![]() The Death Star also maintained an awesome array of support ships and vehicles, with 7,000 TIE Fighters, four strike cruisers, over 20,000 military and transport vessels and over 11,000 combat vehicles. These projectors could capture virtually any ship and when working in conjunction with one another, could reel in even an Imperial Star Destroyer. For weaponry, in addition to the superlaser, the Death Star had 15,000 capital ship turbolasers and over 700 tractor beam projectors. Even more amazingly is that these figures indicated minimum crew standards. Gunners, ground troops, starship support crew and pilots brought the total on board personal to nearly one million beings. ![]() The station had capacity for a crew of over 265,000 soldiers. Fully half of the battle station's interior was filled by the reactor core, that sublight and hyperdrive systems, and the superlaser housing. At 160 kilometers in diameter, it was the size of a Class IV moon and was one of the largest starships ever built. ![]() The Death Star's centerpiece was an awesome, planet destroying superlaser. The Death Star was commanded by Grand Moff Tarkin, but Sith Lord Darth Vader served as the Emperor's emissary and wielded the widest possible authority to enforce the Emperor's will.
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