Intro
Right before the Battle of Endor, the Emperor ordered the construction of a new type of vessel, the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer. Based on the design for the Super Star Destroyer, this vessel would be over twice as long. The great black ship continued to be built, deep in the Core, for the following six years. Supposedly, Palpatine, though weakened by his death at Endor, made sure the construction continued until he was able to return as the rightful leader of the Empire. So when he came back, the Eclipse was waiting for him. The mighty vessel was 17.5 kilometers long, over twice the length of a Super-class ship, and almost as long as 11 Imperial Star Destroyers. It had a black hull, designed to inspire dread and hopelessness in every opponent. The main weapon of the Eclipse was its spine-mounted superlaser. The superlaser, though not as powerful as the Death Star's version, was powerful enough to render worlds uninhabitable. The ship also had shields and a hull so strong that it could ram most any ship without hesitation. The first Eclipse, the prototype, was destroyed (just barely after being completed) over the moon Da Soocha V. The second ship, the Eclipse II, took far less time to build, and participated in several battles before it, too, was destroyed.
ECLIPSE SUPER STAR DESTROYER:
Eclipse-class Star Destroyer Schematics
NAME/TYPE: Eclipse-class Command Ship DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Kuat Drive Yards COMBAT DESIGNATION: Battleship LENGTH: standard 16,000 meters, prototype 17,500 meters CREW: 708,470 crew; 4,175 gunners PASSENGERS: 150,000 troops SPEED RATING: 40 MGLT HYPERDRIVE: x2 HULL RATING: approximately 65000 RU SHIELD RATING: approximately 120000 SBD CONSUMABLES: 10 years WEAPONS: 550 Taim & Bak Heavy Laser Cannons; 500 Taim & Bak Turbolaser Batteries; 75 Borstel Ion Cannon Batteries; 100 Phylon Tractor Beam Projectors; 10 Sienar Fleet Systems Gravity Well Projectors; Axial Superlaser (Planet-Destroyer)* STARFIGHTER SQUADRONS: 50 TIE Interceptor Squads, 8 TIE Bomber Squads PLANETARY ASSAULT TROOPS: 100 AT-AT walkers; 150 AT-ST walkers; 5 Pre-fabricated Garrison Bases OTHER ONBOARD CRAFT: 40 Lambda-Class Imperial Shuttles; 35 Assault Shuttles RPG STATISTICS:Capital, astrogation 5D, capital ship gunnery 5D, capital ship piloting 6D, capital ship shields 4D+2, sensors 4D+1, maneuverability 1D, space 4, hull 15D+2, shields 11D+1. Weapons: Axial Superlaser (fire control 5D, space range 5-25/75/150, damage: Gradational output can fire once every minute at minimum energy [1D damage]. It can also build a charge of 1D per minute up to 8D. Current reactor can only generate 11D total per day.), 500 turbolaser batteries (fire control 4D, space range 3-15/36/75, atmosphere range 600-1.5/7/15 km, damage 5D), 550 heavy laser cannons (fire control 2D, space range 3-15/35/75, atmosphere range 6-15/72/150 km, damage 8D), 75 ion cannons (fire control 2D+2, space range 1-10/25/50, atmosphere range 2-20/50/100 km, damage 3D), 100 tractor beam emplacements (fire control 4D, space range 1-5/15/30, atmosphere range 2-10/30/60 km, damage 6D), 10 gravity well projectors (fire control 4D, space range 1-5/15/30, damage: blocks hyperspace travel).
* The Planet-Destroying Superlaser on the Sovereign and Eclipse Star Destroyers is not capable of completely destroying planets. The Death Star's superlaser consisted of eight large superlasers which, when focused into a single beam, was able to destroy planets. The Eclipse and Sovereign have only one of these eight lasers; though, thanks to recent breakthroughs in laser technology, this single laser has two-thirds the power of the Death Star's complete laser. The superlaser are capable of bringing down even the strongest planetary shields, and can level whole continents and sear the planet's surface, but cannot destroy the planet.
Sovereign-class Star Destroyer
The Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer was meant to be a smaller version of the Eclipse. Palpatine wanted to create a fleet of Sovereigns. He began constructing them, starting with the Sovereign itself, somewhere deep in the Core. But Palpatine died before he could complete the vessels, so no one knows what has happened to them.
SOVEREIGN SUPER STAR DESTROYER:
NAME/TYPE: Sovereign-class Command Ship DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Kuat Drive Yards COMBAT DESIGNATION: Battleship LENGTH: 15,000 meters CREW: 601,670 crew; 4,075 gunners PASSENGERS: 130,100 troops SPEED RATING: 30 MGLT HYPERDRIVE: x3 HULL RATING: approximately 47000 RU SHIELD RATING: approximately 96000 SBD CONSUMABLES: 5 years WEAPONS: 500 Taim & Bak Heavy Laser Cannons; 500 Taim & Bak Turbolaser Batteries; 75 Borstel Ion Cannon Batteries; 100 Phylon Tractor Beam Projectors; 5 Sienar Fleet Systems Gravity Well Projectors; Axial Superlaser (Planet-Destroyer)* STARFIGHTER SQUADRONS: 35 TIE Interceptor Squads, 5 TIE Bomber Squads PLANETARY ASSAULT TROOPS: 75 AT-AT walkers; 100 AT-ST walkers; 5 Pre-fabricated Garrison Bases OTHER ONBOARD CRAFT: 35 Lambda-Class Imperial Shuttles; 30 Assault Shuttles RPG STATISTICS:Capital, astrogation 4D+1, capital ship gunnery 4D+1, capital ship piloting 4D, capital ship shields 4D, sensors 3D+1, maneuverability 1D, space 3, hull 11D, shields 8D. Weapons: Axial Superlaser (fire control 5D, space range 5-25/75/150, damage: Gradational output can fire once every minute at minimum energy [1D damage]. It can also build a charge of 1D per minute up to 8D. Current reactor can only generate 8D total per day.), 500 turbolaser batteries (fire control 4D, space range 3-15/36/75, atmosphere range 600-1.5/7/15 km, damage 5D), 500 heavy laser cannons (fire control 2D, space range 3-15/35/75, atmosphere range 6-15/72/150 km, damage 8D), 75 ion cannons (fire control 2D+2, space range 1-10/25/50, atmosphere range 2-20/50/100 km, damage 3D), 100 tractor beam emplacements (fire control 4D, space range 1-5/15/30, atmosphere range 2-10/30/60 km, damage 6D), 5 gravity well projectors (fire control 4D, space range 1-/15/30, damage: blocks hyperspace travel).
* The Planet-Destroying Superlaser on the Sovereign and Eclipse Star Destroyers is not capable of completely destroying planets. The Death Star's superlaser consisted of eight large superlasers which, when focused into a single beam, was able to destroy planets. The Eclipse and Sovereign have only one of these eight lasers; though, thanks to recent breakthroughs in laser technology, this single laser has two-thirds the power of the Death Star's complete laser. The superlaser are capable of bringing down even the strongest planetary shields, and can level whole continents and sear the planet's surface, but cannot destroy the planet.
Star Destroyer Size Comparison