Eclipse Prototype

The Eclipse Prototype was a scaled down version of the future Eclipse-class star dreadnought created by the Galactic Empire.

Creation
In 4 ABY, with the Second Republic-Imperial War underway, Imperial Chancellor Thrawn wanted a new ship with a small superlaser capable of destroying ships in a single shot. By 6 ABY, the frame had been completed, and by 9 ABY, the superlaser was finally fitted onto it. The total price of the ship was 200,000,000 Imperial credits, most of which was on the superlaser.

History
Thrawn was on board it when test fired against abandoned star cruiser, which had been drifting for millennia. After completing the firing test, Thrawn ordered a large asteroid that was in the area to be destroyed. However, as the weapon was powering up, a miscalculated hyperspace jump by an Republic Mandator IV-class star dreadnought rammed into the Eclipse at its superlaser, and also hit one of its escorting Immobilizer-class, causing the entire Eclipse prototype to explode, destroying all of its escorts and killing Thrawn. The explosion was so powerful that it could be seen all throught out the Oranien Sector.

Legacy
Despite the destruction of the prototype and the Empire losing the war, the First Order would later build a completed version of the Eclipse, with a superlaser that would be slightly more powerful then the prototype version.