User blog comment:Ratiu Grigore/Star wars vs.mass effect/@comment-50.15.163.29-20110621062714

Incidentally, the Empire also had other planet-obliterating superweapons at its disposal, including one capable of eradicating entire planets from across the galaxy. The Galaxy Weapon as it was aptly named used particle-disintegration warheads the size of Star Destroyers equipped with automated defense systems and their own hyperdrives. They were fired, engaged their hyperdrive, appeared in orbit around the target, then exploded, taking it out. The Empire could destroy the Citadel, the Reapers, and cripple the Council Race fleets without ever engaging them in battle. Then, of course, there were the Eclipse-Class Star Dreadnoughts, 16 kilometers along the keel, bristling with nearly as many turbolaser batteries as the Death Star, and with their own quick-firing, prow-mounted superlaser. While not as powerful as either Death Star's superlaser array, it could shear through continental plates, and could easily tear a Reaper apart. They also had a full contingent of on-board Viper War Droid fighter craft, and were escorted as part of the full Imperial Armada. Don't even get me started on if the Emperor was overseeing the battle personally. Nothing like a few Force Storms tearing open the fabric of space to ruin your Galactic Extinction Plan.