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

[PvK]

Original series Star Trek and Star Fleet Battles have battles at high warp speed, many times greater than the speed of light. If in the same universe with people that can only fight sub-light, the sub-light folks would have no chance of even knowing what was going on. Nevertheless, most actions are settled by fist-fight involving the commanding officers. Captain Kirk is just about the best brawler... main qualification for command in the butch era of Star Fleet.

(In the films and then TNG, along with losing most of the butch aspect, Star Trek also seems to have forgotten how to fight effectively at warp speed. Though, more often, each writer just seems to be making stuff up with little attempt to be consistent.)

Of course, this is just a more extreme example of the silliness of this age-old discussion. Since most sci-fi actually isn't internally constent, let alone compatible with science, there is little way to put them in a meaningful face-off with each other.

PvK

[Wardad]

Beams? Missiles? Bombs? BAH!!!

How about clouds of nano dissasemblers?
Or metal eating organisms worse than rust?
Or super strong strings one atom wide that slice through anything?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Wardad:
Beams? Missiles? Bombs? BAH!!!

How about clouds of nano dissasemblers?
Or metal eating organisms worse than rust?
Or super strong strings one atom wide that slice through anything?

1) where would they get there power from? seems to me you'd just have to run a bit until there out.
2) again, space. little to provide power.
3) well, maybe if they where fired. but most sci-fi ships have technobabble sheilds which sweep little stuff away and would probably sweep the strings.

[gregebowman]

How would a ST ship get in the SW universe? I couldn't imagine this until after TNG came one and they introduced us to the Traveller. What if Picard's Enterprise, when the traveller sent it to who knows where, had wound up in the SW universe? Now, it would be in the SW future, since we're not sure how long ago "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" is. But at least now it's feasible that it could happen. Especially if Wesly Crusher has a brain fart and sends another ship through such a trip. What if the Enterprise showed up when the Yuzon Vong was around? How would the Enterprise stand up against them?

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Green Orion Slave Girl(Yvonne Craig)
vs.
Princess Leia Slave Girl.

Doesn't matter who'd win!

[Rojero]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:


any and all sci-fi ships welcome. please be aware, though, that there really isn't much point in bringing, say, a fully completed death star into it, since we all know they fall like flies to fighter's and corvettes but blow up everything else. unless you bring in a DW planatiod.

this is an invitation to discussion, not a retry at my battle thread.

How about that doomsday device from the original star trek series that kirk had to fight with commodore decker? you think that the death star can take it out? or will it get eaten by the "giant ice cream cone"?

[Rojero]

Originally posted by EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro:
Green Orion Slave Girl(Yvonne Craig)
vs.
Princess Leia Slave Girl.

Doesn't matter who'd win!

hmmm how about

Cassiopia (Blond girl from orginal Battlestar Galactica)
vs.
Erin Moran (Joanie from Happy Days) who was in the movie Galaxy of Terror? LOL