Conquest (Imperial I-class)

> Stay sharp. There's two more comin' in. They're gonna try to cut us off.
>
> Han Solo, upon detecting the *Conquest* and another Star Destroyer,

The ISD ***Conquest*** was an *Imperial I*-class Star Destroyer that saw service during the Galactic Civil War, being one of two Star Destroyers that chased the *Millennium Falcon*, piloted by Han Solo, after its escape from Mos Eisley on Tatooine. The *Conquest* then served in Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader's personal fleet, Death Squadron, when the unit was stationed in the Juris sector shortly prior to the Battle of Hoth. The *Conquest* was accompanied by the ISDs *Avenger*, *Devastator*, *Stalker*, *Tyrant*, and the flagship *Executor*.

## Description

As an *Imperial I*-class Star Destroyer, the *Conquest* was 1,600 meters long. It was additionally equipped with two ISD-72x shield generator domes on the command tower, a tractor beam targeting array between them, a solar ionization reactor, three Destroyer-I ion engines, and four secondary Gemon-4 ion engines. Like other *Imperial I*-class ships such as the *Devastator* and the *Harbinger*, the *Conquest* was also eventually upgraded and replaced its tractor beam targeting array with a communications array.

## History

The *Conquest* served in the Imperial Navy of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Shortly after the Battle of Scarif and during a secret mission to Tatooine by Rebel Alliance agents that were pursued by Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader and his flagship *Devastator*, the *Conquest* and two other Imperial Star Destroyers were stationed near Tatooine. When the agents, carrying the Death Star plans, escaped Tatooine's port city Mos Eisley aboard the *Millennium Falcon* that was piloted by Han Solo, one Star Destroyer pursued the *Falcon* as it left Tatooine's orbit. The *Conquest* and the second Star Destroyer closed in from Tatooine in an attempt to cut off the *Falcon* and attacked the light freighter, although the *Falcon* was able to escape all three Star Destroyers and go into hyperspace.

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Three years later, Project Swarm was initiated by the Imperial Death Squadron to locate the Alliance main base. When a probe droid discovered the base on the ice planet Hoth, Death Squadron was located in the near Qeimet in the Juris sector. The *Conquest* had been upgraded and was part of the squadron, alongside the Star Destroyers *Avenger*, *Devastator*, *Stalker*, and *Tyrant*, which were all led by Darth Vader and Admiral Kendal Ozzel from their flagship, the *Executor*-class Star Dreadnought *Executor*. The squadron was then deployed to the Hoth system, with the *Avenger*, *Devastator*, *Stalker*, *Tyrant*, and the Star Destroyer *Ultimatum* participating in the Battle of Hoth and its direct aftermath, which included the squadron chasing the *Millennium Falcon* through the Hoth asteroid belt. The pursuit resulted in the *Ultimatum*Template:'s destruction, and the *Falcon* successfully escaping to the nearby world of Bespin.

## Appearances

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## Sources

* *Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy*

## Notes and references

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5. ↑ *Star Wars: The Rebel Files* depicts the *Harbinger* as an *Imperial I*-class Star Destroyer. *Star Wars* (2015) 22 then subsequently depicts it as an *Imperial II*-class. Therefore, the *Harbinger* must have been upgraded.
6. ↑ *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*
7. ↑ *Star Wars: Galactic Atlas*
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