#Star wars imperial hangar free#

This prompts a few closely related questions:ДЄre Imperial I-class and Imperator I-class the same or different?ДЄccording to canon (and ignoring SW:BF2), are there any ISDs with lateral hangar bays? So I'm confused about ISD classes, and which (if any of them) have lateral hangars. The Imperial I-class Star Destroyer, also known as the Imperial I-class Destroyer or the Imperator-class Star Destroyer, was an iconic class of warships ДЇurthermore, I've watched some gameplay footage of both SW:BF1 and SW:BF2 (about scenarios involving a Imperial I-like ISD) and I have failed to see any evidence of lateral hangar bays. However, the distinction between Imperial I-class and Imperator-class is fuzzy, because Wookieepedia states: It features two hangars, one on the starboard side, and one on the port side, although, only the port side one is usable in naval combat. The Imperial Star Destroyer, also known as the Imperator-class Star Destroyer, is an Imperial starship featured in Star Wars: Battlefront II. In particular, the Battlefront II wiki page about ISDs states: Their response was that the model is based on canon information indeed, and is modeled off the ISDs from the Battlefront II video game. So as a good nerd would do, I confronted some of the event staff about that minor detail of Star Wars canon (because, let's face it, we love having that kind of conversation).

At least, I'm fairly sure that the Imperial I-class, the Imperial-II-class and the Victory-I-class SDs have only ventral hangar bays, according to the information available to me on the Wookieepedia. Now, given that I spent quite some hours of my youth playing the 1993 X-wing videogame, I know for certain that ISDs have ventral hangar bays, and not lateral hangar bays. (Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any publicly-available wide shots of that model showing the position of the lateral hangar bays) and 4(!) lateral hangar bays, big enough to hold squadrons of TIEs or a YT-2400 freighter: Now, that model had both a ventral hangar bay big enough to accommodate a CR-90 'blockade runner' Corellian corvette. If the TIE is moved back into the launch rack, the pilot disembarks ontoa retractable platform at the bottom of the TIE elevation shaft before the trolley picks up the TIE and moves it into the racks.A bit of background: I recently attended JEHES XVI, a Star Wars-themed event organized by HoloRed Sevilla which featured, among a lot of other things, an impressive 2ish-meter-long cardboard model of an Imperial Star Destroyer, which can be briefly seen in this summary video montage: Once secured, the pilot may disembark and use the the ladder built into the grapplers to reach the catwalk above the maintenance racks, exiting the hangar through one of four small personal airlocks. If the TIE requires maintenance, repairs or needs to be restocked, the grapplers place it into one of the 6 available maintenance racks.

#Star wars imperial hangar free#

Once there, a trolley running on two top-mounted rails picks it up and shoves it into the next free launch rack spot (from back to front). If it's airworthy the grapplers move it to the aft-facing section of the hangar and place it into the carrier hooks of a large elevator which transports them one deck lower. Once in position, the clamps are shut to secure the TIE, and move it into its destined area. Using tractor beams, they maneuver the TIE into the docking clamps. The last phase of the landing sequence is done by the two recovery grapplers inside the hangar.

While the TIEs are en route into the hangar, their internal scanners report whether the starfighter requires maintenance, repairs, or is airworthy enough to be put back into the launch rack and refuled there by robotic maintenance manipulators.