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The ''Pellaeon''-class was named in honor of former [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Gilad Pellaeon]],<ref name="SW:L0" /> and drew upon the distinctive and classic wedge-shape of earlier times, made famous by the [[Harrower-class dreadnought|''Harrower'']], [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Venator'']] and [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperator'']] classes used by the navies of the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Ancient Sith Empire]], [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|old Galactic Empire]] respectively.<ref name="SW:L0" />
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The ''Pellaeon''-class was named in honor of former [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]],<ref name="SW:L0" /> and drew upon the distinctive and classic wedge-shape of earlier times, made famous by the [[Harrower-class dreadnought|''Harrower'']], [[Venator-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Venator'']] and [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperator'']] classes used by the navies of the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Ancient Sith Empire]], [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|old Galactic Empire]] respectively.<ref name="SW:L0" />
   
 
The class was often used as [[Command ship/Legends|command ships]] and combined certain elements from [[Star Dreadnought/Legends|Star Dreadnoughts]] like the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|''Executor''-class]] and earlier Star Destroyers like the ''Imperial''-class.<ref name="SOTG07" />
  
The class was often used as [[Command ship/Legends|command ships]] and combined certain elements from [[Star Dreadnought/Legends|Star Dreadnoughts]] like the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|''Executor''-class]] and earlier Star Destroyers like the ''Imperial''-class.<ref name="SOTG07" />

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The Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer was a warship design produced by Kuat Drive Yards to serve as part of the starfleet of the Fel Empire.[2]

Characteristics

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The Pellaeon-class compared to the Scythe-class main battle cruiser.

The Pellaeon-class was named in honor of former Imperial Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon,[2] and drew upon the distinctive and classic wedge-shape of earlier times, made famous by the Harrower, Venator and Imperator classes used by the navies of the Ancient Sith Empire, Galactic Republic and the old Galactic Empire respectively.[2]

The class was often used as command ships and combined certain elements from Star Dreadnoughts like the Executor-class and earlier Star Destroyers like the Imperial-class.[3]

Offensive and defensive systems

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A Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer fighting a Scythe-class battle cruiser.

The Pellaeon-class was considered one of the most powerful warships in the galaxy and noted as having unmatched weapon systems and starfighter components. With its sleek outline, it presented less of a target to potential enemies, while at the same time optimizing its shield protection.[2]

The forward-sloping superstructure of the Pellaeon-class also gave the main gun batteries excellent vantage points, more so than on the Star Destroyers of the previous centuries.[2]

The class had slightly more armament than the older Imperial II-class Star Destroyer.[3] Some of these guns were of a similar design to the XX-9 turbolaser batteries of the old Galactic Empire.[7] The Pellaeon-class also possessed an interdiction field, capable of pulling ships out of hyperspace.[4]

Complement

Pellaeon class hangar

A hangar on board a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer.

The class had a ventral hangar where starfighters and shuttles could land and embark from.[2] Predator-class fighters would be stored in racks in narrow passages throughout the hangar area. Traffic control centers were located on either side of the main hangar opening, overlooking the area.[5]

Its sloping profile allowed the Pellaeon-class to be shorter than the Imperial-class while at the same time be able to carry a decent amount of landing craft and small starships.[3]

Propulsion systems

A reactor bulb protrusion was visible outside the ventral hull. It is not known if this was the ship's primary reactor or a forward, secondary one.[2]

Bridge tower

The Pellaeon-class had at least one conference room with a holographic projector table in the center.[8] Its bridge was styled similar to earlier warship classes such as the Venator-class, with crew pits encircled by a command deck where ship commanders could view the ship's surroundings out of panorama windows.[9]

Known vessels

History

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Turbolasers on a Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer destroy the Jedi Academy on Ossus.

Thousands of years before the Sith–Imperial War, the Sith Empire used a capital ship similar to the Pellaeon-class during the Great Galactic War.[10]

The Pellaeon-class itself began its service over 100 years after the Battle of Endor,[3] succeeding the Imperial-class and was noted as going up against the heaviest Galactic Alliance warships, including the smaller-yet-faster Scythe-class main battle cruiser.[8]

After the betrayal of the new Sith Order under Darth Krayt, some of these ships chose to rebel and follow Emperor Roan Fel into exile. As of 137 ABY, a number of these vessels were kept in orbit and close to his stronghold on Bastion for protection.[11]

Later in the same year, Darth Stryfe used a Pellaeon-class vessel to search for Jedi refugees on Ossus. Upon feeling a continued presence after his troops returned empty-handed, he ordered the vessel to destroy the ruins of the Jedi Academy.[7]

Some Pellaeon's fell into the hands of the Galactic Alliance Remnant during the Second Imperial Civil War and were distinguished with its symbol on the sides of their dorsal hulls.[6] Similarly, Pellaeon-class Star Destroyers loyal to the Empire-in-exile were distinguished not only by the Imperial seal but by red markings as well.[12]

Behind the scenes

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Full blueprints.

In an interview for Star Wars Insider 89, designer and illustrator Sean Cooke described the design of the Pellaeon-class as a new way to look at Super Star Destroyers. The original idea entailed not making the vessel incredibly long, like the Executor, but incredibly tall and with a cathedral-like aspect to the design. The refined design harked back to the original Star Destroyers, but with a "front plow" addition based on the Khetanna, Jabba the Hutt's sail barge.

While the actual number of guns on the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer are currently unknown, the ship's entry in Starships of the Galaxy lists a number of weapon batteries, which according to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook, represent up to ten weapons of the same type per battery.

Appearances

Sources

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A Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer with escort

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Legacy Era Campaign Guide
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars: Legacy 0
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Legacy 28: Vector, Part 9
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Legacy 13: Ready to Die
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Legacy 42: Divided Loyalties
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Legacy 8: Allies
  9. ↑ Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3
  10. ↑ Pre-game timeline on The Old Republic homepage
  11. ↑ Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5
  12. ↑ Legacy 47: The Fate of Dac

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