Perhaps the most interesting tid-bit relating to the SSD is the official length of the vessel. This defect was the centralization of controls on the SSD bridge (frantic engineering crews on the Executor tried to regain control of the vessel from remote terminals but were unable to do so before the ship collided with the Death Star). A second defect exposed after the destruction of the Executor's bridge was also fixed. The bridge deflector defect was fixed in almost every other SSD in service within months of the Executor's demise by adding a third bridge generator that is out of the line of fire, keeping the bridge superstructure shielded even if the two main generators have been destroyed. Unfortunately for the Empire, and especially for the crew of the Executor, Alliance A-Wings were able to exploit a design defect, leaving the bridge of the Executor completely unshielded long enough for a doomed A-Wing to crash into the main bridge and send the ship crashing into the surface of the Death Star II. The mere sight of the Executor and another Death Star was supposed to be enough to deter any and all Rebel attacks as no force would stand the slightest chance against the Empire's most powerful weapons. The Executor was later deployed at Endor to guard the Death Star II during its final phases of construction. The Executor was involved in several key engagements during the height of the Rebellion that included the Battle of Hoth and a skirmish over Coruscant during which Black Sun vessels were engaged with an Alliance fighter squadron. The Executor was put under the direct command of Lord Darth Vader and was used as his flagship as he searched out the Rebels. The first vessel of this class, the Executor, was completed not long after the Battle of Yavin and was the first of four Executor-class vessels to enter into Imperial service before the Imperial victory at Hoth. The super star destroyer was a blatant show-off of the Imperial war machine that was meant to boost overall Imperial morale while utterly terrifying the Alliance.
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