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Description
Production information
Manufacturer: Kuat-Entralla Engineering
Type: Battlecruiser -classed Star Destroyer (Anaxes War College System )
Technical specifications
Length: 2,406 meters
Height/depth: 682 meters
Engine unit(s): Ion engines (7)
Hyperdrive system: Equipped
Power plant:
- Solar ionization reactor
- Auxiliary reactor
Hull: Multi-layered armor
Sensor systems: Equipped
Armament:
- Axial superlaser (1)
- Heavy turbolaser batteries (40)
- Ion cannons (40)
- Point-defense laser cannons (40)
- Variable-ordnance warhead launchers (35)
- Heavy tractor beam projectors (10)
Docking bays: Launch bays (2)
Crew: 29,585
Communication systems: Enhanced communications array
Other systems:
- Artificial intelligence
- Automated systems
- Flight control systems
- Tractor beam control center
Role(s): Orbital bombardment
Affiliation:
The Xyston-class Star Destroyer, also known as the Xyston-class Destroyer, the Final Order Star Destroyer, the Sith Star Destroyer, Sith Destroyer, or simply the "planet destroyer," was a model of Star Destroyer exclusively used by the Sith Eternal 's fleet , the Final Order . Manufactured by Kuat-Entralla Engineering and essentially derived from the traditional Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the Xyston-class was one of a kind due to its axial superlaser capable of annihilating any world or ship. The Sith Star Destroyer represented the culmination of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious ' vision of a galaxy forced into submission by sheer military might and intimidation.
Patiently built in utmost secrecy on Exegol at Palpatine's behest during and well after the Galactic Civil War , the Xyston-class Star Destroyer would prove to be the most powerful ship ever made in the galactic history, as a single destroyer would pose a deadly threat to virtually any world or vessel. Although the Xyston-class Star Destroyer successfully raided and obliterated the planet Kijimi , it would not see action until the climactic Battle of Exegol in 35 ABY , where the 1,080 Sith Star Destroyers faced overwhelming odds.
Darth Sidious ordered Allegiant General Enric Pryde to deploy the fleet of Xyston-class Star Destroyers from Exegol, but their launch was prevented in extremis by the destruction of the Final Order's flagship . Trapped in Exegol's atmosphere and unable to move from their position, the Sith Star Destroyers were ultimately destroyed one after the other at great cost by the Resistance. Not only their destruction potentially saved many worlds and deprived the First Order of decisive reinforcements, it also sealed the collapse of the Final Order and with it, marked the turning point of the ongoing war in favor of the Resistance.
Unparalleled and well ahead of its time, the Xyston-class Star Destroyer was a redoutable battleship that could and should have been the ultimate weapon guaranteeing the domination of the Sith Eternal upon the galaxy. But critical flaws in its conception prematurely sealed its fate before the Sith Star Destroyer could unleash its full potential. Ultimately, the Xyston-class Star Destroyer was abandoned and disbanded following the death of Darth Sidious and the subsequent destruction of its representatives at the Battle of Exegol .
Characteristics
Design
"A fleet of Star Destroyers a thousand times more powerful than the galaxy has ever seen."―Darth Sidious
The Xyston-class Star Destroyer, also designated as the Xyston-class Destroyer and known as the Final Order Star Destroyer, the Sith Star Destroyer, Sith Destroyer, and "planet destroyer," was a class of 2,406-meter -long and 682-meter-high Star Destroyer that was manufactured by Kuat-Entralla Engineering . Due to its length, it fell under the battlecruiser classification in the Anaxes War College System . The starship was meant to invoke annihilation.
Since their construction was undertaken at the time of the Galactic Empire, their design was therefore strongly reminiscent of the historic Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and appeared to be quite outdated by the time the Sith Star Destroyers were finally revealed to the galaxy in 35 ABY. On the other hand, they were scaled up and fitted with efficient automation systems to lower crew requirements to 29,585 crew members. Each Xyston featured the red markings of the Sith Eternal on the very edges of its dorsal hull. As a derivative of the Imperial-class design, the Sith Star Destroyer maintained the same dagger-shaped hull , and was characterized by a conning tower situated atop a armored superstructure.
Equipment and systems
Within the tower were the inhabited crew decks, the bridge , and a powerful deflector shield generator . The tower's exterior featured two deflector shield generator domes on the port and starboard side, with an enhanced communications array identical in physical appearance to the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer's tractor beam targeting array situated at the center. The bow of the Sith Star Destroyer was stocked with a forward sensor cluster, forward atmosphere pressurization and circulation pumps, the atmosphere distribution duct, raw material stores, and liquid stores.
Although equipped with a hyperdrive and deflector shields , Sith Star Destroyers could not activate either on Exegol due to the turbulent atmosphere full of static discharges. While they possessed individual navigation systems , a navigational beacon from a navigation tower had to be connected to the navigation systems on each Xyston-class ship, surrendering their flight control systems to a coordinating intelligence .
Reactor and superlaser
Main article: Axial superlaser
"These— These aren't just machines. Each will carry a cannon… that can destroy a planet… and there are hundreds of them!"―Ochi
The epitome of the destroyer's destructive nature, Xyston-class Star Destroyers were each equipped with the axial superlaser cannon, a superweapon capable of destroying entire planets in the name of enforcing Palpatine's rule. The weapon was activated by the direct impulse of ionic energy from the reactor and when fired, the axial superlaser fired a continuous blast that penetrated deep into a planet. After penetrating the surface, the beam pulsated continuously generated by its reactor until parts of a planet exploded, eventually resulting in the entire terrestrial body succumbing to a large explosion. The barrel of axial superlaser had a forcing cone barrel head followed by a collimator assembly sleeve. The cannon was supported by articulation cradle servomotors and a superlaser power feed direct from the main reactor. Like the Death Star , these weapons were powered by kyber crystals . Hangar space and deep storage areas were sacrificed to make space for the axial superlaser and its related power distribution network.
The First Order 's Mandator IV-class Siege Dreadnought was a test project that was derived from the Xyston-class Star Destroyer's design. Since the superlaser was tied to the ship's reactor, the destruction of one led to the destruction of both. The abundant reserves of power had to be diligently balanced and managed by a crew of skilled fleet technicians . Usually, ship systems brought down the power output to safe levels, but since the superlaser was a direct tap to the reactor, any miscalculation committed by technical crews monitoring the reactor would have critical consequences. Bridge-based duty stations were more desirable posts for fleet technicians than the radioactive areas of the engineering section or superlaser maintenance. The reactor was located near the primary power converters , a principal power distribution trunk, a port main sublight engine power trunk, reactor coolant pumps, and a heavy weapons power converter. Located within the superstructure were the hyperdrive generator and field projectors, the hyperdrive power distribution trunk, and an atmospheric processing plant. Towards the stern of the ship, the main sublight engine nozzles gave way to the coolant storage bottles, the main reactor fuel silo, the auxiliary reactor, and other systems.
For sublight propulsion, the Xyston-class featured seven ion engines (three primary and four secondary, with the smaller secondary engines flanking the larger main engines) at the aft of the vessel, and main power was provided by a solar ionization reactor that fed directly into the Sith Star Destroyer's planet-destroying axial superlaser . At least two launch bays were adjacent to the superlaser , and an engineering section was located between the cannon and the reactor . The reactor was situated on the ventral hull below the superstructure of the Star Destroyer. The reactor consisted of a hypermatter annihilation chamber that was protected by a multi-layered armor and shielded dome. The heavily shielded carbonite - and durasteel -lined chamber collected the energy output from the power core, and distributed to intensive systems like the hyperdrive and the sublight propulsion. With the injection of hypermatter catalysts, the reactor created a miniature sun , and the resulting energetic output was channeled directly into the kyber -focused superlaser.
Other armament and complement
The sole purpose of the Xyston-class was to enforce Palpatine's rule with their superlasers, creating a ship that exemplified the idea that form followed function. All the same, for ship-to-ship combat and defense, Xyston-class ships were further armed with forty heavy turbolaser batteries, forty ion cannons , forty point-defense laser cannons , thirty-five variable-ordnance warhead launchers , and ten heavy tractor beam projectors . The two launch bays contained a total of seventy-two TIE/dg starfighters that were held in place by docking clamps.
Role
"The day this fleet launches, freedom dies in the galaxy."―Beaumont Kin
The Xyston-class Star Destroyer was meant to quickly station itself at various key points throughout the galaxy with the aim of removing any desire for freedom and establishing an everlasting order. With its orbital bombardment role, the Xyston could be used for first-strike capabilities.
