This is because the government which contracted with Kuat Drive Yards for the warship's construction delivered plans and work orders for the inclusion of the Gravshock Bombard during the initial construction phases of the Tarkin and rather than simply rename it or issue a new construction contract for it, Kuat Drive Yards, with the consent of the purchasing government, the Keltarrin Protectorate, instead released it as the Tarkin-II Class Star Dreadnought.
Imperial engineers cut away the damage and modified the ship to fit the dual roll of command and support carrier. The ISD Empire was damaged in a battle with rebel forces having a large section of her prow destroyed. The large Revenge Heavy Carriers were already in service, but too few and were too expensive to be a solution. Escort Carriers were developed, but these could not take on capital ships well. New fighter designs had been rushed to the front of R&D's list but a solution had to be found for the problem at the time. The new rebel X-wing was far superior to the TIE fighter, and won most battles in which they faced each other. Shortly after the battle of Yavin, the need for better fighters was paramount. The Empire-class was designed as a replacement for the Venators being used as fleet carriers. Two full starfighter wings are supported as well as gunboats, shuttles, transports, barges, and even corvettes can dock in the lower bay for the forward hanger. Turbolasers and quad lasers line the ventral and dorsal edge of the port and starboard rim. Ten heavy ion cannons were placed on the prow, five to each flanking rim. One additional triple heavy turret replaced the ventral docking bay. A second triple heavy turret was added to the dorsal spine just forward of the original triple heavy turret. The eight heavy quad barbettes are retained, as are the two rim mounted heavy double heavy cannons.
The ventral amidships docking bay was removed, adding ventral weapons batteries and a secondary reactor. The forward third of the ship now houses the massive bay. Extra shielding is added to the forward section, as well as massive reinforced mesh dura-steel hanger doors. Imperial I-class Star Destroyers were dry docked, and the forward two hundred meters were removed to make way for a large forward multi-level hangar.
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