On 28 Jul 2001, at 11:19, Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > OK, I'll start. The age old debate: which would win, the USS
> > Enterprise-D, or an Imperial Star Destroyer? I mean, the star
> > destroyer is bigger, but it doesn't have any shields to speak of,
> > nor any photon torpedoes. Enterprise wins hands down. Darryl
>
> Now you got me thinking. In SW all they have basically are laser
> weapons and they seem to be as effective as guns, just they shoot
> photons instead of bullets.
Actually, they're not lasers, they're blasters. Blasters are particle
burst weapons and their shots are fairly fast but NOT
lightspeed...which is why you can see the shots moving.
> just photon machine guns, or cannons. They punch big hole through
> things. If it hits a power source, kaboom.
Well, lasers punch small holes in stuff...blaster bolts explode when
they hit.
> Doesn't it seem more 'right' that stormtroopers would have
> shinny armor instead of white? Or that all those little one man
Well, the armour is a badge as well as being armour. Although the
books mention that after being beatern up by the Ewoks,
stormtroopers DID introduce camoflague armour for some
operations...
> Imperial fighters should be mirror covered instead of black? Anything
Well, their side portions on the TIE fighters ARE solar pannels,
actually...which are generaly black.
> but black. (Henry Ford to the Emperor: "You can have any color you
> want as long as it's black.") Maybe the surface was covered with solar
> panels. (The Empire was an environmental movement!) Heck why weren't
> any of the weapons in the inferred range? Less power to make but could
> still pack a whallop. Oh, then you couldn't see them being fired ;-)
Artistic liscence :P
Andy
Dawn Falcon
