuat
Drive Yards. Four ships of this class were built. 15 km in length,
these ships were quite similar to the Eclipse-class ships,
including a spine-mounted axial superlaser, gravity well projectors,
and similar armanent.
Imperator-class Star Destroyer
Also known as the Imperial Star
Destroyer or ISD, these ships have are the most common ships of the
Empire, with over 25,000 of these built. The ship was 1.6 km long, and
one was assigned to every sector. A Kuat Drive Yards design, the ship
was extremely versatile, packing a lot of firepower, 72 TIEs, 9,700
stormtroopers as well as various support craft for suppressing
rebellious worlds, as well as a range of attack ships, landing craft,
barges, and drop ships. The ISD has enough firepower to turn a planet's
crust into slag, with a Base-Delta-Zero attack. There are two
sub-classes of ISDs, the Imperator-I, and the Imperator-II, which has
an improved hull, and greater weaponry.
Republic-class Star Destroyer
One of the New Republic's
"New Class" designs, created to increase the degree of
standardization in its vessels. Manufactured by Rendilli Stardrive, the
creators of the Victory-class Star Destroyers. Costs half the
amount of an Imperator-class, and has 20 percent more firepower
than the Imperator-I, though not as powerful as the
Imperator-II. 1250 m in length and carries a wing of
starfighters. Remains in limited production.
Nebula-class Star Destroyer
Another of the New Republic's
"New Class" designs, so that the standardization of ships in
its fleet would improve. 1040 m in length.
Victory-class Star Destroyer
An old Star Destroyer design built
by Rendilli Stardrive, and used by the Old Republic. The ship is 900 m
long, carries 2 squadrons of TIE fighters, and 2,000 ground troops wth
support craft and drop ships and troop transports. The hyperdrive is
twice as fast as that of Imperator-class destroyers, but has poor
sublight speed. The ship was good for planetary operations, as it could
enter a planet's atmosphere. Two sub-classes of VSDs were built, the
Victory-I and the improved Victory-II. As the
Imperator-class destroyers were built, the
Victory-class destroyers were sold, decommisioned, or
reassigned to defense roles and reserve fleets.
Defender-class Star Destroyer
One of the New Republic's
"New Class" designs. 1040 m in length. Not to be confused with
the Defender-class Assualt Carriers. Although it was only 65% as
large as Imperator-class vessels, it was a match for the
Imperator-II. Carries a wing of starfighters. Manufactured by Republic Engineering
Corporation.
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