Byss Destruction Question

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-11-19 01:57am

The only reason I brought it up was because it was painfully obvious that that was what he was fishing for. Beyond that, fine. I'm content to leave it be.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-11-19 02:27am

Lord of the Farce wrote:I don't intend to join into the fray here, but this is what he meant:
Dark Empire Sourcebook, [i]Chapter Nine: Equipment[/i] wrote:Notes On Planets: A typical habitable planet has a structural rating of 10D-20D (Death Star scale). Alderaan had no shields of any kind, so it was utterly vaporized. A shielded planet that is overcome by a superlaser may "merely" have its entire surface burned off or split into several pieces. Note that planets don't have to be destroyed to be rendered uninhabitable.

Wouldn't this make SW planetary shields quite uber, if they can reduce the effects of a bare-minimum 1e38j blast to such an extent?

Kazuaki Shimazaki · Post by **Kazuaki Shimazaki** » 2004-11-19 02:54am

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Wouldn't this make SW planetary shields quite uber, if they can reduce the effects of a bare-minimum 1e38j blast to such an extent?

Actually, it may suggest that the guy writing it does not understand Levels of Power very well. If the shield can stop enough of the bolt that a Terran-sized planet doesn't blow its GPE, then it is just bad luck for the planet - since if the shield resisting happened only to be a single millionth stronger, the beam would be blocked.

Though one might salvage it by saying that some shields might be able to stop the bolt, but there would still be much afterdamage from momentum effects that would create this disaster indirectly.

And Rogue 9, no one is fishing for anything other than a canon quote that I actually have. A truce is quite meaningless if one side keeps poking the other.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2004-11-19 08:33am

Lord of the Farce wrote:
Kurgan wrote:Shieldless defense claim?

Wait, is it being implied that the Alderaan Shield is only fan conjecture, rather than canon?

Or is it some confusion over "We have no weapons" (ANH onscreen dialouge) and "Vader knew their defenses were as good as any in the Empire" (novel)?? Confused.
I don't intend to join into the fray here, but this is what he meant:
Dark Empire Sourcebook, [i]Chapter Nine: Equipment[/i] wrote:Notes On Planets: A typical habitable planet has a structural rating of 10D-20D (Death Star scale). Alderaan had no shields of any kind, so it was utterly vaporized. A shielded planet that is overcome by a superlaser may "merely" have its entire surface burned off or split into several pieces. Note that planets don't have to be destroyed to be rendered uninhabitable.

Interesting. So an RPG (C-Level Canon) claims no Shield! Wow... thanks for that tidbit.

I always assumed the "Alderaan Had a Shield" thing was official and that only people like Darkstar were claiming otherwise. Guess that'll teach me to be more familiar with the EU sources.. ; p

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-11-19 04:37pm

Rogue 9 wrote:The only reason I brought it up was because it was painfully obvious that that was what he was fishing for. Beyond that, fine. I'm content to leave it be.

I'm asking because unlike some people, I want legitimate information before I start making assumptions. You will note that I actually listened to the more complete information that Publius provided, instead of sticking with the earlier interpretation.

So unless you are going to provide useful information, kindly shove it.

This was primarly me giving up after a couple of years of half-assed searching which has only netted me the first half of Empire's End, and asking for a spoiler on a point not addressed elsewhere. Some peple only care about the climactic battle, but their can be a lot of story in the aftermath.