Nope, don't think so. It's a really good book actually, called Star By Star. Fairly small thoug, only 606 pages.

Actually, the "Hammerheads" are Ithorians. (just ta let ya know, I know my star wars, upside down and inside out)

Lesbian Assassin wrote:

So, when and if this "thinking man" surfaces, can we assume he will sue Lucas?

Nah, he's more likely just to make grouchy remarks about the Federation.

A Super Class Star Destroyer, say Darth Vader's Executor, or its twin ship the Lusankya(I think i got the spelled right) could take out the entire federation fleet.

Not so... for one thing, Star Wars technology is more "space opera" than "science fiction"... all those big turrety guns have to be aimed and fired by individual crew members, just like the deck guns of a WWII battleship. The computers assist in targeting, but it's no better than a human gunner.

Star Trek's firing trajectories, though, are quickly and efficiently plotted by computers. Only those few gunners who happen to be in tune with the Force can hope to compete.

Star Trek uses high-energy particle beam weapons. The "blaster" technology of Star Wars, on the other hand, relies on nothing more than packets of highly energetic gas. Such weapons are imprecise and would be wholly ineffective against the sort of shields used by Federation ships. The "deflectors" of Star Wars ships, on the other hand, are designed to work against weapons with more of a physical component than Star Trek phasers.

I don't think I need to point out that warp technology is more versatile than hyperjump technology. Transport beams? Replicators? Forget about it.

Let's face it... we have one franchise which envisions a galactic society in turmoil, driven by individual achievement and spirit... and another which takes a very optimistic, up-with-people view of technology and is driven by collective achievement and human spirit... do you think the stagnant technology of an Empire ruled by fear, where intellectual achievement is crushed beneath a black boot, would really stand up to the technology of a Federation of free individuals, where intellectual achievement is honored above all else?

Think about how many modifications and improvements each Star Trek ship goes through in the course of a series or movie. Guess what? If the chief engineer on the Executor gets caught fiddling around with the engines, he gets shot for treason, 'cause if the specifications say 0.012 micrometers tolerance, then we STAY at 0.012 micrometers tolerance, and the gain be damned! And if you do whip up a powerful new engine or weapon in your garage, you don't want anyone to know, because the Empire will either decide it's a threat or an asset... if it's a threat, they have to destroy you. If it's an asset, they have to seize it and then destroy you so you can't share it with anyone else.

Or, to put my other post another way... the Imperial Army needed a battlestation the size of a small planetoid just to support a weapon that could destroy a planet. In Kirk's era, they could accomplish the same thing with a device not much bigger than a human.

Then I'm sure you'll have no trouble explaining to the board the principle by which a bowcaster functions.

Bowcasters also had the abbility to make their shots be reflectable, causing them to bounce off metalic objects, and mirrors.


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Kusanagi wrote:

Bowcasters also had the abbility to make their shots be reflectable, causing them to bounce off metalic objects, and mirrors.

Oh, so many nice shots in Jedi Knight with a bowcaster.

Of course, I know little to nothing about Star Wars, other than Han Solo is the man.

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