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

QuarianRex · #1 February 18th, 2004, 10:02 AM

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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.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 February 18th, 2004, 10:19 AM

well, the tech manuals, as far as i know, say different. this is only what i've heard. and SW had a higher effects budget porportionally, i think.

gregebowman · #3 February 18th, 2004, 03:55 PM

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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.

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.

Ruatha · #4 February 18th, 2004, 04:00 PM

I read somewhere that G Lucas said that Enterprise could take out the entire empire fleet single handed, it was an interview a few years back.
I'm not saying it's so, only what I read, he had some arguments for it aswell.
Will try to look up a reference.

[ February 18, 2004, 14:03: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

geoschmo · #5 February 18th, 2004, 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Now, nothing I've read or seen says anything about hypderdrive being faster than a Warp 9 vessel.

The republic at it's height, and the empire after it spanned the galaxy. The federation is a little collection of planets in a small fraction of the Alpha quadrant. Assuming the SW galaxy is roughly the same size as the Milky Way, which we don't really know of course, hyperdrive would have to be orders of magnitude faster then warp drive. Travel between Corsucant and the remotest parts of the galaxy takes weeks. While Voyager was looking at several decades to make it home running flat out at top warp speed.

[ February 18, 2004, 14:09: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

dogscoff · #6 February 18th, 2004, 04:46 PM

Personally I'd be putting my money on a Culture GSV or GCU. As well as being veryvery big, insanely fast/ powerful/ well armed and unimaginably clever, they have a wicked sense of humour.

An interesting quote I came across:
"Nahhh, If the Culture is the USA, the Homomdan Empire is the USSR. The Galactic Empire is the mugger on the corner of Fifth and Main and the UFP is the bum he's curb stomping." form http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/ar...dex.php/t-8191

Shrapnel · #7 February 18th, 2004, 06:57 PM

Just in regards to which ships are faster, ST or SW's, I believe the answer would be both...from a certain point of view

When you see the SW's vessels jumping from one side of the galaxy to the other with Hyperdrive engines, you have to admint that the Hyperdrive engine is faster than Warp, considering travelling from one side of the galaxy to the other. ST ships are unable to do this.

That being said, ST ships can travel at warp, and are capable of using warp propulsion even during battle. Thus in real space, ST ships would have a speed and manuverability advantage over SW's vessels, due to ability to reach faster than light speeds locally.

I hope this make sense!