Spock

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  1. Captain McBain

    Captain McBain Captain Captain

    :confused:How does Spock's strength compare with Chewbacca's? Who would win in an arm wrestling contest?
     
  2. Gepard

    Gepard Vice Admiral Admiral

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  3. Captain McBain

    Captain McBain Captain Captain

    Should have figured.
     
  4. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    If he has time to prepare.
     
  5. Trekker4747

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    Vulcans are a few times stronger than humans but in fights it often seems like they're fairly evenly matched. Chewbacca (Wookies) however are depicted as being quite a bit stronger than their human counterparts (and assuming Han Solo's suggestion that Chewie once ripped the arms out of the sockets of a man who beat him in Space-Chess.) I'd think a fight between Chewbacca and Spock (or a Wookie and a Vulcan) would fall to the Wookie's favor. If nothing else because Wookies are likely to fight dirty and viciously as opposed to the strategy and "logic" a Vulcan would fight with.

    Now, I wonder what a blend between the Amok Time theme and the "Duel of the Fates" piece would sound like.
     
  6. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    I'm picturing Spock in front of a roaring fire with Wookie skin rug at his feet.
     
  7. sojourner

    sojourner Admiral In Memoriam

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    ^Why does it always turn into slash fic?
     
  8. Gary Mitchell

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    Wouldn't Spock, being as smart as he is, know the fundamental maxim of the universe: "let the Wookiee win" ?
     
  9. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    Because you can't peel a Wookie like a banana.
     
  10. wildstar

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    Remember Spock's only half Vulcan, and Chewbacca is alllll Wookie!
    So... Wampa?
     
  11. BillJ

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    This.
     
  12. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    It's only a slash fic if Kirk is joining Spock on the Wookie rug.

    Forget that, I got a better idea - not Kirk, Han!
     
  13. Dark Gilligan

    Dark Gilligan Writer Fleet Captain

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    Is this a serious question? Vulcans are more durable than humans but they've never been depicted as having super-strength. Going up against Chewbacca would be like tackling a grizzley bear.
     
  14. BillJ

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    When Spock hit that metal pipe Kirk was holding in This Side of Paradise, he nearly bent it in half. I'd say he's pretty damn strong. :eek:
     
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  16. Set Harth

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    Does Spock get to use red matter? Usually it takes a moon to kill Chewbacca but I think red matter would do the trick.
     
  17. Captain McBain

    Captain McBain Captain Captain

    I think all of you misread the question. It's arm wrestling, not fighting.
     
  18. Mars

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    It would have been amusing to have Chewbacca as First Officer on the Enterprise.
     
  19. teacake

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    Oh ARM wrestling.. easy, Chewbacca would crush him.
     
  20. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    In ST:3 young(er) Spock threw one of his Klingon captors (who was a big guy) about fifteen feet through the air.

    The shows and movies are of course wildly inconsistent. With that kind of strength, if a Vulcan or Romulan punched you it should smash your face in or collapse your rib cage.