Though KDY had designed and built extremely large warships in the past, the result obtained by Wessex was utterly gargantuan.Įmperor Palpatine authorized the construction of the first four Executor-class ships even before the Battle of Yavin, but it still had to be slipped past the watchful eyes of various oversight committees in the Imperial Senate to the very last, the minority of Senators who opposed Palpatine and his policies used the few political tools they had left to hinder him, and one of these was budget oversight. Working on that theory, she began designing a starship that would dwarf all her previous works. Following her work on the already-impressive Imperial-class, Wessex sought to improve on the design.Īdhering to Kuat Drive Yards' philosophy of psychological effect in starship design, or "terror styling", she believed that the immense size of an Imperial-class Star Destroyer was largely responsible for its ability to intimidate opponents. The Executor-class was the brainchild of Lira Wessex, the brilliant and ambitious engineer who already had the designs of the Venator-class and Imperial-class Star Destroyers to her credit. Instead, the Executor-class symbolizes the Empire’s unlimited power and resources. In a military sense, however, these vessels are somewhat impractical, since a smaller ship can fulfill its mission duties. With over 5,000 weapon emplacements, and able to carry a staggering 864 starfighters, these 13-engine-ships have enough firepower to destroy entire fleets alone and are also used as command ships for Imperial Navy Fleets or planetary invasions.
The Executor-class measures 19 kilometers in length and is 100 times more massive than an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. They are one of the largest classes of ship ever built.
The Executor-class can terrorize worlds beyond the capability for resistance, able to conquer enemies without firing a shot as they see the folly of trying to battle against such a monster. These ships are fully equipped and, essentially, serve as mobile fortress-cities. The Executor-class Super-class Star Destroyers, also referred to as the Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts due to their immense size, are assigned only to the most important missions.
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