Each carries a full stormtrooper division, complete with assault craft and ablative heat shields for orbital drops, 20 AT-AT and 30 AT-ST walkers for ground assault, and six TIE fighter squadrons for escort and patrol.There are whole star systems whose gross domestic product is less than the cost of a single Imperial Star Destroyer. But the Navy pushed for it and the Emperor demanded it, so the standard Star Destroyer was built.The Imperial Star Destroyer has enough firepower to reduce a civilized world to slag or take on a fleet of lesser enemy vessels. Skill: Capital ship piloting: Star DestroyerĬrew: 36,810, gunners: 275, skeleton: 5,000/+20Ĭrew Skill: Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 4D+2, capital ship piloting 5D+1, capital ship shields 4D+1, sensors 4Dįire Arc: 20 front, 15 left, 15 right, 10 backĬapsule: Designed by Lira Wessex, daughter of the man who designed the Victory-class Star Destroyer, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer was an engineering and budget-planning nightmare. The first operational ships of this class began to appear in service shortly before the Battle of Yavin.Craft: Kuat Drive Yards' Imperial I Star Destroyer It was more powerful than later ships of the class. The class began with the prototype Imperial II known as the Empire. Despite these flaws, as well as the vast resources required to maintain and crew the vessels, they remained formidable front line units.Īn improved version of this vessel, called the Imperial-III class Star Destroyer is entering service as of 8.150 ABY, configured primarily for space combat.
It was said by alliance Special Operations officers the Star Destroyer had 174,000 design flaws waiting to be exploited. The Imperial II-class Star Destroyer had many design problems. They replace the heavy turbolasers and heavy ion cannons on the Mk I. The main upgrade came in the form of eight barbette mountings, each mounting eight gun-barrels, which are arranged in rows of four on either side of the superstructure. The Imperial II had a heavier reinforced hull, stronger deflector shields, and greater firepower than the Imperial I class. Several differences existed between the Imperial I and Imperial II, including the replacement of the tractor beam targeting array between the command tower's sensor globes with a communications tower, and the removal of point defense weaponry.
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