Dark Star (Nebula-class)

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Dark Star
Production information
Class:	Star Destroyer
Modifier:	Verpine
Technical specifications
Length:	1,040 meters
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 1 (Backup Class 10)
Targeting systems:	STRADEF II
Navigation system:	Verpine Navigator SPS
Countermeasures:	EM1
Armament:	Heavy turbolasers (40) Fire arc: 10 fore, 10 aft, 10 port, 10 starboard Turbolasers (40) Fire arc: 10 fore, 10 aft, 10 port, 10 starboard Ion cannons (20) Fire arc: 5 fore, 5 aft, 5 port, 5 starboard Assault concussion missile tubes (8) turreted -30 missile magazine each Tractor beam projectors (8) Arc: 3 fore, 2 port, 2 starboard, 1 aft
Modified systems:	Targeting Countermeasures
Complement:	Starfighters (60) Shuttles (10) -Typical complement organized into one starfighter wing
Crew:	Crew (2,795) Gunners (244)
Minimum crew:	2,265
Passengers:	Troops (1,600) -Capacity complement
Cargo capacity:	15,000 metric tons
Consumables:	Six months
Usage
Affiliation:	Navy of the Iron Throne Joint Task Force Rancor Armed Forces of the Iron Throne Dark Council
Fleet:	Eighth Fleet
Known commander(s):	Stelnor Gat
Current Status:	Active
Commissioned:	27 ABY
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Dark Star was one of two powerful Nebula-class Star Destroyers in the Eighth Fleet. She was named after Ante; sometimes referred to as the Dark Star.

Vessel Info

Construction

In 25 ABY the keel for Dark Star was laid at the Kuat Drive Yards facility at Xa Fel in the Kanchen Sector. Primary construction was completed two years later and the vessel was surreptitiously transferred to Roche where Verpine engineers installed several advanced warship systems.

Commander

Captain Stelnor Gat; Commanding Officer, Dark Star

Role

Under Task Force 62, Dark Star and her Strike Group were tasked with various space-superiority duties such as battle space denial and planetary blockade. As part of Joint Task Force Rancor Dark Star supported II Legion, 13th Starborne Division of the Army of the Iron Throne.

Action

Operation Dread Calm, Wild Space, Parthovian Cluster, 27 ABY

Vessel Complement

Air

Vessel Aerospace Wing Twelve (VAW-12)

Strike Fighter Squadron 38 (VFA-38) "Reavers"
Strike Fighter Squadron 42 (VFA-42) "TBD"
Strike Fighter Squadron 50 (VFA-50) "TBD"
Strike Fighter Squadron 110 (VFA-110) "TBD"
Strike Fighter Squadron 112 (VFA-112) "TBD"
Logistic Support Squadron 55 (VLS-55) "TBD"
601st Aerospace Support Battalion "TBD"*

*This unit was organic to the Army of the Iron Throne but was coordinated through its supporting vessel's Commander, Aerospace Group.

Ground

II Legion

2nd Special Troops Battalion
1st Battalion, 8th Infantry (Mech)
2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry (Mech)
601st Aerospace Support Battalion*

*This unit was organic to the Army of the Iron Throne but was coordinated through its supporting vessel's Commander, Aerospace Group.