Arc Hammer

Arc Hammer was an Imperial factory ship. Like many other Imperial starships, Arc Hammer had a long, narrow, dagger-shaped hull; however, it had four large columns surrounding a large one that protruded from below and no bridge structure.

Being a secret facility, the factory frequently made jumps to hyperspace, and only one ship&mdash;Executor&mdash;knew its exact position at any given time. It was commanded by General Rom Mohc, who also headed the secret project being developed aboard.



Arc Hammer was the factory where the infamous Dark Trooper Project to create larger, more powerful robotic versions of stormtroopers was being carried out. Dark troopers were deployed directly from the ship in their debut during the Battle of Talay.

Following the successful theft of the Death Star I plans, Rebel-allied mercenary Kyle Katarn was assigned to investigate the loss of Tak Base on Talay. While there, Kyle discovered a large gun, too cumbersome to be efficiently wielded by a regular stormtrooper.

Eventually, after investigating various secret Imperial factories and weapons scientists, he learned of the Dark Trooper Project, and snuck aboard Arc Hammer via a cargo transfer. He later destroyed the ship by placing sequencer charges throughout certain exhaust ports within the ship.

Behind the scenes


The length of Arc Hammer is determined by comparing it to Executor in the first cutscene of the game. It is shown clearly to be about half the size (and slightly smaller) than Executor, albeit being further away from the camera than the Star Destroyer. See the appropriate section of Executor article for more information.

Another way to calculate it more precisely is to compare it with the Star Destroyers that escort the convoy. Arc Hammer seems to be at least 6 times the size of a Star Destroyer that is further away from the camera, therefore Arc Hammer is definitely longer than 6x1.6 km = 9600 km, but how much longer cannot be said with accuracy.

Sand Blasted shows a different and inconsistent version of the factory, which resembles a proper Star Destroyer with two columns protruding from the fuselage.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Sand Blasted