Fleet Manual: Super Star Destroyer (SSD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Except for the Death Star battle station [and the Eclipse and Sovereign classes of Super Star Destroyers], the Super-class Star Destroyer is the largest warship ever constructed. Five times the length of an Imperial Star Destroyer, each carries more than a quarter million troops and crew.
Over 1,000 turbolaser batteries, ion cannons, and tractor beam emplacements dot the eight kilometre length. These vessels are like a fleet unto themselves. Twelve squadrons of TIE class fighters (two wings) await within the huge confines of the massive ship. Other carried vessels bring the total aboard the Super Star Destroyer to over 200 ships. Even more weapons of destruction are within the Super Star Destroyer, including a full corps of stormtroopers and other soldiers, 25 AT-AT walkers, 50 AT-STs, and various other ground assault vehicles. In addition, the ship carries three pre-fabricated garrison bases for immediate deployment. The Super-Class Star Destroyer is the dream of the Emperor and the epitome of his new navy. It represents the best and newest vessel available in the Imperial inventory. It is a command ship, a spacegoing headquarters from which to guide planetary invasions, space battles, and the like. Four of these massive vessels are now in service. The first, Executor, was presented to Lord Darth Vader by the Emperor to serve as his personal flagship.
The four known names of line SSDs currently or formerly serving the Imperial Navy, as posted in previously published Star Wars materials, are as follows: SSD Executor, SSD Allegiance, SSD Guardian and SSD Ironfist] Sources: |
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