Turbolaser/Legends



"Intensify the forward batteries! I don't want anything to get through!"

- Admiral Firmus Piett

The turbolaser was the immensely scaled up version of the blaster and laser cannon. These weapons were commonly installed in banks on capital ships, space stations and orbital facilities, though some immobile variants were used on the ground.

Features


The turbolaser was a heavy laser cannon equipped with large banks of capacitors, which allowed the weapon to build up and store far more powerful energy bursts than standard cannons. This power was achieved with the generation of a standard laser cannon beam which was then guided through another stream of energized blaster gas (besides the one used in generating the initial beam, since laser cannons work on the same principle as blasters) to increase its power. The resulting beam carried roughly three times the energy of a standard laser cannon beam. It then passed through a set of galven coils located in the turbolaser's barrel, even further increasing the beam's power, and allowing it to pierce the defenses of heavily protected targets. Because these weapons required extra time to build up energy for their powerful blasts, they tended to have a slower rate of fire than their weaker brethren (usually around two seconds between volleys). The risk of overheating was high due to this massive energy buildup, and many turbolaser models were protected with complex cryosystems and a powerful cooling sleeve on the barrel.



Turbolasers were the primary weapons of capital ships. They were used for ship-to-ship combat or, in some cases, planetary bombardment. A single blast from a turbolaser could completely incinerate a fully shielded starfighter; however, using turbolasers against fighters proved to be highly ineffectual due to inaccuracy and a slower rate of fire than point defense laser cannons. Turbolaser turrets installed on the first Death Star were unable to hit the nimble Rebel starfighters that were attacking the station during the Battle of Yavin.

Commonly, turbolasers were arrayed along the length of capital warship hulls, and linked to advanced fire-control systems to coordinate the cannon batteries for sustained, organized volleys of fire. The Grand Army of the Republic deployed turbolaser cannons mounted atop a heavy all-terrain drive unit during the Clone Wars. These SPHA-T walkers proved instrumental in taking down numerous Lucrehulk-class core ships during the Battle of Geonosis, and these turbolasers were later installed inside the hangar bays of Venator-class Star Destroyers for effective ship-to-ship broadsides.

Once strictly controlled by Imperial law, turbolaser technology was advanced following the Galactic Civil War when New Republic-contracted military designers created the quick-recharge turbolaser. This variant proved effective during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Even more recently a new veriety of Turbolaser has been produced, the long range Turbolaser, this new invention has even longer range then the standard type at the expense of even greater power drain, even when mounted on a Mk II Star Destroyer the drain is noticeable. This has limited their deployment to the new Star Destroyer Anakin Solo and some Hapan Battle Dragons.

General Classifications
Below are different general classifications of various turbolaser models based on D units:


 * Heavy turbolaser - 10D
 * Ex: Executor-class Star Destroyer
 * Turbolaser battery - 7D
 * Ex: Eclipse-class Star Destroyer, Sovereign-class Star Destroyer
 * Turbolaser - 5D
 * Ex: Imperial I-class Star Destroyer, Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
 * Quad turbolaser cannon - 5D
 * Ex: ''Victory II-class Star Destroyer
 * Light turbolaser - 4D
 * Ex: Mon Calamari MC80 Star Cruiser
 * Dual turbolaser cannon - 2D
 * Ex: ''Victory II-class Star Destroyer

Below are other classifications of beam and projectile weaponry in comparison with turbolaser models based on D units:


 * Concussion missile tube - 9D
 * Ex: Executor-class Star Destroyer, ''Victory I-class Star Destroyer
 * Heavy laser cannon - 8D
 * Ex: Eclipse-class Star Destroyer, Sovereign-class Star Destroyer
 * Heavy ion cannon - 8D
 * Ex: Executor-class Star Destroyer, Viscount-class Star Defender
 * Quad laser cannon - 4D
 * Ex: Immobilizer 418-class heavy cruiser
 * Enhanced ion cannon - 4D
 * Ex: Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
 * Ion cannon - 3D
 * Ex: Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
 * Laser cannon - 2D
 * Ex: Executor-class Star Destroyer, Viscount-class Star Defender, EE76 Nebulon-B escort frigate

Examples



 * DBY-827 heavy dual turbolaser turret
 * H6 turbolaser
 * H9 dual turbolaser
 * KDD2055 short-range turbolaser
 * MAS-2xB self-propelled turbolaser
 * QuasarFire turbolaser turret
 * Self Propelled Heavy Artillery - Turbolaser
 * W-165 planetary turbolaser
 * XI7 turbolaser
 * XV7 turbolaser
 * XV9 turbolaser
 * XX-8 turbolaser
 * XX-9 heavy turbolaser
 * XX-10 turbolaser tower

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Hide in Plain Sight
 * Jedi: Yoda
 * Jedi Trial
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Allegiance
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars: TIE Fighter
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse