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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:11:04 GMT
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In article <Fw9xDt.70J@lugnet.com>, Sean Forbes <moeby@msn.com> wrote:
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)

Actually, you've got that backward-- EAS Agamemnon has no shields; no B5 ship
has "shields" in the "project energy all around the ship" sense. Some of the
organic technology vessels can absorb energy, though.

Agamemnon relies on heavy armor and "interceptor" guns-- shoot a quick-firing
gun at incoming shots to deflect them.

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.

Certainly. Star Wars exists on things being larger than life; the only
competition it really has is a Battlestar. The farther you get from the
laws of physics, the easier it is to blow up your opponents. :)

-JDF
--
J.D. Forinash                                     ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu                            ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets.    `-'



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  Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
 
(...) have (...) The Agamemnon would be blown apart in a matter of seconds. One LIGHT Turbolaser bolt imparts roughly 30 terrawatts of energy on a target. (let alone the kinectic energy imparted by the plasma) The Agamemnon's main weopons impart a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
 
(...) Actually, in the "project energy all around the ship" sense, the Interceptors *do*. However, it doesn't protect the ship from damage in an armor sense, it acts as a scrambler of sorts vs. enemy targetting. No, it's not in the show, but it is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
 
(...) 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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