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Btw, why did they break with navy tradition? Destroyers are supposed to be one of the lighter ship types.
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It IS!Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Btw, why did they break with navy tradition? Destroyers are supposed to be one of the lighter ship types.
Especially in comparision to Executer SSD's and Home One star crusiers.Remember, most of the Rebel fleet at Endor was composed of frigates and corvettes. Alhtough the Flagship was over 3 km long.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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dpToday, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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No, it's an Imperator-class Star Destroyer. Star Destroyer is an entire classification of ship, referring to a ship that has the power of a battleship but also significant troop and starfighter capacity. There is also a Victory-class Star Destroyer, which was developed before the fall of the Republic and is a somewhat antiquated design, though still in widespread use (kinda like the B-52, a Star Destroyer design is made to last). The Super-class Star Destroyer (like the Executor) was developed some time between the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Hoth, and was intended to serve primarily as the flagship of a fleet. At the time of the Battle of Hoth, only four had been contructed.Comment
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Okay, which one of you is lying?
No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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I presume that this baby has a decent set of star maps, complete with data on the planets of thousands of systems, right? I'd load this baby up with the cream of humanity, fly them to a nice uninhabited Gaia-class planet, and start human history all over.
Even money as to whether or not I'd slag the earth first. Anyone want to help me decide?
"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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He is. Incidently, there were plenty more than 4 Executer-SSD's as of Endor. ("Relax kid there are lots of command ships")
The Rebel Flagship at Endor was Home One, over 3 km in length, more than 1.3 km longer than the ISD Deuces.
The earliest novels ever, (The Han Solo Trilogy) referenced Invincible-class battleships used by the Corporate Sector. They were over 2 km long.
ISD's are unremarkable sizewise when compared to Other large capital ships.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Wrong on almost all counts. The Home One was only an MC-80 Calamari Star Cruiser modified with additional hangar capacity. The MC-80 is about as powerful as a Victory and about as long (1200 meters). The MC-80b (developed about two years after the Battle of Endor) is somewhat more powerful than a Victory, and the MC-90 (developed over a decade after Endor) is about as powerful as an Imperator. The Executor was 8 km long. And the Rebel fleet at Endor actually contained somewhere between 10 and 15 Star Cruisers. See my above post for other reasons you are wrong.Originally posted by Lonestar
It IS!
Especially in comparision to Executer SSD's and Home One star crusiers.Remember, most of the Rebel fleet at Endor was composed of frigates and corvettes. Alhtough the Flagship was over 3 km long.Comment
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Wow...think of how many Communists Fez could throw out of an Imperial Stardestroyermeet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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Originally posted by Lonestar
He is. Incidently, there were plenty more than 4 Executer-SSD's as of Endor. ("Relax kid there are lots of command ships")
Yes, something like six. Notice that I said at Hoth. Also, Executor is not a class of Star Destroyer, it's the name of an individual one.
The Rebel Flagship at Endor was Home One, over 3 km in length, more than 1.3 km longer than the ISD Deuces.
Want me to bring out my Star Wars Complete Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, and my collection of something like 40 post-endor novels?
The earliest novels ever, (The Han Solo Trilogy) referenced Invincible-class battleships used by the Corporate Sector. They were over 2 km long.
Huh, I don't recall anything about a 2 km long ship in those books. Still, proves nothing.
ISD's are unremarkable sizewise when compared to Other large capital ships.
No, ISD's are unremarkable sizewise because at the height of the Imperial Navy, there were 25,000 Star Destroyers
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Why settle for a little speculation when you can get your own ISD for real?Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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They're making one?!
I MUST HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nope,uh-huh. The differences are too astute, MC80's have wings.Originally posted by skywalker
Wrong on almost all counts. The Home One was only an MC-80 Calamari Star Cruiser modified with additional hangar capacity.
Correct.The MC-80 is about as powerful as a Victory and about as long (1200 meters).
Correct (Though a ISD II would still beat it)The MC-80b (developed about two years after the Battle of Endor) is somewhat more powerful than a Victory, and the MC-90 (developed over a decade after Endor) is about as powerful as an Imperator.
(Thrawn said a dozen crusiers and several smaller ships. Close enough)The Executor was 8 km long. And the Rebel fleet at Endor actually contained somewhere between 10 and 15 Star Cruisers. See my above post for other reasons you are wrong.
The Executor was damn near 18 km long. Don't believe me? History of the 5-mile fallacy below.
Incidently, a better description of it would be a "Commandship". After all, there was no SSD titled Super, was there?Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Now I'm not that much into Star Wars, and I mostly quit building anything out of legos several years ago (save for the mecha I made earlier this year), but ME TOO!!!!!!! I bet it's gonna cost a fortune though...Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Originally posted by Lonestar
Nope,uh-huh. The differences are too astute, MC80's have wings.
The original "MC-80"'s were very diverse in design. Remember, they were modified space liners, and each Mon Calamari ship is somewhat unique.
(Thrawn said a dozen crusiers and several smaller ships. Close enough)
Yeah, 12 falls between 10 and 15
The Executor was damn near 18 km long. Don't believe me? History of the 5-mile fallacy below.
No, the Eclipse was about 20 km, IIRC (I never read the comics). And, despite your pictures, watch The Empire Strikes Back again. The ISD's are clearly NOT a tenth of the Executor's length. Also the site you provided talks about maritime convention when talking about the naming; however, a) maritime convention doesn't necessarily apply and b) it's not a Destroyer, it's a Star Destroyer.
Incidently, a better description of it would be a "Commandship". After all, there was no SSD titled Super, was there?
Exactly, because it was the CLASS of Star Destroyer. The Super Super Star Destroyer?Comment
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