Sovereign, and other reapers of its class, also have no structural weak points equivalent to those of a star destroyer. The shields of most ships in star wars collapse rather quickly under sustained fire, whereas reapers have barriers that can hold off incoming fire from multiple points for a long period of time (basing this specifically off the battle of the citadel) and have armor far superior to a star destroyer's. A star destroyer, like most things in the star wars universe seem to be, is cover in structural weak points (the shield generators, the bridge itself, the life support below, etc.) And can be taken down by a group of well armed and we'll coordinated fighters. Not only is the Sovereign class reaper larger than the star destroyer, it is by far more durable. but not the kind of sustained fire they would need, in my opinion, to cripple the Sovreign before it could land a direct hit on the Star Destroyer's bridge or one of the primary shield generators. Against most sci fi opponents, they're heavily outclassed.ġ.5 light seconds is well beyond a Star Destroyer's effective range. Power isn't a problem, nor is speed, but weapon ranges are low even for modern-day engagements. Most things in Star Wars have a pretty low effective range. The Star Destroyer's best bet is crippling their opponent before their opponent can really lay into them.
The fact that they wanted to put more power into the shields as this was happening heavily suggests that this would have an effect, but since the ship was destroyed, it's obviously not immune. but it's not their best capability, as seen when a crashing A-Wing destroyed The Executor. Star Destroyers' can deflect physical projectiles. In any case, there are multiple types of shields in Star Wars. The Mandalorians tried it, and the Jedi beat them so badly that they were never a galactic player again. Solid slugs have proven to be dangerous to other formidable oppoments on the ground, namely Jedi If anyone knows of any examples please chime in! Solid slugs have proven to be dangerous to other formidable oppoments on the ground, namely Jedi, but I am unsure if they have ever been shown to be effective against shields in SW. The wildcard here is how effective the Star Destroyer's shields are to slugs. While we lack exact info on the spec of these guns, I'd say the sheer size of the Star Destroyer compared to even the largest of dreadnoughts, in addition to the vast amount of weaponry it has at its disposal, should make it more than a match for an ME Dreadnought. All these vessels were stored in the ships' two large hangar bays, which were located side by side in the anterior wall of an indentation in the ventral hull. Imperial II Star Destroyers are 1600m (1.6km) in length, and feature sixty turbolaser batteries, sixty heavy ion cannon emplacements, and ten tractor beam projectors. The ships carried with them seventy-two TIE line starfighters, eight Lambda-class T-4a shuttles, twenty All Terrain Armored Transports and thirty All Terrain Scout Transports, the latter two of which were transported to planetary surfaces by at least two Gozanti-class cruisers. Therefore we can safely say the Ascension is well below it in size. However, the game states that the Reaper Sovereign is roughly 2km long, and that it is the largest ship ever recorded. i was unable to find exact dimensions or weaponry for the largest dreadnought, the Destiny Ascension. Each slug has the kinetic energy of about 38 kilotons of TNT, about two and a half times the energy released by the fission weapon that destroyed Hiroshima." If memory serves me correctly, they dont carry any fighters. The wiki states "An 800-meter mass accelerator is capable of accelerating one twenty-kilogram slug to a velocity of 4025 km/s (1.3% the speed of light) every two seconds. The Eclipse-II was built at Byss parallel to the Eclipse-I at Kuat and was adjusted to new experiences and technology during it's secret construction in the Deep Core.Mass Effect Dreadnoughts range from 800m to 1000m (1km) in length, and their main feature is their Mass Accelerator gun which is typically runs the length of the entire ship. Like the Sovereign-class, they were regarded as a new generation of Super Star Destroyer. The Eclipse-class dreadnought, also known as the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer, was a class of Imperial Super Star Destroyer manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards and mainly used around six years after the Battle of Endor. Role: Battlestation, Command Ship, Carrier, Battleship (Dreadnought)Ĭlassification: Super Star Destroyer / Star Dreadnought