Nevertheless, the Sovereign-class ships were vastly larger than almost any other warships they might encounter, and designed to instill fear in any enemies of the Empire.

The Sovereign-class was essentially a smaller cousin to the Eclipse-class design, with fewer weapons, a slower hyperdrive, and a smaller complement of starfighters and crew.

The 15-kilometer-long Sovereign-class dreadnought, also known as the Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer and the Sovereign-class Star Destroyer, was one of the largest Imperial warship designs, surpassed only by the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer and Executor-class Star Dreadnought.Īll four ships of this class were believed to have been destroyed alongside Byss after the final death of Emperor Palpatine however this was not to be, during the time that Jacen Solo had been traveling the galaxy he had landed on Nam Chorios which fell into a Dark side nexus trap and thereby being knocked unconscious, the sentient spirit of Force wielder Devrian then forcibly cleaved his consciousness with the body of the young Jedi and used Flow-walking to transfer his spirit briefly to shortly before the Destruction of Byss to change the past.ĭue to the actions of Devrian, the four Superweapons and a large portion of the Imperial Deep Core forces survived in the confusion and it started a chain of events that caused the formation of the Shadow Empire and New Dark Council, two organizations formed when military and civilian survivors of Byss fled into the Unknown Regions fearing further retribution from the New Republic.

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