Bellicose (Imperial-class Star Destroyer)


Characteristics


The bridge crew of the Bellicose

The bridge crew of the Bellicose

The Bellicose was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer and, as such, was manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards and was 1,600 meters in length. It was armed with sixty turbolasers, sixty heavy ion cannon emplacements, and ten tractor beam projectors. The Bellicose was equipped with three KDY Destroyer-I ion engines and four emergency use Cygnus Spaceworks Gemon-4 ion engines. It was also equipped with a solar ionization reactor, two deflector shield generator domes, and a communications tower. It could reach speeds of 975 kph and 60 MGLT.

As an Imperial-class, the Bellicose maintained a complement of twenty AT-ATs, thirty AT-STs, eight Lambda-class T-4a shuttles, two Gozanti-class crusiers, and seventy-two TIE fighter series starfighters, which could be deployed from its two hangar bays. The Bellicose also utilized a hyperdrive and had consumables for two years. It was maintained by a crew consisting of 9,200 officers, 27,850 enlisted, and 9,700 stormtroopers.

Role


The Bellicose served as a warship during the Galactic Civil War, being part of a fleet that consisted of four other Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

History


During the Galactic Civil War, the Bellicose served under the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy as part of a fleet. It was captained by Commander Tylux when it participated in a skirmish against Rebel Alliance forces.

Behind the scenes


The Bellicose debuted in the 2019 canon comic book Vader - Dark Visions 2, which was written by Dennis Hallum and pencilled by Brian Level.

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