Reach of Gravity Wells

I have searched long and hard for this, to no avail. My question(s):

What amount of area can a gravity well generator block off? If it creates a mass shadow, is it equatable to the size of a planet? Since in TTT, Thrawn was able to use gravity wells to catch ships as they travelled through hyperspace and have them emerge practically inside of a battle zone, they must not be able to blanket an entire system. Also, does the mass shadow have to be centered around the gravity well, does it have to contain the generator, or none of the above?

Thanks

 

I thought it was two: Constrainer and Sentinel.

 

i think how much power is allocated to gravity well generators is a factor which affects how large a mass shadow in can project. if less power is channelled to the shields, engines and other ship subsystems and more to the gravity wells, than the size of the mass shadow should be somewhat larger. that's why the interdictor in x-wing:the phantom affair was able to impede the manouevrability of ships in realspace....and that's also why her shields were taken down relatively quickly by wedge & elscol.

 

Which would suggest the best way to deal with one is send a large mass down the gravity well it was projecting requiring it to either turn the wells off or be destroyed.

Also, could you use one to rip a small moon out of orbit and crash it into a planet?

If it actually has a gravitational effect in realspace things get dicey.

 

With all it's grav well projector generators powered up, and Interdictor produces a grav well that mimics the presence of stellar bodies such as large asteroids or planettoids. Possibly even planets themselves.

 

"Also, could you use one to rip a small moon out of orbit and crash it into a planet? "

i think it's important to note that a mass's effect on craft in hyperspace (thru gravity wells) is much more significant than it's effect on craft in realspace, meaning that a mass large AND wide enough to stop craft from jumping to lightspeed may not be enough to cause the craft to gravitate towards it.

similarly, while an interdictor cruiser would have enough power to impede hyperspace travel within a certain radius, the gravity wells wouldn't be significant enough to draw surrounding bodies to it. sure, theoretically, it could probably draw a small moon towards itself***, but it would require an IMMENSE amount of power which no interdictor possesses. or few, if any, other ships, for that matter.


"If it actually has a gravitational effect in realspace things get dicey. "
yeah, that was my impression, too, when i read that particular section in the phantom affair. thing is, while the interdictor was able to induce manouevring problems in the ships within its range, it probably was channeling a great deal of energy from it's main reactor to it's gravity wells to do so. which explains why wedge & elscol successfully managed to evade all the turbolaser fire (because there was very little...most of its energy was rerouted to the wells) and blow the cruiser's shields with a mere handful of torpedoes (becuase, while the shields were up, most of it's energy was allocated to the gravity wells). the wells must've been draining an enormous amount of power, and the cruiser probably would've been able 2 prevent any ship from going to hyperspace at any point in the entire system. its captain obviously underestimated the abilities of the x-wings....."u'd think that after 2 death stars, they'd learn the error of their ways......."

 

Interdictor cruises can simulate four planet-sized shadows, and a couple of cruisers could easily hold a system.