Starship Review ECLIPSE III-CLASS STAR DREADNOUGHT "THE ECLIPSE"

[Darth Solipsis]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Name: "The Eclipse"
• Intent: To create a Super Star Destroyer.
• Image Source:
  
  • Rearview of Eclipse, Eclipse-class dreadnought - Wookieepedia
  • Frontview, Eclipse (Eclipse-class) - Wookieepedia
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions:
  
  • X
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• Primary Source: - N/A
• Invasions Won:
  
  • How Liberty Dies
  • Fade To Black

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer:
  
  • Dark Empire (Defunct)
  • Galactic Empire
    
    • Imperial Military
• Designer:
  
  • The Techno Union
    
    • Kuat-Entralla Engineering
  • Trade Federation
• Affiliation:
  
  • Closed-Market
  • Galactic Empire
• Model: Eclipse-III Star Dreadnought
• Production: Unique
• Material:
  
  • Jet Black Composite Hull
    
    • Kirium Mirrors
    • Nanolaminate Plating
    • Impervium
    • Matrix Armor
    • Quadanium
    • CP90 Durasteel
    • Duralloy
    • Laminanium
    • Durasteel
  • Plasteel Interior Paneling
  • Alusteel Skeleton
  • Glasteel Viewports
  • Faraday Cage Components
  • Electronic Components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Super Star Destroyer
• Length: 17,500 meters
• Width: 3800 meters
• Height: 2100 meters
• Armament: Extreme
  
  • Superlaser Siege Cannon
  • TFA Apocalyptic-class Seismic Mass Driver Cannons
  • BM-27M "Jötunn" Hybrid Cannon
  • Solar Ionization Cannons
  • GX-R1 Hybrid Ordinance Cannons
  • Point Defense Lasers
    
    • Mk XII Smartgunner Chips
    • SF-12 capacitor components
  • Point Defense Ion Cannons
    
    • Mk XII Smartgunner Chips
  • Point Defense Brilliant Missile Pods
  • IDCS-60 Point Defense Drivers
  • Heavy Quad Turbolaser Emplacements
  • Turbolasers
  • Octuple Barbette Turbolasers
  • Megamaser Batteries
  • Missile Launchers
    
    • Proton Torpedoes
    • Brilliant Missiles
    • Carbonite Missiles
    • Disruptor Torpedoes
    • Mag-Pulse Warheads
    • Advanced Concussion Missiles
  • Ion Cannon Batteries
  • Broadside Mass Drivers
  • Broadside Flak Guns
  • Null-Burst Projectors
• Defenses: Very High
  
  • Composite Hull
  • Deflector Shielding
  • Particle Shielding
  • Ray Shielding
  • Ion Shielding
  • Molecular Shielding
  • Xythan Force Shielding
  • Missile Deactivation Transmitter
  • Electronic Countermeasures Suite
  • Interior Defense Countermeasures Suite
    
    • Automated Turrets
    • Blast Doors
    • Sentries and Patrols
    • Ray shields, etc.
  • Cap Drain
• Hangar Space: High
• Hangar Allocations:
  
  • 35 squadrons
    
    • Starfighters: 25 squadrons
    • Support Craft: 10 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
• Speed Rating: Low
• Hyperdrive: YES
• Hyperdrive Class:
  
  • Path Engine [Equal to Class 2]
  • Experimental S-Thread Praedium Hyperspace Engine [Backup Equal to Class 10]
    
    • Counteracts Stormseeds

STANDARD FEATURES

• Environmental Systems
  
  • Life Support Systems
  • Atmosphere Replicators
  • Artificial Gravity
  • Environmental Converter
• Communication Systems
  
  • Communications Array
  • Communication Wave De-Scrambler
  • Comm Laser
  • Hyperwave Comm Scanner
  • Hyperwave Transceiver
  • Battle Net
  • Encryption Module
  • Frequency Jammer
  • Ion-Scramblers
  • Holonet Transceiver
  • Sub-space Transceiver
  • PTP Link
  • PTP Encryption Device
• Sensory Systems
  
  • Sensor Arrays
  • Radiation Screener
  • Electro Photo Receptors
  • Aural Sensors
  • Gravitic Sensors
  • Life Form Indicator
  • Battlefield Holographic Control Interface
  • Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
  • Energy-Wave Detector
  • Anti-Ion Emission Tracer
  • Targeting Computer Linkup Helmets
• Advanced Communications Tower
• Modified I-a2b Solar Ionization Reactor
• Molecular Furnaces
  
  • Garment-Fabricators
  • Self-Constructing Armament Facilities
  • Self-Regulating Droid Makers
• Escape pods
• Docking Clamps
• Fire linked turrets with fast track mountings on each applicable armament

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• ECLIPSE III-class Advanced AI Cyber Center
  
  • SimonE Battle Coordination Network
  • TF/OSS-04 Cicero Quantum
  • Model-61 Advanced Tactical Command Center
• Weather Control
  
  • Weather Control Stations
  • Atmospheric Dampeners
• Command Bridge
  
  • Ebruchized Clone Navigators
  • Interface Connected Sith Wayfinder linked up with navcomputer.
• Observation Deck
  
  • Oculus
  • Throne
• Predator Interdiction Drive
• Detention Block
  
  • Torture Chamber
    
    • Interrogation Chairs
    • Embrace of Pain
    • Containment Field
  • Universal Energy Cages
  • Prison Cells
• Foundry
  
  • Sith Forge
  • K1-RF Workbench Droid
  • Prototyper
  • Molecular Furnace
  • Cryo-Furnace
• Medical Wing
  
  • Life Support Capsules
  • Bacta Tanks
  • Ammonia Chamber
  • Hyperbaric Medical Chamber
  • Surgical Pods
  • Laboratory
    
    • Ommin Harness
    • Cryo Units
    • Vats
• Qabbrat/ Sith Meditation Chamber
• Imperial Dojo
  
  • Flight Simulator
  • Teräs Käsi Dojo
  • Tactical Simulation Chamber
  • Firing Range
• Hyperdrive Systems
  
  • Path Engine [Primary]
  • Hyperdrive [Backup]
• Hyperspace Tracker
• Atmosphere Replicators
• Life Support Capsules
• Bacta Tanks
• Electronic Countermeasures Suite
• Frequency Jammer
• G-32 Evasive Armor Plating
• Laser Reflective Armor
• Null Series Gravity Well Neutralizer
• Shroud
• Pulsemass Generator
• ABC Scramblers
• Magnite Tractor Beam Array
• Animated Metal Sealant
• Rapid Deployment TIE Hangar Racks System

STRENGTHS

• EXTREME Armaments
• VERY HIGH Defenses
• Weather Control Stations & Stormseed Countermeasures
• AI Network & Cyber Center

WEAKNESSES

• VERY LOW Speed
• VERY LOW Maneuverability
• Exposed Aft/Engines
• Exposed Bridge

DESCRIPTION

When Darth Solipsis's Galactic Empire conquered the Core Worlds in the early 10th century ABY, his vision for dominion demanded more than stormtroopers, Sith cults, and a fleet of star destroyers. It required a singular icon, a leviathan of such magnitude that its mere shadow could silence entire star systems. The Eclipse III-class Star Dreadnought was that symbol, a culmination of fear spanning decades, modeled deliberately to evoke the imagery of it's namesake from the days of Palpatine, and yet surpass it in every measure. Unlike the aging relic of a bygone era, this vessel was a synthesis of Dark Will, Imperial discipline, and corporate engineering mastery.

The Emperor summoned the finest resources of the galaxy's great industrial powers, and using the data from the testbed prototype that rose from beneath the Senate chambers of Coruscant in 900ABY. The Trade Federation contributed their unmatched logistical architecture, whilst Kuat Entralla Engineering offered the backbone of the dreadnought's frame, drawing from their lineage of Super Star Destroyers. The Galactic Empire supplied the rare alloys, kyber harvests, and slave-labor, seized from conquered worlds, necessary to bring such a titan into existence. Constructing the Eclipse III over Kuat Drive Yards, once complete, the vessel was immediately desecrated, with the Emperor consigning renovations to his Dark Side Elite and the Church of the Dark Side. Through the Mawite warlord, Thomas Barran, Solipsis procured the remnants of the cryogenically sealed Ebruchized Skywalker clones, creatures born of nightmare on Copero during the days of the Brotherhood of the Maw. Awakened once more, these warped remnants of a hated bloodline were bound into servitude, cursed to act as navigators and oracles. Their fractured vision of the Force now charted the galaxy for the Emperor's war machine.

"The Eclipse" is no mere battleship. It is a crucible of the Emperor's will, a symbol to redefine galactic warfare, where it treads worlds bow or burn.

 

[John Locke]

Darth Solipsis

before I start, and get too far into this, I'll need some clarification on the Superlaser and it's power. Is this equivalent to the Previous Eclipse Cannon or weaker?

 

[Darth Solipsis]

Darth Solipsis

before I start, and get too far into this, I'll need some clarification on the Superlaser and it's power. Is this equivalent to the Previous Eclipse Cannon or weaker?

It is the battering ram cannon from the Last Jedi, unfortunately it’s canonical name is Superlaser Siege Cannon per Wookieepedia, but it very much is NOT a Superlaser as we know it. Not capable of destroying a planet, nor anything of any magnitude as a Death Star superlaser or even the prior Eclipse incarnation. It is essentially a bunker buster as depicted in the movie.