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Dalton wrote:I'm no math/physics whiz, but isn't 45 degrees the best angle for what you require?

That sounds reasonable. Thanks.

I'm trying to figure out what angle is going to allow a pneumatic cannon to fire a ping pong ball as far as possible. If somebody could just give me an equation for this or point me to a site, I'd be extremely thankful.

In open combat they'd most likely be worse than useless. I doubt a Jedi could deflect a string of bullets from a machine gun, probably use their precog to dodge, or use the Force to shove the bullets aside (I always think of that chick from MGS2 when I say that :) ). They'd be fodder for artillery....

Exonerate wrote:...
wtf...

I can imagine them making up some new lightsaber weaponry just for Chan. With him in it, Ep3 would be more of a comedy.

Not if they get Jet Li for the role. They could give him a pair of force-pikes and have him effortlessly shish-kebabing armed Jedi Knights.

Fair enough. Actually, all of Starfleet gathered together could probably take any one of the ships smaller then the Executor, presuming Death Squadron gets separated enough, the feds have some warning, and they accept the use of mass suicide tactics . I have but one thing to say... LOL!!!! Very tru...

I'll make this quick. I'm postponing the fic until i have enough time to get a good chunk done. I admit i picked a stupid time to start it ( i had coursework by the ton and it's been followed up by exams). Once i've got a good 3-4 chapters done and i'm happy with it i';ll begin posting it. Don't ge...

Can I be some crackpot cannon fodder person who thinks he's an ancient Chinese General?

I'm referring to the sheer AMOUNT of energy Fett used. Think about it: FIVE ion cannons? And not even that managed to shut IG down completetely (irrelevent point, I know). If Fett went in with this much firepower, I'm assuming he knew how tough the droid was. I know that's tought but I doubt it's 3...

Do you even know how the Chinese swords were made? I doubt it from your posting. The smith would take a plate of metal, hammer it down as thin and straight as he could, fold it over, and repeat the process until he was rewarded with an extremely sharp, durable sword. Trust me, if it can't cut plate...

I'd say the latter of the two.

I dunno, though.

When I was visisting Britian this summer, I went to Warwick Castle, where I proceeded to watch a man don plate armor, pick up a halberd, run and skip, battle for twenty minutes, all without becoming the least bit exhausted. Further, the other man's broadsword failed to make so much as a dent on his...

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consequences wrote:Or sleep with a mod.

If we had a female mod that might work. I am assuming he's straight. Too bad we don't a have a female mod.

Damn straight I'm straight! And don't suggest otherwise, lest the wrath of the Wu army fall upon you!

brothersinarm wrote:chinese primates? glorious battle? Where's the annilate each other option?

Sorry, I had 'Eternal Stalemate' and 'Both Die' options, but they didn't show up for some reason.

Griffith, why are you pitting medieval European armies against Chinese armies several centuries before? IIRC the period of the 3 kindoms were around 300 AD. How about using the Song dynasty from around 1000AD? By then China is completely unified, and I'm sure that military technology is better by t...

Just a list of Wu, Shu, Wei, and Yellow Scarf/Turban heroes: Cao Cao, Da Qiao, Dian Wei, Diao Chan, Dong Zhuo, Fu Xi, Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Huang Gai, Huang Zhong, Jiang Wei, Lu Bei, Lu Bu, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Ma Chao, Meng Huo, Nu Wa, Sima Yi, Sun Ce, Sun Jian, Sun Quan, Sun Shang Xiang, Taishi Ci, Wei ...

HemlockGrey wrote:I only skimmed the posts, but I wonder- do the Chinese have anything that can take or destroy the castles of medieval Europe?

Their seige weapons are on par if not better than European ones.

Can I get a title? Or do I have to do something first?

Chinese and Europeans fight to a standstill.... While the Mongol Hoard sweeps in and whoops both of their asses :D At which point the six kingdoms ally against their common enemy, waste Mongolia, and put Gengis Khan's head on a pike in the middle of where his palace formerly stood. :twisted: Then t...

Keeping dolphins onboard a primarily human-crewed spaceship would be idiotic. Even if they do approach human intelligence, so what? The resources required to maintain segregated aquatic crewers upon a primarily humanoid-crewed vessel would be a massive waste. I'll second that! It's got to be the st...

Just a list of Wu, Shu, Wei, and Yellow Scarf/Turban heroes: Cao Cao, Da Qiao, Dian Wei, Diao Chan, Dong Zhuo, Fu Xi, Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Huang Gai, Huang Zhong, Jiang Wei, Lu Bei, Lu Bu, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Ma Chao, Meng Huo, Nu Wa, Sima Yi, Sun Ce, Sun Jian, Sun Quan, Sun Shang Xiang, Taishi Ci, Wei Y...

Oh, and please stop with the degortory remarks. I can see why in the fett/pred thing, we all were getting under the collar there. But is it really neccaly here? And even if my estimations of the Jedi and MK characters wrong and your right there is no need to start calling it fan wanking and I'm den...

Wait, Wu, Shu, and Wei? Meaning the Chinese get Zhuge Liang? They guy who routinely beat another Thrawn-class tactical genius (Cao Cao) while having vastly inferior troops and resources? O-U-C-H. Yup. Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, Zhou Yu, Zhang He, Cao Cao, and all those other heroes. On the other hand, th...

Please don't commit the common mistake of equating tournament armour from the extremely late medieval period and early renaissance, which was nearly thick enough to stop musket balls, with the battlefield armour worn in earlier centuries. Point conceded. The European knights can continue to wreak h...

As relatively technologically advanced as the Chinese were, I think the combined might of the Britons, Franks, and Holy Roman Empire would smash them into small little bits. Teutonic Knights, anyone? Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe you have forgotten to consider the effects of pikes on cava...

Just a bit of information about the kingdoms. The aforementioned Chinese kingdoms appear to have had the equivalent of chain-mail armour when the Europeans were deciding that leather was good protection. They also appear to have been regularly using such weapons as pikes, crossbows, steel-tipped arr...