Axial superlaser

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Axial superlasers were massive planet-decimating superlaser cannons equipped aboard Xyston-class Star Destroyers of the Final Order.

DescriptionEdit

Axial superlasers were attached to the ventral hull of Xyston-class Star Destroyers.^[1] Unlike the Imperial Death Stars' superlasers,^[3] this cannon of the Final Order was capable of firing a red beam in a sustained burst to strike through a planet's surface from orbit, where the energy beam would delve deeper by unleashing shock waves of crust-and-mantle-tearing energy, eventually reaching the planet's core and ripping the target apart. Such power, however, required the superlaser to be directly connected to the Star Destroyer's reactor, and severe damage to such weaponary would destroy its host ship.^[1]

HistoryEdit

Kijimi—a planet with an estimated population of 310,000,000^[1]— was a victim of such a weapon,^[2] specifically the one affixed to the Derriphan, one of many Xyston-class Star Destroyers at the disposal of the Sith fleet.^[1] This warship was given to the command of^[2] the Sith Eternal Allegiant General, Enric Pryde,^[1] who had the Derriphan eliminate Kijimi as a result of the world's alleged ties to the Resistance and as a demonstration of the general's steadfast allegiance to Darth Sidious.^[2]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition audiobook
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as axial superlaser)
•  Sith Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link)
•  TIE dagger in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)

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