“When an enemy looks upon one of these new Star Destroyers, they generally dismiss any attack made upon one as suicidal. And after seeing what a single ship can do to a planet, they have good reason.”
The Imperator-class Star Destroyer is a 2,600 metre long Star Destroyer used to a great extent by the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus, serving as the icon of the Imperial Navy and a replacement for the venerable Venator-class Star Destroyer. The ship, like other Cyrannian Star Destroyers before it was designed at the Shipyards over the planet Cyroenia, and while it was originally intended to serve the United Republic of Cyrannus, it now serves as the ultimate symbol of the Empire's power.
History
Origins
Apollo, accompanied by various senators view the Imperial Star Destroyer's design.
The design of the Imperator-class comes from the second year of the Great Cyrannus War when designers of the previous Star Destroyer designs of the URC noticed the numerous casualities they were facing against such threats as the Confederacy of Allied Systems and the Cyrannian Grox Empire. They approached Apollo, the current president with the designs for a new Star Destroyer, one that would ensure the Republic's military dominance in the galaxy.
Apollo brought the designs to the Senate who debated over the design. Many seemed to want the Republic to have a more potent military presence, while others saw the design as too ambitious and expensive. In the end, those in favour of the ship won out and the final preparations in its design ended and construction began in secret high over Cyroenia. In the final months of the war, preduction lines for the Imperator-class increased while those for the Venator-class decreased.
Imperial Service
When Emperor Tyrómairon declared the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus at the end of the final year of the war, the Imperator-class eventually came to render the Venator-class obsolete, though many captains such as Mortikran continued to use them well into the Dark Times. These massive ships eventually came to personify the presence and might of the Empire across Cyrannus, and indeed beyond. By the second year of Imperial rule, Imperial Star Destroyers soon became the most common Imperial vessel with millions being fielded across Imperial controlled space. However, their reign as the most powerful warships in Cyrannus were soon usurped by the larger Star Dreadnoughts, such as the Executor and Assertor-class Dreadnought. Nevertheless, they remained as the most potent symbol of the Empire's ultimate military power over all species in Cyrannus.
An Imperial Star Destroyer, the Accuser on a patrol.
In 02 NE, vessels of the class were recalled at varying points to the nearest Imperial Starbase, where they were equipped with the experimental rapid fire superlaser, a devastating weapon aimed at cracking open planetary crusts without the need for an entire fleet. In addition, two years later, Star Destroyers of this class received a new update known simply as "Corona", which included the installation of devastating new weapon systems as well as the latest updates in Imperial shielding and propulsion technology.
Characteristics
Dimensions
A massive warship, the Imperator-class Star Destroyer generally averages about at 2,600 meters long (8,530 feet). Compared to most previous Cyrannian ships, this is a massive size which serves as one of the Star Destroyer's key weapons; psychological terror. Senator Guolivian once commented after witnessing the Star Destroyer that any attack made upon one would be suicidal. Nevertheless, the Imperator-class is by no means the largest in the Imperial fleet, with some of the larger Star Dreadnoughts such as the massive Nemesis-class being capable of launching these planet-killers as if they were fighter craft.
Offensive Systems
A Star Destroyer launches interceptors.
The Imperator-class is armed to the brim with a lot of advanced weaponry, being a conglomeration of Mortalitas, Basileus, Republic, Corthrinus, Vartekian and possibly some Mornûnendur designs. It's superstructure is doted with Tractor beam projectors and thousands of heavy, medium and light turbolasers. Torpedo systems installed on the Imperator-class include vortex torpedoes and hyperspace missile launchers, both of which can travel across entire galactic sectors to destroy unshielded targets by materialising inside potential enemies. In 02 NE, scientists installed a rapid-fire superlaser into the hangar bay of all Star Destroyers, which is powerful enough to crack open a planet's crust and decimate entire enemy fleets.
In addition, Imperator-class Star Destroyers are also equipped with classified weaponry such as the near-mythical Space-time Metric Weapon System, which when launched alters the very dimensionality of space-time around the target, warping the cosmos in a cataclysmic implosion designed to completely annihilate entire enemy fleets in the blink of an eye. In addition, beginning in 04 NE, newer models are equipped with devastating displacement cannons, gigaton-range weaponry capable of punching holes in planets or indeed, enemy ships.
They are also equipped with some of the strongest shields in the Gigaquadrant, namely an Imperial designed hybrid between metric and non-phasic shielding technology. The model also carries about seventy five individual ASP Fighters.
Notable Ships
- Accuser
- Allegiant
- Basilisk
- Chimaera
- Colossos
- Conquest
- Devastator
- Eviscerator
- Exactor
- Glory
- Implacable
- Judicator
- New Order
- Relentless
- Stalker
- Triumph
- Tyrannic
- Tyrant
- Valorous
- Vehement
- Vengeance
- Visage
Quotes
“At one stage, I thought these awe inspiring vessels would ensure the Republic's survival. Now, they may signal its very end.”
- - Apollo
“Hahaha! With these vessels, rebels will tremble in fear!”
- - Zillum
“Watch as the might of the Colossus enforces the Emperor's law in this unruly land.”
- - Tyrant
“A terrible weapon of mass destruction, thee must tremble at her approach!”
- - Ramcard
“Power stems from fear. And THIS spaceship is fear incarnate.”
“DESE SHIPS AR SIK SHIP WANNABES”
- - Kal'kuir
“An outstanding masterpiece of a battleship, by any standard. If only it where used for more noble purposes, and by a more noble people.”
Trivia
- The Imperator-class Star Destroyer is obviously based on the iconic ship from Star Wars of the same name.
- They are Cyrannian's personal favourite creation.
Gallery
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Further Reading
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