OT - How would sc-fi ships do in battle against each other?

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by QuarianRex:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
i think he means the slower than light drive. in which case, the ST ships are faster.

He was talking about Warp drives, not impulse. As far as slower than light drives go I've seen nothing to indicate that impulse is faster. Have you seen the dogfights (of lack thereof) in trek. Even looking at shuttles/runabouts vs. SW fighters (craft that are similar enough to be compared) the trek craft are rediculously ponderous. Again, the speed edge has to go to SW.

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I'm talking about speed. Sure, SW ships can go into hyperdrive, which has been over looked in the ST universe. Now, nothing I've read or seen says anything about hypderdrive being faster than a Warp 9 vessel. Maybe a SW ship may reach their destination before a ST ship, but since we are talking about science FICTION!, that might not be true, depending on the distance involved. Basically what I was trying to say is that if it came to a ST ship wanting to get the heck out of Dodge while it's getting a beating from a SW ship, then it can go like a bat out of hell. Like I said above, if it came to a race, I just don't know who would win.