Sovereigns or Defiants vs ISD?

[Darth Valdemar]

If you were a Starfleet admiral tasked with stopping a marauding ISD by mobbing it with mass numbers ships when it turned up at (x location which you just somehow knew it was going to turn up), and you had a choice of using either Sovereigns or Defiants, which would you choose?

[HRogge]

I would use Defiants... if your ships cannot survive a single hit from a heavy gun the small target profile and the chance to evade incoming fire would be something very usefull.

[Sea Skimmer]

I'd use a shuttle from a Sovereign. Hopefully the ISD will let such a minor vessel live long enough for it to broadcast my surrender.

[consequences]

I would use the Guardian of Forever to go back in time and retrieve the Tox Uthat, and use that to cause a supernova that would arrive at the ISDs entry point just as it came out of hyperspace. If technobabble and one episode wonders are disallowed, then I will go with Sea Skimmer's shuttlecraft surrender plan, because I have no chance in a straight fight.

[macman]

Actually have not squads of tie fighters destroyed a star destroyer..so would not an equal number of Defiants be able to do the job....the bigger ships are just targets.....

[consequences]

"Arr captain, Newbie off the starboard bow."
"Give the Landlubber a poke then with the harpoon" POKE
Dude, you play the computer games too much, and read the Technical Commentaries not enough. Please research before posting, cause the shit's gonna start flying your way any second.

[Shinova]

Kinda even I think. Does the Sovvy have stronger weapons than Defiant? And there's also the Defiant's smaller target profile to consider as well.

Depending on that, it can either be Sovvy or Defiant.

[CmdrWilkens]

I'd go with the Defiant's as the most remote possibility exists that IF I could devote the entire resources fo teh federaiton to building them (and crewing them) and IF I could also produce enough Q-torps to load them up that I MIGHT be able to take down 1 ISD.

[Ender]

Defiants, so that less lives are lost overall. (loose more ships, but less crew so it evens out)

[consequences]

You'd still get better results with massed ramming runs while loaded with high exposives. Warp 9 to 100 feet in front of the ISD, then full impulse the remainder of the way, presuming you can manage that much precision. Also, all such attacks should be directed at the bottom of the ISD, because of the lower firepower available to protect the underside.

[SWPIGWANG]

I'd use self destruct, less hassle.

[Exonerate]

Use a mix, with the Defiants as cannon fodder, erm, I meant decoys , and the Soverigns for firepower. Of course, they'd still lose.

[Ghost Rider]

If forced...Soverigns.

The Defiant's smaller profile won't do crap and in fact it's resources wasted.

Poinhtless bventure and I second Skimmer's surrender motion.

[Mr Bean]

I have to dissagree with the rest here, Definats are supriror to the Sovergin in this fight, Despite the better Phasers and heavier shielding that will not matter aginst the ISD

Torps is the only way to Victory and 2 Frontal Quantum Torp Launchers which are Quad Firable just like the Sovergin's SINGLE Frontal Launcher and you get the idea of which to use

[Darth Servo]

Mixing types is always the best idea. Its called combined arms tactics. Both types have strengths and weaknesses and they can often compliment each other.

[Morning Star]

It depends...which one could get you out of there faster.

[CmdrWilkens]

It depends...which one could get you out of there faster.

Just based on size alone the Defiant's consume less resources and should be able to be onstructed in a shorter time frame. Plus crewing them will be easier.

[Darth Yoshi]

Considering that the shield difference between a Sovereign and a Defiant in non-existent from a SW perspective, I'll take the smaller target profile and greater maneuverability of the Defiant.