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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
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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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