The Death Star is a massive superweapon in the Star Wars universe. Constructed in secret by the Galactic Empire, it features a satellite-sized battle station. In the early stages of its development, it was simply referred to as the "ultimate weapon."
The creation of the Death Star was influenced by the Empire's Tarkin Doctrine, the core element of which is "rule by fear"!
This theory holds that the fundamental reason people dare to rebel and disobey is that the fear inflicted on them is not enough. Only when people's inner fear is great enough can the empire maintain long-term peace and stability.
The Death Star's purpose is similar to that of nuclear weapons during World War II: it has immense destructive power and can also be used as a deterrent, instilling immense fear and powerlessness in both the Empire's citizens and its enemies, leading them to give up resistance.
The same reasoning applies to the Death Star II and Starkiller Base, which were later built by the Galactic Empire and the First Order, respectively. It's like a certain country's "big ships and big guns" mentality during World War II: they've developed a blind confidence in these things.
The Death Star cost over 200 billion Imperial Credits to build, and with a diameter of 160 kilometers, most of its interior space was used to maintain the systems necessary for its massive superlaser cannon and energy propulsion.
The center of the Death Star is an extremely large hypermatter reaction chamber, which provides enough energy to support the normal operation of various systems at the same time.
First of all, the engine, it uses a network of ion engines to propel the Death Star, plus 123 hyperdrive field generators connected into a single navigation matrix, allowing the Death Star to travel through the entire galaxy in hyperspace.
(The hyperdrive in this book is defined as something only possessed by a Level 5 civilization that has mastered dimensional technology. This conflict with the Star Wars setting, so feel free to ignore it. You can also think of it as a pseudo-hyperdrive, essentially still a form of jump. The author believes that true hyperdrive should be like the Protoss, instantly warping the entire universe. However, the Star Wars experience clearly requires a certain amount of travel time, so the author determined it to be a faster-than-light jump. Furthermore, in the film, there's a scene where a Rebel warship activates its engines to ram a Star Destroyer, indicating that in that state of travel, there's a physical entity, not entering hyperspace.)
The Death Star uses its amazing energy and its own huge mass to generate a magnetic field and artificial gravity field that can affect orbiting celestial bodies that are several times larger than itself.
As for weapons, the Death Star's surface is dotted with various large and small armed turrets, totaling 100 turbolaser batteries and 768 tractor beams, plus a large superlaser main cannon constructed from kyber crystals. Its firepower configuration is equivalent to half of the Empire's naval fleet.
Amplified by the Kyber Crystal, the destructive power of eight separate laser beams combined into a single beam of energy rivaling the strength of a star. It could sweep through vast fleets and detonate planets. To the eyes of the people of that era, it was truly terrifying! Coupled with its exceptionally strong shield, it was understandably called a "superweapon."
In addition, the Death Star also carried a total of 100,000 Imperial Navy and Army personnel, 100,000 Imperial Stormtroopers, and approximately 2 million other troops, as well as countless armored and flying units. It was definitely a large-scale war platform!
In the official history of Star Wars, the Death Star is indeed a symbol of invincibility. It pushed forward all the way and was almost unstoppable. In the end, it was destroyed only by taking advantage of the weakness of the Death Star deliberately designed by Galen Erso, and then Luke piloted a fighter plane to detonate the metamatter reactor in its center.
At this moment, it had just destroyed the tenth planet under the Rebel Alliance domain when it was caught by the Rebel Alliance fleet that had assembled and hurriedly arrived.
When enemies meet, they become particularly jealous, especially when the enemy has inhumanely destroyed 10 of their planets and directly issued an "extermination order"! This is simply unforgivable!
Thus, the war between the two sides broke out instantly!
The Lightseeker fleet constituted a tiny fraction of the Rebel Alliance's total strength. This hastily arrived Rebel Alliance fleet lacked any Lightseekers, so they naturally lacked detailed information about the Death Star. However, this did not diminish their bravery and determination to defend the Revolution.
Based on previous combat experience with the Imperial Army, the commander of this Rebel Alliance fleet adopted a more conservative tactic, that is, maintaining a neat formation and firing salvos at the Death Star from a distance.
Because the Empire possesses a weapon called a tractor beam. This weapon can instantly lock onto an enemy ship, immobilizing it within its power range. It can also be adjusted to capture it. It's like the enemy throwing a grappling hook, firmly holding you in place or making you a sitting duck. The only drawback of this weapon is its large size, generally limited to large Star Destroyers.
In the past, the warships of the Rebel Alliance suffered great losses in this regard, so now they will not engage in head-on combat with the Imperial Army unless necessary.
The Death Star is clearly a massive thing, and its tractor beams must be incredibly powerful. If you get close enough to be captured by it, you're probably doomed. (Here, the author has to make a comment about the original Star Wars novel: with all 768 tractor beams activated simultaneously, Luke and his crew's smaller planes couldn't possibly get close. It was completely plot-driven!)
The first salvo struck the Death Star's shield, creating ripples that soon returned to calm. It stood majestically like a giant steel beast, watching the ants struggle futilely in their final moments with a playful expression.
"What...what kind of monster is this?" The commander of the Rebel Alliance fleet stood up involuntarily, his face full of disbelief.
However, now it's the Death Star's turn to take action.
Suddenly, eight green rays of light condensed in the void. Then, these eight green rays converged at one point, forming a giant lightsaber, sweeping towards the Rebel Alliance fleet.
The speed was so fast that there was no time to react. The originally dim light outside the porthole suddenly became as bright as the sun.
Crash! Vision blurred, perception lost, as if the surroundings had transformed into a vast expanse of white. Everything, at that moment, vaporized, annihilated beneath the starry sky.
Although the warships on the periphery of the formation survived the previous attack, such terrifying power has made them lose all their will to fight!
This is something they can't fight against at all!
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Start the warp drive! Let's get out of here!"
But as soon as the words left their mouths, the surviving ships tilted violently, as if suddenly affected by a massive gravitational pull. Suddenly, many crew members, caught off guard, fell to the ground. When they rose again, their eyes widened in horror, staring out the portholes in disbelief.
There... a massive silver planet emerges from the light of warp! Like a Titan spanning the galaxy! Join the battle!
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