Torpedo Spheres, though incredibly powerful in a planetary bombardment role, do have their weaknesses. Given approximately 4 standard days, and sufficient raw materials to feed its onboard munitions factory for the production of torpedo reloads, a single Torpedo Sphere can perform a Base Delta Zero operation by itself. Simultaneous massed torpedo strikes can reduce large cities to nothing more than deep craters in the blink of an eye, and even the deepest subterranean bunkers can be dug out with repeated strikes. The simultaneous detonation of enough proton explosives to vaporize a small moon is usually sufficient to collapse any planetary shield, allowing for ground assault or orbital bombardment to commence at the besieging force's leisure.īombardment and invasion are usually carried out by a supporting fleet around the Torpedo Sphere, but the Sphere itself is still an enormously potent weapon against most ground targets. Once a dip in shield coverage of at least 20% below standard is identified, the targeting computer locks on, firing a coordinated salvo of 500 proton torpedoes at an area as small as 2 meters across. These torpedo launchers are slaved to a single high-precision targeting computer, which is in turn linked to an array of high-resolution sensors, which scan the targeted planetary shield for weak spots in its coverage. It accomplishes this with the use of an enormous array of proton torpedo launchers, located in the crater-like polar basin. The Torpedo Sphere is indeed intended as a siege-breaking weapon, meant to deal with the large planetary-scale deflector screens used by many worlds to defend against orbital bombardment and invasion. Unlike the larger, more heavily armed Death Star, the Torpedo Sphere is not designed as a "planet killer," although it can certainly wreak devastation upon the surface of a targeted world.
Though not nearly as powerful as a Death Star, which had the power to reduce an entire planet to rubble with a single blast from its prime weapon, the Torpedo Sphere was still one of the most feared weapons in the Imperial arsenal, and for good reason. Classified as a "battlemoon," it was the most powerful mobile battle station ever constructed until the advent of the DS-1 orbital battle station some years later. Many x docking ring with integrated docking tube.ĭESCRIPTIONThe TS-1 "Torpedo Sphere" orbital siege platform is a monstrously powerful weapons system developed during the darkest days of the old Galactic Empire.
2x hyperdrive, 1x class 4 primary, 1x class 10 backup.500x proton torpedo launcher, 100x projectile in magazine, 50,000x total.The TS-1 Torpedo Sphere has a top speed of 15 MGLT and has sluggish maneuvering characteristics.