ISD III Concept an AU
Here's my ISD III concept and a bit of info about the AU I created it for:
The Resolute-class star destroyer, nicknamed the ISD III, at a staggering 400 million credit price tag (just under triple that of an ISD I/II), was first commissioned by Empress Sloane a year and a half after the Massacre Over Endor. This was also about a year after she killed Fleet Admiral Rax and declared herself empress and signed the peace treaty that ended the first Galactic Civil War. Using a modular production design, the first 10 were built in only about 4 and a half months and saw their first combat a month later during the Imperial Mid Rim assaults that began the Second Galactic Civil War.
Each one featured a newly standardized 2,000-meter version of the standard wedge-shaped iSD hull, a bridge that sat more flush with the top terrace of the command structure, an oversized reactor akin to those found on its Tector-class ancestors, and a total of 8 secondary engines and 3 primary engines. They each had a complement of 72 fighters split between 48 TIE interceptor Mk IIs and 24 TIE Bombers.
As for weapons, they featured an impressive array of
92 dual turbolaser turrets as the primary weapons (26 per broadside, 14 per dorsal and ventral midline, and 6 per side flanking the command structure)
24 Ion Cannons (6 per dorsal and ventral midlines and 6 per broadside flank)
10 concussion missile launchers (5 per side trench)
160 dual point defense turrets (40 per midline, 30 per broadside, 10 along the front, and 10 covering the engines/aft)
And
8 tractor beam emitters (2 along each front broadside and 2 along each rear broadside)
They were designed not only as a full replacement for the standard ISDs but also as a replacement for more specialized ships like the Tector and Alleginae due to their standard practice of being deployed in trios, with their combined firepower far exceeding any of these ships, and they were far more cost-effective due to their modularity and their widespread deployment with almost 200 of these beasts being produced in the first year of the war alone.
This was accomplished through the combined efforts of numerous Outer Rim (that’s the sector the Empire was allowed to maintain control over, according to the peace treaty they signed with the NR) shipyards, such as Sluis Van, Yaga Minor, and Rothana. Or, at least, that’s what most imperials thought. Sloane and her council of advisors (for all roles, militarily and otherwise) secretly had shell corporations inside numerous key NR shipyards (such as KDY, CEC, Bilbringi, and Fondor) shipping out numerous standardized parts to the outer rim. Once the war started, these shell corporations (backed by imperial special forces) rose up against the NR loyal parts of the companies, and 6 months later, won.
The TIE Interceptor Mark II, save the ones flown by the elite 13th Imperial Ace Squadron, features chin-mounted concussion missile launchers, shields, hyperdrives, and 25% larger/longer dagger wings. The ones flown by the 13th feature 50% larger/longer dagger wings, a pair of rapid-fire blaster cannons per wingtip, advanced systems, and the same launchers, shields, and hyperdrive loadout as the base model.
What do y'all think?
Is this worthy of this sub and its mission of bringing glory to the empire? (All jokes)