The I-a2b solar ionization reactor was a stardrive system developed and produced by Sienar Fleet Systems.^[1]

CharacteristicsEdit

Often described as a "miniature sun", and incorporating one of the largest single hyperspace field generators ever designed, the massive reactor system occupied more than half of the Imperator/Imperial-class Star Destroyer's interior. Unlike the reactor system on the older Venator-class,^[2] the reactor on board Imperial-class vessels was large enough relative to the rest of the ship to protrude with a ventral bulb. It also forced the troop and crew compartments to be located on the upper half of the superstructure.^[3]

Like other heavy warships, it was the size of the power-plant which in turn dictated the size of the Imperator-class.^[4] Lira Wessex and her team at Kuat Drive Yards designed the rest of the Star Destroyer around the Sienar drive systems.^[1] A version of the I-a2b was later adapted for use in the Bakura-class destroyer.^[5]

SourcesEdit

• The Star Wars Technical Journal
• Cracken's Threat Dossier
• Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 7 (TIE2, TIE Fighter)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (STA4, Imperial Star Destroyer)

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