Terminator-class Star Destroyer

Initially designed at KDY/CSA, the Terminator was intended to compete against the Executor design. It follows much the same design philosophy as the Executors, but has several differences. The two specimens of this craft, for various reason, were constructed at the KDY/Gyndine facility.

The first, and most notable of these, was the believe that combat small craft, such as assault shuttles and starfighters, would play a much larger role in future conflicts. (Needless to say, this quickly doomed the design when brought before most Admirals, who were former fleet hadns, not fighter pilots.) This is most evident in the design of the foremost sections of the hull. Nearly a full third of the ship's overall length is designed to serve as a huge series of hangers. These served to house the two full formations (six wings) of small craft carried by the Terminators. Chief among these are three full wings of TIEs, a wing of Skipray blastboats and a squadron of assault shuttles. Non-combat shuttles, landing barges, dropships and transports round out the total count of over 320 smaller vessels carried aboard the Terminator.

One of the more interesting features of these hangers is the fact that the TIE bays are at ninety degrees to the plane of the ship, facing directly "down". This feature allows the full compliment of 214 fighters to exit the hull in as little as two minutes. Unfortunately, even though there are safety barriers and realigned gravity generators in the catwalks to the fighters, many pilots freeze at very thought of looking out of the underside of thier ship from such a large area. Shuttle and transport bays are mounted along the rear wall in a much more conventional manner.

The command bridge, instead of being located far to the rear of the ship, is instead mounted on the end of an arm, near the bow. While it is internally identical to the standard KDY bridge configuration, many observers find the location something of a surprise. The original intent of the designers was that the placement of the bridge further front made for better visibility, a claim that is open to much conjecture.

For ship-to-ship conflict, the Terminators carry (in addition to the fighters) 200 turbolaser positions, 110 heavy turbolasers, 80 ion cannons and a full 100 tractor beams. While this is less than half of the armemement of the Executor, it is still considerable, especially as the Terminator does most of it's fighting with starfighters and blastboats. For surface encounters, this design carries a garrison base, 30 AT-STs, 20 AT-ATs, and 12,000 ground troops, including at least two platoons of Spacetroopers. The engines provide comparable real and hyperspace performance to it's larger sibling, although the hull and shields are no where near as strong.
A crewman's sketch of the Terminator

In the end, the Navy went with the 15 kilometer-long Executor-class, leaving the first two hulls sitting in the KDY/Gyndine yards. (Production had shifted to the Gyndine facility due to thier greater knowledge of starfighters and thier needs.) KDY made the decision to finish them, even after the commitment to the Executors. The Terminator would be finished about the same time as Executor and Aggressor, and faithfully followed the original design. The second of these ships, the Liquidator, as finished a year later, and is recognizable by the bridge being mounted in the traditional Star Destroyer position on a KDY standard tower. Both of them have gone on to serve as sector command vessels, and have shown the "boil out" starfighter tactics to be of some value against the Rebellion's hit and fade attacks with starfighters.

model: Kuat Drive Yard's Terminator-class Star Destroyer
era introduced: Aftermath of Yavin
type: Battleship/Supercarrier
scale: Capital
length: 12900m
skill: Capital Ship Piloting: Terminator Star Destroyer
crew: 228,297
gunners: 780
skeleton: 22,000/+10
crew skill: Astrogation 4D, Capital Gunnery 6D, Capital Ship Piloting 6D+2, Capital shields 5D+2, Sensors 5D
passengers: 12,000
cargo capacity: 95,000 metric tons
consumables: 6 years
hyperdrive multiplier: x2
backup: x12
nav computer: yes
space: 4
hull: 8D
shields: 4D
sensors:
Passive:75/1D+2
Scan:150/3D+2
Search:300/5D
Focus:8/6D+2
small craft: 214 TIEs (3 wings)
36 shuttles (usually 12 combat shuttles)
36 Skipray blastboats
12 dropships
18 landing barges
weapons:
150 Turbolaser Batteries
fire arc: 50 front, 45 left, 45 right, 10 back
crew:2
skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
fire control: 1D
range: 3-15/35/75
atmosphere: 6-30/70/150km
damage: 7D
110 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
fire arc: 40 front, 35 left, 35 right
crew:2
skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
range: 5-20/40/60
atmosphere: 10-40/80/120km
damage: 10D
80 Ion Cannons
fire arc: 20 Front, 20 left, 20 right, 20 back
crew: 2
skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
fire control: 4D
range: 1-10/25/50
atmosphere: 2-20/50/100
damage: 4D
100 Tractor Beam Projectors
fire arc: 28 front, 27 left, 27 right, 20 rear
crew: 1
skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
fire control: 4D
range: 1-5/15/30
atmosphere: 2-10/30/60km
damage: 9D


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