Byss Casualties

Star Wars Fan · Post by **Star Wars Fan** » 2005-10-03 12:12pm

So, how big was the loss of Byss a Empire's End. The planet had 18 billion people, 4 soverign-class commandships in orbit (at least some of them survived) There wan't a big imperial fleet over Byss, as the Empire retook most of the Galaxy, so the fleet losses were small, and many warships likely escaped before the planet's destruction. What do you think happened?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-10-03 12:51pm

Well, the planet blew up, that's what happened.

Star Wars Fan · Post by **Star Wars Fan** » 2005-10-03 01:20pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Well, the planet blew up, that's what happened.

yes, but what about the losses on the planet, fleets, senior command, etc.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-10-03 01:33pm

The fact that the planet exploded should be a clue that more or less everything on it was lost.

Star Wars Fan · Post by **Star Wars Fan** » 2005-10-03 02:35pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:The fact that the planet exploded should be a clue that more or less everything on it was lost.

not everyhting, btu mainly the strength of the fleet. it wasn't as big as earlier, so losses were small, likely and did some ships enter hyperspace quickly. I believe at least one Soverign survived

Imperator Galacticus · Post by **Imperator Galacticus** » 2005-10-03 11:22pm

The Emperor's flagship Eclipse II was blown to kingdom come as well as any other capital ship in near-Byss orbit. The three most damning things which were lost were: A) a good chunk of the Emperor's top underlings B) the resource base (i.e. the population) which the Emperor drew his immense dark side powers from C) thousands of the Empire's best warships.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2005-10-04 06:33am

Imperator Galacticus wrote:The Emperor's flagship Eclipse II was blown to kingdom come as well as any other capital ship in near-Byss orbit. The three most damning things which were lost were: A) a good chunk of the Emperor's top underlings B) the resource base (i.e. the population) which the Emperor drew his immense dark side powers from C) thousands of the Empire's best warships.

Actually, IIRC the Eclipse II was destroyed when it rammed the Galaxy Gun. Otherwise you mostly have it.

Star Wars Fan · Post by **Star Wars Fan** » 2005-10-04 11:44am

Imperator Galacticus wrote:The Emperor's flagship Eclipse II was blown to kingdom come as well as any other capital ship in near-Byss orbit. The three most damning things which were lost were: A) a good chunk of the Emperor's top underlings B) the resource base (i.e. the population) which the Emperor drew his immense dark side powers from C) thousands of the Empire's best warships.

yes, that but there was a much smaller fleet in orbit, and some likely escaped

NRS Guardian · Post by **NRS Guardian** » 2005-10-04 01:23pm

I doubt many ships in low orbit could escape, being in the grav well of Byss.

Star Wars Fan · Post by **Star Wars Fan** » 2005-10-07 06:13pm

NRS Guardian wrote:I doubt many ships in low orbit could escape, being in the grav well of Byss.

but the Falcon could, and Imperator-class destroyers could outrun that ship. supposedly, at least one soverign-class commandship also escaped.

Thanas · Post by **Thanas** » 2005-10-09 04:01pm

Star Wars Fan wrote:
NRS Guardian wrote:I doubt many ships in low orbit could escape, being in the grav well of Byss.
but the Falcon could, and Imperator-class destroyers could outrun that ship. supposedly, at least one soverign-class commandship also escaped.

Were does this come from?

IIRC, the Sovereign class star destroyers were not even finished during the Emperors return, and the chaos which followed the destruction of Byss prevented the empire of finishing construction.

IIRC, they were not even present at Byss.

EDIT: Assuming Palpatine used his force powers to energize his troops once again, his death would mean that the Imperial personnal at Byss would experience confusion similar to Endor, if not greater. THis would seriously hamper any evacuation efforts.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-10-09 04:08pm

IIRC the Falcon escaped Byss by going into hyperspace while inside the gravity well of Byss, which is risky at best.