When the rogue Doctor Cylo attempted to take over the starship and initiate a coup against Emperor Palpatine, he was stopped by Lord Vader. By the aftermath of the War on Shu-Torun, the Super Star Destroyer was entering the final stages of its construction at the orbital shipyards of Kuat. The Executor was intended to take the place of the Annihilator as the flagship of the Supreme Commander, Grand General Cassio Tagge, and therefore assume the position of the greatest starship in the entire Imperial Fleet. The Executor will be yours." ―Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader īuilt by Kuat Drive Yards, the Executor was part of a class of Star Destroyers of the same name, which were the fruit of a project the Sith Lord Darth Vader had been pushing for. The Executor additionally possessed 125 assault concussion missile launchers, 100 twin battleship ion cannons, and 250 turret-mounted quad laser cannons. The Executor boasted an armament of unimaginable firepower, composed of over 5,000 turbolasers including 750 twin heavy turbolaser batteries, 1000 turret-mounted twin light turbolaser batteries. However, by 4 ABY, the arrangement of the consoles had been altered to match that of smaller Destroyers. One notable difference was that, around 3 ABY, the pit consoles were aligned parallel to the walkway, instead of perpendicular. Bridge Īs in the Imperial I- and Imperial II-classes, the bridge of the Executor featured two elongated pits set below floor level, and a walkway where the superior officers stood. Piett served as the vessel's last admiral until Endor. At the time of the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY, Admiral Kendal Ozzel was in command of the vessel, but he was executed by Vader, and Captain Firmus Piett was promoted to admiral and took command. There was also a throne room in one of the highest levels, used at least once by the Emperor himself, which was independent from the rest of the ship and boasted its own airlocks and life support systems. Many of the best and brightest officers of the Imperial Navy were stationed aboard the Executor, because Darth Vader's frequent termination of officers offered a fast chance for promotion. The Executor was staffed by a total crew of 280,784, including Imperial officers, pilots and enlisted crew. It was considered the most important ship in the Imperial Navy, and could have feasibly destroyed entire fleets unaided.
The thirteen thrusters at the bottom end of the hull were responsible for moving the vessel.
The aft end of the Executor was marked by a trapezoidal command tower crowned by two geodesic communication and deflection domes. The center of the arrowhead-shaped hull, constructed of an alusteel alloy of reinforced titanium, was covered by a city-like superstructure, while the underside hosted most of the engineering systems. One of the largest and most powerful Imperial vessels ever created, the Executor was 19,000 meters long, eclipsing its escorting Imperial-class Star Destroyers, and boasted more than 5,000 turbolasers and ion cannons.
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