![]() ![]() The resources available to the Empire are essentially unlimited with more than 70 million systems under their control. They are justifiable only if you accept the mindset of the Empire.Ī more detailed answer, is that it is an efficient use of resources. ![]() Gigantic ships with ever more powerful weapons are fetishized by the Empire (I won't even get into what that might say about Emperor Palpatine's insecurities) and by its replacement, the New Order. and its endless fixation on a handful of foreign policy issues (Russia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Venezuela, etc.) while blithely ignoring other serious threats. ![]() The Empire's military and foreign policy, much like that of any country, is rarely driven by rational decision making. This is not a rational decision any more that it was a rational decision to build a new Death Star after the first had so spectacularly and publicly failed to defeat the rebels in "A New Hope." When asking why they "ever bother" to build Super Star Destroyers, do you really mean to ask if this is a rational decision? The answer is clearly, "no." There is nothing they could accomplish with the Super Star Destroyers that couldn't be accomplished with regular Star Destroyers. Trying to make the enemy fear you so much they lose hope and give up instead of the extensive measures required to do a galaxy wide hunt on small rebel pockets. ![]() fear of this station" - TarkinĪnd the Super Star Destroyers are just an extension of the tactics surrounding the AT-AT's and Death Star. But seeing such a massive weapon with such immense firepower would bring fear and terror to the galaxy… downside on the other hand (something Admiral Thrawn warned about in Legends) is that if it gets destroyed it is a MAJOR morale boost towards the enemy. The size is supposed to intimidate them, this is because the Empire no longer faces an organised military enemy like the CIS but instead some smaller bands of rebel forces so conventional warfare would not be the best course of action but instead the focus should be on resistance suppression.Ī fleet of Star Destroyers would be more powerful than the Death Star in terms of space warfare or planetary destruction (no need to blow up the actual planet if you can just bombard it to the point it is no longer liveable). The same reason the Empire used inefficient mechs like the AT-AT. ![]()
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