

Doomsday Device: The Death Star is a space station that can destroy planets with its massive laser.Never mind that they were atomized in an explosion large enough to destroy a celestial object. The Death Star would be destroyed, taking its crew with it, largely because of said fighter gap. One such being Thrawn's Tie Defender program, intended to close the fighter gap between the Empire and Rebellion. Death by Irony: Many members of the crew advocated for construction of the station over more practical projects.But none of those were quite as spectacular as the Death Star.

The Empire even already had chemical weapons capable of committing genocide on a planetary scale. Other admirals felt humbler "siege breaker" like the Onager class star destroyer or the Torpedo Sphere would be more cost effective. Thrawn thinks just building more star destroyers and cruisers and better fighters would solve the Empire's problems.

Converging-Stream Weapon: The superlaser has eight tributary beams that feed the main weapon.Activation Sequence: The Death Star needs about twenty seconds from "Commence primary ignition" until it fires its superlaser upon Alderaan.However, according to one analyst, if those torpedoes do manage to enter that hole.the station would be no more. Even then, the port is ray shielded, so only proton torpedoes have any chance of getting through, and it's still a very slim chance at best. Achilles' Heel: The Death Star is a moon sized space station capable of destroying a planet, with only one significant weakness: a two meter wide exhaust port that leads directly to the station's reactor.
