Executor-class Super Star Destroyer

Overview
Executor-class Super Star Destroyer
Name: Executor-class Super Star Destroyer (SSD)
Tag: SSD
Manufacturer: Kuat Drive Yards
In Use By: Empire
Category: Destroyers
Game Patches: None
Crew: 279,144, Troops: 38,000
Fighters: 144
Length: 8,000 meters
Cargo: 250,000 metric tons
Description: Super heavy starship. The SSD is the equivalent of an entire fleet of Imperial class Star Destroyers. It carries twelve starfighter squadrons.
Statistics
Shields: Yes
Hyperdrive: Yes
Shield Strength: 96,000 SBD
Shield Recharge: 127
Shield Decharge: 127
Hull Strength: 45,712 RU
System Strength: 220
Counters: 10
Point Value: 250
Explosive Strength: 270,000
Cruise Speed: 11 MGLT
Acceleration: 4 MGLT/s
Decelleration: 9 MGLT/s
Roll Rating: 1
Pitch Rating: 2
Maneuverability: 5 DPF
Laser Cannons: 500
Ion Cannons: 250
Launchers: 250
Torpedo Capacity: 62,500
Background
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 second prototype, the SSD Avenger, constructed secretly by Palpatine's engineers, was brought online shortly before the Battle of Endor to serve the newly commissioned Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet. The SSD Avenger was christened in honour of her infamous namesake, the ISD Avenger, which served with the late Darth Vader's personal Star Destroyer Squadron. The SSD Avenger, after serving for approximately one year as Flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet, now serves as the Flagship for the Dark Jedi Brotherhood...

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:Gorden, Greg. Imperial Sourcebook. West End Games. June 1994