Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Jun 26, 2005 7:57:49 GMT -5
This 'debate' has been going on since time immemorial...well at least since the first SW movie came out back in the 70s...basically it boils down to if Star Fleet & the Federation of Planets will continue to play the diplomatic game or throw their prime directive into the Void and fight the SW style, which is, to do what it takes to win, and will not stop until your enemy is totally annihilated...
In terms of raw power, the SW universe wins hands down, be it deflector shields or blaster bolts. An X-wing is speculated to be able to out maneuver and outgun a Sovereign Class starship, due to its much stronger power plant. Think about it, a ST shuttle, or runabout, which is bigger then an X-wing, can only travel short distances from the starship down to the planet surface, while an X-Wing has a hyperspace drive which allow it to achieve planetary travel...
I've had this power comparison table with me for a long long time, sent to me by a friend, who got it from a website/forum:
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PT (petaton)--SW: Planetary and large station shields
TT (teraton)--SW: Common shield strength among ISDs and Dreadnaughts/heavier weapons strength
GT (gigaton)--SW: Common weapons strength/lower ships such as Corevettes and Frigates have high GT range shields.
MT (megaton)--SW: torpedoes, both proton (low MT) and concussion (190MT)
KT (kiloton)--SW: fighter's lasers (usually around 2KTs per fighter laser)
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PT--ST: They have not made it this far in weapons or shield strength.
TT--ST: They have not made it this far in weapons or shield strength.
GT--ST: Only a fleet can obtain this power (Borg can get into low low GT)/Borg cube can survive lower GT ranges to mid GT ranges.
MT--ST: Common strength of phasers, diruptors, and torpedoes/ shield usually in this range
KT--ST: Someone mentioned a tri-cobalt device in this range in another debate, though said person has since left that debate. (500KT IIRC).
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Although brute force do not always win a war, there're no lack of strategists, manipulators and scheming deceptionists in the SW universe, and they'll pull all the stops to win if they should get into a fight with the Federation of Planets. Heck, if the Sith can trick the Jedi and take power, Jean-Luc Picard won't even get a word in before he's blown into a million pieces by a whole fleet of Star Distroyers...
Have a look at this pic which show the size of various SW & ST ships...the Borg cube can rival a Super Star Destroyer but their power output is way way smaller(refer to table above).
Also, the humans in the SW universe has had thousands of years of experience in space travel, and had a lot more time to advance themselves, compared to the humans in the ST universe which only had a few hundred years of space travelling experience...
One thing about a comparison or 'debate' of this kind is that it tend to go on forever and ever... ;D
In terms of raw power, the SW universe wins hands down, be it deflector shields or blaster bolts. An X-wing is speculated to be able to out maneuver and outgun a Sovereign Class starship, due to its much stronger power plant. Think about it, a ST shuttle, or runabout, which is bigger then an X-wing, can only travel short distances from the starship down to the planet surface, while an X-Wing has a hyperspace drive which allow it to achieve planetary travel...
I've had this power comparison table with me for a long long time, sent to me by a friend, who got it from a website/forum:
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PT (petaton)--SW: Planetary and large station shields
TT (teraton)--SW: Common shield strength among ISDs and Dreadnaughts/heavier weapons strength
GT (gigaton)--SW: Common weapons strength/lower ships such as Corevettes and Frigates have high GT range shields.
MT (megaton)--SW: torpedoes, both proton (low MT) and concussion (190MT)
KT (kiloton)--SW: fighter's lasers (usually around 2KTs per fighter laser)
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PT--ST: They have not made it this far in weapons or shield strength.
TT--ST: They have not made it this far in weapons or shield strength.
GT--ST: Only a fleet can obtain this power (Borg can get into low low GT)/Borg cube can survive lower GT ranges to mid GT ranges.
MT--ST: Common strength of phasers, diruptors, and torpedoes/ shield usually in this range
KT--ST: Someone mentioned a tri-cobalt device in this range in another debate, though said person has since left that debate. (500KT IIRC).
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Although brute force do not always win a war, there're no lack of strategists, manipulators and scheming deceptionists in the SW universe, and they'll pull all the stops to win if they should get into a fight with the Federation of Planets. Heck, if the Sith can trick the Jedi and take power, Jean-Luc Picard won't even get a word in before he's blown into a million pieces by a whole fleet of Star Distroyers...
Have a look at this pic which show the size of various SW & ST ships...the Borg cube can rival a Super Star Destroyer but their power output is way way smaller(refer to table above).
Also, the humans in the SW universe has had thousands of years of experience in space travel, and had a lot more time to advance themselves, compared to the humans in the ST universe which only had a few hundred years of space travelling experience...
One thing about a comparison or 'debate' of this kind is that it tend to go on forever and ever... ;D
