Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer Mk.I
Overview
Name:
Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer Mk.I (ESSD)
Tag:
ESSD
Manufacturer:
Kuat Drive Yards
In Use By:
Empire
Category:
Destroyers
Game Patches:
Crew:
708,470; 4,175 gunners; 88,500 skeleton
Fighters:
700
Length:
17.5 kilometers
Cargo:
600,000 metric tons
Description:
Super heavy starship. A less powerful verion of the Eclipse-class, yet still overwhelming the original Super Star Destroyer. It carries 7 wings of TIE, in addition to its axial super laser, making a formidable force.
Statistics
| Shields: | Yes |
| Hyperdrive: | Yes |
| Shield Strength: | 704,000 SBD |
| Shield Recharge: | 127 |
| Shield Decharge: | 127 |
| Hull Strength: | 335,216 RU |
| System Strength: | 250 |
| Counters: | 0 |
| Point Value: | 250 |
| Explosive Strength: | 1,600,000 |
| Cruise Speed: | 7 MGLT |
| Acceleration: | 4 MGLT/s |
| Decelleration: | 9 MGLT/s |
| Roll Rating: | 1 |
| Pitch Rating: | 2 |
| Maneuverability: | 5 DPF |
| Laser Cannons: | 1,051 |
| Ion Cannons: | 75 |
| Launchers: | 0 |
| Torpedo Capacity: | 0 |
Background
Although no specifications regarding this new ultimate weapon have yet been obtained from our Intelligence Agents in the Core Worlds, the following general characteristics have been identified. It is assumed the current Emperor's Hammer Flagship, the SSSD Sovereign, is a design primarily based upon technologies to be refined in the ESSD Eclipse...
The Axial Superlaser: The main weapon aboard the ESSD Eclipse is the axial superlaser: a spine-mounted superlaser modeled on the main weapon of the Death Star itself. The Death Star's prime weapon was composed of eight individual lasers that could focus together, generating enough power to destroy an entire planet. By comparison, the Eclipse carries only a single laser, but recent focusing and generator advances make this ray much more powerful than the units used on the Death Star. The beam packs enough destructive power to shatter the most powerful planetary shields and sear whole continents in a flash.
Sources:Horne, Michael Allen. Dark Empire Sourcebook. West End Games. June 1993