Death StarEMPIRE

Capital ship

Cost

Construction cost584

Maintenance600

Research order0

Research difficulty0

Defense

Hull25,000

Shield strength2000

Shield recharge100

Damage control60

Movement

Sublight speed1

Maneuverability0

Hyperdrive80

Hyperdrive when damaged140

Detection5

Weapons

Turbolasers (F/A/P/S)1400/1400/1400/1400

Ion cannons (F/A/P/S)400/400/400/400

Laser cannons (F/A/P/S)0/0/0/0

Weapon rangeTurbolasers 60, ion cannons 40

Attack strengthTurbolasers 5,600, ion cannons 1,600; total 7,200

Weapon recharge180

Capacity

Fighter capacity24

Troop capacity18

Tractor beamPower 15, range 24

Gravity wellNo

Interdiction strength0

Planetary

Bombardment modifier15

Uprising defense250

Death Star is an Imperial capital ship in Star Wars: Rebellion. The in-game encyclopedia describes an enormous battle station 120 kilometers across, the peak of Imperial engineering. Chief Engineer Bevel Lemelisk designed it, and it was built above the penal colony of Despyre. Grand Moff Tarkin saw it as the ultimate symbol of rule by fear. It had a crew of over 750,000 and enough firepower to destroy a whole system. Tarkin showed its power by destroying Alderaan to pressure Princess Leia Organa into revealing the Alliance base. Its superlaser and many surface turbolasers defend it against large attacks, but it seems open to attack by small starfighters. It was later destroyed in the Battle of Yavin, where Tarkin died. The text says it is not known how many more Death Stars he had under construction.

In the game

The Death Star costs 584 refined materials to build and 600 to maintain. It has a fighter capacity of 24 and a troop capacity of 18. Its shields have a strength of 2000. The infobox values come from the game data. The 25th Anniversary patch does not change them.

The manual says the Empire can build the Death Star, but it needs huge resources and a long time. It is best used as a threat, since its presence makes garrisons better at preventing uprisings. Destroying a system with it sharply lowers popular support across the galaxy, so the manual advises saving that for heavily defended Alliance strongholds. It can also join an offensive fleet and bombard planets before an assault. Alliance players can try a Death Star Sabotage mission, or send fighters on a Death Star run in a tactical battle. Only Death Star shields on the same system protect it from such attacks, and sabotage is then the only way to destroy it.