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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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Sat, 17 Jun 2000 02:21:57 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Sean Forbes writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Gary Blessing writes:
> > ----------
> > > From: "Aaron West" <maniac@vol.com>
> > > To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
> > > Subject: Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
> > > Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2000, 1:40 AM
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> >
> > >
> > > Now if you want to, we can discuss something that will never happen and is
> > > still fan related: Who would win in a fight, the Enterprise 1701-E, a Star
> > > Destroyer, Earth battleship Agamemnon, or the Battlestar Gallactica?
> > > Apples, oranges, Star Trek and stars are also very enjoyable things:)
> > > Aaron
> > That one's easy to answer,the Enterprise!!
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> Don't be too sure about this one.
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> The Enterprise E is the David in a battle of Goliaths.
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> Battlestar Gallactica's landing bay is 1K long making the ship about 2K. A
> fully-stocked Battlestar has almost 300 little fighters, not to mention the
> Turbo laser batteries and Nuclear Missle Launchers all over the Battlestar
> itself. The fight would be between the Battlestar and the Star Destroyer • which
> is of comparible size and has 75 fighters for support. The key is its 50 • Turbo
> Lasers and 50 Ion Cannons. The rest of the ships would start shorting out • from
> the Ion Cannons and not be able to fight back.
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> Not to mention that the Enterprises computers are designed to blow up
> at the slightest hit to the hull. (haha) Enterprise could fly rings around
> them, but it could never do any real damage without major losses. (Like • flying
> directly into the bridge ala Return of the Jedi)
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> The Agamemnon looks to be about 1k long, and it has shields, cannons and
> fighters, but lacks the Battlestar's 20 feet of armor plating to stand up to
> the pounding. However, it does have and advantage over the Battlestar and
> Enterprise that its pilots can fly in three dimensions. (again, haha)
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> In the end, the smart money is on the Star Destroyer. It's also on me not
> having a life, but there you'd be wrong. All of this info comes via a friend
> of mine who didn't get a life until about the age of 30. Everyone should have
> at least one geek friend.
>
> -SEan
Okay, I started this mess, and I have to say I agree on most points here.
Does ANYBODY remember the Battlestar episode where they discovered the
Battlestar Pegasus had also survived? Did they have some sort of superlaser
forward cannon? Also the captain (played by Llyod Bridges) was a military
genius. Would that not have been a better match? Another note, wouldn't
detonating nuclear warheads (assuming they are advanced weapons) create a sort
of EM pulse similar to the effect of an ion cannon, but with more widespread
effect? Any thoughts?
Aaron
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| (...) Don't be too sure about this one. The Enterprise E is the David in a battle of Goliaths. Battlestar Gallactica's landing bay is 1K long making the ship about 2K. A fully-stocked Battlestar has almost 300 little fighters, not to mention the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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