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Designing a 1,200-metre fictional Star Destroyer successor

A fictional fixed-length warship design balances forward heavy fire, mobility, a small fighter group, missiles, and point defense.

Carrier Air GroupsStar Destroyers (Star Wars)Missile ArmamentPoint DefenceWarship Design
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Question

How would a 1,200-metre Star Destroyer successor be designed for 50 ABY without increasing its length?

Short answer

Concentrate nine heavy turrets into useful forward arcs, improve strategic mobility, retain a small fighter hangar, and preserve missile and point-defense weapons.

Notes

The fictional design keeps a 1,200-metre hull length and places the successor in 50 ABY. Three heavy batteries per side, together with the centreline mounts, would bring nine heavy turrets onto a target ahead without changing the bow angle. A class 0.5 hyperdrive is proposed for rapid movement despite its expense. The hangar would hold a modest fighter group, described as perhaps 36 aircraft at most. Concussion-missile tubes remain, alongside anti-fighter guns and ion cannons.