The rebels on Mako-Ta continued to search Trios' files for a way to reactivate their fleet, and Leia Organa learned that the override code was located aboard the Executor. Vader's attempt to stop Solo from opening the bay doors of Dodonna's flagship, the Republic, failed, and a squadron of X-wings lead by Luke Skywalker entered the battle, forming Rogue Squadron. Ozzel continue to command the attack from the Executor, ordering several more cruisers to be destroyed. When the Millennium Falcon, piloted by the smuggler Han Solo, arrived at Mako-Ta and attempted to use a rebel proximity signal to open the locked fighter bay doors, Vader left his flagship to pursue them in his TIE Advanced. From the Executor, the Dark Lord commanded the attack, ordering the destruction of the nearest cruiser, Yavin's Hope. Mako-Ta Space Docks Īfter Queen Trios contacted Lord Vader, revealing the location of the Alliance Fleet at the Mako-Ta Space Docks, the Executor, along with the rest of Death Squadron, arrived at the rebel space station, initiating an attack on the fleet. At some point after the Executor was given to Vader, it was specially modified to have a mediation chamber, similar to the one at his abode on Mustafar. Due to the pivotal Battle of Yavin, that saw the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroy the Empire's Death Star superweapon, the Dark Lord and his flotilla were tasked with finding the Rebels' base. The ship replaced the Devastator as the Sith Lord's flagship, and many of the stormtroopers who served aboard the vessel were selected due to their excellent performance in the Imperial Academy. The Executor became the command ship of the Death Squadron, the fleet of capital ships assigned to Darth Vader, and also continued to be commanded by Kendal Ozzel, whom Vader began to become increasingly annoyed at. Vader looked out at space, and used the Force to briefly connect with his son, Luke Skywalker. Ozzel looked at the now-dead Tagge, and then assured Vader the ship would be ready. When the officer began to protest this, the Dark Lord threatened his subordinate by saying he sounded a lot like the late Grand General. Ozzel replied it would be about a month before the ship would be launched due to damages from Cylo's takeover, but Vader gave him two weeks. The Dark Lord of the Sith quickly Force choked the Grand General to death for his blunders, and then asked Admiral Kendal Ozzel when the ship would be ready. Tagge tried to reason with Vader, who now possessed more authority than him, but Vader did not relent. As a reward, the Emperor gifted his apprentice the Executor and its fleet. When the rogue Doctor Cylo attempted to take over the starship and initiate a coup against Emperor Palpatine, he was stopped by Lord Vader. By the aftermath of the War on Shu-Torun, the Super Star Destroyer was entering the final stages of its construction at the orbital shipyards of Kuat. The Executor was intended to take the place of the Annihilator as the flagship of the Supreme Commander, Grand General Cassio Tagge, and therefore assume the position of the greatest starship in the entire Imperial Fleet. The Executor will be yours." ―Darth Sidious, to Darth Vader īuilt by Kuat Drive Yards, the Executor was part of a class of Star Destroyers of the same name, which were the fruit of a project the Sith Lord Darth Vader had been pushing for. However, by 4 ABY, the arrangement of the consoles had been altered to match that of smaller Destroyers. One notable difference was that, around 3 ABY, the pit consoles were aligned parallel to the walkway, instead of perpendicular. Bridge Īs in the Imperial I- and Imperial II-classes, the bridge of the Executor featured two elongated pits set below floor level, and a walkway where the superior officers stood. The aft end of the Executor was marked by a trapezoid command tower crowned by two geodesic communication and deflection domes at the bottom end of the hull were thirteen thrusters responsible for moving the vessel. The center of her arrowhead-shaped hull was covered by a city-like superstructure, while the underside hosted most of the engineering systems. One of the largest and most powerful Imperial vessels ever created, the Executor was 19,000 meters long, eclipsing its escorting Imperial-class Star Destroyers, and boasted more than 5,000 turbolasers and ion cannons.
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