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[Star Wars] What kind of damage was actually sustained by the Star Destroyer hit by rebel Ion cannon shots during the evacuation of Hoth ?

The Ion cannon is supposed to disable the target, that's a given. But the result of a successful hit look quite impressive on screen, so : what do you think were the losses among the crew ? How fast do you think it took for the ship to be operational again, and how extensive were the reparations ?
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Ships systems would be over loaded but most are hardened and redundant and would take no permanent damage. Auto shutdown of affected systems will save the ship but leave it inoperable until they can be brought back online. On a ship the size of a star destroyer this could take hours. Loss of life would be minimal, just the few unlucky blokes who happen to be working on or near overloaded super capacitors.