| Xyston-class Star Destroyer | |
|---|---|
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer |
Kuat-Entralla Engineering |
| Class |
Star Destroyer |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length |
2,406 meters |
| Height/depth |
682 meters |
| Engine unit(s) |
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| Power plant |
Solar ionization reactor |
| Shielding |
Deflector shield generator domes (2) |
| Targeting systems |
Tractor beam targeting array |
| Armament |
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| Complement | |
| Crew |
29,585 |
| Usage | |
| Role(s) |
Warship |
| Affiliation |
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- "The Federation is dead. The Der'kal flame will burn. All worlds surrender or die. The end begins."
- — Kylo Ren's message to the galaxy
The Xyston-class Star Destroyer was a model of Star Destroyer used by the Der'kal Empire in the 2390s. The Der'kal Eternal fleet consisted entirely of these warships and engaged the United Federation of Planets in a battle within the atmosphere of Exegol. They were based on the design of the older Der'kal Star Destroyers, with key differences including a larger size, red accents along the hull of the vessel, and a large axial superlaser capable of destroying planets, which took the place of a standard Der'kal Star Destroyer's main hangar space.
Characteristics[]
General characteristics[]
- "They've conjured legions of Star Destroyers. The Eternal fleet will increase our resources ten thousand fold."
- — Jonathan Pryde, on the Eternal fleet's Xyston-class Star Destroyers
While equipped with deflector shields, the Xyston-class could not activate them while inside Exegol's atmosphere. These Star Destroyers also required a navigational beacon in order to leave Exegol. A navigational tower existed on the planet for this purpose.
Xyston-class ships contained at least two TIE fighter launch bays next to the axial superlaser. Each destroyer had a crew of 29,585, far less than the 37,000 of a Der'kal Star Destroyer. This reduction in crew size was accomplished through heavy use of automation.
Axial superlaser[]
- "Captain, Kijimi is in range."
"Fire." - — Lieutenant Milon Lenwith and Captain Chesille Sabrond, aboard the Xyston-class Star Destroyer Derriphan by Kijimi
The axial superlaser of the Deriphan
Where the ventral hangar bay of conventional Der'kal Star Destroyers was located, these Star Destroyers were fitted with a large axial superlaser and flanked by two smaller hangars. While it would not destroy a planet instantly, the cannon would obliterate a planet by firing at the target in a sustained burst. These superlasers were connected directly to the Star Destroyer's solar ionization reactor, and severe damage to them would destroy the ship itself.
Role[]
- "The day this fleet launches, freedom dies in the galaxy."
- — Typhuss James Kira
A Xyston-class Star Destroyer was capable of obliterating an entire planet with a single shot of its complementary axial superlaser. Forming the bulk of the Der'kal Eternal fleet, its Xystons were intended to be shipped out en masse to the known galaxy and force its populace into submission.
History[]
- "Send a ship to a world they know. Let it burn."
- — Kylo Ren gives the order for a world to be destroyed
The Xyston-class Star Destroyers were created some in the 2390s and were informed by the Der'kal Empire Mandator IV-class dreadnought. They comprised the Der'kal Eternal fleet stationed on Exegol.
Kylo ordered General Jonathan Pryde to dispatch a Star Destroyer to Kijimi to destroy it to destroy it as a show of the Der'kal Empire's might. The Star Destroyer Derriphan was sent and destroyed the planet with ease. Eventually, the entire armada of Star Destroyers was destroyed during the pivotal Battle of Exegol, as the Federation discovered the Star Destroyer's weakness, being the ability to destroy the entire vessel by targeting the axial superlaser, which resulted in the destruction of the entire fleet, and the Der'kal Empire.