Imperial I-class Star Destroyer

## General Information

Galactic Empire, Imperial Defectors, & RepublicHardliners• Any

## Armament

### Weapons

• Single Turbolaser Battery (5)• Heavy Single Laser Cannon Battery (6)• Heavy Single Turbolaser Battery (6)• Heavy Quad Ion Cannon Battery (2)• Heavy Dual Ion Cannon Battery (2)

## Usage

### Affiliation

• Galactic Empire• Imperial Defectors• Republic Hardliners

### Upgrades

No

The Imperial I-class Star Destroyer is an excellent unit for ship to ship combat, equipped with weak shields but very thick armor. It is used mainly by the Galactic Empire and the Imperial Defectors. The ISD-I's primary weapons are six heavy turbolaser batteries, settled around the ship's superstructure. They deal a tremendous amount of damage and have a high range, but at the same time suffer from a very low fire rate. The ship also relies greatly on its heavy ion cannons to break the shields of enemy ships. The rest of its weapons are standard single Laser and turbolaser batteries spread around the ship. The Imperial I-class Star Destroyer possess one targetable shield generator on the bridge tower, which is easy to hit with bombers and missiles.

As a large Imperial capital ship, the Imperial Star Destroyer can only be build if the player owns either Kuat or Fondor and a major construction yard. It also has a very high upkeep of 800 credits, removing them from the planet it is stationed on.

## Tactical Information

### Usage Guide

If the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer attacks its opponent head on, only 2 of its heavy turbolaser batteries can target the enemy. In order to unleash its full destructive potential, the Imperial I-class must attack its opponent in broadside combat. Only then will it be able to utilize all three of the six heavy turbolasers mounted on its sides. Added with the overcharge ability, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer can wreak havoc in capital ship slugging matches. Because the ISD needs to be turned around manually and resets its position every time a new target has been selected, the ship requires some level of micromanagement to ensure that it is always operating at peak efficiency.

### Weaknesses

As mentioned above the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer is excellent at ship to ship combat. However, it lacks a decent fighter support. With only 4 TIE/LN Squadrons and 1 Imperial Shuttle Squadron, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer can't hold its ground against the fighter support of compareable capital ships. In addition, it lacks a point defense system or any notable anti-fighter defense, making it very vulnerable to enemy bombers. To address this problem, the Imperial Star Destroyer should never be left alone in combat. It should always be combined with carriersand anti-fighter support ships or else it will have a very hard time against enemies using many fighters. The Imperial I-class Star Destroyer is also rather ineffective when facing multiple small targets, like gunships, corvettes or gunboats as most of its weapons are too slow to hit tiny and fast targets.

## **Special Abilities**

### **Tractor Beam**

* Targets transports, corvettes and frigates
* Slows down the movement of the target by 75% or stops it from moving entirely
* The target is able to escape if either the tractor beam emitter has been destroyed or the target gets outside of its reach
* The ability "Redirect Power to Engines" is the perfect counter of smaller ships to escape the tractor beam

### Overcharge Primary Battery

* Overcharges the ships primary weapons to intensify firepower

## Affiliated Heroes

* Admiral Thrawn [Grey Wind]
* Captain Piett [Accuser]
* Darth Vader [Devastator]
* Grand Admiral Zaarin [Predominant]
* Grand Admiral Zaarin [Glory]
* Grand Moff Tarkin [Executrix]
* Lord Cronal [Singularity]