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Imperial Sector Fleets

Posted: 2002-09-04 09:03pm
by AL
Does anyone, anyone think or imagine, by the time of ROTJ, that each and every Imperial Sector Fleet contained an Executor class command ship?

Posted: 2002-09-04 09:05pm
by Master of Ossus
No. That might have been the eventual goal of the Empire's building program, but it does not appear to have reached fruition. There were not that many Executor class ships at that time to give one to every sector fleet. Only very important people or fleets were given command of an SSD.

Posted: 2002-09-04 09:08pm
by AL
I'm just wondering, I have a feeling a hunch whatever you want to call it that we will see the Executor class in EPIII. If we do then I'm wondering if there indeed more than what we are lead to believe. Guess i will have to wait and see.

Posted: 2002-09-04 11:09pm
by Cal Wright
I would be led to believe that ESB was right after the time SSDs came into service. Just for the fact, that in ANH, had there been one, it would have been orbiting Tatooine.

Posted: 2002-09-05 07:11am
by Mr Bean
By all indications Kuat was supposed to start pumping them out, Iron Fist and the Three SSD in the Black Fleet where built at roughly the same time but either they ran out of ship building resources or somthing because a few months later they were only working on the Razor's Kiss

Posted: 2002-09-05 09:42am
by Cpt_Frank
Well the ECS would most likely have been command ships for the sector fleet of the most important core worlds, also flagships for large expedition forces.
Probably, if the Alliance hadn't won, Imperial space would now be crowded with them.

Cost

Posted: 2002-09-05 12:00pm
by Ted
Mr Bean wrote:By all indications Kuat was supposed to start pumping them out, Iron Fist and the Three SSD in the Black Fleet where built at roughly the same time but either they ran out of ship building resources or somthing because a few months later they were only working on the Razor's Kiss
Dont forget that SSD's are horrendusly expensive and material drains.
Probably the Navy cancelled those orders and re-ordered them as ISD's.

Posted: 2002-09-05 12:45pm
by Cpt_Frank
Dont forget that SSD's are horrendusly expensive and material drains.
Probably the Navy cancelled those orders and re-ordered them as ISD's.
:? An Empire which builds Death Stars within months? ECS too expensive?
I don't think so.

Posted: 2002-09-05 05:53pm
by Admiral Drason
Cpt_Frank wrote:
Dont forget that SSD's are horrendusly expensive and material drains.
Probably the Navy cancelled those orders and re-ordered them as ISD's.
:? An Empire which builds Death Stars within months? ECS too expensive?
I don't think so.
Good point. KDY may have stoped building them after the Emperor died and the empire started to shatter. They were probably worried that no one would pay the bill.

Posted: 2002-09-05 06:06pm
by 2000AD
IIRC there were 4 SSD's at the time of RoTJ (can't remeber the source. Might be the BTM CD) These would be the Executer, Lusyanka, Iron Fist and some other one, maybe the Black Fleet's.

And just who or what was the Lusyanka named after?

Posted: 2002-09-05 06:35pm
by Mr Bean
Its unknow but it sounds cool

Not matter how hard it is to spell

Posted: 2002-09-05 10:34pm
by Cal Wright
At least four. The Pride of Yevetha. Executor, Lusankya, Iron Fist