Imperial-class Star Destroyer Mark IV

An up to date, next generation Capital Ship for the Imperial line of star destroyers. The Mark four is a drastic change over previous models in that its designed to be a full on destroyer/carrier hybrid, completely omitting the ground assault forces.

The goal was to create a cost effective ship for the Empire. The previous models maintain a large ground force, one large enough that a single ship was capable of subjugating an entire planet. Due to current times this was thought as a major resource drain to many. The Mark Four costs about as much as any of its older sisters but the long term costs for maintaining the ship and its crew has significantly been reduced simply by removing the massive ground force contingent.

As with the mark two and three, additional flaws with the Imperial design has been fixed or removed. The new systems and sub systems have been stream lined made redundant with back up systems, including a set of back up shield systems.

The ship isn't expected to replace the previous models, and already a number of the older Imperial ship captains have complaints about the vessel, much like they did with the mark three, but its much too early to tell how well the ship will fair in the Imperial Navy.