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

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 February 17th, 2004, 09:48 PM

would a galaxy class beat a star destoyer? would a star destroyer beat a david weber SD(P)?

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.

Ragnarok · #2 February 17th, 2004, 10:05 PM

I think Voyager would kick everyones butts.

That ship was destroyed so many times but managed to come back its not even funny. They began the journey with like 300 crew total and throughout the 7 year running they lost more then that in red shirts alone and they still had like 200 or so alive when they made it back to earth! Then to single handily beat the Borg, 8472, Kazon, etc, etc. That ship was unstoppable!

Nocturnal · #3 February 17th, 2004, 10:13 PM

It's because of their secret weapon, the infamous and unstoppable Plot Device, capable of dramatically altering all of the very laws of the universe in unbelievable ways.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 February 17th, 2004, 10:18 PM

true, true.

but, going by it's specs and there stated purposes, a half-blown up defiant should be able to blow up voyager.

admittadly, i know very little about there specs.

[ February 17, 2004, 20:24: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

geoschmo · #5 February 17th, 2004, 10:25 PM

Here's a good fan fiction take on the idea of a Federation versus Empire war.

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/...est/index.html

It's long, but it's a good read.

Phoenix-D · #6 February 17th, 2004, 10:49 PM

Well, on the high end of the scale a DW planetoid would make mince meat of the Death Star; its shields are designed to resist the gravitronic missiles it fires, which are fully capable of destroying planets. And its energy weapons are nastier than that..

Lower down I'd say a SD(P) would kill a Star Destroyer, though I don't know enough about em to say if a regular SD could do the job or not. SD(P)s are just so much overkill its not likely the Star Destroyer would ever get in range.