Post by tanzanlinnear on Jun 26, 2005 6:50:23 GMT -5
I just wonder because I happened upon this debate the other day, and I have to admit, it got me thinking...
A lightsaber could definitely deflect a disruptor bolt, and probably a phaser beam (low setting) if the Jedi were able to intercept it properly, a higher setting would definitely be too much though...
Ship-wise, someone posted how fast the various warp factors were, and even Warp Two would be faster than Han's boast that the Millenium Falcon's been .5 past light speed. That said, there haven't really been any single-person attack craft, so harder to compare...
The thing that made me laugh the most though was when someone thought that the Borg would be incapable of taking over the Death Star, because they thought that Vader would be able to Force Crush them all and hack them up with his lightsaber... A few problems with that theory. First off, the Borg's shields react to energy weapons. A lightsaber is an energy weapon... Borg shields would adapt to block one after a few swings (Even with rotating modulations, phasers only get 12 shots before being adapted too, lightsabers are a continuous output, so they would be adapted to even more quickly...) Then there's the aspect of using the Force... Vader might be powerful, but he would still eventually get tired and be unable to repel them any further with the Force, and at that point, the drones would just assimilate him (most likely using his existing cybernetics as an easy access for their nano-probes)
Has anyone else got any theories on the subject?
A lightsaber could definitely deflect a disruptor bolt, and probably a phaser beam (low setting) if the Jedi were able to intercept it properly, a higher setting would definitely be too much though...
Ship-wise, someone posted how fast the various warp factors were, and even Warp Two would be faster than Han's boast that the Millenium Falcon's been .5 past light speed. That said, there haven't really been any single-person attack craft, so harder to compare...
The thing that made me laugh the most though was when someone thought that the Borg would be incapable of taking over the Death Star, because they thought that Vader would be able to Force Crush them all and hack them up with his lightsaber... A few problems with that theory. First off, the Borg's shields react to energy weapons. A lightsaber is an energy weapon... Borg shields would adapt to block one after a few swings (Even with rotating modulations, phasers only get 12 shots before being adapted too, lightsabers are a continuous output, so they would be adapted to even more quickly...) Then there's the aspect of using the Force... Vader might be powerful, but he would still eventually get tired and be unable to repel them any further with the Force, and at that point, the drones would just assimilate him (most likely using his existing cybernetics as an easy access for their nano-probes)
Has anyone else got any theories on the subject?