Dean Forster wrote:
>
> --- Matt Grimaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Darryl Shannon 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.
> > >
> >
> > The Star destroyer DOES have shields, and they seem
> > to stop most of
> > the lasers that hit them. True that they don't have
> > any photon
> > torpedoes, but there's a few things to consider:
> > (1)How powerful are
> > the
> > StarWars lasers compared to Federation Phasers, and
> > (2) The Star
> > Destroyer
> > has hundreds of fighter craft, each with their own
> > "ion cannons" that
> > could easily gang up on the Enterprise. Even though
> > the Enterprise
> > could
> > probably fly circles around the Star Destroyer, it
> > still drives like a
> > cow
> > when compared to fightercraft.
> >
>
> How did we get two sw vs st threads? I'm voting for
> the feds: they've *got* to have far superior fire
> control, if star wars fighter craft regularly beat up
> on larger craft. Anyone play xvt? I'm not sure if
> it's canon, but it sure isn't that hard to blow up a
> star destroyer if you simply don't fly in a straight
> line for too long. in star trek terms, everything in
> star wars is manually targetted.
>
> dean
You do have a point there...SW blaster cannons do a lot
of missing...
Haven't played (or heard of) xvt. But have played Homeworld,
which has capital, light, and fighter craft and shows reasons
why each ship class has weaknesses exploited by the other
classes and why each plays an important role in defending the
fleet.
-- Matt
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