Desolator (superweapon)

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The Desolator was a superweapon built by the Sith Empire during the Cold War.

Its construction was overseen by Darth Angral, the Sith Lord responsible for the Sacking of Coruscant. The technology for the weapon was devised by Galactic Republic scientists whose research was stolen by Darth Angral's son, Lord Tarnis.

The Desolator's designs combined elements of the Power Guard Project, Shock Drum, Planet Prison and Death Mark superweapons to create a starship-mounted weapon capable of killing entire worlds.

When activated it ionized a planet's atmosphere preventing any ships from landing or taking off, and disrupting communications. It then fired an energy beam that ignited the planet's atmosphere generating a firestorm that would kill the planet and render it uninhabitable.

It was subsequently mounted on Darth Angral's flagship, the Oppressor, so that he could unleash it upon the Republic and Jedi Order in revenge for the death of his son, who had been killed following his theft of the research.

He unleashed it first on the agriworld of Uphrades as a way of drawing the Republic fleet away from his real target, the Jedi homeworld of Tython. He succeeded in activating the weapon's first phase on Tython but, thanks to the efforts of the Jedi known as the Hero of Tython, it failed to fire. The Jedi Knight was then able to kill Darth Angral and detonate the Oppressor, taking the weapon with it.