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- "Sir, we've lost our bridge deflector shield!"
- ―An Executor bridge officer, during the Battle of Endor
The ISD-72x deflector shield generator/sensor dome was a local-area deflector shield generator and sensor array produced by Kuat Drive Yards and commonly installed on Imperial Star Destroyers.
Description[]
A deflector shield generator dome schematic
The ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome was a model of deflector shield generator manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards. The Galactic Empire utilized the domes on their Imperial-class Star Destroyers, with a pair of the generators being positioned on the vessel's conning tower. Each dome was raised up, supported on stabilizer struts and fed by power feeds that connected to a power coupling in the base of the dome.[1] The generator domes drew power directly from the Star Destroyer's reactor[5] via power relays located deep within the conning tower.[2]
An armored shell covered the vital components, including the shield matrix and Shield Actuator.[1] Spaced around the top of the dome were several deflector shield projector vanes that provided local protection to conning tower.[2] The vanes projected both ray and particle shields and were spaced evenly around the dome's crest, one function per vane.[5]
The domes also featured sensor banks[5] feeding targeting data to the ship's gunnery stations, and hyperwave transceiver coils.[2] The globes were vulnerable to suicide attacks from small starships[5] or dedicated attacks from starfighters.[4]
History[]
During the Clone Wars, the CIS used one of these shield generators at Saleucami.[3]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Hoth Limited Card: Deflector Shield Generators) (backup link- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 STA 3-4: Imperial Star Destroyer
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 43 SHI 1-4: Energy Shields
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (as ISD-72x)
