Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- Star Trek vs Star Wars

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Subject: Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire

Author:
Warspite

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Date Posted: 08:12:37 09/04/02 Wed
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In reply to: The Divine Shadow 's message, "Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire" on 13:45:42 09/03/02 Tue

>I can fall back on the New Jedi Order Series then,
>which backs up the near light speeds of Ion engines in
>Star Wars. X-Wings are fast, TIEs are faster and they
>use the same engines.
>

Out of interest, can you let me have a reference for that? It doesn't really matter, since the rules of canonicity apply. It doesn't matter how many examples from the books can be quoted, they don't override the films. We see with our own eyes the speed of Star Wars fighters in combat. At the same time we see these speeds, we hear that the fighters are at full power. That cannot be overridden by any number of books.

>You underestimate the manuverability of TIEs, aswell
>as the numbers. 36 TIEs per ISD + 24 Interceptors
>(even faster) and 12 bombers with anti capitol ship
>missiles and torpedoes. The Jem'Hadar would be too
>busy swatting at the TIE fighters and Interceptors to
>bother with comparitively slow bombers by the time
>they realize thier mistake the concusion missiles will
>be shaking their ships to peices. And the 2 SSDs have
>5 times that!
>

Not really. TIE fighters are simply not fast enough to catch any Star Trek ships that have warp. Before the TIEs reach their attack range, the trek ships will simply engage warp and move out of range. They can keep this up as long as necessary, until all the TIEs have been swatted.

>The Jem Hadar have their work cut out for them. They
>will die!

A lot may well die, I don't disagree, and I doubt the founders would care. However, in the end, ALL the Imperials will die.

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Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire	The Divine Shadow	22:34:58 09/04/02 Wed
Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 02:29:34 09/05/02 Thu Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- TrekGOD, 07:24:37 09/05/02 Thu Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 17:11:41 09/05/02 Thu Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- The Divine Shadow, 01:31:48 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- The Divine Shadow, 01:27:33 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 02:00:30 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- The Divine Shadow, 04:06:28 09/07/02 Sat Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 02:25:47 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- TrekGOD, 17:05:34 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 20:56:25 09/06/02 Fri Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- TrekGOD, 08:29:11 09/07/02 Sat Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- capn hayes, 21:27:17 09/07/02 Sat Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- TrekGOD, 08:42:04 09/08/02 Sun Re: Revised Dominion vs Empire -- The Divine Shadow, 04:10:14 09/07/02 Sat