Starship Enterprise vs. Battlestar Galactica

[Quantum]

Any fan of more than one science-fiction franchise has thought, "What if the two collide?" Superman versus Peter Petrelli, the Cybermen versus the Borg, Mortal Kombat vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For us, we like to ponder which tech toys would win out in head-to-head match-ups. For instance, could the Death Star take on a fleet of Shadow vessels from Babylon 5?
In what we hope is the first of many sci-fi tech contests, we look for a victor between the Starship Enterprise from the original Star Trek and the Battlestar Galactica from the new, um, Battlestar Galactica (disclosure: The SCI FI Channel, DVICE's owner, broadcasts BSG). Will Trek's futuristic technology win out over the down-and-dirty battlestar? Or will simplicity and durability endure?
Hit the jump for this epic battle. Jump!

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/sci_fi_showdown.php

 

[The Borg Queen]

Superman vs Peter Petrelli?

Easy, Superman can just ask Peter what 2+2 is and he'd win because Peter's brain will overload and shut down.

 

[Broccoli]

Which one is being controlled by Batman and will he have enough time to prepare?

 

[DBR]

The Defiant vs. The Whitestar....

Anybody???

Anyway... The BSG can take one hell of a beating: it has, in fact, been getting the shit kicked out of it for four years now, and it is up and running again in a few hours.

Anytime any ship in the Trek universe so much as goes through a nebula, consoles explode, sparks are flying everywhere, people are flying 10 feet in the air, phasers are down to 10 percent and the ship is fucked for days and weeks.

The Galactica would win.

 

[Leroy]

The article is laughable the author repeatedly states the superiority of Trek technology, like the ability of the Enterprise to cut apart Galactica or blow chunks off her with phasers and photon torpedoes, yet gives the win to Galactica anyway.

 

[gomtuu20]

Could Wolverine be assimilated by the Borg?

 

[Chess Piece Face]

I'm not bothering with the article, but the Enterprise would win for the same reason that it would beat the Star Wars ships...it can fire while in warp.

It doesn't need to jump. And, it can transport a bomb right into the command center.

 

[Broccoli]

The article is laughable the author repeatedly states the superiority of Trek technology, like the ability of the Enterprise to cut apart Galactica or blow chunks off her with phasers and photon torpedoes, yet gives the win to Galactica anyway.

Galactica must have been flown by Batman.

 

[CommodoreKong]

The article is laughable the author repeatedly states the superiority of Trek technology, like the ability of the Enterprise to cut apart Galactica or blow chunks off her with phasers and photon torpedoes, yet gives the win to Galactica anyway.

I agree, the Enterprise would rip the Galactica to shreds. Besides the FTL drive the technology on Battlestar Galactica isn't even close to Trek tech.

 

[DeafPoet]

I think what everyone's forgetting is that the Enterprise comes equipped with all kinds of technological deus ex machina that Galactica just doesn't have.

Throw Scotty into a Jeffries tube, tell him he's got five minutes to figure something out and Adama & Co. are screwed

 

[Hermiod]

The Enterprise was hit with nukes in "Patterns of Force". Aside from the concussive impact which rocked the ship a bit, there was little damage. Besides, the Enterprise has phasers which can destroy nuclear weapons before they become a threat.

Chemically propelled bullets against the Enterprise ? Really ?

 

[The Borg Queen]

Galactica doesn't even have energy shields.

The Enterprise can just transport, well, anything. To anywhere on Galactica, their engines, main bridge, other strategic locations. A couple of photon torpedos and no Galactica. No problem.

Transporters vs. NO shields? Gee, I wonder who'd win...

 

[Hermiod]

Galactica doesn't even have energy shields.

The Enterprise can just transport, well, anything. To anywhere on Galactica, their engines, main bridge, other strategic locations. A couple of photon torpedos and no Galactica. No problem.

They don't even need to do that. The Enteprise uses directed energy weapons which have a significantly greater range than bullets propelled by chemical reactions. The Enterprise can sit well out of the lumbering, slow Galactica's range and cut pieces off of it all day long.

 

[Deckerd]

So, to sum up: Enterprise RULES!

 

[MetroKid]

They don't even need to do that. The Enteprise uses directed energy weapons which have a significantly greater range than bullets propelled by chemical reactions. The Enterprise can sit well out of the lumbering, slow Galactica's range and cut pieces off of it all day long.

In space, bullets don't have a range, they keep going until they hit something. Targeting is the problem, not range.

 

[Hermiod]

They don't even need to do that. The Enteprise uses directed energy weapons which have a significantly greater range than bullets propelled by chemical reactions. The Enterprise can sit well out of the lumbering, slow Galactica's range and cut pieces off of it all day long.

In space, bullets don't have a range, they keep going until they hit something. Targeting is the problem, not range.

Point conceded, but targeting = range in this case. The further away the target is, the less distance it has to move to avoid being hit.

 

[Ol Scratch]

As goofy as it is, do we even know if shields would protect against bullets? The Borg, complete with their ultra-advanced technology and force-field generators, seem to be completely vulnerable to them on numerous occasions.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

The navigational deflector alone could handle bullets. That's what it was designed for: deflecting natural bullets aka meteorites.

 

[Hermiod]

As goofy as it is, do we even know if shields would protect against bullets? The Borg, complete with their ultra-advanced technology and force-field generators, seem to be completely vulnerable to them on numerous occasions.

On one occasion and even then those were holographic bullets, ruining the comparison.

We've seen on a few occasions that Starship shields do protect against physical impacts. Bullets would most likely be deflected or even vapourised.

 

[MetroKid]

They don't even need to do that. The Enteprise uses directed energy weapons which have a significantly greater range than bullets propelled by chemical reactions. The Enterprise can sit well out of the lumbering, slow Galactica's range and cut pieces off of it all day long.

In space, bullets don't have a range, they keep going until they hit something. Targeting is the problem, not range.

Point conceded, but targeting = range in this case. The further away the target is, the less distance it has to move to avoid being hit.

Hate to prove you wrong again. but it still has to move the same distance in order to avoid the hit if it was 1 meter away as if it was 1 kilometer away. What makes hitting an object at extreme range hard is targeting error because our brains interpret that being far away = being smaller. Also the angle at which the barrel needs to be positioned becomes more precise the greater the distance. it is the movement of the barrel, that is the big determining factor, not the movement of the target.