Conning tower

Conning towers or command towers were towers found on the exterior of several of the Galactic Empire's warships that contained the bridge. One Imperial model with a conning tower was the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, and during the Battle of Hoth the Imperial II-class Tyrant's conning tower was taken out when the vessel was hit with an ion blast from the Rebel Alliance's v-150 Planet Defender. As the conning towers of the Imperial warships were so exposed, they were not included in the design of the First Order's Resurgent-class Star Destroyer.

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