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there is perhaps no greater symbol of
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the Empire's dominance no greater
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arguments for the futility of defiance
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than the colossal flagship of its mighty
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fleet the Tarkin doctrine epitomized the
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executor class super stardestroyer
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larger by a factor of 10 the most
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Imperial warships and wielding the
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firepower of an entire fleet of
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stardestroyers a single executor class
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was more than capable of engaging entire
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hostile battle groups and conducting
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full-scale planetary invasion without
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reinforcements even without engaging in
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combat the mere terrifying presence of
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the executor class has been known to
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inspire the immediate retreat or
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surrender of hostile forces and as a
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means of maintaining order and security
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through fear the ship was second only to
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the Death Star 19,000 meters in length
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and approximately 4,000 meters across
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the executor class was the largest
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starship in the galaxy at the time of
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its commissioning and one of the largest
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in recorded history over 280 thousand
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officers gunners and crewmen served
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aboard each vessel with personnel and
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cargo being ferried throughout its vast
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interior by rail jet carriages and
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turbolifts the executive class was
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designed by the brilliant Lyra Wessex of
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kuat drive yards who had previously
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designed the extremely successful
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Venator and imperial class Star
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Destroyers Wessex had intended for the
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executor to represent a quantum surge in
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starship design exceeding all of Kady
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Weis previous works the executor class
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carried an enormous array of weaponry in
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excess of most Imperial fleets included
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in this Arsenal were 2,000 turbo laser
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cannons supplemented by a further 2,000
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heavy turbo laser cannons the ship also
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boasted 250 ion cannons 250 concussion
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missile batteries and a huge array of
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point defense weapons the executive
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class was also capable of carrying
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thousands of tie series star fighters as
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well as 5 full legions of stormtroopers
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amounting to 38,000 troops in order to
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support this massive infantry force
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during planetary invasions the
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also carried 30 80 80 s and 40 80 STS as
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well as 2 prefabricated garrison bases
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and 200 assault shuttles the command
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tower of the executive class was almost
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twice as wide as the length of a CR 90
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Karelian Corvette and required its own
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dedicated shield generators and
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life-support system the tower played
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host to the bridge officers quarters
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mess halls Starfighter coordination
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centers and hollow net communication
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Suites the command towers shaft was
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lined with massive heatsink panels and
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radiators intended to dissipate the heat
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built up by the ship's gargantuan
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HyperMatter reactors these reactors
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provided the massive amounts of energy
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needed to power the vessels 13 engines
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each the size of a small starship in
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their own right at least one executive
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class vessel the terror was known to
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have been outfitted with a Stygian
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crystal fueled cloaking device allowing
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the ship to become fully invisible to
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both sensors and the naked eye this
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feature increased the already massive
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monetary cost of constructing an
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executor class to a level even the
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Galactic Empire could not reasonably
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sustain for this reason the terror
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remained the only super stardestroyer
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ever to be outfitted with cloaking
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technology and the ship was assigned as
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a carrier for the Empire's wing of
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prototype Thai phantoms until its
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destruction by the Rebel Alliance in 3
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ABY construction of the first executive
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class vessels began on the order of
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Emperor Palpatine in 3 BBY initially two
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of the vessels were built simultaneously
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the executor the first of the class was
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constructed at fond or shipyards while
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her sister ship the loose anchor was
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assembled at kuat drive yards the
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executor would go on to become easily
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the most well known ship of its class
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striking fear into the galaxy as the
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personal flagship of the Sith Lord Darth
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Vader though the Empire built several
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more executor class vessels across the
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course of the Galactic Civil War Vader's
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flagship was always the most famous at
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the head of the huge battle group known
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as Death Squadron the executor was
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involved in several crucial engagements
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with the Rebel Alliance across the
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course of the Galactic Civil War
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including the blockade of Yavin and the
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Battle of Hoth the executor would
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finally meet its end in the pivotal
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battle over Endor in four ABY having
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been expressly ordered to remain its
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station-keeping
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outside of the main engagement zone and
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with its fighter complement out
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position engaging Alliance forces the
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executor was left vulnerable to rebel
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star fighter attacks and suffered damage
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to one of its command towers sensor
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domes overloading the bridge deflector
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shields in a moment of tremendous luck
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for the Alliance the brief loss of
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shielding on the executives bridge
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coincided with Alliance a wing pilot our
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ville clinic suffering serious damage to
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his craft and electing to sacrifice his
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life by ramming the executives bridge
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the small fighter penetrated the super
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Star Destroyers command deck and
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exploded instantly killing Admiral
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thermos Piatt and his entire command
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staff with control completely lost in
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the middle of a battle maneuver the
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mighty executor slammed into the surface
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of the second Death Star and was
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completely obliterated though the loss
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of the executor at Endor would be a
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serious blow to the Imperial remnant in
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the years following the battle other
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executor class vessels such as the Lu
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Sankhya Reaper Intimidator and Knight
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hammer would go on to serve in several
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conflicts years after the Galactic Civil
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War some in service to the Imperial
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remnant some at the command of rogue
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Imperial warlords and some even seized
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by the New Republic to serve in their
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growing star fleet regardless of their
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masters however the terrifying presence
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of the executor was never diminished and
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the massive vessels continued to be one
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of the most feared sites in the galaxy
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even decades after the Emperor's death
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