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| Name: | Nebula-class Star Destroyer |
| Weaponary: | 40 Heavy Turbolasers
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| 40 Turbolasers
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| 10 Advanced Concussion Missile Launchers
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| 20 Ion Cannons
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| 8 Tractor Beam Projectors
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Although it was only 1,040 meters long (65% of the length of an Imperial-class Star Destroyer), the Nebula was a match for an Imperial II. It was designed to be able to defeat any one enemy Star Destroyer, two heavy cruisers, or an entire line of smaller Imperial support ships. It was even designed to resist some of the smaller Super Star Destroyer types. Following the New Class practice of using the same hull for multiple configurations, the Nebula-class Star Destroyers shared their basic spaceframe design with the Endurance-class fleet carriers. The armament of the Nebula-class Star Destroyer consisted of 40 heavy turbolaser cannons, 40 turbolaser cannons, 20 ion cannons, 8 tractor beam projectors, and 8 assault concussion missile tubes, each equipped with 30 missiles. It should be noted that, despite the touting of far superior firepower over the Republic-class, the two had nearly similar armaments: the difference was eight concussion missile launchers for the Nebula, and two additional tractor beams for the Republic. The power generation and model of guns was most likely different enough to make the Nebula-class superior to the Republic-class. The ships could carry up to sixty starfighters and shuttles, normally including one wing of three fighter squadrons, plus support ships. Originally part of the Defender design program developed soon after the Battle of Endor, the "DSD", or "pocket Star Destroyer", eventually entered service almost a decade later,[1] but even during the Yuuzhan Vong War, it represented the peak of modern, efficient Star Destroyer design. Only a small number of Nebula-class ships were initially built, with ten being in service c. 17 ABY, and one more being launched every year afterwards, so that less than twenty were projected to be completed by the outbreak of the Yuuzhan Vong conflict. When the Yuuzhan Vong invaded, the New Republic's few Nebula-class vessels were kept close to the Core Worlds as reserves. Despite this, Nebulas performed well in clashes with the extra-galactic warships. During a raid on a New Republic outpost Imperial Directorate intelligence agents happened by accident to stumble upon plans and blueprints of the Nebula-class design, and the engineers at the Tian Ship Yards began working on developing several of the ships for ID use. Due to their limited capacity for long-term deployment, NSD's are used in limited operations within the ID's Navy, but have proven to be of vital use to their ongoing efforts to slowly reclaim the galaxy for the Empire. |
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- Sources:
- Wookiepedia