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Bounty wrote:
1. They are omnipotent.
They are not, as shown and as admitted by the Q themselves
Close enough. Picard seems to think they are.

And all they really have to do is warp themselves into an ISD reactor and mess around with it, as they did in "True Q".
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Cos Dashit wrote:
Bounty wrote:
1. They are omnipotent.
They are not, as shown and as admitted by the Q themselves
Close enough. Picard seems to think they are.

And all they really have to do is warp themselves into an ISD reactor and mess around with it, as they did in "True Q".
And you will now show that conditions in the ISD's reactor are identical or more survivable than a Galaxy Class's reactor, of course, despite the massive difference in power output.

We're waiting.

And by no stretch are the Q omnipotent. Christ, they can be killed by equipment humans can use without fear of injury or mishap.
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It doesn't really matter how much more stable or complicated their reactors are, the laws of physics dont apply to the Q.

And even if by some incredible stroke of luck the Empire somehow managed to survive and fight back against the Q, the Empire sure as hell couldn't destroy the Q. All they (the Q) would have to do is stay home.
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Cos Dashit wrote:It doesn't really matter how much more stable or complicated their reactors are, the laws of physics dont apply to the Q.
Trolls are so cute.

The laws of physics definately apply to the Q. For one thing, they stand on the floor, neither falling through nor drifting through the air. You're a liar.
And even if by some incredible stroke of luck the Empire somehow managed to survive and fight back against the Q, the Empire sure as hell couldn't destroy the Q. All they (the Q) would have to do is stay home.
What, you mean in the dimension fucking Voyager, ship of every fuckup they could find, wandered into and successfully bitchslapped lots of Q?

Yea, they're real safe.
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Can the Q occupy space where other matter is already? Yes. I think that definately throws a few laws right out the window.

If you will recall in "True Q", Q says (regarding how he very easily and without effort nearly blew up their reactor, only to be stopped by another Q) "You think something so trivial as the Law of Physics can stop me?"

Has anybody in Star Wars traveled between dimensions and time? If they did, and did it with ships, then they could possibly maybe most likely not do some harm to the Q Continuum.
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Cos Dashit wrote:Can the Q occupy space where other matter is already? Yes. I think that definately throws a few laws right out the window.
I can do the same; you are aware air is matter? Displacing matter or ghosting through matter isn't exactly new in Trek physics, dumb-shit.
If you will recall in "True Q", Q says (regarding how he very easily and without effort nearly blew up their reactor, only to be stopped by another Q) "You think something so trivial as the Law of Physics can stop me?"
Well then, he falls to the Death Star, after all, it was said to be the 'ultimate force in the universe'. God, you're a dumbshit Trektard.
Has anybody in Star Wars traveled between dimensions and time? If they did, and did it with ships, then they could possibly maybe most likely not do some harm to the Q Continuum.
Most likely not? Based on what? Your fanboy masturbation? Idiots who don't know how to use a rifle conquered them, you insipid weasal.

And yes, hyperdrive causes time travel. Mostly forward, except for one embarassing comic, but hey...
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SirNitram wrote:
Cos Dashit wrote:Can the Q occupy space where other matter is already? Yes. I think that definately throws a few laws right out the window.
I can do the same; you are aware air is matter? Displacing matter or ghosting through matter isn't exactly new in Trek physics, dumb-shit.
If you will recall in "True Q", Q says (regarding how he very easily and without effort nearly blew up their reactor, only to be stopped by another Q) "You think something so trivial as the Law of Physics can stop me?"
Well then, he falls to the Death Star, after all, it was said to be the 'ultimate force in the universe'. God, you're a dumbshit Trektard.
Has anybody in Star Wars traveled between dimensions and time? If they did, and did it with ships, then they could possibly maybe most likely not do some harm to the Q Continuum.
Most likely not? Based on what? Your fanboy masturbation? Idiots who don't know how to use a rifle conquered them, you insipid weasal.

And yes, hyperdrive causes time travel. Mostly forward, except for one embarassing comic, but hey...
1. Moving through air doesnt mean you are occupying the same space as it. Jesus. The air molecules bounce of the solid fiber of your being, they don't glide through and take up the same space, as the Q can do.

2. As for the Death Star being the "Ultimate force in the Universe", why was it blown up by a farm-boy? And then a second time, by some rebels, a smuggler, the same farm-boy, a fuzzball, and a princess? I would hardly describe this as ultimate. But the Q, they are as near to omnipotence as anything or anyone will get. That is pretty ultimate. As for my being a "dumb-shit trektard", I post about ten times more in Pure SW than here or Pure ST.

3. Hyper-drive may cause time-travel, but it does not involve moving between time and between dimensions.
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Cos Dashit wrote:1. Moving through air doesnt mean you are occupying the same space as it. Jesus. The air molecules bounce of the solid fiber of your being, they don't glide through and take up the same space, as the Q can do.
Funny, there's air in my body.. Yours must be some new model they invented in moron land.

Look, dumbshit. Q's little trick isn't even new by TrekTech standards. 'Pegasus' and 'The Next Phase' show this rather blatantly. But you, like every single fucking troll, ignore that.
2. As for the Death Star being the "Ultimate force in the Universe", why was it blown up by a farm-boy? And then a second time, by some rebels, a smuggler, the same farm-boy, a fuzzball, and a princess? I would hardly describe this as ultimate. But the Q, they are as near to omnipotence as anything or anyone will get. That is pretty ultimate. As for my being a "dumb-shit trektard", I post about ten times more in Pure SW than here or Pure ST.
Oh christ, you're so full of it it's sad. The analogy is perfect because guess what? Q has been shown vunerable to the laws of physics! Like Sisko's fist! Or whatever the hell it is about Guinan that causes him to flinch and act defensive.

The Q are no where near omnipotent. They can be killed, for one, and one couldn't escape a comet! You don't know what omnipotent means, I see.
3. Hyper-drive may cause time-travel, but it does not involve moving between time and between dimensions.
'Between time' is quite possibly the most useless phrase since 'before the Big Bang'. Do you have something of substance, kiddo? Or are you just going to repeat your assertion(The Q are omnipotent) as evidence for itself? That's Circular Logic, and a fallacy.
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2. As for the Death Star being the "Ultimate force in the Universe", why was it blown up by a farm-boy? And then a second time, by some rebels, a smuggler, the same farm-boy, a fuzzball, and a princess? I would hardly describe this as ultimate. But the Q, they are as near to omnipotence as anything or anyone will get. That is pretty ultimate. As for my being a "dumb-shit trektard", I post about ten times more in Pure SW than here or Pure ST.
The point, I think, SirNitram was trying to make is that simply because someone describes something (espeically themselves) as possessing such and such an ability, or being so and so doesn't mean they are. Whether or not Q can actually defy the laws of physics is up to debate, but you cannot use his own statements on the subject as evidence.
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To exterminate? The Baku. Nothing fancy, just a BDZ. I was tempted to DS it, but those rings may be handy.

As for the Borg, do they really matter? Don't need to kill them all, just the big unimatrix and the hubs and they're fucked for a time.
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SirNitram wrote:Funny, there's air in my body.. Yours must be some new model they invented in moron land.
Dude, you obviously don't understand what I am saying. If there is an oxygen atom, and a carbon atom, one cannot be inside the other. Yes, there is air in your body, but no, it is not inside the molecules that make your body up. They are in-between them. Holy hell. There is a basic law of physics which states two things cannot simultaneously occupy the same space.
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Cos Dashit wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Funny, there's air in my body.. Yours must be some new model they invented in moron land.
Dude, you obviously don't understand what I am saying. If there is an oxygen atom, and a carbon atom, one cannot be inside the other. Yes, there is air in your body, but no, it is not inside the molecules that make your body up. They are in-between them. Holy hell. There is a basic law of physics which states two things cannot simultaneously occupy the same space.
Again, of course, you ignore the fact Treknology can ghost through solid matter even with this ignored. Why? Because you're a moron who is suddenly trying to debate with adults.

I see you won't even try to back up the 'They're omnipotent!' circular logic you had. You can run away now.
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Name one thing in the SW or ST universe that is closer to omnipotence than the Q.
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Cos Dashit wrote:Name one thing in the SW or ST universe that is closer to omnipotence than the Q.
So you have conceded all other points and are just going to say it's the closest 'in SW or ST'? Is that it? Okay.

And the answer is 'The Force'. You can't kill it, it brought down two Death Stars, and overturned an entire Galactic civilization to rebalance itself.
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Cos Dashit wrote:Name one thing in the SW or ST universe that is closer to omnipotence than the Q.
Name one thing the Q can do that shows they are omnipotent rather than using some kind of trick. Remember that during the TNG, DS9 and VOY series, a lot of what the Q had been shown to do was at one time or another duplicated by treknobable.

As for the OP, I'd wipe out the tribbles that were brought into the future during DS9. With them out of the way, I'd start a campaign to enslave and torture every being in the ST galaxy. Yes, then I'd start to get nasty.
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SirNitram wrote:And the answer is 'The Force'. You can't kill it, it brought down two Death Stars, and overturned an entire Galactic civilization to rebalance itself.
The Force is not incarnate. The Force also needs to be channeled by carnate beings. The only known instance (in the movies) of the Force acting only is the conception of Anakin Skywalker. The Q could have done this easily.

The Force answer is like saying God. No shit.

I didn't bring down the Death Stars or overturn the Galactic Empire by itself. It needed someone to actually use it. A gun can kill someone, but it needs someone to use it.
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Cos Dashit wrote:
SirNitram wrote:And the answer is 'The Force'. You can't kill it, it brought down two Death Stars, and overturned an entire Galactic civilization to rebalance itself.
The Force is not incarnate. The Force also needs to be channeled by carnate beings. The only known instance (in the movies) of the Force acting only is the conception of Anakin Skywalker. The Q could have done this easily.
No they couldn't. They can't manipulate events so specifically as to ensure the Force Sensitive on Endor met the natives that knew the rear entrance and could provide enough bodies and traps to rout the opposition.
The Force answer is like saying God. No shit.
Well yes. Deities tend to be omnipotent or close. It's in the job description.

Oh, I see! You don't have any interest in a real debate, you just wanted to wank Q.
I didn't bring down the Death Stars or overturn the Galactic Empire by itself. It needed someone to actually use it. A gun can kill someone, but it needs someone to use it.
The Force is through all things, listen to Yoda. The Force manipulated events so perfectly everything fell into place despite ridiculous odds.

So you have no argument, no proof, and not even any coherence.
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I'd pick a challenge: The Q
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If your going to blame a race for blowing up an ISD, blame the Dominion. A super-dreadnaught (those big ass SOBs over Cardassia in "What we Leave Behind") turned into a fireship filled to the brim with anti-matter, would make more sense than a group of BoP's blowing up a ship
Considering the Rebellion did it with a shuttle and a nuclear weapon in a X-wing series cut scence, I think Klingon slaves and a crappy insubordinate would do.

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I would say Species 8472, but since they live in "fluidic space", do they really count as member of the Star Trek galaxy? If that's the case, then I might consider the First Federation, but ultimately I'd choose the Borg, because they seem to be the biggest impediment to Imperial progress. I think the Romulans, Ferengi, and Founders would know what's good for them and fall into line.
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After my fleets destroy the fleets of the Alpha, Gamma, and Delta Quadrant powers, I'll make a ultimatum: "Serve us and live. Resist us and watch everything you value be destroyed before your eyes."

If the Romulans, Klingons, and Kazan know what's good for them, they'd agree to serve the Empire. The Founders may be spared if they surrender their genetic engineering technology to the Empire-- no point in committing genocide if you can genetically engineer a species to worship you as a god-- or Lord Vader will have to tear this secret from their minds. I'll make an example of prominent Ferengi to keep the rest in line. The Borg must be exterminated.
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I'll make an example of prominent Ferengi to keep the rest in line.
Actually, the Ferengi would probably be the easiest of AQ powers to control. Tell them that the Empire is capitalistic, and they'll probably hunt down the whatever Federation remnant is left themselves; the Empire is damn good for business, especially compared to the previous quadrant power, with which they could only do business under the table, or on the fringe.
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It kind of depends on what your hypothetical Imperial governor has in mind for AQ. Does he plan to integrate it into the Galactic Empire? Or is he just using it as a source of raw materials and cheap/ slave labor?

If the former (which would be dumb from an Imperial POV, there's a reason the Romans didn't bother with Scotland, Ireland and much of Arabia and the Sahara), I wouldn't wipe out anyone but the Borg.

If the latter, the Ferengi are fucking toast. I'm not about to have thieves, smugglers, merchant-adventurers and other troublemakers trafficking in Imperial tech, weapons or information. The last thing I need is for uppity serfs to start thinking they can join the Rebellion.
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I would fuck over the Borg; they're barely more than a disease, and offing them would be a good show of power to the other races and likely ensure their future cooperation, out of gratitude and fear.
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I'd take out the Betazeds. Obnoxious, arrogant telepaths should have no place in the Empire.

BTW, wouldn't BDZing the Baku planet be somewhat of an overkill? I would think that a single squad of stormtroopers would be more than sufficient... Heck, you could probably just straffe them out of existance with one Tie Fighter. Then, as an alternative to harvesting the rings of meta-phasic radiation, you could turn that planet into a luxury resort world on which the Imperial rulers of the galaxy would reside, granting them effective immortality, while the conquered subjects would continue to endure the same pathetic lifespans they always had.
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