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ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome

ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome

Production information
Manufacturer	Kuat Drive Yards^[1]
Model	ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome^[1]
Type	Auxiliary deflector shield generator^[1]^[2] Hyperwave transceiver/long-range scanning systems (Com-scan)^[1]^[2]
Usage and history
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[3] Rebellion era^[1] New Republic era^[1] New Jedi Order era^[4] Legacy era^[5]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Confederacy of Independent Systems^[3] Galactic Empire^[1] New Republic^[1] Imperial Remnant^[4] Galactic Federation of Free Alliances^[4]

[Source]

"Sir, we've lost our bridge deflector shield!"

―An Executor bridge officer, during the Battle of Endor^[src]

The ISD-72x deflector shield generator/sensor dome was a local-area deflector shield generator and sensor array produced by Kuat Drive Yards and commonly installed on Imperial Star Destroyers.

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

CharacteristicsEdit

Imperial I-class and Imperial II-class Star Destroyers each carried two ISD-72x generators/sensor arrays.^[1] The shield projector vanes were positioned in a crown formation around the command tower's sensor globes.^[1]^[2] The vanes projected both ray and particle shields and were scattered along the "crown", one vane per function.^[1]

This deflector shield required a massive amount of energy, drawn from the Star Destroyer's main reactor via power generators located deep within the command tower.^[1]^[2] Thick armor protected the sensor banks from impacts, but the globes were vulnerable to suicide attacks from small starships^[1] or missile weapons such as concussion missiles or proton torpedoes from starfighters. ^[6]

HistoryEdit

It was developed to reduce the need for secondary equipment aboard Star Destroyers, and replaced the Om-Thaim shield generators installed on earlier Destroyer models.^[1]

During the Clone Wars, the CIS used one of these shield generators at Saleucami.^[3] A larger version of the ISD-72x was developed for use aboard Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts and other Imperial Super Star Destroyers.^[1]