Name: Devastator
Craft: Kuat Drive Yards’ Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
Type: Star Destroyer
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,600 meters
Skill: Capital ship piloting: Star Destroyer
Crew: 36,810, gunners: 275, skeleton: 5,000/+20
Crew Skill: Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 4D+2, capital ship piloting 5D+1, capital ship shields 4D+1, sensors 4D
Passengers: 9,700 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 36,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Cost: 150,000,000 credits (new), 200,000,000 credit (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x8
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 1D
Atmosphere: 335; 975 kmh
Space: 6
Hull: 7D
Shields: 3D
Sensors:
Passive: 50/1D
Scan: 100/3D
Search.200/4D
Focus. 6/4D+2
Weapons:
60 Taim & Bak XX-9 Turbolaser Batteries
Fire Arc: 20 front, 20 left, 20 right
Crew: 1 (20), 2 (40)
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 3-15/36/75
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/72/150 km
Damage: 5D
60 Borstel NK-7 Ion Cannons
Fire Arc: 20 front, 15 left, 15 right, 10 back
Crew: 1(15), 2(45)
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-10/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 2-20/50/100 km
Damage: 3D
10 Phylon Q7 Tractor Beam Projectors
Fire Arc: 6 front, 2 left, 2 right
Crew: 1 (2), 4 (2), 10(6)
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60 km
Damage: 6D
6 Heavy Twin Turbolaser Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret | 3 Left, 3 Right
Crew: 3
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 10-300/300/700 km
Damage: 6D
2 Heavy Ion Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret | 1 left, 1 right
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-50/75/150
Atmosphere Range: 2-20/50/100 km
Damage: 3D
2 Heavy Quad Turbolasers
Fire Arc: Partial Turret 1 left, 1 right
Crew: 3
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/70/150 km
Damage: 6D
3 Triple Medium Turbolasers
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 3
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5km
Damage: 4D
2 Medium Turbolaser Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret | 1 left, 1 right
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/72/150 km
Damage: 5D
Complement:
TIE fighter series starfighters (72)
– TIE/ln space superiority starfighters (46)
– TIE/sa Bomber (12)
– TIE/IN interceptors (12)
– TIE Advanced x1 (1)
– TIE/sh Boarding Shuttle (1)
Sentinel-class landing crafts (2)
LAAT/le patrol gunships (10)
Lambda-class T-4a shuttles (8)
Imperial Transport (6)
Phi-class shuttle (2)
Scythe (1)
AT-AT walkers (20)
AT-ST or AT-DP walkers (30)
K79-S80 Imperial Troop Transports (15)
Background: The Devastator was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer of the Imperial Navy, famous for its tenure as the flagship of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader. Under Vader’s command, the Devastator participated in the Battle of Scarif and the capture of the Tantive IV. After the Executor became Vader’s new flagship, the Devastator participated in the Imperial victory at Hoth. It was destroyed during the decisive battle fought at Endor while under the command of Admiral Jhared Montferrat.
The Devastator was an impressive starship that served as the personal flagship of Darth Vader, the equally impressive Dark Lord of the Sith. The Star Destroyer was 1,600 meters long, the standard length for an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer. As such, it was armed with turbolaser batteries, ion cannons, and several tractor-beam projectors.
Several dozens of times in its service life, the Devastator was structurally altered from its original design to include the latest weapons and systems, keeping it more than competitive with the battleships commissioned later. Unlike some other Imperial I-class Star Destroyers, such as Lawbringer and Relentless, the hangars within Devastator’s ventral docking bay were split into two smaller sections, and the aft side featured a cover so that the bays behind were not visible. Additionally, its tractor beam targeting array with diagonal support beams (located between its two deflector shield generator domes) was replaced with a communications tower with vertical support beams.
The Devastator was the last of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyers to lumber out of Kuat Drive Yards before the facility began producing the Imperial II-class. Despite this, it was still considered a state-of-the-art warship and had undergone numerous retrofits to keep it comparable with newer ships.
By 9 BBY, the Devastator belonged to the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who, together with a captain, used the vessel in an attempt to capture Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and destroy the Hidden Path, an underground resistance network smuggling individuals wanted by the Empire, including Force-sensitives. Having tracked the fugitive Jedi to Jabiim, the impressed Dark Lord summoned the Third Sister aboard his flagship to reward her for her insight by elevating her to the rank of Grand Inquisitor. Not wanting to waste time in a long siege, Vader had the Devastator launch two Imperial transports along with the Inquisitor transport Scythe, ferrying Reva to storm the Path’s hideout.
After the Path escaped from Jabiim, The Devastator was used to pursue Kawlan Roken’s freight transport. Obi-Wan used a drop ship to draw the Imperial’s attention away from his allies. The Grand Inquisitor counseled Lord Vader to continue their pursuit of the insurgents’ ship. Still, his master countered that that was no ordinary Jedi before ordering the Devastator to pursue Kenobi’s ship. While the Jedi Master headed to the barren moon nearby, the Dark Lord ordered his crew to prepare his shuttle, vowing to face his old mentor alone.
In 5 BBY, fourteen years after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the Devastator was the flagship of Lord Tion.
By 0 BBY, the Devastator was again the flagship of Vader, although now captained by Shaef Corsin, and was employed in his struggle against the Rebel Alliance. As the Battle of Scarif unfurled, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin had General Hurst Romodi call Lord Vader and the Devastator to deal with the rebel forces. Appearing over the planet Scarif near the conclusion of the confrontation, the arrival of the Dark Lord’s flagship proceeded to cut off the escape of the Alliance Fleet, immediately destroying a GR-75 medium transport by colliding with it and disabling several ships, including the Rebel flagship Profundity which had received the plans for the Death Star. After boarding the enemy craft, the Dark Lord cut through Rebel troopers, delivering the schematics. Vader failed, and the plans were delivered to Leia Organa, who boarded the Tantive IV, a CR90 corvette docked onboard the Profundity. Fleeing at the last second, the Tantive IV escaped from the system, and the Dark Lord pursued the starship in the Devastator.
Arriving over Tatooine, a brief skirmish ensued over the planet, resulting in the Star Destroyer successfully capturing the Tantive IV. Imperial troops boarded the enemy corvette, and the Devastator also targeted and destroyed any escape pods launched to ensure none of the Rebels escaped. The sole exception was R2-D2 and C-3PO’s pod—which even then was only because Imperial Gunners did not detect any life signs in the pod, and dismissed it as a malfunction.
Lord Vader used the Devastator to track Doctor Cylo’s fleet of Whale-ships in the Crushank Nebulae, courtesy of information from the scientist’s colleague Thlu-Ry. As the Star Destroyer approached the nebulae, many of the abominations fled. This caused the Dark Lord to lead the chase in his TIE Advanced, supported by many TIE/ln starfighters. However, Cylo’s flagship broke off from the main group and attacked the Devastator with an ion pulse. With the ship disabled, Vader flew his TIE into Tulon Voidgazer’s ship just before the fleet could jump to hyperspace. They emerged over Kuat, the construction site of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor, which was to be under the command of the Supreme Commander, Grand General Cassio Tagge.
The rogue scientist took over the Super Star Destroyer, but he was soon killed by the Dark Lord and all his abominations and staff. Due to General Tagge’s misplaced trust in Doctor Cylo, he was demoted by Emperor Palpatine and then summarily choked to death by Lord Vader’s invisible grip. The Executor was given to Vader for defeating the traitorous scientist.
With Lord Vader’s flag transferred to the Executor, Admiral Jhared Montferrat took command of the Devastator. However, the legendary vessel remained part of the Death Squadron, the personal flotilla of the Emperor’s Fist.
Task Force 99, an elite stormtrooper squad, used the Devastator to interrogate C-3PO after he was captured during the siege on Tureen VII. Although Lord Vader wanted the protocol droid destroyed, Sergeant Kreel felt it would be in the group’s best interests to use it as bait to lure the Rebellion to rescue him.
Under Admiral Montferrat’s command, the Devastator notably participated in the Battle of Hoth, a clear Imperial victory, where it destroyed a transport. In the aftermath of the battle, Vader sent the Death Squadron into the Hoth asteroid field to look for the Millennium Falcon. All ships in Death Squadron were damaged during the search, including the Devastator.
The Devastator, the pride of Death Squadron, met its fate at Endor, during a battle which the Emperor had meant to be the end of the Rebellion. The ship, still commanded by Admiral Montferrat, stood between Blade Squadron, a group of Rebel B-wing pilots, and the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station. Ultimately, the ship was destroyed when two of those pilots, Gina Moonsong and Braylen Stramm, caused a chain reaction of explosions that led to the systematic demolition of the Star Destroyer and the demise of Admiral Montferrat.
Appearances: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rogue One, Episode IV A New Hope, Episode V The Empire Strikes Back