Further to which, SW is canonically supposed to be in our universe - but in a different galaxy, and in the past.
If Star Trek and Star Wars fight, which side will win?
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Exactly ...
Also to answer one other poster who said something regarding Coruscant being essentially one giant city.
Let's think for a moment here.
Just because an entire planet is one giant city doesn't point to SW (or the Empire) being technologically superior.
For one thing, they had centuries upon centuries (not to mention thousands of years to cover the entire planet into a city).
They don't have to be technologically above the Feds to perform such a feat.
They only needed time (which they had in ample amount) ... and I already stated how SW technology is basically stagnant across thousands of years (and if we take from canon evidence, it's hardly 'super advanced').
Also, Coruscant is the ONLY planet in the SW galaxy that is essentially a city.
No other planets have been portrayed in such a manner.
Propulsion technologies like Slipstream and Transwarp drive even `outshine` Hyperspace (not to mention the fact SF in the late 24th century is discovering even faster/alternative methods of propulsion using Warp drive itself).
The Federation was showed using Time travel in the mid to late 26th century on a regular basis.
Their technological leaps (and capabilities) from the mid 22nd century to the mid 26th century alone are WAY beyond what the SW galaxy dished out over the period of thousands of years.
Also to answer one other poster who said something regarding Coruscant being essentially one giant city.
Let's think for a moment here.
Just because an entire planet is one giant city doesn't point to SW (or the Empire) being technologically superior.
For one thing, they had centuries upon centuries (not to mention thousands of years to cover the entire planet into a city).
They don't have to be technologically above the Feds to perform such a feat.
They only needed time (which they had in ample amount) ... and I already stated how SW technology is basically stagnant across thousands of years (and if we take from canon evidence, it's hardly 'super advanced').
Also, Coruscant is the ONLY planet in the SW galaxy that is essentially a city.
No other planets have been portrayed in such a manner.
Propulsion technologies like Slipstream and Transwarp drive even `outshine` Hyperspace (not to mention the fact SF in the late 24th century is discovering even faster/alternative methods of propulsion using Warp drive itself).
The Federation was showed using Time travel in the mid to late 26th century on a regular basis.
Their technological leaps (and capabilities) from the mid 22nd century to the mid 26th century alone are WAY beyond what the SW galaxy dished out over the period of thousands of years.
Star Trek would win.
A Klingon Bird Of Prey would fly into the Death Star and blow it up.
Anyway, why would "Star Wars" fight against "Star Trek?"
Why wouldn't the Rebel Alliance and Starfleet simply team up against the Galactic Empire for example?
A Klingon Bird Of Prey would fly into the Death Star and blow it up.
Anyway, why would "Star Wars" fight against "Star Trek?"
Why wouldn't the Rebel Alliance and Starfleet simply team up against the Galactic Empire for example?
Interesting premise for a thread here, though I'm getting a sort of "how long is a piece of string" vibe from the idea.
"Technological Terrors" like Death Stars are definitely scary, but the moral of the story always seems to be that they blow up real good. At the end of the day, the resourcefulness and wits of the people involved will be the deciding factors in victory - at least in the SW and Trek I've been watching all these years.
"Technological Terrors" like Death Stars are definitely scary, but the moral of the story always seems to be that they blow up real good. At the end of the day, the resourcefulness and wits of the people involved will be the deciding factors in victory - at least in the SW and Trek I've been watching all these years.
For all the resources it must have took to build two Death Stars, the Empire could have simply built more ships and created more clones to overwelm the Rebels.
But the Rebellion wasn't their main concern. Indeed, the Rebel victory that roused the Imperial ire in SWIV was a recent one, postdating the construction of the first Death Star. And SWIII shows that the DS construction began long before there was a Rebellion.
The Imperials saw the Death Stars as key pieces in their doctrine of intimidation. They could achieve much more than their true firepower would warrant - they could win battles or entire campaigns without even being present. In the end, they would be a cheaper way of maintaining the Emperor's grip than "true" firepower would. Plus, fighting back at them would be much more difficult than fighting back at conventional occupation forces, on physical as well as psychological level.
I don't think Palpatine was too far off the mark when deciding that this was the way to go.
Timo Saloniemi
The Imperials saw the Death Stars as key pieces in their doctrine of intimidation. They could achieve much more than their true firepower would warrant - they could win battles or entire campaigns without even being present. In the end, they would be a cheaper way of maintaining the Emperor's grip than "true" firepower would. Plus, fighting back at them would be much more difficult than fighting back at conventional occupation forces, on physical as well as psychological level.
I don't think Palpatine was too far off the mark when deciding that this was the way to go.
Timo Saloniemi
Star Wars would win- unfortunately more people seem to go to those movies...
There's hints in some of the EU material that Palpatine's prescience anticipated the Vong, and much of his military buildup was directed at defeating that coming threat.
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