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This WWW Holonet
site fully details the specifications for the SSD Avenger, Flagship of the
Dark Jedi Brotherhood, a SubGroup of the
Emperor's Hammer.
The SSD Avenger
is another crowning example of superior Imperial war engineering at its peak. Prior
to her current duty, the SSD Avenger served as the Flagship for the Fleet until the
arrival of the SSSD Sovereign.
The Super-Class Super Star
Destroyer (SSD), as excerpted from the Imperial Sourcebook; Greg Gorden; West End Games;
June, 1994; pp. 62-63)...and as posted in the Emperor's Hammer Fleet Manual;
GARonin@aol.com, 1996).
"Except for the
Death Star battle station [and the Eclipse and Sovereign classes of Super Star
Destroyers], the Super-class Star Destroyer is the largest warship ever
constructed. Five times the length of an Imperial Star Destroyer, each carries more than a
quarter million troops and crew.
Over 1,000 turbolaser
batteries, ion cannons, and tractor beam emplacements dot the eight kilometer length.
These vessels are like a fleet unto themselves. Twelve squadrons of TIE class fighters
(two Wings) await within the huge confines of the massive ship. Other carried vessels
bring the total aboard the Super Star Destroyer to over 200 ships.
Even more weapons of
destruction are within the Super Star Destroyer, including a full corps of stormtroopers
and other soldiers, 25 AT-AT walkers, 50 AT-STs, and various other ground assault
vehicles. In addition, the ship carries three pre-fabricated garrison bases for immediate
deployment.
The Super-Class Star
Destroyer is the dream of the Emperor and the epitome of his new navy. It represents the
best and newest vessel available in the Imperial inventory. It is a command ship, a
space-going headquarters from which to guide planetary invasions, space battles, and the
like.
Four of these massive
vessels are now in service. The first, Executor, was presented to Lord Darth Vader
by the Emperor to serve as his personal flagship.
[The second
prototype, the SSD Avenger, constructed secretly by Palpatine's engineers, was
brought online shortly before the Battle of Endor to serve the newly commissioned
Emperor's
Hammer Strike Fleet. The SSD Avenger was christened in honor of her infamous namesake, the
ISD Avenger, which served with the late Dark Vader's personal Star Destroyer Squadron. The
SSD Avenger, after serving for approximately one year as Flagship of the Emperor's Hammer
Strike Fleet, now serves as the Flagship for the Dark Brotherhood.
Craft: KDY's Executor
Type: Super-class Star Destroyer
Type: Super-class Star Destroyer
Length: 8,000 meters
Crew: 279,144, gunners: 1,590, skeleton: 50,000
Passengers: 38,000 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 250,000 metric tonnes
Consumables: 6 years
Weapons:
- 250 Turbolaser Batteries
- 250 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
- 250 Concussion Missile Tubes
- 250 Ion Cannons
- 40 Tractor Beam Emplacements
Starfighters: 2 wings (12 TIE
Squadrons for a total of 144 fighters)
The following represent
some of the SSDs identified in published Star Wars literature:
- Executor
- Avenger
- Allegiance
- Guardian
- Iron Fist
- Vengeance (XWing vs. TIE Fighter, LucasArts, 1998)
- Terror (Rebel Assault II,
LucasArts, 1997)
- Lusankya (X-Wing:Krytos Trap,
X-Wing: The Bacta War, Micheal Stackpole)
- Razor's Kiss (X-Wing: Iron Fist,
Aaron Allston)
- Pride of Yevetha (Black Fleet
crisis book series, Micheal P. Kube-Mcdowell)
- Knight Commander (Darksaber book,
Kevin J. Anderson)
- Vacillitator (SWWC: Convergence
stories series, Andrew Modeen)
More information
on the Ships of the Emperor's Hammer can be found by reviewing the
Fleet Manual.

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