Death Star

DEATH STAR T: 'HE EMPIRE'S GIGANTIC battle station code named Death Star is 160 kilometers in diameter, large enough to be mistaken for a small moon. The brainchild of Grand Moff Tarkin, this colossal super-weapon is designed to enforce the Emperor's rule through terror, presenting both the symbol and reality of ultimate destructive power. Making use of the Empire's most advanced discoveries in super-engineering, the Death Star is built around a hypermatter reactor which can generate enough power to destroy an entire planet. Constructed in secret by slave labor and titanic factory machines, the Death Star's vast structure houses millions of soldiers and thousands of armed spacecraft, making it capable of occupying whole CRUCIAL WEAKNESS The Death Star's powerful defenses have one fatal flaw - small thermal exhaust star systems by force. Elite gunners and troopers man the station's advanced weapons. The Death Star, once fully operational, represents a chilling specter of totalitarian domination and threatens to extinguish all hope for freedom in the galaxy. ports that lead from the surface to the heart of the main reactor. Main exhaust port Thermal exhaust port shaft runs through central power THE STOLEN PLANS A complete technical readout of the battle station (left) was stolen by Rebel spies. These plans reveal the overwhelming might of the Death Star, detailing its myriad weapons systems and immense power column Equatorial trench structures. Ion engines, hyperdrives, hangar bays ring the station's equatorial trench, while power cells over 15 kilometers wide distribute energy throughout the thousands of internal decks of the station. Air shafts and void spaces honeycomb the interior. Occupying the polar axis of the Death Star is its central power column, with the hypermatter reactor at its core. Inner decks stacked Surface decks concentric ALDERAAN DESTROYED SUPERLASER TRIBUTARY BEAM SHAFT Without hesitation Grand Moff Tarkin orders the Eight tributary beams unite to form the superlaser primary beam. These tributary beams are arranged around the invisible central focusing field, firing in alternate sequence to build the destruction of the peaceful planet Alderaan as the first demonstration of the Death Star's power. As the superlaser lances out at the blue-green planet, this horrific act wipes out billions of people. power necessary to destroy a planet. The titanic energy of these beams must be monitored to prevent imbalance explosions.