|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:04 pm
Why not use an asteroid smasher? Large, well armed, and available to Republic backed Demolition and Space Lane clearers with a clean background and proper training.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:16 pm
And if the other side can hurl rocks back? No a dedicated siege ship is pretty useful. It has shields to withstand hostile attacks and armor plate to fend of ground and orbit based return fire.
The base line ship of the Pazak Deck (The Thantos-class) is a slow and heavily shielded behemoth lacking a hangar, but it has shields that keep it alive to drill through the shields of a planet or installation in a drawn out siege, something an asteroid crusher surely lacks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:50 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:48 am
I was reading through some articles on starfighters on wookieepedia and I noticed something...
All ships in Star Wars travel sub-sonic when in atmosphere or barely exceed mach 1. That's right the speed of sound at sea level is 1,225 km/h most starships fall around 100-200 km/h below that. Who would have thought?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:52 am
considering how slow a blasterbolt is, i'm not surprised. it'd be stupid if an a-wing ran right into it's own ammo.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:55 am
You know what, I hadn't thought of that. I don't think a blaster bolt can exceed the speed of sound, wouldn't the shock wave tear apart its cohesion?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:57 am
Probably. Its not a solid, arodynamic projectile like a bullet. Its a clyindrical blob of plasma or whatever.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:59 am
Another advantage of slugthrowers... why are we using blasters again?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:02 am
stellarmagic Another advantage of slugthrowers... why are we using blasters again? Because blasters have more shots per clip, lightweight ammo packs, stun settings and can knock fist sized craters out of duracrete.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:04 am
Black powder vs. rifle debate? one's slower, but has more inertia?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:49 am
ACP rounds almost certainly can go super-sonic, so they're a nice hybrid, great against shields too. It's too bad they're so ineffective against armor and droids, course a starfighter doesn't usually have that much in the way of armor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:56 am
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:35 am
Just what I needed...one more enemy...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:11 pm
Aurin_Starkiller Just what I needed...one more enemy...
We do seem to be getting a lot of those lately...
Don't worry, I can take em'.
I think I'm developing "little dog syndrome"...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:14 pm
You should be fine as long as we all don't attack at once.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
