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Torpedo Sphere

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manufactured by Loronar, the torpedo sphere was a seige platform designed to destroy planetary defense systems. It was considered by many historians to have been the forerunner to the Death Star space station. It had thousands of dedicated energy receptors positioned on its surface, which were used to analyze shield emissions and discover weak points. When it discovered holes in a planet's shields, the 1,900-meter ship would use some or all of its 500 proton torpedo launchers (arranged on its lower hemisphere) to punch a hole in a planet's protective shielding. If they were programmed correctly (which is not an easy feat, and it takes hundreds of technicians to operate them all), the torpedoes will briefly open a section of the planet's shield to turbolaser bombardment. The torpedo sphere is equipped with 10 turbolaser batteries for just this purpose. The torpedo sphere is manned by a crew of 63,275, and can transport up to 8,540 troops.