What the Executor reveals about presence and force distribution

What are the diplomatic and conflict-management advantages and disadvantages of an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer?

It is an overwhelming presence signal, but it consumes extraordinary personnel and worsens the shortage of smaller ships needed for distributed control.

An Executor-class Super Star Destroyer would send an unmistakable diplomatic signal that the Empire was paying close attention. Ordinary Star Destroyers already offer an enormous presence, while the Empire needs more small ships to cover its territory. A crew of roughly 280,000 concentrates personnel in a vessel with no obvious proportionate opponent in this assessment. The huge bridge structure prompts disagreement about wasted space because it also contains briefing rooms and other facilities. A criticism of heat loss is qualified by the observation that a spacecraft also needs to shed heat.