Legacy-class Star Destroyer

[Cathul Thuku]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a pocket battleship for the Galactic Alliance
• Image Source: ModDB
• Canon Link: N/A
• Development Thread: A Light in the Dark (posts #4, 5, 10, 17, 18, 31, 34; 7 posts and counting)
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Model: Legacy-class Star Destroyer
• Affiliation: Open market
• Production: Minor (2 per writer)
• Material: Quadanium frame, durasteel hull

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Balanced Star Destroyer
• Length: 1400m
• Width: 780m
• Height: 410m
• Armament: 13 (600/30/120); more may be added depending on the allocation of posts in the Tython dominion
• 8 Toprawa heavy long-range turbolasers (4 double turrets; 144 turbolaser equivalents)
• 4 Scarif heavy long-range ion cannons (2 double turrets; 72 turbolaser equivalents)
• 3 Kami 88mm hypervelocity cannons (30 turbolaser equivalents)
• 1 Summer heavy long-range hypervelocity cannon (90 turbolaser equivalents)
• 66 Gatling rapid-fire turbolasers (22 triple turrets; 264 turbolaser equivalents)
  8 light Volksgrenadier assault concussion missile launchers (24 heavy launcher equivalents)
• 30 concussion missile launchers (6 heavy launcher equivalents)
  60 Kaeshana hypervelocity cannons (120 point-defense equivalents)
• Defenses: 13
• Hangar: 3 Squadrons, 6 dropships; more squadrons may be added depending on the allocation of posts in the Tython dominion
• Maneuverability Rating: 16
• Speed Rating: 16
• Hyperdrive Class: 1 (backup class 8)

SPECIAL FEATURES

- Tensor field generator
- Inertial compensator
- Castameer tactical display
- CHX 5.0 acoustic theater
- 4 Vanderhing linear ion drives
- Ship-wide neural net
- 8 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
- Cap drains
- Double redundancy deflector shields
- Electronic warfare suite (ECM and ECCM)
- Medical equipment (hundreds of bacta tanks, thousands of medical droids)

Strengths:

• Long-range firepower: over half the firepower can be directed against targets at long range
• Can overwhelm enemy point-defense thanks to the use of cloaked MIRVs
• Strong hull

Weaknesses:

• Pagoda mast: the command superstructure is a large, exposed target, housing both the bridge and the CIC (although the CIC is nested deeper inside the ship than the bridge is)
• Slow, unmaneuverable
• Exposed engines: if two of the four main engines are destroyed, the ship becomes very unwieldy (18/18)

Description: First used during the Liberation of Tython, the Legacy-class Star destroyer was built according to plans salvaged from a cache of ancient schematics on Jabiim prior to the Omega War, which yielded the Ultima-class bulk freighter and later the Mateus-class fleet carrier. It suffered years under development hell, because the development team wanted to add the latest in components each time new components were released, while ensuring that ships attacking aft would still face sufficient firepower not to have the aft arc considered as a significant weakness. On the dorsal spine are located the eight MIRV launchers, fired under cloak, which unleash their payload at standard concussion missile ranges. The ventral hangar can fit 3 squadrons of attack craft.

Crew: 7,600
Passenger capacity: 6,000
Consumables: 4 years
Cargo: 50,000 tons