Eclipse Class Star Destroyer

 Picture by Jason Mackey

Model: Eclipse Class Star Destroyer

Manufacturer: Kuat Drive Yards

Designation: Super-Heavy Command Ship

Length: 16,000 meters (Prototype Lenght: 17,500 meters)

Crew: 712,645

Troops: 150,000

Cargo Capacity: 600,000 metric tons

Consumables: 10 years

Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2

Hyperdrive Backup: x6

Speed: 6 MGLT

Hull: 77,710 RU

Shields: 136,000 SBD

Special Features: Ten Gravity Well Projectors and one Planet annihilating "superlaser" with a firing range of 31,375,000 km.

Weapons: 550 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries, 500 Heavy Laser Cannons, 75 Ion Cannons, 100 Tractor Beam Projectors, 10 Gravity Well Projectors and 1 Superlaser.

Onboard Craft: 444 TIE Series Fighters, 72 I-7 Howlrunner Fighters, 72 Alpha Class XG-1 Star Wing Fighters, 72 A-9 Vigilance Interceptor, 36 Gamma Class XM-1 Missile Boat Fighters and 400 Light Transports.

 

The Eclipse Class Command Ship is currently the greatest command ship class in the Imperial fleet. It is not longer than the Executor Class ships, but it is much more massive. The ships carry almost a million personnel, almost 700 starfighters, and a staggering amount of weapons. They also have 10 Gravity Well Projectors for keeping ships from entering hyperspace, and an axial Superlaser capable of damaging the crust of a planet. These ships are made from all-black hull components, making it nearly invisible to the naked eye.

Only two of these ships have been built: the Eclipse Prototype and the Eclipse II. The Eclipse Prototype began construction shortly after the completion of the first Executor Class vessels, and was designed to be the Emperor's personal flagship. However, as resources were diverted to more traditional ships (and projects such as the Imperial II Death Star), the construction of the Eclipse Prototype lagged behind and was eventually put on hold. Nonetheless, the ship was completed almost a decade after it was started, when the resurrected Emperor Palpatine regained control of the remaining Imperial fleet and its resources. Unfortunately, it was soon destroyed by a destructive natural phenomena in the Cyax system, above the fifth moon of Da Soocha. Not long after this event, a similar ship, the Eclipse II, was produced with the same purpose as its predecessor. However, this ship was also destroyed shortly after it had been launched.