Immobilizer 418 cruiser

The Immobilizer 418 cruiser, or simply the Immobilizer, was a type of cruiser used by the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy that was developed for Imperial adviser Kren Blista-Vanee's Deep Core Security Zone and manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation and Sienar Fleet Systems. It represented the Empire's first foray into Interdictor design based on less successful designs from the Galactic Republic. The Immobilizer was 600 meters in length and possessed a quartet of gravity well projectors located toward the aft of the vessel's sharply bowed hull. The starship additionally had twenty laser cannons, including multiple quad laser cannons. The Immobilizer 418 typically acted with an escort, and it carried a complement of twenty-four TIE fighters divided into two squadrons.

In the Obroa-skai system in 14 BBY, Imperial Moff Wilhuff Tarkin used a state-of-the-art, untested Immobilizer as part of a task force attempting to intercept the corvette Carrion Spike. However, the Immobilizer malfunctioned and caused many vessels to revert out of hyperspace. After the incident, the Immobilizer was returned to Corellian Engineering.

Due to its many vulnerabilities, manufacturing of the Immobilizer was discontinued by 0 ABY, although many vessels remained in service. In that year, an Immobilizer pulled the luxury yacht Desert Jewel out of hyperspace in the Daalang system. The Desert Jewel subsequently destroyed the Immobilizer and its accompanying TIE fighters. The Imperial Navy continued using the cruiser until the Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY, where the Immobilizer 418 cruiser Glaciate was captured at the battle by New Republic forces under the orders of General Carlist Rieekan.

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