The Sovereign-class Super Star Dreadnaught was designed as a scaled down version of the massive Eclipse Star Dreadnaught. Like it's predecessor, it can ram smaller ships with it's reinforced prow. While the Reborn Emperor wanted to create a fleet of these vessels, only four were built and they were all destroyed by the New Republic within a year. The superlaser on this ship is operated by 1,000 gunners and it can breach planetary shields and turn planets into cinder in a single full power shot. It can fire once per minute at nominal charge up to eight times which is still enough to devastate any single starship, and at full power once per day. In addition to its incredible firepower, it also has a maximum range twice that of heavy turbolasers. The ship also carries 11% improved conventional firepower over the Executor-class, with as much as 36% improved fire control. However, the design has a weaker sensor array, only 2/3rds as strong as the one found on the Executor-class. The shield control suffer from the same weakness. The main batteries on the Sovereign are worthy to comment since they are not turbolasers, but heavy lasers. Normally, laser cannons are much weaker than turbolasers and has a range of only 25 space units, but the heavy lasers on the Sovereign-class matches the range and power of heavy turbolaser batteries, with much improved cohesion. Ref note: All statistics are upgraded to reflect the new ITW data.
Ship History:
The Redemption II was constructed for ten years by a surviving Imperial faction. Admiral Alex Hastings Jr seized the ship in a coup for himself and tried to ally with the NIF during C2M10. NIF command decided not to trust Hastings and a battle commenced. Eventually the Redemption II was defeated and captured by the NIF for repair and renewed service in the Imperial Navy as the SSSD Annihilation.
Ship Designation: SSSD Annihilation
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Specifications:
Name/Type: Sovereign-class Super Star Dreadnaught
Designer/Manufacturer: Kuat Drive Yards
Designation: Battleship
Crew: 601,670 + 4,075 Gunners
Length: 15,000 meters
Speed: 30 MGLT
Hyperdrive: x2
Shield Rating: 96,000 SBD
Hull Rating: 47,000 RU
Weapons: 1 DexenGrid HS-III improved axial Super Laser, 3,600 Taim & Bak Heavy Laser Cannons, 3,600 Taim & Bak Turbolaser Batteries, 540 Borstel NK-7 Ion Cannon Batteries, 720 Phylon Q-7 Tractor Beam Projectors, 36 SFS G7-XB Gravity-Well Projectors.
Fighter Complement: 40 squadrons.
Troops: 130,100 Stormtroopers, 75 AT-AT, 100 AT-ST, 5 Pre-fabricated Garrison Bases.
Support Craft: 35 Lambda-Class Imperial Shuttles, 30 Assault Shuttles.
Modifications: Hyperdrive upgraded from x3.
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